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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

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CV-38
 

N/A		N/A	1943
			$1.00 Receipt

Contributed One Dollar towards the Construction of the Ship.

 

			1944-02-24 Locy Type 2z*
			Launching

Cachet by Glenn W. Dye

 

			1944-02-24 USPO Machine Cancel Portsmouth VA
			Launching

Cachet by Gordon H. Hamilton, sponsored by the Pittsburgh Crew, ANCS

 

N/A		N/A	1944-02-24 USPO Duplex Cancel "Navy Yard Sta." Portsmouth VA
			Launching

Cacheted

 

N/A		N/A	1944-02-24 USPO Duplex Cancel "Navy Yard Sta." Portsmouth VA
			Launching

Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson. From the John Young collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1944-02-24 USPO Duplex Cancel Portsmouth VA
			Launching

Cachet by Ralph P. Werve. From the John Young collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1944-09-16 USPO Machine Cancel Portsmouth VA
			Commissioning

Cachet by Ralph P. Werve. From the John Young collection.

 

			1944-11-27 Locy Type 2z
			Sailor Mail

Censored WWII use

 

			1945-02-20 Locy Type 2z
			Category

Censored wartime (WWII) use
Cachet by Jacques Minkus

 

			1945-06-24 Locy Type 2z
			Category

Censored wartime (WWII) use

 

			1945-09-14 Locy Type 9efu 1945-09-19 Locy Type 2z 1945-09-26 Washington D.C. Reg. Sec. Washington D.C. U.S. Fleet Post Office
			Official Business

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			1945-09-26 Locy Type Pz USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. S-37
			Tokyo Bay

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			1945-09-28 Locy Type Pz USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. S-37
			Tokyo Bay

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			1945-10-27 Locy Type 2(n) Oct 27, 1945
			Navy Day 1945

Add on cachet

 

N/A		N/A	1945-11-11 Locy Type 2(n) (CV)
			Armistice Day

Cachet by M. Fay Muridge

 

			1945-12-05 Locy Type 2(n) (CV)
			Category

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			1946-07-01 Locy Type 2(n) (CV)
			"Operation Crossroads", 1st test "Able"

Cachet by Walter G. Crosby

 

N/A		N/A	1946-07-26 Locy Type 2(n) (CV)
			"Operation Crossroads", 2nd test "Baker"

Stuffer card suggests this is a Von Losberg cachet. I believe it is a Michael Sanders cachet. (Greg Ciesielski).

 

No Image			1951-06-04 Locy Type Fake USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. S-37a
			First Day Postal Service

USCS Postmark Catalog lists only a FDPS 9ef(nu)

 

No Image		No Image	1951-06-04 Locy Type Fake "FIRST DAY / POST SERV" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. S-37a Locy Type FDPS 9ef(nu)
			First Day Postal Service

Note: Add-on cachet by Kelly Armstrong

 

No Image			1951-06-26 Locy Type 2 USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. S-37b
			Category

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			1952-05-10 Locy Type 2 USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. S-37c
			Korea 1952

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