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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

 

		No Image	1942-08-26 Boston MA Machine
			Launching

National Cachet Society Cachet

 

		No Image	1942-08-26 Quincy MA Slogan "BUY / DEFENSE SAVINGS / BONDS AND STAMPS"
			Launching

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			1943-07-10 Locy Type 2z*
			Official Business

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			1943-10-27 Locy Type 9efu Boston MA Fleet Post Office 1943-10-28 Boston MA CDS 1943-10-29 Washington D.C. Reg. Sec. Washington D.C. Fleet Post Office
			Official Business

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			1943-10-28 Locy Type 9efu 1943-10-29 Locy Type 9vz 1943-10-30 Washington D.C. Fleet Post Office
			Official Business

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			1943-11-09 Locy Type 2z*
			Category

Censored wartime (WWII) use

 

		No Image	1943-12 Locy Type 2z* Locy Type 9efu
			Category

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No Image			1946-03-07 Locy Type 2(n)
			Category

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No Image			1946-04-08 Locy Type 2(n)
			Business Reply

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			1955-12-17 Locy Type 2r Locy Type 9efu
			"Old Ironsides" applied label

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No Image			1957-08-08 Locy Type 7n (C+,"CAG")
			Category

Notes: 1957 is a best guess. Could be 1959.

 

No Image			1960-08-13 Locy Type 2t(n+u) Locy Type 9fu
			Category

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N/A		N/A	1960-08-13 Locy Type 2t(n+u)
			Collectors request

Add-on cachet by Wolfgang Hechler

 

			1962-03-23 Locy Type 2t(n+u)
			U.S. Navy Cruiser

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N/A		N/A	1965-03-23 Locy Type 2(n+)
			Gemini Recovery Force

Rubber stamp cachet by Morris W. Beck. Courtesy of the Bob Govern collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1966-04-01 Locy Type 2(n+)
			Collectors request

Ships cachet

 

			1969-05-15 Locy Type 2t(n+u) (CA,USS)
			Ship's Crest

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			1970-02-02 Locy Type LDPS 2t(n+u)
			Last Day Postal Service

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