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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	1941-07-03 Locy Type 3r (A-BBT) USS Kilty DD-137
			Commissioning

Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson. From the Bob Govern collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1942-01-20 Locy Type FDPS 3z (BBT) "COMMISSION / JULY 3, 1941"
			First Day of Postal Service

Cachet by Mae Weigand, Army Flag, 2nd Series

 

N/A		N/A	1942-01-20 Locy Type FDPS 9v
			First Day of Postal Service

Censored

 

N/A			1942-01-20 Locy Type FDPS 9x
			First Day of Postal Service

Censored

 

N/A		N/A	1942-01-20 Locy Type FDPS 9efw
			First Day of Postal Service

Censored

 

			1942-01-20 Locy Type FDPS 3z (BBT) "COMMISSION / JULY 3, 1941" Locy Type FDPS 9v Locy Type FDPS 9efw Locy Type FDPS 9x
			First Day of Postal Service

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N/A		N/A	1942-01-20 Locy Type FDPS 3z (BBT) "COMMISSION / JULY 3, 1941"
			First Day of Postal Service

Censored. Contributed by Tom Kean.

 

N/A		N/A	1944-07-10 Locy Type 7z
			Official Business

This postmark was not from the USS Chemung.

 

			1944-07-23 Locy Type 3z (BBT) "US NAVY"
			Official Business

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			1945-09-26 Locy Type 3z (BBT) "US NAVY" 1945-10-01 Amesbury MA Duplex
			Category

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			1947-06-01 Locy Type 2t(nu)
			Category

Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson

 

			1947-07-04 Locy Type 2t(nu)
			Independence Day 1947

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			1950-03-14 Locy Type LDPS 2t(nu)
			Last Day Postal Service

Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson

 

No Image			1952-06-23 Locy Type 2r
			Category

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No Image			1956-09-25 Locy Type 2t(n+u) Locy Type 9fu
			Collectors request

From the Bob Govern collection.

 

			1958-09-24 Locy Type 2t(n+u)
			Category

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			1968-12-20 Locy Type 2t(n+u) (USS)
			Cherokee Strip

ArtCraft Cachet

 

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