KINGFISHER ATO 135 Covers Page 1: Difference between revisions

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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			1928-01-08 Locy Type RECD USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. K-7
			Category

Note:

			1930-04-20 Locy Type 3 (AC)
			Official Business

Note:

N/A		N/A	1931-09-14 Locy Type 3b
			Collector request

Note:

N/A		N/A	1932-03-25 Locy Type 3b
			Collector request

From the Bob Govern collection.

No Image			1933-01-06 Locy Type 3b
			Category

Note:

N/A		N/A	1935-04-18 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "BREMERTON / WASH"
			Collector request

Cachet by John Coulthard, sponsored by the John Paul Jones Chapter No, 2, USCS. Contributed by Tom Kean.

N/A		N/A	1935-05-11 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "ADAK ISL. / ALASKA"
			Third Aleutian Island Survey Expedition

Cachet by Richard Dumonte

N/A		N/A	1935-05-11 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "ADAK ISL. / ALASKA"
			Third Aleutian Island Survey Expedition

Cacheted

No Image			1936-05-30 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "SAN DIEGO / CALIF"
			Memorial Day

Cachet Maker: William F. Schlechter

No Image			1936-10-27 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "SAN DIEGO / CALIF" Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) (?) from USS Arctic AF-7
			Navy Day

Cachet Maker: William S. Linto

			1937-05-09 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "PEARL HARBOR / T.H."
			Mother's Day

Cachet Maker: Douglas C & Harry F Wentz
Cachet is thermographed.

			1941-06-30 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT)
			Category

Note: Desmond D Jagyi probably serviced the cachet.
Cachet is thermographed.

			1944-02-17 Locy Type 3z (BBT)
			Category

Censored wartime (WWII) use

			1944-05-20 Honolulu Hawaii (Pearl Harbor Br.) Registered 1944-06-02 Philadelphia, PA. Registered 1944-06-03 Philadelphia, PA. (Navy Yard Sta.) Registered Commandants Office Navy Yard Philadelphia REC'D
			Official Business

Note:

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 <tr><th valign="center" align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link To Cachet Close-Up Image
-</th><th valign="center" align="center" width="220">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Full Cover Front Image
+</th><th valign="center" align="center" width="320">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Full Cover Front Image
 </th><th valign="center" align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Postmark or Back Image
 </th><th valign="center">Primary Date<br/>Postmark Type<br/>Killer Bar Text
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+<!-- ============ -->
+<!--  1928-01-08  -->
+<!-- ============ -->
+<br/>&nbsp;<br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
+<tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
+No Image
+</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="320" rowspan="2">
+[[Image:JonBurdett kingfisher am25 19280108.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
+</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
+[[Image:JonBurdett kingfisher am25 19280108 pm.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
+</td><td valign="center">
+-01-08<br/>
+Locy Type RECD<br/>
+USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. K-7
+</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
+Category
+</td></tr></table>
+Note:
+<!-- === End of Ship Cover Entry === -->
+<!-- ============ -->
+<!--  1930-04-20  -->
+<!-- ============ -->
+<br/>&nbsp;<br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
+<tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
+[[Image:JonBurdett kingfisher am25 19300420 cc.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
+</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="320" rowspan="2">
+[[Image:JonBurdett kingfisher am25 19300420.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
+</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
+[[Image:JonBurdett kingfisher am25 19300420 pm.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
+</td><td valign="center">
+-04-20<br/>
+Locy Type 3 (AC)<br/>
+</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
+Official Business
+</td></tr></table>
+Note:
+<!-- === End of Ship Cover Entry === -->
+<!-- ============ -->
+<!-- 1931-09-14 -->
+<!-- ============ -->
+<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
+<tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
+N/A
+</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="320" rowspan="2">
+[[Image:GregCiesielski_Kingfisher_AM25_19310914_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
+</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
+N/A
+</td><td valign="center">
+-09-14<br>Locy Type 3b
+</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
+Collector request
+</td></tr></table>
+Note:
+<!-- === End of Cachet Entry === -->
+<!-- ============ -->
+<!-- 1931-09-14 -->
+<!-- ============ -->
+<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
+<tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
+N/A
+</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="320" rowspan="2">
+[[Image:GregCiesielski_Kingfisher_AM25_19320325_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
+</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
+N/A
+</td><td valign="center">
+-03-25<br>Locy Type 3b
+</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
+Collector request
+</td></tr></table>
+From the Bob Govern collection.
+<!-- === End of Cachet Entry === -->
+<!-- ============ -->
+<!--  1933-01-06  -->
+<!-- ============ -->
+<br/>&nbsp;<br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
+<tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
+No Image
+</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="320" rowspan="2">
+[[Image:JonBurdett kingfisher am25 19330106.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
+</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
+[[Image:JonBurdett kingfisher am25 19330106 pm.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
+</td><td valign="center">
+-01-06<br/>
+Locy Type 3b<br/>
+</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
+Category</td></tr></table>
+Note:
+<!-- === End of Ship Cover Entry === -->
+<!-- ============ -->
+<!-- 1935-04-18 -->
+<!-- ============ -->
+<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
+<tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
+N/A
+</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="320" rowspan="2">
+[[Image:GregCiesielski_Kingfisher_AM25_19350418_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
+</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
+N/A
+</td><td valign="center">
+-04-18<br>Locy Type 3 (B-BTT)<br/>"BREMERTON / WASH"
+</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
+Collector request
+</td></tr></table>
+Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_John_Coulthard_ | John Coulthard]], sponsored by the [[Cachet_Maker_USCS_Chapter_2_John_Paul_Jones_ | John Paul Jones Chapter No, 2, USCS]]. Contributed by Tom Kean.
+<!-- === End of Cachet Entry === -->
+<!-- ============ -->
+<!-- 1935-05-11 -->
+<!-- ============ -->
+<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
+<tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
+N/A
+</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="320" rowspan="2">
+[[Image:GregCiesielski_Kingfisher_AM25_19350511_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
+</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
+N/A
+</td><td valign="center">
+-05-11<br>Locy Type 3 (B-BTT)<br/>"ADAK ISL. / ALASKA"
+</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
+[[Cachet Category Aleutian Islands Survey & Alaskan Service | Third Aleutian Island Survey Expedition]]
+</td></tr></table>
+Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Richard_Dumonte_ | Richard Dumonte]]
+<!-- === End of Cachet Entry === -->
+<!-- ============ -->
+<!-- 1935-05-11 -->
+<!-- ============ -->
+<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
+<tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
+N/A
+</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="320" rowspan="2">
+[[Image:GregCiesielski_Kingfisher_AM25_19350511_2_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
+</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
+N/A
+</td><td valign="center">
+-05-11<br>Locy Type 3 (B-BTT)<br/>"ADAK ISL. / ALASKA"
+</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
+[[Cachet Category Aleutian Islands Survey & Alaskan Service | Third Aleutian Island Survey Expedition]]
+</td></tr></table>
+Cacheted
+<!-- === End of Cachet Entry === -->
 <!-- ============ -->
 <!-- 1936-05-30 -->
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 <tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
 No Image
-</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="220" rowspan="2">
+</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="320" rowspan="2">
-[[Image:GregCiesielski_Kingfisher_AM25_19360530_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
+[[Image:GregCiesielski_Kingfisher_AM25_19360530_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
 </td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
 [[Image:GregCiesielski_Kingfisher_AM25_19360530_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
@@ Line 48: / Line 187: @@
 -05-30<br>
 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT)<br/>
-SAN DIEGO / CALIF
+"SAN DIEGO / CALIF"
 </td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
 [[Cachet_Category_Memorial_Day_ | Memorial Day]]
 </td></tr></table>
-Note: Cachet Maker: [[Cachet_Maker_William_F_Schlechter_ | William F. Schlechter]]
+Cachet Maker: [[Cachet_Maker_William_F_Schlechter_ | William F. Schlechter]]
 <!-- === End of Cachet Entry === -->
 <!-- ============ -->
@@ Line 60: / Line 199: @@
 <tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
 No Image
-</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="220" rowspan="2">
+</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="320" rowspan="2">
-[[Image:GregCiesielski_Arctic_AF_7_19361027_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
+[[Image:GregCiesielski_Arctic_AF_7_19361027_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
 </td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
 [[Image:GregCiesielski_Kingfisher_AM25_19361027_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
 </td><td valign="center">
 -10-27<br>
-Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) &nbsp;&nbsp;[Killer text: SAN DIEGO / CALIF]<br>
+Locy Type 3 (B-BTT)<br/>"SAN DIEGO / CALIF"<br>
 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) (?) from [[ARCTIC_AF_7_ | USS Arctic AF-7]]
 </td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
 [[Cachet_Category_Navy_Day_ | Navy Day]]
 </td></tr></table>
-Note: Cachet Maker: [[Cachet_Maker_William_S_Linto_ | William S. Linto]]
+Cachet Maker: [[Cachet_Maker_William_S_Linto_ | William S. Linto]]
 <!-- === End of Cachet Entry === -->
 <!-- ============ -->
@@ Line 79: / Line 218: @@
 <tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
 [[Image:Bunter_Kingfisher_ATO_135_19370509_1_cachet.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
-</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="220" rowspan="2">
+</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="320" rowspan="2">
-[[Image:Bunter_Kingfisher_ATO_135_19370509_1_front.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
+[[Image:Bunter_Kingfisher_ATO_135_19370509_1_front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
 </td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
 [[Image:Bunter_Kingfisher_ATO_135_19370509_1_back.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
@@ Line 86: / Line 225: @@
 -05-09<br/>
 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT)<br/>
-PEARL HARBOR / T.H.<br/>
+"PEARL HARBOR / T.H."<br/>
 </td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
 [[Cachet_Category_Mother's_Day|Mother's Day]]<br/>
 </td></tr></table>
-Notes: Cachet Maker: [[Cachet_Maker_Douglas_C_&_Harry_F_Wentz|Douglas C & Harry F Wentz]]<br/>Cachet is thermographed.
+Cachet Maker: [[Cachet_Maker_Douglas_C_&_Harry_F_Wentz|Douglas C & Harry F Wentz]]<br/>Cachet is thermographed.
 <!-- === End of Ship Cover Entry === -->
 <!-- ============ -->
@@ Line 98: / Line 237: @@
 <tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
 [[Image:Bunter_Kingfisher_ATO_135_19410630_1_cachet.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
-</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="220" rowspan="2">
+</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="320" rowspan="2">
-[[Image:Bunter_Kingfisher_ATO_135_19410630_1_front.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
+[[Image:Bunter_Kingfisher_ATO_135_19410630_1_front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
 </td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
 [[Image:Bunter_Kingfisher_ATO_135_19410630_1_back.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
@@ Line 107: / Line 246: @@
 </td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
 Category</td></tr></table>
-Notes: Desmond D Jagyi probably serviced the cachet.<br/>
+Note: Desmond D Jagyi probably serviced the cachet.<br/>
 Cachet is thermographed.
 <!-- === End of Ship Cover Entry === -->
@@ Line 116: / Line 255: @@
 <tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
 [[Image:JonBurdett kingfisher am25 19440217 cc.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
-</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="220" rowspan="2">
+</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="320" rowspan="2">
-[[Image:JonBurdett kingfisher am25 19440217.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
+[[Image:JonBurdett kingfisher am25 19440217.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
 </td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
 [[Image:JonBurdett kingfisher am25 19440217 pm.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
@@ Line 133: / Line 272: @@
 <tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
 [[Image:JonBurdett kingfisher am25 19440520 cc.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
-</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="220" rowspan="2">
+</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="320" rowspan="2">
-[[Image:JonBurdett kingfisher am25 19440520.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
+[[Image:JonBurdett kingfisher am25 19440520.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
 </td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
 [[Image:JonBurdett kingfisher am25 19440520 back.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
@@ Line 144: / Line 283: @@
 -06-03<br/>
 Philadelphia, PA. (Navy Yard Sta.) Registered<br/>
-Commadants Office Navy Yard Philadelphia REC'D
+Commandants Office Navy Yard Philadelphia REC'D
 </td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
-Category</td></tr></table>
+Official Business
-Registered Official Business
+</td></tr></table>
+Note:
 <!-- === End of Ship Cover Entry === -->
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