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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	1943-08-01 USPO Duplex Camden NJ
			Launched

Cacheted

 

N/A		N/A	1944-05-19 Locy Type 2z
			Sailor's mail

Censored, WWII use

 

			1944 Locy Type 2z
			Sailor's mail

Censored, WWII use

 

			1944-12-02 Locy Type 9efu 1944-12-06 U.S. Navy Com Air Pac 1944-12-13 Washington D.C. U.S. Fleet Post Office
			Official Business

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			1945 Locy Type 2z
			Category

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N/A		N/A	1945-10-24 Locy Type 2(n)
			Sailor's Mail

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N/A		N/A	1950-05-13 Locy Type FDPS 2(n)
			First Day of Postal Service

Cacheted

 

No Image			1950-09-02 Locy Type 2
			VJ Anniversary

5th Anniversary of VJ Day, cachet sponsored by the Brooklyn Crew, ANCS

 

			1951-02-15 Locy Type 2 Locy Type 9efu
			U.S. Navy

Crosby Photo Cachet

 

N/A		N/A	1951-03-07 Locy Type 2
			Sailor's Mail

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No Image			1951-04-24 Locy Type 2
			Marine's Mail

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No Image			1953-08-14 Locy Type 2 Locy Type 9efu
			Collectors request

Rubber stamp cachet on the back. From the Bob Govern collection.

 

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