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

 

No Image			1939-08-07 Locy Type FDPS 3r (AC-BBT) "FIRST DAY / CANCEL"
			Commissioning

Back - PLAINFIELD NJ REC'D 1939-08-08

 

N/A			1939-08-07 Locy Type FDPS 3r (AC-BBT) "FIRST DAY / CANCEL"
			Commissioning

Cachet by P. J. (PeeJay) Ickeringill and sponsored by Frederick Horton. From the Tom Kean collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1939-09-28 Locy Type 3r (AC-BBT) "NORFOLK / VIRGINIA"
			Shakedown Cruise

Cachet by George Neumann, sponsored by Frederick Horton. From the Tom Kean collection.

 

			1939-10-11 Locy Type 3r (AC-BBT) "NEW ORLEANS / LOU"
			Shakedown Cruise

Cachet by George Neumann, sponsored by Frederick Horton.

 

N/A		N/A	1939-10-20 Locy Type 3r (AC-BBT) "CHRISTOBAL / C.Z."
			Shakedown Cruise

Cachet by George Neumann, sponsored by Frederick Horton. From the Tom Kean collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1939-11-04 Locy Type 3r (AC-BBT) "GUANTANAMO / BAY CUBA"
			Shakedown Cruise

Cachet by George Neumann, sponsored by Frederick Horton. From the Tom Kean collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1939-11-09 Locy Type 3r (AC-BBT) "MIAMI / FLORIDA"
			Shakedown Cruise

Cachet by George Neumann, sponsored by Frederick Horton. From the Tom Kean collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1939-11-16 Locy Type 3r (AC-BBT) "BOSTON / MASS"
			Shakedown Cruise

Cachet by George Neumann, sponsored by Frederick Horton. From the Tom Kean collection.

 

			1940-09-21 USPO Duplex San Juan, P.R. Naval Air Station Sta.
			Official Business

Note:

 

N/A		N/A	1945-09-02 USPO 4-bar Washington, D.C.
			Category

Cachet maker is Walter G. Crosby

 

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