Cachet Maker Glenn W Dye Page 1B

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.

Page 1   (1934-1943)
Page 1A   (1944)
Page 1B   (1945)
Page 1C   (1946)
Page 2   (1946 FAKE USCGC MOHAWK Christmas postmark)
Page 3   (1947-1982)
Page 4   (ANCS "Postage Stamp" Cachet)
Page 5   (ANCS "Eagle & Ship" Cachet)
Page 6   (Empty-Future Use)

Note - Not all of Dye's covers are FAKES, but each one needs to be carefully looked at for suspicious postmarks, backdating or other such activities.

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

N/A			1945-02-17 Locy Type 9efu "SHELLBACKS / NOW" USS Pocomoke AV-9
			Crossing the Equator

From the John Young collection. "The 9efu is seen used with straight line slogans to which it is not attached, and whose authenticity is questioned." USCS Postmark Catalog, 5th Ed.

N/A		N/A	1945-02-22 Locy Type F USS LCI(L)-36
			Glenn Dye return address

From the John Young collection.

N/A		N/A	1945-04-27 Locy Type 2z USS LCI(L)-36
			Italian stamp

From the John Young collection. Censored.

N/A		N/A	1945-05-07 Locy Type F USS LCI(L)-36
			VE-Day

From the John Young collection.

N/A		N/A	1945-06-03 Locy Type FDC 9ef(nu) (with bars) USS Lake Champlain CV-39
			Commissioning

From the John Young collection. "The commissioning cancel on Jun 3, 1945 is backdated." USCS Postmark Catalog, 5th Edition.

N/A		N/A	1945-06-20 Locy Type 7z* USS LCI(L)-36
			"Free French" postage and US postage

From the John Young collection. Censored.

N/A		N/A	1945-07-29 Locy Type 2z USS Wood DD-317
			Notice the "V" cut into the killer bars

From the John Young collection. Censored launching cover

N/A		N/A	1945-07-31 Locy Type F USS LCI(L)-36
			Portugal and US Postage used.

From the John Young collection. Censored.

N/A			1945-08-28 Locy Type FAKE USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. N-36 USS Niobrara AO-72
			Arrival in Tokyo Bay

Note:

N/A		N/A	1945-10-19 Locy Type 2(n) USS Lake Champlain CV-39
			British and US postage used.

From the John Young collection. Patriotic cachet by Richard P. Boone.

N/A			1945-10-27 Locy Type 3 (A-BTB) USS California BB-44
			Navy Day

From the John Young collection.

N/A			1945-10-27 Locy Type 3 (A-BOT) On the Back - Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus P-23 USS Phoenix CL-46
			Navy Day

From the John Young collection. "The version of P-23 used in 1945 may be a fake." USCS Postmark Catalog, 5th Edition.

N/A			1945-10-27 Locy Type 6egipr-1 USS San Francisco CA-38
			Navy Day

From the John Young collection. Very light postmark.

N/A		N/A	1945-10-27 Locy Type FAKE "NAVY DAY" USS Seer AM-112
			Navy Day

USS Seer AM-112 had no Postal Facilities or Postmarks.

			1945-11-15 Locy Type 3 (A-BTB) "CAPE TOWN / S. AFRICA" USS California BB-44
			Homeward Bound

Cachet is thermographed. This is cover series 127, cover number 23, with 53 covers issued from "Grey Cover Service".

N/A			1945-11-18 Locy Type FDC 9ef(nu) USS Princeton CV-37
			Commissioning

From the John Young collection. Postmark should not have "bars".

N/A		N/A	1945-11-28 Locy Type 2(n) USS Lake Champlain CV-39
			"Free" mail

From the John Young collection.

N/A		N/A	1945-12-04 Locy Type 2(n) Locy Type 9# (15552) USS Lake Champlain CV-39
			"Official" mail

From the John Young collection.

			1945-12-25 Locy Type 2(n) USS Lake Champlain CV-39
			Christmas card

From the John Young collection.

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