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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			1924-06-02 Locy Type 9(C)
			Category

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No Image			1927-01-08 Locy Type 3 (A) "ENROUTE TO / HONOLULU TH" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. C-34b 1927-01-28 Far Rockaway NY Rockaway Beach Sta. Machine
			Category

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N/A			1927-01-31 Locy Type 3 (A) "MARE ISLAND / CALIF." USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. C-34b
			Category

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No Image			1927-03-14 Locy Type 3 (A) "SHANGHAI / CHINA" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. C-34b
			Category

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			1928-08-16 Locy Type 3 (A) "ENROUTE / SAN FRAN CAL" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. C-34b 1928-08-20 USPO Aberdeen, Wash. Machine
			Category

Postcard use. "Alexander Young Hotel, Honolulu, T.H."

No Image			(1932)-10-12 Locy Type 5hks "PORT / AU-PRINCE"
			Port Visit

Note: Although no year date is in the dial, the USCS Postmark catalog states it is from 1932.

No Image			1932-10-12 Locy Type 5hks   / CANAL ZONE"
			Columbus Day

Note: Although no year date is in the dial, the USCS Postmark catalog states it is from 1932.

N/A		N/A	1933-06-14 Locy Type 5hks "PORTAUPRINCE / FLAG DAY"
			Flag Day

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			1933-08-02 Locy Type 5bhks "WAKE ISLAND / MID PACIFIC"
			Category

Back red rubberstamp "U.S.C.S.25." M. B. Owens

N/A			1933-09-28 Locy Type 3 (B-BBT) "HONOLULU / T.H."
			Category

Add-on cachet by Bruce D. Liddell

N/A		N/A	1934-04-15 Locy Type 3 (B-BBT) "PORT AU PRINCE / -HAITI-"
			Port Visit

Cachet by R. L. Razzette

N/A			1934-05-23 Locy Type 3 (B-BBT) "ALOHA / HONOLULU"
			Category

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N/A		N/A	1934-07-04 Locy Type 3 (B-BBT) "SHANGHAI / CHINA"
			Independence Day

Cachet by C. Guy Cross, sponsored by M. B. Owens. From the Greg Finnegan collection.

			1934-12-15 Locy Type 3 (B-BBT) "SHANGHAI / CHINA"
			Printed call for USS CONSTITUTION stamp

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N/A			1936-01-21 USPO Slogan Machine Cancel Norfolk VA On the Back USPO Machine Cancel Tujunga CA
			Ports of Call

From the Tom Kean collection.

N/A			1936-02-03 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) "BALBOA / CANAL ZONE"
			China Cruise

Cachet by A.J. Harvath, Navy Mail Clerk aboard the Chaumont.

N/A			1936-02-21 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) "SAN / FRANCISCO"
			China Cruise

Cachet by A.J. Harvath, Navy Mail Clerk aboard the Chaumont.

N/A			1936-03-11 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) "HONOLULU / HAWAII"
			China Cruise

Cachet by A.J. Harvath, Navy Mail Clerk aboard the Chaumont.

No Image			1936-03-19 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) "CROSSING / 180 MERIDIAN"
			China Cruise

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N/A			1936-03-22 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) "WAKE ISLAND / ABEAM 5-40"
			China Cruise

Cachet by A.J. Harvath, Navy Mail Clerk aboard the Chaumont. From the Bob Govern collection.

N/A			1936-03-26 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) "APRA HARBOR / GUAM M I"
			China Cruise

Cachet by A.J. Harvath ,Navy Mail Clerk aboard the Chaumont.

			1936-03-26 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) "APRA HARBOR / GUAM M I"
			Arrival of Commander MacCandless on Guam

Cachet by the John Rodgers Chapter No. 26, USCS

N/A			1936-04-01 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) "MANILA / P I"
			Category

Cachet by A.J. Harvath, Navy Mail Clerk aboard the Chaumont.

N/A			1936-04-05 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) "HONG KONG / B C C"
			China Cruise

Cachet by A.J. Harvath, Navy Mail Clerk aboard the Chaumont. From the Bob Govern collection.

N/A			1936-04-10 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) "WOOSUNG / CHINA"
			China Cruise

Cachet by A.J. Harvath, Navy Mail Clerk aboard the Chaumont. From the Bob Govern collection.

N/A			1936-04-15 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) "CHINWANGTAO / CHINA"
			China Cruise

Cacheted

N/A			1936-04-17 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) "SHANGHAI / CHINA"
			China Cruise

Cachet by A.J. Harvath, Navy Mail Clerk aboard the Chaumont. From the Bob Govern collection.

N/A			1936-05-05 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) "HOMEWARD / BOUND"
			China Cruise

Cachet by A.J. Harvath, Navy Mail Clerk aboard the Chaumont.

			1936-05-16 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) "EASTBOUND / GAIN ONE DAY"
			China Cruise

Cachet by Walter G. Crosby

N/A			1936-05-17 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) "EASTBOUND / GAIN ONE DAY"
			China Cruise

Cachet by A.J. Harvath, Navy Mail Clerk aboard the Chaumont.

N/A			1936-06-14 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) "SAN / FRANCISCO"
			Flag Day

Note: Cachet by A.J. Harvath, Navy Mail Clerk aboard the Chaumont.

N/A			1936-07-04 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) "TRANSIT / CANAL"
			Passing through the Canal

Cachet Director - H.E. Howes USCS #911. Cachet Sponsor - Coco Solo Chapter #41, Coco Solo, Panama Canal Zone.

N/A			1937-01-29 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) "WELCOME TO / HAWAII"
			Transpacific Flight

Cachet by James Chun, sponsored by the Aloha Crew No. 12, ANCS. From the Tom Kean collection.

N/A			1937-09-09 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) "CROSSING / 180 MERIDIAN"
			Equator crossing

Note: The USS Chaumont left San Diego on 08/30/37 and arrived in Shanghai China on 09/19/37. 21 days in transit! She was carrying the 6th Regiment USMC to go assist the 4th Marines already in Shanghai. Together, the 4th Marines and the 6th Marines made up the 2nd Marine Brigade. Cachet signed by A.J. Harvath, Navy Mail Clerk aboard the Chaumont.

N/A		N/A	1938-05-09 Paquebot Duplex Cristobal CZ
			Mother's Day

Cacheted

			1938-06-07 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) "PORTSMOUTH / VIRGINIA"
			Keel Laying - USS Morris DD-417

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N/A			1938-11-24 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) "MANILA / P.I."
			Thanksgiving Day

Add-on cachet by Bruce D. Liddell

 

			1938-12-12 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB)
			Category

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No Image			1939-12-25 Locy Type 3 (A-TBT) "PORTSMOUTH / VA."
			Christmas Day 1939

Hand painted cachet

 

No Image		No Image	1940-07-04 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) "KODIAK / ALASKA"
			Visiting Alaska

Hand painted cachet by Mae Weigand

 

			1941-03-23 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "HONOLULU / T.H."
			Port Visit

Cachet by M. Fay Muridge, sponsored by the John Paul Jones Chapter No. 2, USCS.

 

			1941-08-26 Locy Type 3 (A-TTT)
			Launching - USS Auk AM-57

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			1941-09-08 Locy Type 3 (A-TTT)
			Little Orphan Annie

Hand painted cachet

 

			1941-11-04 Locy Type FAKE USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-3b, "E"
			Ships Stats

Cachet by Sibley's Department Store (Hobby Shop)

 

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