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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

 

No Image		No Image	1932-01-01 Locy Type 3 "FLAGSHIP / U.S.FLEET"
			New Year's Day

Note: Add-on cachet by Kelly Armstrong

 

No Image			1932-01-16 Locy Type 3 (AT SEA) "FLAGSHIP / U.S. FLEET" USCS Catalog Illustration P-15
			Category

Back black pen return to ship at San Pedro

 

No Image			1932-01-31 Locy Type 3 "26 47 35 N / 145 37 00 W" USCS Catalog Illustration P-15
			Category

Cover addressed to Dr Francis E Locy. Postmark in blue ink.
Back of cover has postmarks from U.S. Naval Hospital, League Island, P.A. and Naval Operations Base, Pearl Harbor.

 

			1932-02-22 Locy Type 3 "WASHINGTON'S / BIRTHDAY" USCS Catalog Illustration P-15
			Washington's Birthday Fleet Maneuvers

Cachet Maker: Hawaii Philatelic Association.

 

		No Image	1932-02-22 Locy Type 6i
			George Washington

Cachet Maker: Walter G. Crosby.
Postmark in green ink. Cachet is thermographed.

 

		No Image	1932-02-22 Locy Type 8
			George Washington Fleet Maneuvers

Cachet Maker: Hawaii Philatelic Association.
Postmark in gold ink.

 

No Image			1932-02-29 Locy Type 8
			George Washington Fleet Maneuvers

Cachet Maker: Hawaii Philatelic Association
Back pencil notation "BB 38"...HILO, HAWAII GEN. DEL. roundate 1932-03-01

 

			1932-03-20 Locy Type 3 "SAN PEDRO / CALIFORNIA" USCS Catalog Illustration P-15
			Category

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			1932-04-09 Locy Type 3 "U.S. FLEET / CONCENTRATION" USCS Postmark Catalog Illustration P-15
			Fleet Concentration

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		No Image	1932-04-30 Locy Type 3 "U.S. FLEET / CONCENTRATION" USCS Catalog Illustration P-15
			George Washington

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No Image		No Image	1932-05-01 Locy Type 3 "U.S. FLEET / CONCENTRATION" USCS Catalog Illustration P-15
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No Image		No Image	1932-05-30 Locy Type 8
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		No Image	1932-07-04 Locy Type 3 "STARS & STRIPES / FOREVER" USCS Catalog Illustration P-15
			Independence Day

Cachet Maker: Nelson White.

 

No Image		No Image	1932-07-04 Locy Type 3 "STARS & STRIPES / FOREVER" USCS Catalog Illustration P-15
			Category

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			1932-07-04 Locy Type 3  (USCS Illustration P-15) STARS & STRIPES / FOREVER
			Category

Cachet Maker: Walter G Crosby
Cachet is thermographed.

 

No Image			1932-07-13
			Category

Note: Postcard with picture of USS Pennsylvania.

 

		No Image	1932-07-30 Locy Type 3 "FIRST DAY / OLYMPIC GAMES" USCS Catalog Illustration P-15
			10th Olympiad 1932 at Los Angeles

Cachet Maker: Walter G. Crosby.
Postmark in blue ink.

 

		No Image	1932-08-10 Locy Type P [3t "U.S. FLEET FLAGSHIP" and hollow star at bottom of dial] (USCS Illustration P-15f) "CHANGE IN / COMMAND"
			Person Commemorative - Admiral R. H. Leigh Person Commemorative - Admiral F. H. Schofield Ship Event - Change of Command

Cachet Maker: Walter G. Crosby.
Postmark in purple ink.

 

N/A		N/A	1932-08-10 Locy Type P [3t "U.S. FLEET FLAGSHIP"and hollow star at bottom of dial] (USCS Illustration P-15f) "CHANGE IN / COMMAND"
			Person Commemorative - Admiral R. H. Leigh Person Commemorative - Admiral F. H. Schofield Ship Event - Change of Command

Cachet Maker: Walter G. Crosby. Postmark in black ink.

 

No Image		No Image	1932-09-05 Locy Type 3 "LABOR / DAY" USCS Catalog Illustration P-15
			Labor Day

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			1932-10-12 Locy Type 3 "COLUMBUS / DAY" USCS Catalog Illustration P-15
			Columbus Day

Cachet Maker: Harry Ioor

 

			1932-10-27 Locy Type 3 "NAVY / DAY" USCS Catalog Illustration P-15
			Navy Day 1932

Note: Typed notation upper left

 

			1932-10-27 Locy Type 3 "NAVY / DAY" USCS Catalog Illustration P-15
			Navy Day 1932

Note: Postcard use
Rubberstamp U.S.N. anchor/stars as cachet

 

		No Image	1932-11-11 Locy Type 3 "ARMISTICE / DAY" USCS Catalog Illustration P-15
			Armistice Day 1932

Cachet Maker: Walter G. Crosby.
Postmark in purple ink.

 

No Image			1932-11-11 Locy Type 3 "LEST WE / FORGET" USCS Catalog Illustration P-15
			Armistice Day 1932

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			1932-12-25 Locy Type 3 "MERRY / CHRISTMAS" USCS Catalog Illustration P-15
			Person Commemorative - William Penn

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No Image			1932-12-25 Locy Type 3 "MERRY / CHRISTMAS" USCS Catalog Illustration P-15
			Christmas Day 1932

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No Image			1932-12-25 Locy Type 3 "MERRY / CHRISTMAS" USCS Catalog Illustration P-15
			Christmas Day 1932

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		No Image	1933-02-26 Locy Type 3 "GOLDEN GATE / BRIDGE" USCS Catalog Illustration P-15
			San Francisco Golden Gate Bridge Celebration

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			1933-03-01 Locy Type 9v 1931
			Official Business

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		No Image	1933-03-09 Locy Type 3 (AT SEA) U.S. FLEET / REVIEW (same as USCS Illustration P-15 but with 'AT SEA' added)
			Fleet Review

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			1933-03-15 Locy Type 3 "U.S. FLEET / FLAGSHIP" USCS Catalog Illustration P-15
			USS Trenton Screw Steamer USS Nipsic Gunboat USS Vandalia Screw Sloop

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No Image		No Image	1933-03-17 Locy Type 3 "ST.PATRICKS / DAY" USCS Catalog Illustration P-15
			Category

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No Image		No Image	1933-03-17 Locy Type 3 "ST.PATRICKS / DAY"
			St. Patrick's Day

Note: Add-on cachet by Kelly Armstrong

 

			1933-04-30 Locy Type 3  (USCS Illustration P-15) PRESIDENT'S / DAY
			Category

Cachet Maker: Walter G Crosby
The letter provides information about a cachet for President's Day but it is for USS Medusa AR-1 and not the cachet on this cover. As such, it is not clear that Crosby is the maker of the cachet on this cover.

 

			1933-05-14 Locy Type 3 "MOTHER'S / DAY" USCS Catalog Illustration P-15
			Category

Note: This is the same cachet as the one on the cover dated 1933-10-24. Both are addressed to Victor Greenebaum and both have initials E.S.H. on the back. Unknown whether either individual had any involvement in making the cachet.

 

		No Image	1933-06-14 Locy Type 3 "FLAG / DAY" USCS Catalog Illustration P-15
			Flag Day

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No Image			1933-06-14 Locy Type 3 "FLAG / DAY" USCS Catalog Illustration P-15
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No Image		No Image	1933-06-14 Locy Type 3 "FLAG / DAY"
			Flag Day

Note: Add-on cachet by Kelly Armstrong

 

No Image		No Image	1933-07-04 Locy Type 3 "INDEPENDENCE / DAY"
			Independence Day

Note: Add-on cachet by Kelly Armstrong

 

			1933-07-20 Locy Type 8
			Port Visit - Seattle

Cachet Maker: Seattle Junior Philatelic Society.

 

		No Image	1933-07-20 Locy Type 3 "SEATTLE TIMES / CUP RACE" USCS Catalog Illustration P-15
			Port Visit - Seattle Fleet Week

Cachet Maker: John Paul Jones Chapter 22 USCS and Deane C. Bartley.

 

		No Image	1933-07-20 Locy Type 6i
			Port Visit - Seattle Fleet Week

Cachet Maker: John Paul Jones Chapter 22 USCS and Deane C. Bartley.

 

		No Image	1933-07-22 Locy Type 3 "U.S. FLEET / FLAGSHIP" USCS Catalog Illustration P-15
			Port Visit - Seattle Fleet Week

Cachet Maker: John Paul Jones Chapter 22 USCS.

 

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