Cachet Maker Tazewell G Nicholson Page 1d2

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Tazewell G. Nicholson Page 1

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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.

 

Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

July - December 1939

 

N/A		N/A	1939-07-05 Locy Type 3 (AC-TTB) "NAVY YARD / NORFOLK VA" USS Thrush AVP-3
			Keel Laid for - USS South Dakota BB-57

Not on Ludo Janssens list.

 

N/A		N/A	1939-08-15 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "ENROUTE / TRINIDAD" USS Saint Louis CL-49
			Shakedown Cruise

Not on Ludo Janssens list.

 

N/A		N/A	1939-09-23 Locy Type FDC 3r (AC-BBT) "FIRST DAY IN / COMMISSION" USS Rowan DD-405
			Commissioning

Cachet by C. Wright Richell, sponsored by Tazewell G. Nicholson (Naval Cachet and Cancel Club).

 

N/A		N/A	1939-09-23 Locy Type FDC 3r (AC-BBT) "FIRST DAY IN / COMMISSION" USS Rowan DD-405
			Commissioning / First Day Postal Service

Cachet by C. Wright Richell, sponsored by Tazewell G. Nicholson (Naval Cachet and Cancel Club). From the Tom Kean collection.

 

			1939-09-25 Locy Type 3r (A-TBT) PORTSMOUTH / VIRGINIA USS Sirius AK-15
			Ship Keel Laying - USS Hornet CV-8

Cachet artist is C. Wright Richell (his initials "CWR" are below the stern of the ship). This style is similar to the commissioning cachet for USS Enterprise (1938-05-12).

 

			1939-09-26 Locy Type RECD USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-R1 USS Bainbridge DD-246
			Ship Recommissioning

Cachet by Loring W. Stannard, sponsored by Tazewell G. Nicholson.

 

N/A		N/A	1939-09-26 Locy Type FDC RECD USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-R1 USS Humphreys DD-236
			Recommissioning

From the Tom Kean collection.

 

			1939-10-04 Locy Type FDR RECD USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. B-11 USS Barney AG-113
			Ship Recommissioning

Cachet by Loring W. Stannard, sponsored by Tazewell G. Nicholson.

 

			1939-10-16 Locy Type FDR RECD USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. B-109 USS Blakeley DD-150
			Ship Recommissioning

Cachet by Loring W. Stannard, sponsored by Tazewell G. Nicholson.

 

			1939-11-06 Locy Type RECD [CD-R1] USS Bailey DD-269
			Recommissioning

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N/A		N/A	1939-11-06 Locy Type SLPb(n) (34x3) USS Welles DD-257
			First Day - Recommissioned

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N/A		N/A	1939-11-08 Locy Type FDPS 9v USS Barney DD-149
			First Day of Postal Service

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N/A		N/A	1939-11-08 Locy Type FDPS 9x USS Barney DD-149
			First Day of Postal Service

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N/A		N/A	1939-11-08 Locy Type FDPS 9x USS Humphreys DD-236
			First Day of Postal Service

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			1939-11-10 Locy Type 9v USS Bernadou DD-153
			First Day of Postal Service

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N/A		N/A	1939-11-13 Locy Type FDPS 9v USS MacLeish DD-220
			First Day of Postal Service

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N/A		N/A	1939-11-13 Locy Type FDPS 9x USS MacLeish DD-220
			First Day of Postal Service

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N/A		N/A	1939-11-15 Locy Type FDPS 9x USS Blakeley DD-150
			First Day of Postal Service

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N/A		N/A	1939-11-15 Locy Type 3 (A-TBT) USS Jacob Jones DD-130
			Keel Laid for - USS Ingraham DD-444

Not on the Ludo Janssens list.

 

N/A		N/A	1939-11-20 Locy Type 3r (AC-BBT) USS Rowan DD-405
			Keel Laid for - USS Indiana BB-58

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N/A		N/A	1939-11-20 Locy Type FDC 3r (AC-BBT) "FIRST DAY / COMMISSION" USS Stack DD-406
			First Day of Commissioning

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N/A		N/A	1939-11-23 Locy Type 3r (AC-TBT) "CRISTOBAL / CANAL ZONE" USS Mustin DD-413
			Shakedown Cruise

Cachet by Loring W. Stannard.

 

N/A		N/A	1939-11-30 Locy Type FDPS 3 (A-BTT) Locy Type FDPS 9v Locy Type FDPS 9x USS Sturtevant DD-240
			First Day of Postal Service

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			1939-12-04 Locy Type 3 (A-TBT) USS Babbitt DD-128
			Recommissioning

USS BABBITT salutes the Recommissioning of USS ABEL P. UPSHUR DD-193

 

N/A		N/A	1939-12-07 Locy Type 3r (AC-TBT) "GUANTANAMO / BAY CUBA" USS Mustin DD-413
			Shakedown Cruise

Cachet by Loring W. Stannard.

 

			1939-12-18 Locy Type RECD USCS Catalog Illus. CD-R1 USS Laub DD-263
			Recommissioning

Cachet by Loring W. Stannard. Not on the Ludo Janssens list.

 

N/A		N/A	1939-12-18 Locy Type RECD USCS Catalog Illus. CD-R2 USS Rodgers DD-254
			Recommissioning

Cachet by Loring W. Stannard. Not on the Ludo Janssens list.

 

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