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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	Postmark Date Postmark Type Killer Bar Text --------- Cachet Category

 

N/A		N/A	1934-01-08 Locy Type 3s (TALBOT) "GONAIVES / BAY AREA"
			Welcome!

Cachet by R. L. Razzette. Courtesy of the Richard Jones collection.

 

N/A			1934-02-02 Locy Type 3s (TALBOT) "HAVANA / CUBA"
			Collectors request

Note:

 

N/A		N/A	1934-07-12 Locy Type 3s (TALBOT) "GONAIVES / HAITI"
			Collectors request

Courtesy of the Richard Jones collection.

 

N/A			1935-08-19 Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-2
			Collectors request

Note:

 

			1935-09-10 Locy Type 3 (BC-BTT) "USSHONOLULLU / KEELLAID"
			Keel Laying - USS HONOLULU CL-48

Cachet by P. J. "PeeJay" Ickeringill. Back black pen signed "Peejay"

 

			1935-09-10 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) "THE NAVY'S / BLESSED EVENT"
			Ship Keel Laying - USS Honolulu CL-48

Cachet by Raymond A Aiken. Cachet is thermographed.

 

			1936-01-16 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) "BALBOA / CANAL ZONE"
			Category

Add on cachet by Michael F. Hebert (Mh Cachets)

 

			1937-05-30 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) "NEW HAVEN / CONNECTICUT"
			Decoration Day 1937

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			1938-04-15 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB)
			Ship Launching - USS SAINT LOUIS CL-49

Cachet by C. Wright Richell. On the back violet Naval Cachet and Cancel Club return address.

 

			1938-04-15 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB)
			Ship Launching - USS SAINT LOUIS CL-49

Cachet by C. Wright Richell (Green frame reversed), on the back, black Naval Cachet and Cancel Club return address.

 

N/A		N/A	1938-06-06 Locy Type 3r (A-BBT) "WASHINGTON / DC" USS Decatur DD-341
			2nd Class Midshipman Cruise

Cruise included USS Leary DD-158, USS Decatur DD-341, USS Badger DD-126, USS J. Fred Talbott DD-156, USS Fairfax DD-93
and USS Herbert DD-160.

 

N/A		N/A	1938-07-17 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBB) "NEW LONDON / CONN" USS Fairfax DD-93
			2nd Class Midshipman Cruise

Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson. Cruise included USS Leary DD-158, USS Decatur DD-341, USS Badger DD-126, USS J. Fred Talbott DD-156, USS Fairfax DD-93
and USS Herbert DD-160.

 

N/A		N/A	1938-07-24 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "COASTAL / CRUISE" USS Herbert DD-160
			2nd Class Midshipman Cruise

Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson. Cruise included USS Leary DD-158, USS Decatur DD-341, USS Badger DD-126, USS J. Fred Talbott DD-156, USS Fairfax DD-93
and USS Herbert DD-160.

 

			1939-10-08 Locy Type 9x
			Collectors request

Add on cachet by Michael F. Hebert (Mh Cachets)

 

N/A		N/A	1939-10-08 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) "NAVY YARD / PORTSMOUTH V" Locy Type 9v USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. J-18a Locy Type 9x ("TALBOT")
			Collectors request

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N/A		N/A	1940-06-30 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "BALBOA / CANALZONE"
			21st Anniversary cachet

Cachet by Ted Harrington

 

			1941-04-29 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "GUANTANAMO / BAY, CUBA"
			Official Business

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			1941-06-05 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "BALBOA / CANAL ZONE"
			Collectors request

Add on cachet by Michael F. Hebert (Mh Cachets)

 

			1943-09-16 Locy Type 3z (BBT)
			Sailors Mail

Censored wartime (WWII) use

 

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