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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			1936-04-04 Locy Type 3 (B-TBT) "CHAMPAGNE & / SALT WATER" USS San Francisco CA-38
			Ship Launching

Cachet by Leonard Rogers

		No Image	1936-04-04 Locy Type 7dr USS Arkansas BB-33
			Ship Launching

Note: Launch cachet for USS Yorktown CV-5.

		No Image	1936-04-04
			Ship Launching

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			1936-04-04 Locy Type 3 (AC-TTB) YORKTOWN / LAUNCHED USS Babbitt AG-102
			Ship Launching

Cachet Maker: Naval Cachet and Cancel Club

 

			1936-04-04 Locy Type 3s (A) LONG BEACH / CALIFORNIA USS Lexington CV-2
			Ship Launching

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N/A		N/A	1936-04-04 Locy Type 3 (B-BBT) "USS / YORKTOWN" USS Saratoga CV-3
			Ship Launching

Cachet by Dr. S. E. Hutnick

 

N/A		N/A	1936-04-04 USPO Machine Cancel Newport News VA
			Launching

Cachet by -

 

N/A		N/A	1936-04-04 USPO Machine Cancel Newport News VA
			Launching

Cachet by -

 

		No Image	1937-09-30 Locy Type FDC 3 (AC-BBT) "NORFOLK / VIRGINIA"
			Ship Commissioning

Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson and C. Wright Richell

 

			1937-09-30 Locy Type FDC 3 (AC-BBT) "NORFOLK / VIRGINIA"
			Ship Commissioning

Cachet by Walter Czubay

 

			1937-09-30 Locy Type FDC 3 (AC-BBT) "NORFOLK / VIRGINIA"
			Ship Commissioning

Cachet Maker: Leo A. Schupp

 

			1937-09-30 Locy Type FDC 3 (AC-BBT) "NORFOLK / VIRGINIA"
			Ship Commissioning

Cachet by Roland E. Hopkins. Cachet is thermographed.

 

N/A		N/A	1937-09-30 Locy Type FDC 3 (AC-BBT) "NORFOLK / VIRGINIA"
			Commissioning

Cachet by Lloyd A. Nace. From the Tom Kean collection.

 

N/A			1937-09-30 Locy Type FDC 3 (AC-BBT) "NORFOLK / VIRGINIA"
			Commissioning

Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson (Norfolk Cover Service). From the Ronald Finger collection.

 

N/A			1937-09-30 Locy Type FDC 3 (AC-BBT) "NORFOLK / VIRGINIA"
			Commissioning

Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson (Naval Cachet and Cancel Club). From the Ronald Finger collection.

 

No Image		No Image	1937-10-19 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "NORFOLK / VIRGINIA"
			Category

Note: Add-on cachet by Kelly Armstrong

 

			1937-10-27 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "NAVY / DAY"
			Navy Day 1937

Cachet by PeeJay Ickeringill & Frederick Horton

 

		No Image	1938-01-08 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "DEPARTED / NORFOLK VA"
			Ship Shakedown Cruise

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			1938-01-13 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "CULEBRA / PUERTO RICO"
			Ship Shakedown Cruise

Cachet Makers: Tazewell G. Nicholson and C. Wright Richell

 

		No Image	1938-01-14 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "CHARLOTTE / AMALIE V I"
			Ship Shakedown Cruise

Cachet Makers: Robert S. Thompson and Arthur S. Williams

 

			1938-01-19 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "GONAIVES / HAITI"
			Ship Shakedown Cruise

Cachet Makers: Tazewell G. Nicholson and C. Wright Richell.
Contributed by Louis Kurzmiller.

 

			1938-02-22 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "CRISTOBAL / CANAL ZONE"
			Shakedown Cruise

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		No Image	1938-04-15 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "NAVY YARD / NORFOLK VA"
			Ship Launching - USS St. Louis CL-49

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			1938-04-15 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "NAVY YARD / NORFOLK VA"
			Ship Launching - USS St. Louis CL-49

Cachet Maker: Dr. S. E. Hutnick

 

			1939-04-19 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "NORFOLK / VIRGINIA"
			Official Business

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No Image		No Image	1939-08-18
			Category

Note: This is an invitation to the ship's Second Anniversary Ball held at the Mission Beach Ballroom (San Diego).

 

			1939-10-27 Locy Type 3r (A-BBT) "NAVY / DAY"
			Navy Day 1939

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			1940-04-10 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "LAHAINA RDS / MAUI, T.H." Locy Type 6ep(2) Locy Type 9v Locy Type 9efw Locy Type 9x
			Category

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			1941-04-04 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "PEARL / HARBOR, T.H."
			Category

Cachet Maker: Sibley's Department Store Hobby Shop

 

No Image			1941-04-15 Locy Type 7r
			Category

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			1941-04-18 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "PEARL / HARBOR, T.H."
			Ship Birthday

Cachet Maker: Walter G. Crosby.
Cachet is thermographed. Cachet is on a piece of paper that is pasted to the cover.

 

No Image			1941-08-27 Locy Type 3z (BTB)
			Category

Postcard use

 

			1942-04-10 Locy Type 9efw
			Battleship

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No Image			1992-06-06
			Category

Cachet Maker: Nichols
Cachet is thermographed. Cachet commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Midway. Cover includes an insert describing the battle.

 

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