US RECEIVING SHIP GREAT LAKES IL
Ship Name and Designation History
This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.
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US Naval Station Great Lakes, Waukegan Illinois
- US RECEIVING SHIP - GREAT LAKES IL
Post Office Established May 24 1917 - Discontinued 1920
Opened in 1911
This section lists active links to the pages displaying covers associated with the ship. There should be a separate set of pages for each incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). Covers should be presented in chronological order (or as best as can be determined).
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- Covers Page 1 (1918-19)
Postmarks
This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). Within each set, the postmarks should be listed in order of their classification type. If more than one postmark has the same classification, then they should be further sorted by date of earliest known usage.
A postmark should not be included unless accompanied by a close-up image and/or an
image of a cover showing that postmark. Date ranges MUST be based ONLY ON COVERS IN
THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.
>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the
existing example.
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Postmark Type |
Date From to Date To |
Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image |
Thumbnail Link To Cover Image |
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Locy Type 8i |
1918-08-22 |
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Knights of Columbus War Activities cover from Camp Farragut
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Locy Type 8i |
1919-01-08 |
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Knights of Columbus War Activities cover from Camp Ross
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Locy Type 8i |
1918-05-31 |
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N/A |
Scan shown to establish date range.
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Locy Type 8i |
1919-01-24 |
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N/A |
Scan shown to establish date range. YMCA cover.
Other Information
Great Lakes is one of only two Receiving Ship post offices to use a flag machine cancel. There were, in fact, two different varieties, one with “GREAT LAKES/RECEIVING SHIP” in the waving flag, and the other reading “U.S./RECEIVING/SHIP.” According to Frederick Langford’s Flag Cancel Encyclopedia, the die was changed on October 15, 1918.
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