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1933-12-16<br/>
1933-12-16<br/>
Locy Type 7t<br/>
Locy Type 7t<br/>
[[SARATOGA_CV_3 | USS Saratoga CV-3]]<br/>
[[SARATOGA_CV_3 | USS Saratoga CV-3]]  
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
[[Cachet_Category_Ship_Christening|Ship Christening]]</td></tr></table>
[[Cachet_Category_Ship_Christening| Christening]]
</td></tr></table>
Note:
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<br/>&nbsp;<br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
N/A
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="320" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Astoria_CA34_19331216_2_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
N/A
</td><td valign="center">
1933-12-16<br/>USPO Machine cancel<br/>"Navy Yard Station"<br/>Bremerton, WA
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
[[Cachet_Category_Ship_Christening| Christening]]
</td></tr></table>
Note:  
Note:  
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<br/>&nbsp;<br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
N/A
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="320" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Astoria_CA34_19340428_5_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Astoria_CA34_19340428_5_Back.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td><td valign="center">
1934-04-28<br/>Locy Type F<br/>"First / Day"<br/>USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. A-51
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
Commissioning
</td></tr></table>
From the Tom Kean collection.
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"HONOLULU / T.H."
"HONOLULU / T.H."
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
Category
Shakedown Cruise
</td></tr></table>
</td></tr></table>
Note:  
Note:  
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"CHRISTMAS / ISLAND"
"CHRISTMAS / ISLAND"
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
Category
Shakedown Cruise
</td></tr></table>
</td></tr></table>
Note:  
Note:  
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"PAGO-PAGO / SAMOA"
"PAGO-PAGO / SAMOA"
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
Category
Shakedown Cruise
</td></tr></table>
</td></tr></table>
Note:  
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"SUVA-FIJI / ISLAND"
"SUVA-FIJI / ISLAND"
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
Category
Shakedown Cruise
</td></tr></table>
</td></tr></table>
Note:  
Note:  
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"SYDNEY / AUSTRALIA"
"SYDNEY / AUSTRALIA"
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
Category
Shakedown Cruise
</td></tr></table>
</td></tr></table>
Note:  
Note:  
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<br/>&nbsp;<br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
N/A
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="320" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Astoria_CA34_19340815_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Astoria_CA34_19340815_1_Back.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td><td valign="center">
1934-08-15<br/>Locy Type 3 (BC-BTT)<br/>"SYDNEY / AUSTRALIA"
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
Shakedown Cruise
</td></tr></table>
From the Tom Kean collection.
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<br/>&nbsp;<br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
N/A
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="320" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Astoria_CA34_19340827_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Astoria_CA34_19340827_1_Back.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td><td valign="center">
1934-08-27<br/>Locy Type 3 (BC-BTT)<br/>"NOUMEA NEW / CALEDONIA"
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
Shakedown Cruise
</td></tr></table>
From the Tom Kean collection. DC Bartley R/S address on back, perhaps the servicer.
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"NOUMEA NEW / CALEDONIA"
"NOUMEA NEW / CALEDONIA"
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
Category
Shakedown Cruise
</td></tr></table>
</td></tr></table>
Note:  
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"HOMEWARD / BOUND"
"HOMEWARD / BOUND"
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
Category
Shakedown Cruise
</td></tr></table>
</td></tr></table>
Note:  
Note:  
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"HONOLULU / T.H."
"HONOLULU / T.H."
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
Category
Shakedown Cruise
</td></tr></table>
</td></tr></table>
Note: Add-on cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Bruce_D_Liddell_ | Bruce D. Liddell]]
Add-on cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Bruce_D_Liddell_ | Bruce D. Liddell]]
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<br/>&nbsp;<br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
<tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
No Image
N/A
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="320" rowspan="2">
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="320" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_BDLAstoria_CA34_19340926_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
[[Image:GregCiesielski_BDLAstoria_CA34_19340926_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
No Image
N/A
</td><td valign="center">
</td><td valign="center">
1934-09-26<br/>
1934-09-26<br/>
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"END OF / CRUISE"
"END OF / CRUISE"
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
Category
Shakedown Cruise
</td></tr></table>
</td></tr></table>
Note: Add-on cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Bruce_D_Liddell_ | Bruce D. Liddell]]
Add-on cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Bruce_D_Liddell_ | Bruce D. Liddell]]
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<!--  1934-10-27  -->
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<br/>&nbsp;<br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
N/A
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="320" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski Astoria CA34 19341027 1 Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
N/A
</td><td valign="center">
1934-10-27<br/>Locy Type 3 (BC-BTT)<br/>"NAVY YARD / BREMERTON"
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
Navy Day
</td></tr></table>
Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Deane_C_Bartley_ | Deane C. (DC) Bartley]] and sponsored by the [[Cachet_Maker_USCS_Chapter_2_John_Paul_Jones_ | John Paul Jones Chapter No. 2, USCS]]
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<!--  1934-10-27  -->
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</td></tr></table>
</td></tr></table>
Note:  
Note:  
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<!--  1935-05-23  -->
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<br/>&nbsp;<br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
N/A
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="320" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Astoria_CA34_19350523_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
N/A
</td><td valign="center">
1935-05-23<br/>Locy Type 3 (BC-BTT)<br/>"PEARL / HARBOR T.H."
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
Hawaiian Islands Visit
</td></tr></table>
Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Korean_National_Association_ | Korean National Association]], sponsored by the [[Cachet_Maker_USCS_Chapter_26_John_Rodgers_ | John Rodgers Chapter No. 26, USCS]]. From the Tom Kean collection.
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</td></tr></table>
</td></tr></table>
Note:  
Note:  
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<!--  1936-07-03  -->
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<br/>&nbsp;<br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
N/A
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="320" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Astoria_CA34_19360923_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Astoria_CA34_19360923_1_Back.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td><td valign="center">
1936-09-23<br/>Locy Type 3 (BC-BTT)<br/>"NAVY YARD / "
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
Category
</td></tr></table>
Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Leo_A_Schupp_ | Leo A Schupp]]
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Note:  
Note:  
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<!-- 1939-01-21 -->
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<br/>&nbsp;<br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
N/A
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="320" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Astoria_CA34_19390121_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
N/A
</td><td valign="center">
1939-01-21<br/>Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB)<br/>"GONAIVES / HAITI"
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
Collectors request
</td></tr></table>
Courtesy of the Richard Jones collection.
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<!-- 1939-01-27 -->
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<br/>&nbsp;<br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
N/A
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="320" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Astoria_CA34_19390127_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
N/A
</td><td valign="center">
1939-01-27<br/>Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB)<br/>"GONAIVES / HAITI"
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
Sailors mail
</td></tr></table>
Courtesy of the Richard Jones collection.
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<!-- 1939-01-29 -->
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<br/>&nbsp;<br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
N/A
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="320" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Astoria_CA34_19390129_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
N/A
</td><td valign="center">
1939-01-29<br/>Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB)<br/>"GONAIVES / HAITI"
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
Sailors mail
</td></tr></table>
Courtesy of the Richard Jones collection.
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<!-- 1939-07-25 -->
<!-- 1939-07-25 -->
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<br/>&nbsp;<br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
<tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
No Image
N/A
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="320" rowspan="2">
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="320" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Astoria_CA34_19390725_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Astoria_CA34_19390725_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
No Image
N/A
</td><td valign="center">
</td><td valign="center">
1939-07-25<br/>
1939-07-25<br/>Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB)<br/>"BREMERTON / WASHINGTON"
Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB)<br/>
"BREMERTON / WASHINGTON"
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
Category
Fleet Week
</td></tr></table>
</td></tr></table>
Note: Fleet Week cachet by M. Fay Muridge
Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_M_Fay_Muridge_ | M. Fay Muridge]]
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Locy Type 7z<br/>
Locy Type 7z<br/>
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
Category<br/>
Sailors mail
</td></tr></table>
</td></tr></table>
Censored wartime (WWII) use
Censored.
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Latest revision as of 14:21, 23 July 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

1933-12-16
Locy Type 7t
USS Saratoga CV-3

Christening

Note:


 

N/A

N/A

1933-12-16
USPO Machine cancel
"Navy Yard Station"
Bremerton, WA

Christening

Note:


 

N/A

1934-04-28
Locy Type F
"First / Day"
USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. A-51

Commissioning

From the Tom Kean collection.


 

1934-07-09
Locy Type 3 (BC-BTT)
"HONOLULU / T.H."

Shakedown Cruise

Note:


 

1934-07-21
Locy Type 3 (BC-BTT)
"CHRISTMAS / ISLAND"

Shakedown Cruise

Note:


 

1934-07-29
Locy Type 3 (BC-BTT)
"PAGO-PAGO / SAMOA"

Shakedown Cruise

Note:


 

1934-08-05
Locy Type 3 (BC-BTT)
"SUVA-FIJI / ISLAND"

Shakedown Cruise

Note:


 

1934-08-15
Locy Type 3 (BC-BTT)
"SYDNEY / AUSTRALIA"

Shakedown Cruise

Note:


 

N/A

1934-08-15
Locy Type 3 (BC-BTT)
"SYDNEY / AUSTRALIA"

Shakedown Cruise

From the Tom Kean collection.


 

N/A

1934-08-27
Locy Type 3 (BC-BTT)
"NOUMEA NEW / CALEDONIA"

Shakedown Cruise

From the Tom Kean collection. DC Bartley R/S address on back, perhaps the servicer.


 

No Image

1934-08-27
Locy Type 3 (BC-BTT)
"NOUMEA NEW / CALEDONIA"

Shakedown Cruise

Note:


 

No Image

1934-09-14
Locy Type 3 (BC-BTT)
"HOMEWARD / BOUND"

Shakedown Cruise

Note:


 

No Image

No Image

1934-09-15
Locy Type 3 (BC-BTT)
"HONOLULU / T.H."

Shakedown Cruise

Add-on cachet by Bruce D. Liddell


 

N/A

N/A

1934-09-26
Locy Type 3 (BC-BTT)
"END OF / CRUISE"

Shakedown Cruise

Add-on cachet by Bruce D. Liddell


 

N/A

N/A

1934-10-27
Locy Type 3 (BC-BTT)
"NAVY YARD / BREMERTON"

Navy Day

Cachet by Deane C. (DC) Bartley and sponsored by the John Paul Jones Chapter No. 2, USCS


 

1934-10-27
Locy Type 3 (BC-BTT)
"NAVY YARD / BREMERTON"

Ship Launching - USS Worden DD-352
Navy Day

Note:


 

1934-10-27
Locy Type 3 (BC-BTT)
"NAVY / DAY"

Navy Day 1934
USS OREGON IX-22

USCS Chapter 22 Cachet


 

1934-11-29
Locy Type 3 (BC-BTT)
"TNXGIVING / DAY"

Thanksgiving 1934

Note:


 

1935-01-01
Locy Type 3 (BC-BTT)
"NEW YEARS / DAY"

New Years Day 1935

Note:


 

1935-05-23
Locy Type 3 (BC-BTT)
"PEARL / HARBOR T.H."

Hawaiian Islands Visit

Note:


 

N/A

N/A

1935-05-23
Locy Type 3 (BC-BTT)
"PEARL / HARBOR T.H."

Hawaiian Islands Visit

Cachet by Korean National Association, sponsored by the John Rodgers Chapter No. 26, USCS. From the Tom Kean collection.


 

1935-07-04
Locy Type 3 (BC-BTT)
"HERMOSA / BEACH CALIF"

National Aiglon Society

Note:


 

No Image

1936-07-03
Locy Type 9v

Category

Note:


 

N/A

1936-09-23
Locy Type 3 (BC-BTT)
"NAVY YARD / "

Category

Cachet by Leo A Schupp


 

1938-07-28
Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB)

Category

Note:


 

N/A

N/A

1939-01-21
Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB)
"GONAIVES / HAITI"

Collectors request

Courtesy of the Richard Jones collection.


 

N/A

N/A

1939-01-27
Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB)
"GONAIVES / HAITI"

Sailors mail

Courtesy of the Richard Jones collection.


 

N/A

N/A

1939-01-29
Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB)
"GONAIVES / HAITI"

Sailors mail

Courtesy of the Richard Jones collection.


 

N/A

N/A

1939-07-25
Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB)
"BREMERTON / WASHINGTON"

Fleet Week

Cachet by M. Fay Muridge


 

1942-05-17
Locy Type 7z

Sailors mail

Censored.


 

1942-06-29
Locy Type 7z

Official Business

Note:

 

 

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