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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 --------- Cachet Category

N/A		N/A	1936-12-10 Locy Type 3 (BC-TTB) "NAVY YARD / PHILA PA" USS Tarbell DD 142
			Keel Laying

Add-on cachet by Bruce D. Liddell

N/A		N/A	1938-04-15 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) USS J. Fred Talbott DD 156
			Launching

Cachet by C. Wright Richell, sponsored by Tazewell G. Nicholson

		N/A	1938-04-15 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "NAVY YARD / NORFOLK VA" USS YORKTOWN CV 5
			Ship Launching

Note:

			1938-04-15 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "NAVY YARD / NORFOLK VA" USS YORKTOWN CV 5
			Ship Launching

Cachet by Dr. S. E. Hutnick

N/A		N/A	1939-05-19 Locy Type FDC 3 (A-BBT) "FIRST DAY IN / COMMISSION"
			Commissioning

Cachet by Gordon A. Shaw

			1939-05-19 Locy Type FDC 3 (A-BBT) "FIRST DAY IN / COMMISSION"
			First Day in Commission

Cachet Maker: Unknown. Back is clean

			1939-05-19 Locy Type FDC 3 (A-BBT) "FIRST DAY IN / COMMISSION"
			First Day in Commission

Cachet by Frederick Horton. Back black rubberstamp "No 10987"...Frederick Horton return

			1939-05-19 Locy Type FDC 3 (A-BBT) "FIRST DAY IN / COMMISSION"
			Commissioning

Cachet by P. J. (PeeJay) Ickeringill and Frederick Horton

			1939-05-19 Locy Type FDC 3 (A-BBT) "FIRST DAY IN / COMMISSION" Locy Type FDC 9v Locy Type FDC 9x
			First Day in Commission

Note:

			1939-05-19 Locy Type FDC 9v Locy Type FDC 9efw Locy Type FDC 9x
			Ship Commissioning

Note:

			1939-05-19 Locy Type FDC 3 (A-BBT) "FIRST DAY IN / COMMISSION"
			Ship First Day Of Postal Service

Cachet by C. Wright Richell, sponsored by Tazewell G Nicholson

No Image		No Image	1939-05-19 Locy Type FDC 3 (A-BBT) "FIRST DAY IN / COMMISSION"
			Ship Commissioning

Note: Add-on cachet by Kelly Armstrong

			1939-08-10 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "ENROUTE TO / JAMAICA"
			Ship Shakedown Cruise

Cachet by C. Wright Richell, sponsored by Tazewell G Nicholson

			1939-08-18 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "PORT OF SPAIN / TRINIDAD"
			Ship Shakedown Cruise

Notes:

N/A		N/A	1939-08-23 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "ENROUTE TO / AZORES IS."
			Ship Shakedown Cruise

Cachet by C. Wright Richell, sponsored by Tazewell G Nicholson

			1939-08-29 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "PONTA DELGADO / AZORES"
			Ship Shakedown Cruise

Cachet by C. Wright Richell, sponsored by Tazewell G Nicholson

			1939-10-05 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "NEW YORK / N.Y."
			Shakedown Cruise

Cachet by C. Wright Richell. Back is clean

			1940-12-20 Locy Type 6ep(3) Locy Type 9v Locy Type 9efw Locy Type 9x
			Category

Back is clean

N/A			1941-02-02 Locy Type 6ep(3)
			Category

Front pencil notation "10,000 ton light cruiser"...Back pencil notation "type 3" (incorrect)..."cl 49"

N/A			1941-08-05 Locy Type 6ep(3)
			Category

Business Reply use. Back is clean

N/A			1941-10-02 Locy Type 6ep(3)
			Sailor's mail

Via Clipper Air Mail

			1943-07-17 Locy Type 3z (BTB)
			Sailors mail

Censored wartime (WWII) use. On back - Veneta Oreg. post office marking dated July 26 1943.

			1946-04-14 Locy Type 2(n)
			Category

Cachet by Glenn W. Dye. Back black rubberstamp Grey Cover Service

N/A			1999-10-14 USPS Pictorial "USS ST. Louis Reunion Station" Norfolk VA
			Crewmember's Reunion

Cachet by Roger A. Wentworth

N/A		N/A	1940's
			Matchbook cover

The Diamond Match Co., NY, NY

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