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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.

 

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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July - December 1946
 

N/A		N/A	1946-07-01 Locy Type 7qt(1) USS Arkansas BB-33
			Last Day Postal Service Decommissioned

Not in Ludo Janssens catalog. Actual LDPS date was 5 June 1946, LDC date was 29 July 1946
"Covers postmarked July 1, 1946 were obviously pre-dated, as the ship was the primary target for the atomic bomb tests at Bikini Atoll on that day." (USCS Postmark Catalog)

 

N/A			1946-07-13 Locy Type LDPS 3 (A-BBT) "NORFOLK / VIRGINIA" USS Alcyone AKA-7
			Last Day Postal Service

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N/A		N/A	1946-07-16 Locy Type LDPS 3 USS Saturn AF-40
			Last Day Postal Service USS SATURN Auxiliary AF 40 Decommissioned

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N/A		N/A	1946-07-23 Locy Type LDPS 2# (Br# 15175) USS New Hanover AKA-73
			Last Day Postal Service USS NEW HANOVER Auxiliary AKA 73 Decommissioned

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N/A		N/A	1946-07-29 Locy Type LDPS 2 USS Alcor AD-34
			Last Day Postal Service USS ALCOR Auxiliary AD 34 Decommissioned

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N/A		N/A	1946-07-30 Locy Type RECD USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. M-73a USS Arkansas BB-33
			Last Day In Commission

Cachet by George Neumann. This cover is not in Ludo Janssens catalog. LDC was 9 August 1946.

 

N/A		N/A	1946-08-03 Locy Type LDPS 2z USS Casa Grande LSD-13
			Last Day Postal Service USS CASA GRANDE Auxiliary LSD 13 Decommissioned

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N/A		N/A	1946-08-05 Locy Type LDPS 2z Locy Type LDPS 9efu USS Gage APA-168
			Last Day Postal Service

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N/A		N/A	1946-08-06 Locy Type LDPS F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. M-45 USS Monrovia APA-31
			Last Day Postal Service

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N/A		N/A	1946-08-06 Locy Type 2(n) USS North Carolina BB-55
			Honoring The Battleship

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N/A		N/A	1946-08-06 Locy Type LDPS 2(n) USS Quincy CA-71
			Last Day Postal Service Decommissioned

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N/A		N/A	1946-08-07 Locy Type LDPS 2z USS Lavaca APA-180
			Last Day Postal Service

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N/A		N/A	1946-08-07 Locy Type LDPS 2z USS Rawlins APA-226
			Last Day Postal Service

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N/A		N/A	1946-08-14 Locy Type LDPS 2(n) USS Rutland APA-192
			Last Day Postal Service

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N/A		N/A	1946-08-19 Locy Type LDPS 2z USS Kershaw APA-176
			Last Day Postal Service

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N/A		N/A	1946-08-26 Locy Type LDPS 2(n) USS Pillsbury DE-133
			Last Day Postal Service USS PILLSBURY Destroyer Escort 133 Decommissioned

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N/A		N/A	1946-08-27 Locy Type 3 (A-BOO) USS President Hayes APA-20
			Honoring A Great Navy

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N/A		N/A	1946-08-29 Locy Type 2(n) USS Francis M. Robinson DE-220
			Honoring A Great Navy

From the Bob Govern collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1946-08-30 Locy Type LDPS 2(n) USS Massachusetts BB-59
			Last Day Postal Service USS MASSACHUSETTS Placed in Reserve Commission

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N/A		N/A	1946-09-10 Locy Type LDPS 2z Locy Type LDPS 9x USS Rapidan AO-18
			Last Day Postal Service

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N/A		N/A	1946-09-13 Locy Type F (used after POD) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. O-3 USS Oak Hill LSD-7
			Last Day Postal Service Decommissioned

From the Bob Govern collection. Actual LDPS was 13 February 1946, LDC was 17 March 1947.

 

N/A		N/A	1946-09-13 Locy Type LDC F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. S-71 USS Sumner AGS-5
			Last Day Postal Service

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N/A		N/A	1946-09-23 Locy Type LDPS P USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. Y-1 USS Yancey AKA-93
			Last Day Postal Service

From the Bob Govern collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1946-09-29 Locy Type 2(n) USS General A. E. Anderson AP-111
			Honoring A Great Navy

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N/A		N/A	1946-10-01 "Master-At-Arm's Office" Marking HMS QUEEN
			HMS QUEEN British Aircraft Carrier Returning to US Navy

From the Bob Govern collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1946-10-19 Locy Type LDPS 2(n) USS Lake Champlain CV-39
			Last Day Postal Service USS LAKE CHAMPLAIN Aircraft Carrier CV 39 Decommissioned

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N/A		N/A	1946-10-30 Locy Type LDC F USS Burleson APA-67
			Last Day Postal Service

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N/A		N/A	1946-11-06 Locy Type LDC 2z USS Tollberg APD-103
			Last Day Postal Service USS TOLLBERG Auxiliary APD 103 Decommissioned

From the Bob Govern collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1946-11-06 Locy Type LDC 9# USS Tollberg APD-103
			Last Day Postal Service USS TOLLBERG Auxiliary APD 103 Decommissioned

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N/A		N/A	1946-11-08 Commanding Officer Marking HMS RANEE (D03)
			HMS RANEE British Aircraft Carrier Returning to US Navy

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N/A		N/A	1946-11-20 Commanding Officer Marking HMS FENCER
			HMS FENCER British Aircraft Carrier Returning to US Navy

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N/A		N/A	1946-12-12 Commanding Officer Marking HMS PATROLLER (D07)
			HMS PATROLLER British Aircraft Carrier Returning to US Navy

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N/A		N/A	1946-12-13 Regulating Office Marking HMS RAJAH (D10)
			HMS RAJAH British Aircraft Carrier Returning to US Navy

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N/A		N/A	1946-12-25 Locy Type LDPS 2z USS Bladen APA-63
			Last Day Postal Service

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