Cachet Maker Bette Tambling

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	Postmark Date Postmark Type Killer Bar Text Ship --------- Category

 

			1939-09-14 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) "LONG BEACH / CALIFORNIA" USS Saratoga CV-3
			125th Anniversary of the Star Spangled Banner

Cachet director is G. W. Buckler. You can see Bette's initials ("bt.") in the lower right corner.

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N/A		N/A	1940-05-03 Locy Type 3r (A-BTT) "MARE ISLAND / CALIFORNIA" USS Gamble DM-15
			United States Neutrality Patrol

Red Cachet. Courtesy of the Jimmy Jordan collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1940-05-27 Locy Type 3r (A-BTT) "SAN JUAN / P. R." USS Evans DD-78
			United States Neutrality Patrol

Blue Cachet. Courtesy of the Jimmy Jordan collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1940-05-27 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "NAVYYARD / NEWYORK N.Y." USS Rodgers DD-254
			United States Neutrality Patrol

Brown Cachet. Courtesy of the Jimmy Jordan collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1940-09-00 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "SAN DIEGO / CALIF" USS Kennison DD-138
			United States Neutrality Patrol

Black Cachet. Courtesy of the Jimmy Jordan collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1941-01-10 Locy Type 3 (A-BTT) "KEY WEST / FLORIDA" USS Sturtevant DD-240
			United States Neutrality Patrol

Black Cachet. Courtesy of the Jimmy Jordan collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1941-09-02 Locy Type 2 (N.Air Sta.) "Kodiak,Alaska Br." Seattle Wash.
			No "United States Neutrality Patrol" caption

Red Cachet. Courtesy of the Jimmy Jordan collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1941-07-15 USPO Slogan Machine Cancel "Mare Island / Station" Vallejo Calif.
			"The Submarine"

Black Cachet. Courtesy of the Jimmy Jordan collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1941-07-30 Locy Type 3 (A-BTB) USS Grayling SS-209
			"The Submarine"

Red Cachet. Courtesy of the Jimmy Jordan collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1941-08-05 Locy Type 3r (A-BTB) USS Tuna SS-203
			"The Submarine"

Green Cachet. Courtesy of the Jimmy Jordan collection.

 

			1940-01-26 Locy Type 3r (A-BBT) "PORT ANGELES / WASHINGTON" USS Ramsay DM-16
			Davy Jones' Locker cachet

Cachet director is Arthur A. Christensen. You can see Bette's signature in the lower right corner on the short octopus tentacle.

 

			1940-03-19 Locy Type 3 (A-BTT) "LONG BEACH / CALIF." USS Portland CA-33
			United States Navy

Cachet artist is Bette Tambling, and cachet sponsor is Arthur A. Christensen

 

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