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1943-12-07<br/>USPO Duplex<br/>"Navy Yard Sta."<br/>Philadelphia PA
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Launching
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Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_M_Fay_Muridge_ | M. Fay Muridge]], sponsored by [[Cachet_Maker_Walter_Czubay_ | Walter Czubay]]. From the Tom Kean collection. 
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No Image
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1946-01-23<br/>
Locy Type 2(n) <br/>
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Category</td></tr></table>
Note: Add-on cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Kelly_Armstrong | Kelly Armstrong]]
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N/A
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1947-05-16<br/>Locy Type 2(n)<br/>USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. W-38a
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Ship Stats
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Cachet by [[Cachet Maker Ted Harrington_ | Ted Harrington]]. Courtesy of Laurie Bernstein.
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Latest revision as of 04:10, 19 October 2026



 
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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
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Cachet Category


 

No Image

No Image

1941-01-25
USS Prairie AD-15
Locy Type 3 (A-BBT)
"PHILA. / PA."

Keel Laying

Cachet by Dr. S. E. Hutnick


 

N/A

N/A

1943-12-07
USPO Duplex
"Navy Yard Sta."
Philadelphia PA

Launching

Cacheted


 

N/A

N/A

1943-12-07
USPO Duplex
"Navy Yard Sta."
Philadelphia PA

Launching

Cachet by M. Fay Muridge, sponsored by Walter Czubay. From the Tom Kean collection.


 

N/A

N/A

1943-12-07
USPO Slogan Machine Cancel
Philadelphia PA

Launching

Cachet by Ralph P. Werve


 

1944-09-09
Locy Type 2z 1944

Official Business

Note:


 

1945-05-02
Locy Type 2z 1945

Category

Censored wartime (WWII) use


 

1945-05-24
Locy Type 2z 1945

Category

Censored wartime (WWII) use


 

1945-09-16
Locy Type 2az

Category

Additional "TOKYO BAY" sl added


 

1945-09-19
Locy Type 2az

Category

Additional "TOKYO BAY" sl added


 

No Image

No Image

1946-01-23
Locy Type 2(n)

Category

Note: Add-on cachet by Kelly Armstrong


 

1946-02-03
Locy Type 2(n)
USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. W-38

Official Business

Note:


 

N/A

N/A

1946-11-29
Locy Type 2(n)
USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. W-38

Collectors request

Add-on cachet by Stewart Milstein


 

No Image

1947-05-16
Locy Type 2(n)
USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. W-38a

Battleship

Note:


 

N/A

N/A

1947-05-16
Locy Type 2(n)
USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. W-38a

Ship Stats

Cachet by Ted Harrington. Courtesy of Laurie Bernstein.


 

1947-06-20
Locy Type P
USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. W-38e

Midshipman's Cruise

Note:


 

1947-11-11
Locy Type P
USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. W-38e

Armistice Day 1947

Note:


 

No Image

1948-06-15
Locy Type 2(n)
USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. W-38a

Category

Note:


 

1948-06-15
Locy Type LDPS 2(n)
USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. W-38c

Last Day Postal Service

Note:


 

1948-06-15
Locy Type LDPS 2(n)
USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. W-38c

Last Day Postal Service

Note:


 

1951-03-03
Locy Type FDPS 2

First Day Postal Service

Nicholson Cachet


 

No Image

1951-06-14
Locy Type 2

Midshipmen Cruise
Helicopter flight from USS MISSOURI BB-63

Back blue "GUARD MAIL"


 

1951-06-24
Locy Type 2
Locy Type 9efu

Category

Note:


 

1951-08-15
Locy Type 2

Category

Postcard use
Memorial Tower, North West Arm, Halifax Nova Scotia


 

No Image

1955-11-18
Locy Type 2

Category

Note:


 

N/A

N/A

1955-11-18
Locy Type 2

Collectors request

Add-on cachet by Stewart Milstein


 

N/A

N/A

1986-08-01
Mailer's Postmark Permit
Philadelphia, PA

"OPERATION TOWEX '86"

Cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS


 

1988-10-22
Locy Type FDC F
USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. W-38f
Locy Type FDC 9-1

First Day in Commission

Note:


 

1988-10-22
Locy Type FDC F
USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. W-38f
"FORWARD / FOR / FREEDOM"
Locy Type FDC F
USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. W-38
"PCCS (SW) McQUAIN W. / PC 1 MAYES J. / PC 2 RASKA F. / PC 3 WALKER A. / PC SN OLKOWSKI K. / NAVY POSTAL CLERKS"

Category

Richard W DeRosset.


 

1988-10-22
Locy Type FDC F
USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. W-38f
"FORWARD / FOR / FREEDOM"
Locy Type FDC F
USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. W-38g
"PCCS (SW) McQUAIN W. / PC 1 MAYES J. / PC 2 RASKA F. / PC 3 WALKER A. / PC SN OLKOWSKI K. / NAVY POSTAL CLERKS"

Category

Richard W DeRosset.
Same cover as above only showing postmarks.


 

1988-12-16
Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS)
USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. W-38h

Welcome to Norfolk

Note:


 

N/A

N/A

1990-09-20
Locy Type 2

4 Battleship cover
USS Iowa BB-61, USS Missouri BB-63, USS New Jersey BB-62 & USS Wisconsin BB-64

Created by Tom Armstrong


 

1991-03-28
Locy Type 9-1(n+u) (USS)
USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. W-38l
USS BIDDLE CG-34
Locy Type 2-1(n+)

Welcome Home

Note:


 

1991-03-28
Locy Type 9-1(n+u) (USS)
USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. W-38l
USS BIDDLE CG-34
Locy Type 2-1(n+)

Welcome Home

Note:


 

1991-09-30
Locy Type LDC F
USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. W-38m

Last Day in Commission

USCS Chapter 98 cachet


 

1991-09-30
Locy Type LDC F

USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. W-38m
Locy Type LDC 2-1(n+)

Last Day in Commission

Note:


 

N/A

N/A

1991-10-05
Mailer's Postmark Permit
Philadelphia, PA

Transfer to the 16th Fleet

Cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS


 

N/A

N/A

1995-01-12
Mailer's Postmark Permit
Philadelphia, PA

Stricken from the Naval Register

Cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS


 

N/A

N/A

1996-10-15
Mailer's Postmark Permit
Philadelphia, PA

Transfer to Norfolk Virginia

Cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS


 

N/A

N/A

2004-04-16
USPS Pictorial Postmark
"60th Anniversary Commissioning Station"
Norfolk, VA

60th Anniversary

Cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS


 

N/A

N/A

2004-04-16
USPS Pictorial Postmark
"60th Anniversary Commissioning Station"
Norfolk, VA

60th Anniversary

Cachet by Greytcovers


 

N/A

N/A

2004-04-16
USPS Pictorial Postmark
"60th Anniversary Commissioning Station"
Norfolk, VA

60th Anniversary

Cacheted


 

N/A

N/A

2005-10-27
USPS Pictorial Postmark
"60th Anniversary Station"
Norfolk VA

60th Anniversary of Navy Day

Cover illustrates replica postmarks from the USS Wisconsin and USS Midway CV-41. Cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS


 

N/A

N/A

2005-10-27
USPS Pictorial Postmark
"60th Anniversary Station"
Norfolk VA

60th Anniversary of Navy Day

Cover illustrates replica postmark from the USS Wisconsin. Cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

 

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