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<br/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Tazewell Gatling Nicholson was born on 14 June 1916 and died on 4 November 1997. Taz Nicholson was member #839 USCS, #598 American Naval Cover Service, #119 Registered Cachet Dealer and #14 International Cover Guild and produced covers from 30 May 1935 to 16 September 1996.<br/><br/>
<br/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Tazewell Gatling Nicholson was born on 14 June 1916 and died on 4 November 1997. Taz Nicholson was member #839 USCS, #598 American Naval Cover Service, #119 Registered Cachet Dealer and #14 International Cover Guild and produced covers from 30 May 1935 to 16 September 1996.<br/><br/>
[[Cachet_Maker_Tazewell_G_Nicholson | Page 1 (1935 - 1939)]]<br/>
[[Cachet_Maker_Tazewell_G_Nicholson | Page 1 (1935 - 1937)]]<br/>
[[Cachet_Maker_Tazewell_G_Nicholson_Page_1a | Page 1a (1938 - 1939)]]<br/>
[[Cachet_Maker_Tazewell_G_Nicholson_Page_2 | Page 2 (1940 - 1949)]]<br/>
[[Cachet_Maker_Tazewell_G_Nicholson_Page_2 | Page 2 (1940 - 1949)]]<br/>
[[Cachet_Maker_Tazewell_G_Nicholson_Page_3 | Page 3 (1950 - 1959)]]<br/>
[[Cachet_Maker_Tazewell_G_Nicholson_Page_3 | Page 3 (1950 - 1959)]]<br/>
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1935-10-12<br/>Locy Type 3(AC)<br/>[[TAYLOR_DD_94_ | USS Taylor DD-94]]
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[[Cachet_Category_Columbus_Day_Page_2_ | Columbus Day]], cachet by the [[Cachet_Maker_Naval_Cachet_And_Cancel_Club_ | Naval Cachet and Cancel Club]]
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1935-10-12<br/>Locy Type 3(AC)<br/>[[TAYLOR_DD_94_ | USS Taylor DD-94]]  
1935-10-12<br/>Locy Type 3(AC)<br/>[[TAYLOR_DD_94_ | USS Taylor DD-94]]  
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1935-10-28<br/>Locy Type 3 (BC-TBT)<br/>[[CORMORANT_ATO_133_ | USS Cormorant AM-40]]  
1935-10-28<br/>Locy Type 3 (BC-TBT)<br/>[[CORMORANT_ATO_133_ | USS Cormorant AM-40]]  
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Navy Day
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Taylor_DD94_19351028_2_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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1935-10-28<br/>Locy Type 3(AC)<br/>[[TAYLOR_DD_94_ | USS Taylor DD-94]]
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Navy Day
Navy Day
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From the Tom Kean collection.  
From the Tom Kean collection.  
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[[Image:GregCiesielski Humphreys DD236 19360614 1 Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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1936-06-14<br/>Locy Type 3 (B-BTT)<br/>[[HUMPHREYS_DD_236 | USS Humphreys DD-236]] 
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Flag Day
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[[Image:GregCiesielski King DD242 19360614 1 Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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N/A
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1936-06-14<br/>Locy Type 3s (AC-BTT)<br/>"PORTSMOUTH / VA"<br/>[[KING_DD_242 | USS King DD-242]] 
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Flag Day
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[[Image:GregCiesielski Sands DD243 19360704 1 Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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1936-07-04<br/>Locy Type 5hks<br/>[[SANDS_APD_13 | USS Sands DD-243]] 
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Independence Day
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Notes:  
Notes:  
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[[Image:GregCiesielski Childs AVP14 19360815 1 Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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1936-08-15<br/>Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB)<br/>"CANAL ZONE / ANIV."<br/>[[CHILDS_AVD_1 | USS Childs DD-241]] 
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22nd Anniversary of the opening of the Panama Canal
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[[Image:JonBurdett blue dd387 19370814-1.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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1937-08-14<br/>Locy Type FDC 3ty<br/>"HAVANA / CUBA"<br/>USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. B-38b<br/>Locy Type FDC 9x<br/>[[BLUE_DD_387 | USS Blue DD-387]]   
1937-08-14<br/>Locy Type FDC 3ty<br/>"HAVANA / CUBA"<br/>USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. B-38b<br/>Locy Type FDC 9x<br/>[[BLUE_DD_387 | USS Blue DD-387]]   
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[[Image:Bunter_Yorktown_CV_5_19370930_1_cachet.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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[[Image:Bunter_Yorktown_CV_5_19370930_1.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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1937-09-30<br/>Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT)<br/>"NORFOLK / VIRGINIA"<br/>[[YORKTOWN_CV_5 | USS Yorktown CV-5]] 
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[[Cachet_Category_Ship_Commissioning|Ship Commissioning]] - [[YORKTOWN_CV_5 | USS Yorktown CV-5]]
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Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_C_Wright_Richell| C. Wright Richell]], sponsored by Tazewell G. Nicholson.
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Bagley_DD386_19371012_2_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
[[Image:Bunter Bagley DD 386 19370928 1 front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Bagley_DD386_19371012_1_Back.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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1937-10-12<br/>Locy Type 3r (AC-BBT)<br/>"COLUMBUS / DAY"<br/>Locy Type 9x<br/>[[BAGLEY_DD_386|USS Bagley DD-386]]
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[[Cachet_Category_Columbus_Day_ | Columbus Day]]
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Red R/S address on the back for the Naval Cachet & Cancel Club; Portsmouth, VA
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Blue_DD387_19371124_1_Cachet.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Blue_DD387_193711246_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Blue_DD387_19371124_1_Back.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
[[Image:Bunter Bagley DD 386 19370928 1 back.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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1937-11-24<br/>Locy Type 3r (AC-TTB)<br/>"GUANTANAMO / BAY CUBA"<br/>[[BLUE_DD_387_ | USS Blue DD-387]]
1937-09-28<br/>Locy Type 3r (AC-BBT)<br/>"HABANA DE / CUBA"<br/>[[BAGLEY_DD_386|USS Bagley DD-386]]
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Shakedown Cruise
Shakedown Cruise
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Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_C_Wright_Richell | C. Wright Richell]]
R/S address on the back for the Naval Cachet & Cancel Club; Portsmouth, VA
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<h4>'''1938'''</h4>
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[[Image:Bunter_Yorktown_CV_5_19380113_1_Cachet.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
[[Image:Bunter_Yorktown_CV_5_19370930_1_cachet.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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[[Image:Bunter_Yorktown_CV_5_19380113_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
[[Image:Bunter_Yorktown_CV_5_19370930_1.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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1938-01-13<br/>Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT)<br/>"CULEBRA / PUERTO RICO"<br/>[[YORKTOWN_CV_5 | USS Yorktown CV-5]]   
1937-09-30<br/>Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT)<br/>"NORFOLK / VIRGINIA"<br/>[[YORKTOWN_CV_5 | USS Yorktown CV-5]]   
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[[Cachet_Category_Ship_Shakedown_Cruise|Ship Shakedown Cruise]] - [[YORKTOWN_CV_5 | USS Yorktown CV-5]] 
[[Cachet_Category_Ship_Commissioning|Ship Commissioning]]  
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Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_C_Wright_Richell| C. Wright Richell]], sponsored by Tazewell G. Nicholson. Red R/S address on the back for the Naval Cachet & Cancel Club; Portsmouth, VA
ANCS Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_C_Wright_Richell| C. Wright Richell]], sponsored by Tazewell G. Nicholson.
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[[Image:JonBurdett jacobjones dd130 19380505.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
[[Image:GregCiesielski Yorktown CV5 19370930 4 Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:GregCiesielski Yorktown CV5 19370930 4 Back.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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1938-05-05<br/>Locy Type 9 (C)<br/>[[JACOB_JONES_DD_130 | USS Jacob Jones DD-130]]   
1937-09-30<br/>Locy Type FDC 3 (AC-BBT)<br/>"NORFOLK / VIRGINIA"<br/>[[YORKTOWN_CV_5 | USS Yorktown CV-5]]   
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Launching of<br/>[[ROWAN DD 405|USS Rowan DD-405]] / [[STACK DD 406|USS Stack DD-406]]  
First Day of Postal Service  
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Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_C_Wright_Richell| C. Wright Richell]], sponsored by Tazewell G. Nicholson.  
Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_C_Wright_Richell| C. Wright Richell]], sponsored by Tazewell G. Nicholson.
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[[Image:Bunter_Enterprise_CV_6_19380512_2_cachet.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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[[Image:Bunter_Enterprise_CV_6_19380512_2_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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1938-05-12<br/>Locy Type FDC 3 (A-BBT)<br/>"FIRST DAY / NORFOLK, VA."<br/>[[ENTERPRISE_CV_6 | USS Enterprise CV-6]]
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[[Cachet_Category_Ship_Commissioning_ | Ship Commissioning]] - [[ENTERPRISE_CV_6 | USS Enterprise CV-6]]
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Cachet co-sponsored by [[Cachet_Maker_C_Wright_Richell | C. Wright Richell]] (ANCS 6).
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[[Image:Bunter_Enterprise_CV_6_19380512_3_Cachet.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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[[Image:Bunter_Enterprise_CV_6_19380512_3_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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1938-05-12<br/>Locy Type FDC 3 (A-BBT)<br/>"FIRST DAY / NORFOLK, VA."<br/>[[ENTERPRISE_CV_6 | USS Enterprise CV-6]]
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[[Cachet_Category_Ship_First_Day_Of_Postal_Service | First Day of Postal Service]] - [[ENTERPRISE_CV_6 | USS Enterprise CV-6]]
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Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_C_Wright_Richell| C. Wright Richell]], sponsored by Tazewell G. Nicholson.
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[[Image:Bunter_Enterprise_CV_6_19380724_1_Cachet.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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[[Image:Bunter_Enterprise_CV_6_19380724_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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1938-07-24<br/>Locy Type 3 (A-BBT)<br/>"PONCE / PUERTO RICO"<br/>[[ENTERPRISE_CV_6 | USS Enterprise CV-6]]
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[[Cachet_Category_Ship_Shakedown_Cruise_ | Shakedown Cruise]] - [[ENTERPRISE_CV_6 | USS Enterprise CV-6]]
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Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_C_Wright_Richell | C. Wright Richell]] (ANCS 6).
This is the same basic style as the commissioning cachet for USS Enterprise (1938-05-12).
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Capella_AK13_19381110_1_Cachet.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Capella_AK13_19381110_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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1938-11-10<br/>Locy Type FDC 3r (AC-BBT)<br/>"RECOMM'ED / N.N. YARD"<br/>[[CAPELLA_AK_13_ | USS Capella AK-13]]
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First Day of Recommissioning
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Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_C_Wright_Richell| C. Wright Richell]]
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<h4>'''1939'''</h4>
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[[Image:Bunter_Saint_Louis_CL_49_19390519_2_front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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1939-05-19<br/>Locy Type FDC 3 (A-BBT)<br/>"FIRST DAY IN / COMMISSION"<br/>[[SAINT LOUIS_CL_49 | USS Saint Louis CL-49]]
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[[Cachet_Category_Ship_First_Day_Of_Postal_Service| First Day Of Postal Service]] 
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Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_C_Wright_Richell| C. Wright Richell]], sponsored by Tazewell G. Nicholson.
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Rowan_DD405_19390923_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
[[Image:Bunter Bagley DD 386 19371004 1 front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:Bunter Bagley DD 386 19371004 1 back.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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1939-09-23<br/>Locy Type FDC 3r (AC-BBT)<br/>"FIRST DAY IN / COMMISSION"<br/>[[ROWAN_DD_405 | USS Rowan DD-405]]
1937-10-04<br/>Locy Type 3r (AC-BBT)<br/>"N N Y / PORTSMOUTH"<br/>[[BAGLEY_DD_386|USS Bagley DD-386]]
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Commissioning
Shakedown Cruise
</td></tr></table>
</td></tr></tr></table>
Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_C_Wright_Richell| C. Wright Richell]], sponsored by Tazewell G. Nicholson (Naval Cachet and Cancel Club).  
Postmark on the back is a 3 (AC-BBB) from USS Sirius AK -15.
<!-- === End of Cachet Entry === -->
<!-- === End of Cachet Entry === -->
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<!-- ============ -->
<!-- 1939-09-23 -->
<!-- 1937-10-12 -->
<!-- ============ -->
<!-- ============ -->
<br/>&nbsp;<br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<br/>&nbsp;<br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
Line 761: Line 740:
N/A
N/A
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Rowan_DD405_19390923_1k_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Bagley_DD386_19371012_2_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
N/A
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Bagley_DD386_19371012_1_Back.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td><td valign="center">
</td><td valign="center">
1939-09-23<br/>Locy Type FDC 3r (AC-BBT)<br/>"FIRST DAY IN / COMMISSION"<br/>[[ROWAN_DD_405 | USS Rowan DD-405]]
1937-10-12<br/>Locy Type 3r (AC-BBT)<br/>"COLUMBUS / DAY"<br/>Locy Type 9x<br/>[[BAGLEY_DD_386|USS Bagley DD-386]]
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
Commissioning /<br/>First Day Postal Service
[[Cachet_Category_Columbus_Day_ | Columbus Day]]
</td></tr></table>
</td></tr></tr></table>
Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_C_Wright_Richell| C. Wright Richell]], sponsored by Tazewell G. Nicholson (Naval Cachet and Cancel Club). From the Tom Kean collection.
R/S address on the back for the Naval Cachet & Cancel Club; Portsmouth, VA
<!-- === End of Cachet Entry === -->
<!-- === End of Cachet Entry === -->
<!-- ============ -->
<!-- ============ -->
<!-- 1939-09-25 -->
<!-- 1937-10-12 -->
<!-- ============ -->
<br/>&nbsp;<br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
[[Image:Bunter_Sirius_AK_15_19390925_2_Cachet.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
[[Image:Bunter_Sirius_AK_15_19390925_2_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
[[Image:Bunter_Sirius_AK_15_19390925_2_Back.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td><td valign="center">
1939-09-25<br/>
Locy  Type 3r (A-TBT)<br>
PORTSMOUTH / VIRGINIA<br/>
[[SIRIUS_AK_15 | USS Sirius AK-15]]
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
[[Cachet_Category_Ship_Keel_Laying_ | Ship Keel Laying]] - [[HORNET_CV_8 | USS Hornet CV-8]]
</td></tr></table>
Cachet artist is [[Cachet_Maker_C_Wright_Richell | 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).
<!-- === End of Cachet Entry === -->
<!-- ============ -->
<!-- 1939-09-26 -->
<!-- ============ -->
<br/>&nbsp;<br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Bainbridge_DD246_19390926_1_Cachet.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Bainbridge_DD246_19390926_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Bainbridge_DD246_19390926_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td><td valign="center">
1939-09-26<br/>Locy Type RECD<br/>USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-R1<br/>[[BAINBRIDGE_DD_246_ | USS Bainbridge DD-246]]
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
[[Cachet_Category_Ship_Recommissioning|Ship Recommissioning]]
</td></tr></table>
Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Loring_W_Stannard | Loring W. Stannard]], sponsored by Tazewell G. Nicholson.
<!-- === End of Cachet Entry === -->
<!-- ============ -->
<!-- 1939-09-26 -->
<!-- ============ -->
<!-- ============ -->
<br/>&nbsp;<br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<br/>&nbsp;<br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
Line 817: Line 757:
N/A
N/A
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_HUMPHREYS DD236_19390926_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
[[Image:Bunter Bagley DD 386 19371012 1 front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
N/A
[[Image:Bunter Bagley DD 386 19371012 1 back.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td><td valign="center">
</td><td valign="center">
1939-09-26<br/>Locy Type FDC RECD<br/>USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-R1<br/>[[HUMPHREYS_DD_236_ | USS Humphreys DD-236]]
1937-10-12<br/>Locy Type 3r (AC-BBT)<br/>"COLUMBUS / DAY"<br/>Locy Type 9x<br/>[[BAGLEY_DD_386|USS Bagley DD-386]]
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
Recommissioning 
[[Cachet_Category_Columbus_Day_ | Columbus Day]]
</td></tr></table>
</td></tr></tr></table>
From the Tom Kean collection.
R/S address on the back for the Naval Cachet & Cancel Club; Portsmouth, VA
<!-- === End of Cachet Entry === -->
<!-- === End of Cachet Entry === -->
<!-- ============ -->
<!-- ============ -->
<!-- 1939-10-04  -->
<!-- 1937-11-24 -->
<!-- ============ -->
<!-- ============ -->
<br/>&nbsp;<br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<br/>&nbsp;<br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
<tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
[[Image:Bunter_Barney_AG_113_19391004_1_cachet.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Blue_DD387_19371124_1_Cachet.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
[[Image:Bunter_Barney_AG_113_19391004_1_front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Blue_DD387_193711246_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
[[Image:Bunter_Barney_AG_113_19391004_1_pm1.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Blue_DD387_19371124_1_Back.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td><td valign="center">
</td><td valign="center">
1939-10-04<br/>
1937-11-24<br/>Locy Type 3r (AC-TTB)<br/>"GUANTANAMO / BAY CUBA"<br/>[[BLUE_DD_387_ | USS Blue DD-387]]
Locy Type FDR RECD<br/>USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. B-11<br/>
[[BARNEY_AG_113 | USS Barney AG-113]]
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
[[Cachet_Category_Ship_Recommissioning|Ship Recommissioning]] 
Shakedown Cruise
</td></tr></table>
</td></tr></tr></table>
Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Loring_W_Stannard | Loring W. Stannard]], sponsored by Tazewell G. Nicholson.
ANCS Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_C_Wright_Richell | C. Wright Richell]]  
<!-- === End of Cachet Maker Entry === -->
<!-- ============ -->
<!--  1939-10-16  -->
<!-- ============ -->
<br/>&nbsp;<br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
[[Image:Bunter_Blakeley_DD_150_19391016_1_cachet.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
[[Image:Bunter_Blakeley_DD_150_19391016_1_front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
[[Image:Bunter_Blakeley_DD_150_19391016_1_pm1.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td><td valign="center">
1939-10-16<br/>
Locy Type FDR RECD<br/>USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. B-109<br/>
[[BLAKELEY_DD_150 | USS Blakeley DD-150]]
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
[[Cachet_Category_Ship_Recommissioning|Ship Recommissioning]]
</td></tr></table>
Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Loring_W_Stannard | Loring W. Stannard]], sponsored by Tazewell G. Nicholson.
<!-- === End of Cachet Maker Entry === -->
<!-- ============ -->
<!-- 1939-11-06 -->
<!-- ============ -->
<br/>&nbsp;<br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Bailey_DD269_19391106_1_Cachet.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Bailey_DD269_19391106_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Bailey_DD269_19391106_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td><td valign="center">
1939-11-06<br/>Locy Type RECD [CD-R1]<br/>[[BAILEY_DD_269_ | USS Bailey DD-269]]
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
[[Cachet_Category_Ship_Recommissioning_ | Recommissioning]]
</td></tr></table>
Note:
<!-- === End of Cachet Entry === -->
<!-- ============ -->
<!-- 1939-11-10 -->
<!-- ============ -->
<br/>&nbsp;<br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Bernadou_DD153_19391110_2_Cachet.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Bernadou_DD153_19391110_2_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Bernadou_DD153_19391110_2_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td><td valign="center">
1939-11-10<br/>Locy Type 9v<br/>[[BERNADOU_DD_153_ | USS Bernadou DD-153]]
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
First Day of Postal Service
</td></tr></table>
Note:
<!-- === End of Cachet Entry === -->
<!-- ============ -->
<!-- 1939-11-30 -->
<!-- ============ -->
<br/>&nbsp;<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="350" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski Sturtevant DD240 19391120 2 Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
N/A
</td><td valign="center">
1939-11-30<br/>Locy Type FDPS 3 (A-BTT)<br/>Locy Type FDPS 9v<br/>Locy Type FDPS 9x<br/>[[STURTEVANT_DD_240_ | USS Sturtevant DD-240]]
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
First Day of Postal Service
</td></tr></table>
Note:
<!-- === End of Cachet Entry === -->
<!-- ============ -->
<!-- 1939-12-04 -->
<!-- ============ -->
<br/>&nbsp;<br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Babbitt_DD128_19391204_1_Cachet.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Babbitt_DD128_19391204_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Babbitt_DD128_19391204_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td><td valign="center">
1939-12-04<br/>Locy Type 3 (A-TBT)<br/>[[BABBITT_AG_102_ | USS Babbitt DD-128]]
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
[[Cachet_Category_Ship_Recommissioning_ | Recommissioning]]
</td></tr></table>
USS BABBITT salutes the Recommissioning of [[ABEL_P_UPSHUR_DD_193_ | USS ABEL P. UPSHUR DD-193]]
<!-- === End of Cachet Entry === -->
<!-- ============ -->
<!-- 1939-12-18 -->
<!-- ============ -->
<br/>&nbsp;<br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Laub_DD263_19391218_1_Cachet.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Laub_DD263_19391218_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Laub_DD263_19391218_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td><td valign="center">
1939-12-18<br/>Locy Type RECD<br/>USCS Catalog Illus. CD-R1<br/>[[LAUB_DD_263_ | USS Laub DD-263]]
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
[[Cachet_Category_Ship_Recommissioning_ | Recommissioning]]
</td></tr></table>
Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Loring_W_Stannard_ | Loring W. Stannard]]
<!-- === End of Cachet Entry === -->
<!-- ============ -->
<!-- 1939-12-18 -->
<!-- ============ -->
<br/>&nbsp;<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="350" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski Rodgers DD254 19391218 1 Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
N/A
</td><td valign="center">
1939-12-18<br/>Locy Type RECD<br/>USCS Catalog Illus. CD-R2<br/>[[RODGERS_DD_254_ | USS Rodgers DD-254]]
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
[[Cachet_Category_Ship_Recommissioning_ | Recommissioning]]
</td></tr></table>
Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Loring_W_Stannard_ | Loring W. Stannard]]
<!-- === End of Cachet Entry === -->
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Latest revision as of 05:20, 20 March 2026


    Tazewell Gatling Nicholson was born on 14 June 1916 and died on 4 November 1997. Taz Nicholson was member #839 USCS, #598 American Naval Cover Service, #119 Registered Cachet Dealer and #14 International Cover Guild and produced covers from 30 May 1935 to 16 September 1996.

Page 1 (1935 - 1937)
Page 1a (1938 - 1939)
Page 2 (1940 - 1949)
Page 3 (1950 - 1959)
Page 4 (1960 - 1969)
Page 5 (1970 - 1979)
Page 6 (1980 - 1989)
Page 7 (1990 - 1996)
Page 8 Nicholson's Cover ID Markings

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


1935


 

N/A

1935-05-30
Locy Type 3 (B-BTT)
"MEMORIAL DAY / NORFOLK VA"
USS Sturtevant DD-240

Memorial Day

1st CACHET, 1st SHIP.


 

N/A

N/A

1935-05-30
Locy Type 3 (B-BTT)
"MEMORIAL DAY / NORFOLK VA"
USS Sturtevant DD-240

Memorial Day

1st CACHET. "Somebody decided to color the cachet..."


 

1935-05-30
Locy Type 3 (BC-BOO)
"DECORATION / DAY-1935"
USS Antares AG-10

Memorial Day

1st CACHET. Blue grey printed cachet. Back Violet rubberstamp N.C.C.C.


 

N/A

N/A

1935-05-30
Locy Type 3 (B-BTT)
"MEMORIAL DAY / NORFOLK VA"
USS Sturtevant DD-240

Memorial Day

This cachet is shown in the "USCS Naval Cover Cachet Maker Catalog" as Nicholson's but is not mentioned in the Ludo Janssens catalog.


 

N/A

1935-06-14
Locy Type 3 (BC-TBT)
"PORTSMOUTH / VIRGINIA"
USS Jacobs Jones DD-130

Flag Day

Note:


 

N/A

N/A

1935-07-04
Locy Type 3 (A-BBT)
"INDEPENDEN / CE DAY"
USS Manley DD-74

Independence Day

Note:


 

N/A

N/A

1935-07-04
Locy Type 3 (B-BTT)
"INDEPENDENCE / DAY"
USS Sturtevant DD-240

Independence Day

Note:


 

N/A

1935-08-01
Locy Type 3 (BC-TBT)
"BETTER LATE / THAN NEVER"
USS Jacobs Jones DD-130

Independence Day cachet

Note:


 

N/A

N/A

1935-08-01
Locy Type 3 (B-BTT)
"BETTER LATE / THAN NEVER"
USS Sturtevant DD-240

Independence Day cachet

Note:


 

N/A

1935-08-01
Locy Type 3 (A-BBT)
USS Salinas AO-19

21st Anniversary - Beginning of World War 1

Note:


 

N/A

1935-10-12
Locy Type 3 (AC-BBB)
"NORFOLK / NAVY YARD"
USS Fairfax DD-93

Columbus Day

Red R/S address on the back for the Naval Cachet & Cancel Club; Portsmouth, VA


 

N/A

1935-10-12
Locy Type 3 (BC-BBT)
"COLUMBUS / DAY"
USS Hannibal AG-1

Columbus Day

Note:


 

N/A

1935-10-12
Locy Type 3(AC)
USS Taylor DD-94

Columbus Day, cachet by the Naval Cachet and Cancel Club

Note:


 

N/A

1935-10-12
Locy Type 3(AC)
USS Taylor DD-94

Columbus Day, cachet by the Naval Cachet and Cancel Club

Note:


 

N/A

1935-10-28
Locy Type 3 (BC-TBT)
USS Cormorant AM-40

Navy Day

Note:


 

N/A

1935-10-28
Locy Type 3(AC)
USS Taylor DD-94

Navy Day

Note:


 

N/A

1935-12-25
Locy Type 3 (BC-BBT)
USS Hannibal AG-1

Christmas Greetings

Note:


 

N/A

N/A

1935-12-25
Locy Type 3 (BC-BBT)
USS Semmes AG-24

Christmas Greetings

Note:


 

N/A

N/A

1935-12-25
Locy Type 7dr
USS Wyoming AG-17

Christmas Greetings

Note:


 

N/A

N/A

1935-12-31
Locy Type 3 (BC-BBT)
"NAVY YARD / NORFOLK VA"
USS Schenck DD-159

Happy New Year

Note:


1936


 

N/A

1936-04-04
Locy Type 3 (AC-TTB)
"YORKTOWN / LAUNCHED"
USS Babbitt DD-128

Launching of -
USS Yorktown CV-5

Note:


 

N/A

1936-04-22
Locy Type 3 (AC-TBT)
"WELCOME / DOWNES"
USS Henderson AP-1

Launching of -
USS Downes DD-375

Note:


 

N/A

1936-04-22
Locy Type 3 (BC-BBT)
"U.S.S. DOWNES / LAUNCHED"
USS Monaghan DD-354

Launching of -
USS Downes DD-375

From the Tom Kean collection.


 

N/A

1936-06-14
Locy Type 3 (B-BTT)
USS Humphreys DD-236

Flag Day

Note:


 

N/A

N/A

1936-06-14
Locy Type 3s (AC-BTT)
"PORTSMOUTH / VA"
USS King DD-242

Flag Day

Note:


 

N/A

N/A

1936-07-04
Locy Type 5hks
USS Sands DD-243

Independence Day

Note:


 

N/A

1936-07-11
Locy Type 3 (A-BBT)
"SWEEPER / TO TENDER"
USS Raleigh CL-7

18th Birthday of the USS OWL AM-2 and commemorating her
conversion from Minesweeper to Aircraft Tender.

From the Tom Kean collection.


 

1936-07-21
Locy Type 7qt(2)
USS Maryland BB-46

Ship Birthday

Notes:


 

N/A

1936-07-23
Locy Type FDC 3 (A-BBT)
"FIRST DAY IN / COMMISSION"
USS Tucker DD-374

Commissioning / First Day of Postal Service

Notes:


 

N/A

N/A

1936-08-15
Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB)
"CANAL ZONE / ANIV."
USS Childs DD-241

22nd Anniversary of the opening of the Panama Canal

Note:


 

1936-08-30
Locy Type 7dr  (USS Colorado BB-45)
Locy Type 9  (USS Raleigh CL-7)
Locy Type SLKsl (74x7)  (USS Raleigh CL-7)

Ship Birthday - USS Colorado BB-45

Notes:


 

N/A

1936-09-01
Locy Type 3 (A-TTB)
"PORTSMOUTH / VIRGINIA"
USS Whitney AD-4

Locy Type SLKbs (87x9)
USS Owl AM-2

First Day of Commissioning of - USS Acushnet AT-63

Notes:


 

N/A

1936-09-03
Locy Type 3 (A-BBT)
"USS BAGLEY / LAUNCHED"
USS Tucker DD-374

Launching of - USS Bagley DD-386

Notes:


1937


 

1937-05-27
Locy Type 3 (A-BTT)
"PORTSMOUTH / VA."
USS Leary DD-158

Launching of USS Blue DD-387 and USS Helm DD-388

Cachet by C. Wright Richell, sponsored by Tazewell G. Nicholson.
In the Ludo Janssens catalog, this cover has the notation - "USS BLUE / DD-387 & USS HELM / DD-386 Twin Launching (ANCS)"
The red arrow shows in the cachet scan shows where the ANCS initials are.


 

N/A

1937-08-14
Locy Type FDC 3r (AC-TTB)
"1-ST DAY / COMM"
USS Blue DD-387

Commissioning

FDC Cachet by C. Wright Richell, sponsored by Tazewell G. Nicholson. From the Tom Kean collection.


 

N/A

N/A

1937-08-14
Locy Type FDC 3ty
"HAVANA / CUBA"
USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. B-38b
Locy Type FDC 9x
USS Blue DD-387

Commissioning

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


 

N/A

1937-09-28
Locy Type 3r (AC-BBT)
"HABANA DE / CUBA"
USS Bagley DD-386

Shakedown Cruise

R/S address on the back for the Naval Cachet & Cancel Club; Portsmouth, VA


 

N/A

1937-09-30
Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT)
"NORFOLK / VIRGINIA"
USS Yorktown CV-5

Ship Commissioning

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


 

N/A

1937-09-30
Locy Type FDC 3 (AC-BBT)
"NORFOLK / VIRGINIA"
USS Yorktown CV-5

First Day of Postal Service

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


 

N/A

1937-10-04
Locy Type 3r (AC-BBT)
"N N Y / PORTSMOUTH"
USS Bagley DD-386

Shakedown Cruise

Postmark on the back is a 3 (AC-BBB) from USS Sirius AK -15.


 

N/A

1937-10-12
Locy Type 3r (AC-BBT)
"COLUMBUS / DAY"
Locy Type 9x
USS Bagley DD-386

Columbus Day

R/S address on the back for the Naval Cachet & Cancel Club; Portsmouth, VA


 

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1937-10-12
Locy Type 3r (AC-BBT)
"COLUMBUS / DAY"
Locy Type 9x
USS Bagley DD-386

Columbus Day

R/S address on the back for the Naval Cachet & Cancel Club; Portsmouth, VA


 

1937-11-24
Locy Type 3r (AC-TTB)
"GUANTANAMO / BAY CUBA"
USS Blue DD-387

Shakedown Cruise

ANCS Cachet by C. Wright Richell

 

 

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