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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

 

			1931-03-09 Locy Type FDC F "MARE ISLAND / CALIFORNIA" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. C-41
			First Day in Commission

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No Image			1931-04-30 Locy Type 8
			Category

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No Image			1933-02-01 Locy Type 5hks "PEARL HARBOR / HAWAII"
			Category

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No Image			1933-02-01 Locy Type 3 (BC-TBT) "GUANTANAMO / BAY CUBA"
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No Image		N/A	1933-03-09 Locy Type 8
			US Fleet Review

Cachet by Edward Hacker

 

No Image			1933-06-14 Locy Type 5hks "FLAG / DAY"
			Port Visit Seattle - Flag Day 1933

Cachet by the John Paul Jones Chapter No.2, USCS

 

			1933-06-14 Locy Type 5hks
			Port Visit Seattle

Cachet by the John Paul Jones Chapter No.2, USCS

 

N/A		N/A	1934-05-14 Locy Type 3 (BC-TBT) "GONAIVES / HAITI"
			Collectors request

Courtesy of the Richard Jones collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1934-07-31 Locy Type 3 (BC-TBT) "PROVINCE- / TOWN MASS."
			Scouting Force Month

Courtesy of Laurie Bernstein.

 

			1935-05-25 Locy Type 5hks "HONOLULU / T.H."
			Category

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			1936-09-10 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) "LONG BEACH / CALIFORNIA"
			Ship's Birthday

Cachet by Norwood B. Scatchard

 

No Image			1936-10-12 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) "S.CLEMENTE / ISLAND"
			Columbus Day

Cachet by C. Wright Richell and sponsored by Norman K. Mary.

 

			1937-01-30 Locy Type 5hks "LONG BEACH / CALIFORNIA"
			Beverly Hills Philatelic Society Exhibition 1937

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			1937-03-21 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) "MARE ISLAND / CALIFORNIA"
			Category

Cachet by John Coulthard

 

No Image			1937-05-03 Locy Type 9v USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. C-41b 1937-05-06 Chicago IL Registry Div. Chicago Il (Englewood Sta.) Registered
			Registered

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No Image			1937-07-11 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) "SEWARD / ALASKA"
			Category

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			1937-07-11 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) "SEWARD / ALASKA"
			Pacific Northwest Cruise

Cachet by Walter G. Crosby.

 

			1938-03-09 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "SAN PEDRO / CALIF."
			Ship's Birthday

Cachet by Frederick Horton.

 

			1938-07-23 Locy Type 5hks "PORTLAND / ORE."
			Port Visit

Cachet by the Battleship Oregon Chapter No. 22, USCS.

 

			1938-08-23 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "SAN PEDRO / CALIFORNIA"
			Ericsson Memorial

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			1938-11-04 Locy Type 7dr
			Category

Back Mare Island Station VALLEJO CALIF machine cancel.

 

			1939-06-02 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "SAN PEDRO / CALIFORNIA"
			Category

Cachet by Walter G. Crosby.

 

No Image			1939-12-20 Locy Type 3 (A-BTT) "SAN PEDRO / CALIF"
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			1941-06-05 Locy Type 7dr
			Category

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			1941-12-31 Locy Type Fz USCS Postmark Catalog Ilus. C-41c
			Category

Censored wartime (WWII) use

 

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