Cachet Category Equator Crossing

Covers should be listed in chronological order. Use the postmark date or best guess. This applies to covers with 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

 

N/A		N/A	1921-01-24 Locy Type F "EQUATOR / 1921" USS Idaho BB-42
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N/A		N/A	1936-05-20 Locy Type 3 (BC-BTT) "NEPTUNUS & / ROYAL PARTY" USS Aylwin DD-355
			N/A

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No Image			1936-05-20 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) "LAT 0-00-0 / LONG 81-0-00" USS Chester CA-27
			Cachet by Walter G. Crosby

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N/A		N/A	1936-05-20 Locy Type 3 (BC-BTT) "CROSSING / EQUATOR" USS Farragut DD-348
			No Cachet

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N/A		N/A	1936-05-20 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "LAT. 00 DEG / LONG. 81 DEG" USS Salt Lake City CA-25
			Entering the Domain of Neptunus Rex South American Cruise 1936

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N/A		N/A	1936-05-20 Locy Type 3 (B-TBT) "DOMAIN OF / NEPTUNUS REX" USS San Francisco CA-38
			Fleet Problem XVII itinerary Crossing the Equator

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		N/A	1936-07-16 Locy Type 7qt(2) USS Arizona BB-39
			Crossing the Equator

Cachet by E. Piper. Cachet is dated May 20, 1936

 

N/A		N/A	1936-11-16 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT) "LAT. 00 00 / LONG. 106 16" Locy Type F "CROSSING / THE EQUATOR" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. P-12a USS Pecos AO-6
			King Neptune's Trident is in the dial.

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N/A		N/A	1936-11-24 Locy Type 3 (A-BTB) "CROSSING / THE EQUATOR" USS Indianapolis CA-35
			Pan-American Presidential Cruise cachet.

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N/A		N/A	1938-12-13 Locy Type 3r (A-BBT) "DOMAIN OF / NEPTUNE REX" USS Phoenix CL-46
			Shakedown Cruise

Cachet by Edward Hacker

 

N/A		N/A	1939-03-13 Locy Type 3 (A-BTB) "GUANTANAMO / BAY CUBA" USS Ranger CV-4
			Neptunus Rex certificate cachet

Cacheted.

 

N/A			1939-06-02 Locy Type 3r (A-TBT) "EQUATOR / LONG.81" USS Quincy CA-39
			Crossing the Equator

Cachet by F. R. Rice

 

N/A			1995-03-02 Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. B-104b USS Boxer LHD-4
			Crossing the Equator

Cachet by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

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The Domain of Neptunus Rex Certificates, Cards and Patches
 

			1901-11-10 USS SOLACE c 1910 USS VERMONT 1944-02-28 USS WEST POINT
			Domain of Neptunus Rex Certificates

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			c 1944 USS GEN. HARRY TAYLOR 1957-02-02 SS ARGENTINA 1968-04-24 USS AMERICA
			Domain of Neptunus Rex Certificates

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			1977-06-19 USS AMERICA 1943-10-25 USS HEERMANN 1944-09 SS MONTEREY
			Domain of Neptunus Rex Certificates & Membership cards

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			N/A
			Shellback Patches

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Davy Jones Locker, the oceanic abyss, the final resting place of drowned sailors and traveler's.

 

N/A		N/A	1937-03-27 Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. M-37 USS Boxer LHD-4
			Type F Cancel sent to Davy Jones Locker

Cacheted.

 

N/A		N/A	1940-01-26 Locy Type 3b (A-TBX) "NAVY YARD / MARE ISLAND" USS Concord CL-10
			Cachet is for Davy Jones Locker

Cachet by Bette Tambling, cachet director Arthur A. Christensen

 

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