Cachet Maker Tazewell G Nicholson Page 2

Tazewell G. Nicholson Page 1

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.

 

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 Ship --------- Category

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January - March 1940
 

N/A		N/A	1940-01-04 Locy Type FDPS 3 (A-BBT) Locy Type FDPS 9v Locy Type FDPS 9x USS McCormick DD-223
			First Day Postal Service USS McCORMICK Destroyer 223 Recommissioned San Diego Calif.

From the Bob Govern collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1940-01-04 Locy Type FDPS 9v USS McCormick DD-223
			First Day Postal Service USS McCORMICK Destroyer 223 Recommissioned San Diego Calif.

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N/A		N/A	1940-01-04 Locy Type FDPS 9x USS McCormick DD-223
			First Day Postal Service USS McCORMICK Destroyer 223 Recommissioned San Diego Calif.

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N/A		N/A	1940-01-04 Locy Type FDPS 3r (A-BBT) "FIRST DAY / POST-SERVICE" USS Russell DD-414
			USS RUSSELL Destroyer 414 First Day Postal Service Commissioned Naval Operating Base, Norfolk VA.

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N/A		N/A	1940-01-04 Locy Type FDPS 9v USS Russell DD-414
			First Day Postal Service USS RUSSELL Destroyer 414 Commissioned Norfolk Navy Yard

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N/A		N/A	1940-01-04 Locy Type FDPS 9x USS Russell DD-414
			First Day Postal Service USS RUSSELL Destroyer 414 Commissioned Norfolk Navy Yard

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		N/A	1940-01-08 Locy Type 3r (AC-BBT) "GUANTANAMO / CUBA" USS Rowan DD-405
			USS ROWAN Destroyer 405 Shakedown Cruise

Cachet by Loring W. Stannard. Stannard's name can be found in the lower right corner of the cachet (see red oval).
Not in Ludo Janssens catalog. From the Tom Kean collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1940-01-08 Locy Type FDC SLPb (74x6) USS George E. Badger AVP-16
			USS GEORGE E. BADGER Destroyer 196 Commissioned Phila. Navy Yard

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N/A		N/A	1940-01-08 Locy Type FDPS 9v USS Welles DD-257
			First Day Postal Service USS WELLS Destroyer 257 Recommissioned San Diego Calif.

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N/A		N/A	1940-01-08 Locy Type FDPS 9v USS Welles DD-257
			First Day Postal Service USS WELLS Destroyer 257 Recommissioned San Diego Calif.

From the Bob Govern collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1940-01-19 Locy Type FDPS 3r (A-BBT) Locy Type FDPS 9v Locy Type FDPS 9x USS Branch DD-197
			First Day Postal Service USS BRANCH Destroyer 197 Recommissioned Phila. Navy Yard

From the Bob Govern collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1940-01-19 Locy Type 3r (A-BBT) "ENROUTE / HAVANA CUBA" USS Russell DD-414
			USS RUSSELL Destroyer 414 Shakedown Cruise

From the Bob Govern collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1940-01-19 Locy Type 3r (AC-BBT) "NAVY YARD / NY, NY." USS Stack DD-406
			USS STACK Destroyer 406 Shakedown Cruise

From the Bob Govern collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1940-01-22 Locy Type 3 (A-TBT) USS Babbitt DD-128
			USS RAPIDAN Oiler AO 18 Recommissioned Norfolk Navy Yard

ANCS cachet by C. Wright Richell. From the Bob Govern collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1940-01-22 Locy Type FDPS 3r (A-BBT) "NAVY YARD / " Locy Type FDPS 9v Locy Type FDPS 9x USS Hunt DD-194
			First Day Postal Service USS HUNT Destroyer 194 Recommissioned Phila. Navy Yard

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N/A		N/A	1940-01-22 Locy Type 3r (AC-BBT) "COCO SOLO / CANAL ZONE" USS Rowan DD-405
			USS ROWAN Destroyer 405 Shakedown Cruise

Cachet by Loring Stannard. From the Bob Govern collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1940-01-27 Locy Type 3r (A-BBT) "CRISTOBAL / C. Z." USS Russell DD-414
			USS RUSSELL Destroyer 414 Shakedown Cruise

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N/A		N/A	1940-01-28 Locy Type 3r (AC-BBT) "JACKSONVILLE / FLA." USS Stack DD-406
			USS STACK Destroyer 406 Shakedown Cruise

Cachet by Loring Stannard. From the Bob Govern collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1940-02-01 Locy Type 3 (A-TBT) "ALA LAID / " USS Jacob Jones DD-130
			Keel Laid for - USS Alabama BB-60

USS Alabama was BB-60 not BB-57.

 

N/A		N/A	1940-02-03 Locy Type 3r (AC-BBT) "NEW ORLEANS / LOUISIANA" USS Rowan DD-405
			USS ROWEN Destroyer 405 Shakedown Cruise

Cachet by Loring w. Stannard. From the Tom Kean collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1940-02-05 Locy Type 3 (A-TBT) "NORFOLK / VA" USS Jacob Jones DD-130
			Recommissioning of USS SEPULGA AG-20

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N/A		N/A	1940-02-05 Locy Type FDPS 9x USS McCalla DD-253
			First Day Postal Service USS McCALLA Destroyer 253 Recommissioned Phila. Navy Yard

From the Bob Govern collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1940-02-08 Locy Type 3r (AC-BBT) "ST.PETERSBURG / FLORIDA" USS Rowan DD-405
			USS ROWEN Destroyer 405 Shakedown Cruise

Cachet by Loring W. Stannard. From the Bob Govern collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1940-02-10 Locy Type FDPS 9v USS George E. Badger AVP-16
			First Day Postal Service USS GEO. E. BADGER Destroyer 196 Commissioned Phila. Navy Yard

Cachet by C. Wright Richell.

 

N/A		N/A	1940-02-10 Locy Type FDPS 9x USS George E. Badger AVP-16
			First Day Postal Service USS GEO. E. BADGER Destroyer 196 Commissioned Phila. Navy Yard

Cachet by C. Wright Richell.

 

N/A		N/A	1940-02-10 Locy Type 3r (AC-BBT) "GUANTANAMO / BAY CUBA" USS Stack DD-406
			USS STACK Destroyer 406 Shakedown Cruise

Cachet by Loring Stannard. From the Bob Govern collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1940-02-11 Locy Type 9x USS Hopkins DD-249
			United States Navy Destroyers

From the Bob Govern collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1940-02-14 Locy Type FDPS 9v USS Edwards DD-265
			First Day Postal Service USS EDWARDS Destroyer 265 Recommissioned Phila. Navy Yard

From the Bob Govern collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1940-02-16 Locy Type 3r (AC-BBT) "ARUBA-DUTCH / WEST INDIES" USS Rowan DD-405
			USS ROWEN Destroyer 405 Shakedown Cruise

Cachet by Loring W. Stannard. From the Bob Govern collection. Not in Ludo Janssens catalog.

 

N/A		N/A	1940-02-19 Locy Type FDPS 9x USS McLanahan DD-264
			First Day Postal Service USS McLANAHAN Destroyer 264 Recommissioned San Diego Cal.

Cachet by Loring W. Stannard.

 

N/A		N/A	1940-02-21 Locy Type FDPS 9x USS Swasey DD-273
			First Day Postal Service USS SWASEY Destroyer 274 Recommissioned San Diego Cal.

From the Bob Goven collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1940-02-23 Locy Type 3r (AC-BBT) "BAHIA / BRAZIL" USS Stack DD-406
			USS STACK Destroyer 406 Shakedown Cruise

From the Bob Govern collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1940-02-26 Locy Type 3r (AC-BBT) "RIO DE / JANEIRO" USS Stack DD-406
			USS STACK Destroyer 406 Shakedown Cruise

From the Bob Govern collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1940-02-28 Locy Type FDPS 9x USS Satterlee DD-190
			First Day Postal Service USS SATTERLEE Destroyer 190 Recommissioned Phila. Navy Yard

From the Bob Govern collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1940-03-01 Locy Type FDC 3r (A-BBT) "BROOKLYN / NY" USS Spica AK-16
			First Day USS SPICA Cargo Ship AK 16 Recommissioned

From the Bob Govern collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1940-03-04 Locy Type FDC 3r (A-BTT) "FIRST DAY IN / COMMISSION" USS Morris DD-417
			First Day Postal Service USS MORRIS Destroyer 417 Norfolk Navy Yard

From the Bob Govern collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1940-03-06 Locy Type FDPS 9v USS Welborn C. Woods DD-195
			First Day Postal Service USS W. C. WOOD Destroyer 195 Recommissioned Phila. Navy Yard

From the Bob Govern collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1940-03-07 Locy Type FDPS 3r (A-BBT) "FIRST DAY / POST OFFICE" USS Rapidan AO-18
			First Day Postal Service USS RAPIDAN Oiler AO 18 Recommissioned Norfolk Navy Yard

From the Bob Govern collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1940-03-07 Locy Type FDPS 9v USS Yukon AF-9
			First Day of Postal Service USS YUKON Store Ship Recommissioned N.Y. Navy Yard

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N/A		N/A	1940-03-12 Locy Type 3 (A-TBT) USS Jacob Jones DD-130
			USS BOWDITCH {AG-30} Survey Ship Commissioned Norfolk Navy Yard

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

 

N/A		N/A	1940-03-20 Locy Type 9v USS Breckinridge DD-148
			First Day Use New Cancels USS BRECKINRIDGE Destroyer 148 Recommissioned Phila. Navy Yard

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N/A		N/A	1940-03-20 Locy Type 9x USS Breckinridge DD-148
			First Day Use New Cancels USS BRECKINRIDGE Destroyer 148 Recommissioned Phila. Navy Yard

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