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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			1924-02-19 Locy Type 3rs (A) "CULEBRA / P.R."
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No Image			1928-07-25 Locy Type 9r (C)
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No Image			1930-09-22 Locy Type 5s
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On USPOD #U429. Back pencil notations ship/cancel info..."#11 VOL. I"

 

N/A		N/A	1931-08-05 Locy Type 9
			Collectors request

Embossed and signed by the CO, Commander D. E. Cummings.

 

No Image			1931-11-30 Locy Type 5s "HAMPTONROADS / VA."
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Hand painted cachet

 

			1932-04-26 Locy Type 5s "FIRE WHEN / YOUAREREADY"
			Dewey Day 1932

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No Image			1932-09-30 Locy Type 5s "CORINTO / NICARAGUA"
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			1932-10-08 Locy Type 5hks
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Add on cachet by Michael Hebert (Mh Cachets)

 

No Image			1932-10-12 Locy Type 5s
			Columbus Day

Cachet Maker Harry Ioor

 

No Image			1932-10-27 Locy Type 5s "NAVYYARD / PHILADELPHIA"
			Navy Day 1932

Cachet by Harry Ioor

 

			1932-11-19 Locy Type 9
			Category

Back pencil notations ship/cancel info

 

N/A		N/A	1933-10-20 Locy Type 5s "PORT AU PRINCE / HAITI"
			Port visit

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			1933-10-27 Locy Type 5s
			Navy Day 1933

Cachet by Harry Ioor

 

			1934-10-27 Locy Type 5s "NB / NORFOLK"
			Navy Day 1934

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No Image			1935-12-04 Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-2
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No Image			1935-12-04 Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-2
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Add on cachet by Michael Hebert (Mh Cachets)

 

			1936-04-23 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBB)
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Cachet by Harry Ioor

 

N/A		N/A	1936-09-07 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBB) "LABOR DAY / NORFOLK VA"
			Labor Day

Cachet by Irene Griffith. From the Tom Kean collection.

 

			1937-01-20 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBB) "SAN PEDRO / CALIF.
			Ship's Birthday

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			1937-10-04 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBB) "SUB BASE / COCO SOLO C.Z."
			Ship Shakedown Cruise - USS Bagley DD-386

Cachet Makers: Naval Cachet And Cancel Club and C Wright Richell
Postmark on the front is a 3r (AC-BBT) from USS Bagley DD-386.

 

No Image			1939-07-22 Locy Type 9v USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. S-46a Locy Type 9efw USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. S-46c Locy Type 9x (C)
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Hand painted cachet

 

			1939-09-25 Locy Type 3r (A-TBT) "PORTSMOUTH / VIRGINIA"
			Ship Keel Laying - USS Hornet CV-8

Cachet Makers: Tazewell G Nicholson and C. Wright Richell.

 

No Image			1940-01-08 Locy Type 3r (A-TBT) "MIDWAY / ISLAND, T.H."
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No Image			1940-05-11 Locy Type 3r (A-TBT) "PALMYRA / ISLAND"
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No Image			1941-02-27 Locy Type 3r (A-TBT) "HONOLULU / T.H."
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No Image			1946-01-04 Locy Type 3r (A-TBT)
			Battleship

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