Arkansas BB 33 Covers Page 1

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Covers should be listed in chronological order. Use the postmark date or best guess.

Each entry provides a link to the image of the front of the cover. There is also the option to have a link to the image of the back of the cover if there is anything of significance there. Finally, there is the primary date for the cover and the classification types for all postmarks based on the Locy System.

Thumbnail Link To Cachet Close-Up Image	Thumbnail Link To Full Cover Front Image	Thumbnail Link To Postmark or Back Image	Primary Date Postmark Type Killer Bar Text --------- Cachet Category

N/A		N/A	1914-06-27 Locy Type 2
			Facing Slip

Scan courtesy of Stewart Milstein.

			1914-11-20 Locy Type 2
			Sailor's Mail

Postcard use. "U. S. Battleship "Arkansas"

			1914-12-20 Locy Type 2
			Sailor's Mail

Real-photo postcard of battleship USS Florida BB-30 postmarked 1914 onboard battleship USS Arkansas BB-33. Scarce (rarity C) postmark dated 20-December-1914, Locy type T-2 on Scott #405b or similar Washington booklet single. From Arkansas sailor Henry E. Thrasher to Fern Kschinska in Dushore PA. Divided-back black and white photo post card, maker Waterman, battleship titled "U.S.S. FLORIDA". Age toning as shown in image. Good condition, corners good, no creases, tears or damage.

Message text: / This is my add. / Henry E. Thrasher / U.S.S. Arkansas / % Postmaster N.Y. / Bridge

Bruce D. Liddell collection

			1915-03-22 Locy Type 3 (A) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. A-48b
			Sailor's Mail

Real-photo post card of Guantanamo, Cuba, postmarked 1915 onboard battleship USS Arkansas BB-33. Scarce (rarity C) postmark dated 22-March-1915, Locy type T-3(A)(A-48b) killer empty on Scott #405b or similar Washington booklet single. From Arkansas sailor Henry E. Thrasher to Fern Kschinska in Dushore PA. Divided-back black and white photo post card, no maker, no title, Fleet Canteen building and flat fields ringed by hills. Age toning and stains as shown in image. Good condition, corners good, no creases, tears or damage.

Message text: / March 22, 1915 / Dear Fern: / This is the base ball ground and drill field. Also the target range in the background. / From Henry

Bruce D. Liddell collection

No Image			1915-05-24 Locy Type 3b
			Category

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			1915-08-12 Locy Type 3 (A) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. A-48b
			Sailor's Mail

Real-photo postcard of the Atlantic Fleet battle line postmarked 1915 in battleship USS Arkansas BB-33 at Newport, Rhode Island. Scarce (rarity C) postmark dated 12-August-1915, Locy type T-3(A)(A-48b) killer empty on Scott #405b or similar Washington booklet single. From Arkansas sailor Henry E. Thrasher to Fern Kschinska in Dushore PA. Divided-back black and white photo post card, no maker, column of fifteen battleships titled "U.S. ATLANTIC FLEET MAKING A TURN TO RIGHT. MARCH 1915." Age toning and stains as shown in image. Good condition, corners good, no creases, tears or damage.

Message text: / August 12, 1915 / Dear Friend Fern: / Just a couple [of] lines Am well and wish you the same. We will go South soon [from Newport RI to Norfolk VA.] / From Henry

Bruce D. Liddell collection

			1917-04-08 Locy Type 3 (AC) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. A-48d
			Category

Censored WWI response card use.

N/A		N/A	c 1918
			Sailor's Mail

Censored WWI use. 3-line "Sailors Mail / U.S.S. Arkansas / On Foreign Service" rubber stamp marking. From the Darrell Kinzler collection.

			1918-05-07 Locy Type 1z
			Official Business

Censored WWI use

			1923-03-29 Locy Type 3s "ADDRESS / TO BOX" ?
			Easter 1923

Postcard use

No Image			1924-12-03 Locy Type 3 (AC) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. A-48b
			Category

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No Image			1925-01-06 Locy Type 9v 1925-01-26 USPO Registered Brooklyn, NY Tour 2
			Category

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			1927-05-14 Locy Type 9v USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. A-48h New York NY Registered Washington D.C. Reg. Sec.
			Official Business

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No Image			1927-08-11 Locy Type 9v USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. A-48h Portland ME Oval
			Official Business

Cut piece

No Image			1928-07-21 Locy Type 9v USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. A-48i
			Category

Mark clipped from registry receipt

 

No Image			1929-01-20 Locy Type 8
			Category

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No Image			01-26 (c1930) Locy Type 5hks (C) "GUANTANAMO / BAY CUBA"
			Category

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			1930-03-04 Locy Type 8
			Official Business

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No Image			1930-03-10 Locy Type 5hks (C)
			Category

Note: From USMC Detachment

No Image			1930-05-21 Locy Type 8
			Category

Note: Official Business

			06-23 (c1930) Locy Type 5hks (C) "COPENHAGEN / DENMARK"
			Category

Note: Official Business

 

No Image			1931-02-24 Locy Type 8
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No Image			1931-10-10 Locy Type 7dit NAVAL / ACADEMY / BRANCH Annapolis Naval Academy
			Category

Note: Corner card indicates the cover came from USS Arkansas BB-33 which was the flagship of the U.S. Fleet Scouting Force Training Squadron at the time.

No Image			1932-10-27 Locy Type 5hks (C) "NAVY / DAY"
			Navy Day 1932

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No Image			1932-11-22 Locy Type 5hks (C)
			Category

Note: Add-on cachet by Bruce D. Liddell

			c1933-07-04 Locy Type 5hks (C) "LONG BEACH / CALIF"
			Independence Day

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			1933-10-27 Locy Type 5hks (C) "NAVY / DAY"
			Navy Day 1933

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No Image			1934-02-15 Locy Type 5hks (C) "BALBOA / CANAL ZONE"
			Category

Note: Add-on cachet by Bruce D. Liddell

			1934-02-22 Locy Type 3s (B-BBT) "WASHINGTON / BIRTHDAY"
			Washington's Birthday

Note: USCS John Paul Jones Chapter Cachet

No Image			1934-06-15 Locy Type 3s (B-BBT) "PLYMOUTH / ENGLAND"
			Category

Note: Add-on cachet by Bruce D. Liddell

No Image			(1934)-06-22 Locy Type 3s (B-BBT) "EDINBURGH / ENGLAND"
			Category

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No Image			1934-07-06 Locy Type 3s (B-BBT) "VILLFRANCHE / FRANCE"
			Category

Note: Add-on cachet by Bruce D. Liddell

No Image			1934-07-06 Locy Type 3s (B-BBT) "VILLEFRANCH / FRANCE"
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No Image			1934-07-06 Locy Type 3s (B-BBT) "VILLEFRANCH / FRANCE"
			Steamboat Willie

Note: Hand painted cachet

No Image			1934-07-12 Locy Type 3s (B-BBT) "VILLEFRANCH / FRANCE"
			Category

Note: Hand painted cachet

No Image			1934-07-14 Locy Type 3s (B-BBT) "NAPLES / ITALY"
			Category

Note: Add-on cachet by Bruce D. Liddell

No Image			1934-07-14 Locy Type 3s (B-BBT) "NAPLES / ITALY"
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No Image			1934-07-23 Locy Type Type 3s (B-BBT) "GIBRALTAR"
			Category

Note: Add-on cachet by Bruce D. Liddell

			1934-09-15 Locy Type 3s (B-BBT) "NEWPORT / R. I."
			America Cup Races

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			1934-10-27 Locy Type 5hks (C)
			Navy Day 1934

P. J. Ickeringill Cachet

N/A		N/A	1934-10-27 Locy Type 5hks (C)
			Navy Day 1934

Cacheted

No Image			1934-10-29 Locy Type 5hks (C) "BROOKLYN / NEW YORK"
			Category

Hand painted cachet

			1934-11-10 Locy Type 5hks (C)
			Marine Corps Birthday

Cachet by Dr. S. E. Hutnick.

N/A		N/A	1934-11-10 Locy Type 5hks (C) "U.S.M.C. / PHILA."
			Marine Corps Birthday

Cachet by Dr. S. E. Hutnick. From the Tom Kean Collection.

No Image			1934-11-14 Locy Type 3s (B-BBT) "NAVY YARD / PHILA. PA"
			Category

Add-on cachet by Bruce D. Liddell

 

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