ZAFIRO Collier

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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.

    Built 1884 for the China and Manila Steam Navigation Co
    Purchased by Admiral Dewey at Hong Kong, 9 April 1898

  1. USS ZAFIRO (Collier)
  2. Commissioned 10 April 1898 - Decommissioned 10 June 1904
    Struck from the Naval Register, 15 January 1906

    Final Disposition, sold, 21 October 1910

 

Naval Covers

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  1. USS Zafiro Collier Covers Page 1    (1938)

 

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.


 

Postmark Type
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Killer Bar Text

Postmark
Date
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Postmark Image
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Locy Type
3 (AC-TBT)

"MARE ISLAND /
CALIF"

USS Medusa AR-1

1938-04-13

N/A

Ship Commemorative - AJAX AC-14, ARETHUSA AO-7, CULGOA AF-3, CYCLOPS AC-4, GLACIER AF-4 , MAUMEE AO-2, NANSHAN AG-3, PANTHER AD-6,
RELIEF Hospital Ship, YANKTON Patrol Yacht, ZAFIRO Collier. Cachet by the John Rodgers Chapter No. 26, USCS

 

Other Information

USS ZAFIRO earned the Philippines Campaign Medal during her Naval career.

 


 

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