Cachet Category Independence Day

 
Page 1  (1932 - 1935)
Page 2  (1936 - 1941)
Page 3  (1989 - 2017)

 

Cachets should be listed in chronological order based on earliest known usage. Use the postmark date or best guess. This applies to add-on cachets as well.

 

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 Ship --------- Cachet Makers

 

		No Image	1932-07-04 Locy Type 3  (USCS Catalog Illustration P-15) "STARS & STRIPES / FOREVER" USS Pennsylvania BB-38
			Nelson White

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			1932-07-04 Locy Type 5hks (C) USS Biddle AG-114
			Walter G Crosby

Notes: Envelope contained an insert from Crosby.

 

			1932-07-04 Locy Type 5hks INDEPEND- / ENCE DAY USS Utah AG-16
			F G Klinger

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		No Image	1933-07-04 Locy Type 3 (B-BBT) MARE ISLAND / CALIFORNIA. USS Medusa AR-1
			Cachet Maker

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			1934-07-04 Locy Type 3 (BC-BTB) OUR FIRST / FOURTH USS Ranger CV-4
			USCS Chapter 11 Rear Admiral Byrd

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			1934-07-04 Locy Type 3 (B-BBB) "SAN DIEGO / CALIFORNIA" USS Bushnell AS-2
			Henry Kraus

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			1934-07-04 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) PEARL HARBOR / HAWAII USS Breese DM-18
			Byrd L Powell

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			1934-07-04 Locy Type 3s (A) NAVY / USS Hamilton AG-111
			P J (PeeJay) Ickeringill

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			1934-07-04 Locy Type F  (USCS Illustration T-5a) USS Talbot DD-114
			USCS Chapter 10 Neptune

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		No Image	1935-07-04 Locy Type 3 (B-BBT) "SAN PEDRO / CALIF" USS Arizona BB-39
			C.J. (Jimmie) Leopard

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		No Image	1935-07-04 Locy Type 3 (B-BBT) "SAN PEDRO / CALIF" USS Arizona BB-39
			Cachet Maker is Unknown

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			1935-07-04 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "PORTLAND / OREGON" USS Raleigh CL-7
			Louis R. Diesing Battleship Oregon Chapter No. 22, USCS

Notes: Bruce D. Liddell collection

 

			1935-07-04 Locy Type 5hks USS Dallas DD-199
			E A Peake William Ormandy

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			1935-07-04 Locy Type 3 (B-TBT) INDEPENDENCE / CELEBRATED USS Pennsylvania BB-38
			Almas Robert M Graham USCS Chapter 24 US Fleet

Notes: Cachet is thermographed. Rubber stamp on the back says "Official Cachet By USCS Ch24 / 257 covers canceled / Signed J. Novae SEC." Additional handwritten note is "Address wrappers of covers for / cachets or cancels to: / R M Graham USCS #667 / cachet director / "US Fleet" chapter #24 USCS / USS Pennsylvania"

 

			1935-07-04 Locy Type 3 (B-TBT)  Killer: INDEPENDENCE / CELEBRATED Locy Type 9 USS Pennsylvania BB-38
			C Wright Richell Charles C Northup

Notes: Type 3 postmark in blue ink. Type 9 postmark in purple ink.

 

			1935-07-04 Locy Type 5hks (C) "INDEPENDENCE / DAY" USS Langley CV-1
			E. A. Peake William Ormandy

Notes: Bruce D. Liddell collection

 

			1935-07-04 Locy Type P U.S.S / CALIFORNIA USS California BB-44
			Leonard Rogers

Notes: Provisional postmark is a 5hk for Battle Force United States Fleet with "U.S.S. / CALIFORNIA" in the killer bars.

 

			1935-07-04 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) HONOLULU T.H. / ROTC CRUISE USS Tennessee BB-43
			Kalakaua Stamp Club Honolulu Advertiser Stamp Collectors Corner

Notes: Front of the cover has an Aiglon Society cachet by Philip Akeo.

 

		No Image	1935-07-04 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) HONOLULU T.H. / ROTC CRUISE USS Tennessee BB-43
			USCS Chapter 26 John Rodgers

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			1935-07-04 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) PORTLAND / OREGON USS Raleigh CL-7
			William F Schlechter

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			1935-07-04 Locy Type 3 (BC-BTT) SAN PEDRO / CALIF USS Medusa AR-1
			C Wright Richell

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			1935-07-04 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) STATION SHIP / U.S.N.A. USS Reina Mercedes IX-25
			D L Webster Louis G Nix

Notes: Cachet is thermographed.

 

			1935-07-04 Locy Type 5hk 1ST. EVENT / USCS CHAP 29 USS Maryland BB-46
			USCS Chapter 29 Battleship Connecticut Desmond D Jagyi

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