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<br/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Tazewell Gatling Nicholson was born on 14 June 1916 and died on 4 November 1997. Taz Nicholson was member #839 USCS, #598 American Naval Cover Service, #119 Registered Cachet Dealer and #14 International Cover Guild and produced covers from 30 May 1935 to 16 September 1996.<br/><br/>
<br/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Tazewell Gatling Nicholson was born on 14 June 1916 and died on 4 November 1997. Taz Nicholson was member #839 USCS, #598 American Naval Cover Service, #119 Registered Cachet Dealer and #14 International Cover Guild and produced covers from 30 May 1935 to 16 September 1996.<br/><hr/>References for the work of Taze Nicholson are "Tazewell Gatling Nicholson / 60 Years / Cover Sponsor / 30/05/1935-16/09/1995" by Ludo Janssens and reprinted by the Universal Ship Cancellation Society (USCS) in 2023 and the "Naval Cover Cachet Makers Catalog" by R.D. Rawlins in 1997.<br/><br/>
[[Cachet_Maker_Tazewell_G_Nicholson | Page 1 (1935 - 1937)]]<br/>
<td align="left" width="50">[[Cachet_Maker_Tazewell_G_Nicholson | Page 1 (1935)]] * </td>
[[Cachet_Maker_Tazewell_G_Nicholson_Page_1a | Page 1a (1938 - 1939)]]<br/>
<td align="left" width="50">[[Cachet_Maker_Tazewell_G_Nicholson_Page_1a | Page 1a (1936)]] * </td>
[[Cachet_Maker_Tazewell_G_Nicholson_Page_2 | Page 2 (1940 - 1949)]]<br/>
<td align="left" width="50">[[Cachet_Maker_Tazewell_G_Nicholson_Page_1b | Page 1b (1937)]] * </td>
[[Cachet_Maker_Tazewell_G_Nicholson_Page_3 | Page 3 (1950 - 1959)]]<br/>
<td align="left" width="50">[[Cachet_Maker_Tazewell_G_Nicholson_Page_1c | Page 1c (1938)]] * </td>
[[Cachet_Maker_Tazewell_G_Nicholson_Page_4 | Page 4 (1960 - 1969)]]<br/>
<td align="left" width="50">[[Cachet_Maker_Tazewell_G_Nicholson_Page_1d | Page 1d (1939)]] </td><br/>
[[Cachet_Maker_Tazewell_G_Nicholson_Page_5 | Page 5 (1970 - 1979)]]<br/>
<td align="left" width="50">[[Cachet_Maker_Tazewell_G_Nicholson_Page_2 | Page 2 (1940)]] * </td>
[[Cachet_Maker_Tazewell_G_Nicholson_Page_6 | Page 6 (1980 - 1989)]]<br/>
<td align="left" width="50">[[Cachet_Maker_Tazewell_G_Nicholson_Page_2a | Page 2a (1941)]] * </td>
[[Cachet_Maker_Tazewell_G_Nicholson_Page_7 | Page 7 (1990 - 1996)]]<br/>
<td align="left" width="50">[[Cachet_Maker_Tazewell_G_Nicholson_Page_2b | Page 2b (1942 - 1945)]] * </td>
[[Cachet_Maker_Tazewell_G_Nicholson_Page_8 | Page 8 Nicholson's Cover ID Markings]]<br/><br/>
<td align="left" width="50">[[Cachet_Maker_Tazewell_G_Nicholson_Page_2c | Page 2c (1946)]] * </td>
Cachets should be listed in chronological order based on earliest known usage. Use  
<td align="left" width="50">[[Cachet_Maker_Tazewell_G_Nicholson_Page_2d | Page 2d (1947 - 1949)]]</td><br/>
the postmark date or best guess. This applies to add-on cachets as well.
<td align="left" width="50">[[Cachet_Maker_Tazewell_G_Nicholson_Page_3 | Page 3 (1950 - 1959)]] * </td><br/>
<td align="left" width="50">[[Cachet_Maker_Tazewell_G_Nicholson_Page_4 | Page 4 (1960 - 1969)]] * </td><br/>
<td align="left" width="50">[[Cachet_Maker_Tazewell_G_Nicholson_Page_5 | Page 5 (1970 - 1979)]] * </td><br/>
<td align="left" width="50">[[Cachet_Maker_Tazewell_G_Nicholson_Page_6 | Page 6 (1980 - 1989)]] * </td><br/>
<td align="left" width="50">[[Cachet_Maker_Tazewell_G_Nicholson_Page_7 | Page 7 (1990 - 1996)]] * </td><br/>
<td align="left" width="50">[[Cachet_Maker_Tazewell_G_Nicholson_Page_8 | Page 8 Nicholson's Cover ID Markings]]<br/><br/>
Cachets should be listed in chronological order based on earliest known usage. Use the postmark date or best guess. This applies to add-on cachets as well.
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1935-05-30<br/>Locy Type 3 (BC-BOO)<br/>"DECORATION / DAY-1935"<br/>[[ANTARES AKS 3|USS Antares AG-10]]
1935-05-30<br/>Locy Type 3 (BC-BOO)<br/>"DECORATION / DAY 1935"<br/>[[ANTARES AKS 3|USS Antares AG-10]]
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[[Cachet_Category_Memorial Day| Memorial Day]]
[[Cachet_Category_Memorial Day| Memorial Day]]
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'''1st CACHET'''. Blue grey printed cachet. Back Violet rubberstamp N.C.C.C.
'''1st CACHET'''.  
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Antares_AG10_19350530_5_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Antares_AG10_19350530_5_Back.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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1935-05-30<br/>Locy Type 3 (BC-BOO)<br/>"DECORATION / DAY 1935"<br/>[[ANTARES_AKS_3_ | USS Antares AG-10]]
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[[Cachet_Category_Memorial Day| Memorial Day]]
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This cachet is shown in the "USCS Naval Cover Cachet Maker Catalog" as Nicholson's but is not mentioned in the Ludo Janssens catalog.
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Maryland_BB46_19350805_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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1935-08-05<br/>Locy Type 5hk<br/>"MD JOINS / FLEET"<br/>[[MARYLAND_BB_46_ | USS Maryland BB-46]]
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Honoring the Battleship
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This cover is not in the Ludo Janssens catalog.
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<h4>'''1936'''</h4>
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[[Image:Bunter Babbitt AG 102 19360404 1 front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:Bunter Babbitt AG 102 19360404 1 back.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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1936-04-04<br/>Locy Type 3 (AC-TTB)<br/>"YORKTOWN / LAUNCHED"<br/>[[BABBITT_AG_102 | USS Babbitt DD-128]] 
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Launching of -<br/>[[YORKTOWN_CV_5_ | USS Yorktown CV-5]]
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[[Image:Bunter Bountiful AH 9 19360422 1 front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:Bunter Bountiful AH 9 19360422 1 back.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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1936-04-22<br/>Locy Type 3 (AC-TBT)<br/>"WELCOME / DOWNES"<br/>[[BOUNTIFUL_AH_9 | USS Henderson AP-1]] 
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Launching of -<br/>[[DOWNES_DD_375_ | USS Downes DD-375]]
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Monaghan_DD354_19360422_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Monaghan_DD354_19360422_1_Back.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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1936-04-22<br/>Locy Type 3 (BC-BBT)<br/>"U.S.S. DOWNES / LAUNCHED"<br/>[[MONAGHAN_DD_354 | USS Monaghan DD-354]] 
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Launching of -<br/>[[DOWNES_DD_375_ | USS Downes DD-375]]
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From the Tom Kean collection.
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[[Image:GregCiesielski Humphreys DD236 19360614 1 Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:GregCiesielski Humphreys DD236 19360614 1 Back.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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1936-06-14<br/>Locy Type 3 (B-BTT)<br/>[[HUMPHREYS_DD_236 | USS Humphreys DD-236]] 
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Flag Day
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[[Image:GregCiesielski King DD242 19360614 1 Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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N/A
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1936-06-14<br/>Locy Type 3s (AC-BTT)<br/>"PORTSMOUTH / VA"<br/>[[KING_DD_242 | USS King DD-242]] 
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Flag Day
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[[Image:GregCiesielski Sands DD243 19360704 1 Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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N/A
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1936-07-04<br/>Locy Type 5hks<br/>[[SANDS_APD_13 | USS Sands DD-243]] 
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Independence Day
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Raleigh_CL7_19360711_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Raleigh_CL7_19360711_1_Back.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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1936-07-11<br/>Locy Type 3 (A-BBT)<br/>"SWEEPER / TO TENDER"<br/>[[RALEIGH_CL_7 | USS Raleigh CL-7]] 
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18th Birthday of the [[OWL_ATO_137_ | USS OWL AM-2]] and commemorating her<br/>
conversion from Minesweeper to Aircraft Tender.
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From the Tom Kean collection.
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[[Image:Bunter_Maryland_BB_46_19360721_1_cachet.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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[[Image:Bunter_Maryland_BB_46_19360721_1_front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:Bunter_Maryland_BB_46_19360721_1_back.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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1936-07-21<br/>
Locy Type 7qt(2)<br/>
[[MARYLAND_BB_46 | USS Maryland BB-46]] 
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[[Cachet_Category_Ship_Birthday|Ship Birthday]] 
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[[Image:Bunter Tucker DD 374 19360723 2 front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:Bunter Tucker DD 374 19360723 2 back.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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1936-07-23<br/>Locy Type FDC 3 (A-BBT) <br/>"FIRST DAY IN / COMMISSION"<br/>[[TUCKER_DD_374 | USS Tucker DD-374]] 
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Commissioning / First Day of Postal Service
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[[Image:GregCiesielski Childs AVP14 19360815 1 Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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1936-08-15<br/>Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB)<br/>"CANAL ZONE / ANIV."<br/>[[CHILDS_AVD_1 | USS Childs DD-241]] 
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22nd Anniversary of the opening of the Panama Canal
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[[Image:Bunter_Colorado_BB_45_19360830_1_cachet.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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[[Image:Bunter_Colorado_BB_45_19360830_1_front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:Bunter_Colorado_BB_45_19360830_1_back.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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1936-08-30<br/>
Locy Type 7dr&nbsp;&nbsp;([[COLORADO_BB_45 |USS Colorado BB-45]])<br/>
Locy Type 9&nbsp;&nbsp;([[RALEIGH_CL_7 |USS Raleigh CL-7]])<br/>
Locy Type SLKsl (74x7)&nbsp;&nbsp;([[RALEIGH_CL_7 |USS Raleigh CL-7]])
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[[Cachet_Category_Ship_Birthday|Ship Birthday]] - [[COLORADO_BB_45 |USS Colorado BB-45]]
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[[Image:GregCiesielski Acushnet ATO63 19360901 1 Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:GregCiesielski Acushnet ATO63 19360901 1 Back.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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1936-09-01<br/>Locy Type 3 (A-TTB)<br/>"PORTSMOUTH / VIRGINIA"<br/>[[WHITNEY_AD_4 |USS Whitney AD-4]]<br/><br/>
Locy Type SLKbs (87x9)<br/>[[OWL_ATO_137 | USS Owl AM-2]]
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First Day of Commissioning of - [[ACUSHNET_ATO_63_ | USS Acushnet AT-63]]
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[[Image:Bunter Tucker DD 374 19360903 1 front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:Bunter Tucker DD 374 19360903 1 back.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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1936-09-03<br/>Locy Type 3 (A-BBT)<br/>"USS BAGLEY / LAUNCHED"<br/>[[TUCKER_DD_374 |USS Tucker DD-374]]
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Launching of - [[BAGLEY_DD_386_ | USS Bagley DD-386]]
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<h4>'''1937'''</h4>
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Leary_DD158_19370527_1_cachet.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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[[Image:Bunter Leary DD 158 19370527 1 front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:Bunter Leary DD 158 19370527 1 back.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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1937-05-27<br/>Locy Type 3 (A-BTT)<br/>"PORTSMOUTH / VA."<br/>[[LEARY_DD_158 | USS Leary DD-158]] 
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Launching of [[BLUE_DD_387 | USS Blue DD-387]] and [[HELM_DD_388 | USS Helm DD-388]]
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Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_C_Wright_Richell| C. Wright Richell]], sponsored by Tazewell G. Nicholson.<br/>
In the Ludo Janssens catalog, this cover has the notation - "USS BLUE / DD-387 & USS HELM / DD-386 Twin Launching (ANCS)"<br/>
The red arrow shows in the cachet scan shows where the ANCS initials are.
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[[Image:GregCiesielski Blue DD387 19370814 1k Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:GregCiesielski Blue DD387 19370814 1k Back.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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1937-08-14<br/>Locy Type FDC 3r (AC-TTB)<br/>"1-ST DAY / COMM"<br/>[[BLUE_DD_387 | USS Blue DD-387]] 
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Commissioning
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FDC Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_C_Wright_Richell| C. Wright Richell]], sponsored by Tazewell G. Nicholson. From the Tom Kean collection.
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[[Image:JonBurdett blue dd387 19370814-1.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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1937-08-14<br/>Locy Type FDC 3ty<br/>"HAVANA / CUBA"<br/>USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. B-38b<br/>Locy Type FDC 9x<br/>[[BLUE_DD_387 | USS Blue DD-387]] 
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Commissioning
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FDC Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_C_Wright_Richell| C. Wright Richell]], sponsored by Tazewell G. Nicholson.
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[[Image:Bunter Bagley DD 386 19370928 1 front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:Bunter Bagley DD 386 19370928 1 back.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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1937-09-28<br/>Locy Type 3r (AC-BBT)<br/>"HABANA DE / CUBA"<br/>[[BAGLEY_DD_386|USS Bagley DD-386]]
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Shakedown Cruise
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R/S address on the back for the Naval Cachet & Cancel Club; Portsmouth, VA
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[[Image:Bunter_Yorktown_CV_5_19370930_1_cachet.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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[[Image:Bunter_Yorktown_CV_5_19370930_1.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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N/A
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1937-09-30<br/>Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT)<br/>"NORFOLK / VIRGINIA"<br/>[[YORKTOWN_CV_5 | USS Yorktown CV-5]] 
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[[Cachet_Category_Ship_Commissioning|Ship Commissioning]]
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ANCS Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_C_Wright_Richell| C. Wright Richell]], sponsored by Tazewell G. Nicholson.
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N/A
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[[Image:GregCiesielski Yorktown CV5 19370930 4 Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:GregCiesielski Yorktown CV5 19370930 4 Back.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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1937-09-30<br/>Locy Type FDC 3 (AC-BBT)<br/>"NORFOLK / VIRGINIA"<br/>[[YORKTOWN_CV_5 | USS Yorktown CV-5]] 
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First Day of Postal Service 
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Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_C_Wright_Richell| C. Wright Richell]], sponsored by Tazewell G. Nicholson.
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N/A
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[[Image:Bunter Bagley DD 386 19371004 1 front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:Bunter Bagley DD 386 19371004 1 back.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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1937-10-04<br/>Locy Type 3r (AC-BBT)<br/>"N N Y / PORTSMOUTH"<br/>[[BAGLEY_DD_386|USS Bagley DD-386]]
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Shakedown Cruise
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Postmark on the back is a 3 (AC-BBB) from USS Sirius AK -15.
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<tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
N/A
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Bagley_DD386_19371012_2_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Bagley_DD386_19371012_1_Back.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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1937-10-12<br/>Locy Type 3r (AC-BBT)<br/>"COLUMBUS / DAY"<br/>Locy Type 9x<br/>[[BAGLEY_DD_386|USS Bagley DD-386]]
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
[[Cachet_Category_Columbus_Day_ | Columbus Day]]
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R/S address on the back for the Naval Cachet & Cancel Club; Portsmouth, VA
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N/A
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
[[Image:Bunter Bagley DD 386 19371012 1 front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
[[Image:Bunter Bagley DD 386 19371012 1 back.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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1937-10-12<br/>Locy Type 3r (AC-BBT)<br/>"COLUMBUS / DAY"<br/>Locy Type 9x<br/>[[BAGLEY_DD_386|USS Bagley DD-386]]
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
[[Cachet_Category_Columbus_Day_ | Columbus Day]]
</td></tr></tr></table>
R/S address on the back for the Naval Cachet & Cancel Club; Portsmouth, VA
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Blue_DD387_19371124_1_Cachet.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Blue_DD387_193711246_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Blue_DD387_19371124_1_Back.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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1937-11-24<br/>Locy Type 3r (AC-TTB)<br/>"GUANTANAMO / BAY CUBA"<br/>[[BLUE_DD_387_ | USS Blue DD-387]]
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Shakedown Cruise
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ANCS Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_C_Wright_Richell | C. Wright Richell]]
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Latest revision as of 06:31, 31 March 2026


    Tazewell Gatling Nicholson was born on 14 June 1916 and died on 4 November 1997. Taz Nicholson was member #839 USCS, #598 American Naval Cover Service, #119 Registered Cachet Dealer and #14 International Cover Guild and produced covers from 30 May 1935 to 16 September 1996.

References for the work of Taze Nicholson are "Tazewell Gatling Nicholson / 60 Years / Cover Sponsor / 30/05/1935-16/09/1995" by Ludo Janssens and reprinted by the Universal Ship Cancellation Society (USCS) in 2023 and the "Naval Cover Cachet Makers Catalog" by R.D. Rawlins in 1997.

Page 1 (1935) * Page 1a (1936) * Page 1b (1937) * Page 1c (1938) * Page 1d (1939)
Page 2 (1940) * Page 2a (1941) * Page 2b (1942 - 1945) * Page 2c (1946) * Page 2d (1947 - 1949)
Page 3 (1950 - 1959) *
Page 4 (1960 - 1969) *
Page 5 (1970 - 1979) *
Page 6 (1980 - 1989) *
Page 7 (1990 - 1996) *
Page 8 Nicholson's Cover ID Markings

Cachets should be listed in chronological order based on earliest known usage. Use the postmark date or best guess. This applies to add-on cachets as well.


 

Postmark Type
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Killer Bar Text

Postmark
Date		 Thumbnail Link
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Postmark Image		 Thumbnail Link
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Cover Image


1935


 

N/A

1935-05-30
Locy Type 3 (B-BTT)
"MEMORIAL DAY / NORFOLK VA"
USS Sturtevant DD-240

Memorial Day

1st CACHET, 1st SHIP.


 

N/A

N/A

1935-05-30
Locy Type 3 (B-BTT)
"MEMORIAL DAY / NORFOLK VA"
USS Sturtevant DD-240

Memorial Day

1st CACHET. "Somebody decided to color the cachet..."


 

1935-05-30
Locy Type 3 (BC-BOO)
"DECORATION / DAY 1935"
USS Antares AG-10

Memorial Day

1st CACHET.


 

N/A

1935-05-30
Locy Type 3 (BC-BOO)
"DECORATION / DAY 1935"
USS Antares AG-10

Memorial Day

This cachet is shown in the "USCS Naval Cover Cachet Maker Catalog" as Nicholson's but is not mentioned in the Ludo Janssens catalog.


 

N/A

N/A

1935-05-30
Locy Type 3 (B-BTT)
"MEMORIAL DAY / NORFOLK VA"
USS Sturtevant DD-240

Memorial Day

This cachet is shown in the "USCS Naval Cover Cachet Maker Catalog" as Nicholson's but is not mentioned in the Ludo Janssens catalog.


 

N/A

1935-06-14
Locy Type 3 (BC-TBT)
"PORTSMOUTH / VIRGINIA"
USS Jacobs Jones DD-130

Flag Day

Note:


 

N/A

N/A

1935-07-04
Locy Type 3 (A-BBT)
"INDEPENDEN / CE DAY"
USS Manley DD-74

Independence Day

Note:


 

N/A

N/A

1935-07-04
Locy Type 3 (B-BTT)
"INDEPENDENCE / DAY"
USS Sturtevant DD-240

Independence Day

Note:


 

N/A

1935-08-01
Locy Type 3 (BC-TBT)
"BETTER LATE / THAN NEVER"
USS Jacobs Jones DD-130

Independence Day cachet

Note:


 

N/A

N/A

1935-08-01
Locy Type 3 (B-BTT)
"BETTER LATE / THAN NEVER"
USS Sturtevant DD-240

Independence Day cachet

Note:


 

N/A

1935-08-01
Locy Type 3 (A-BBT)
USS Salinas AO-19

21st Anniversary - Beginning of World War 1

Note:


 

N/A

N/A

1935-08-05
Locy Type 5hk
"MD JOINS / FLEET"
USS Maryland BB-46

Honoring the Battleship

This cover is not in the Ludo Janssens catalog.


 

N/A

1935-10-12
Locy Type 3 (AC-BBB)
"NORFOLK / NAVY YARD"
USS Fairfax DD-93

Columbus Day

Red R/S address on the back for the Naval Cachet & Cancel Club; Portsmouth, VA


 

N/A

1935-10-12
Locy Type 3 (BC-BBT)
"COLUMBUS / DAY"
USS Hannibal AG-1

Columbus Day

Note:


 

N/A

1935-10-12
Locy Type 3(AC)
USS Taylor DD-94

Columbus Day, cachet by the Naval Cachet and Cancel Club

Note:


 

N/A

1935-10-12
Locy Type 3(AC)
USS Taylor DD-94

Columbus Day, cachet by the Naval Cachet and Cancel Club

Note:


 

N/A

1935-10-28
Locy Type 3 (BC-TBT)
USS Cormorant AM-40

Navy Day

Note:


 

N/A

1935-10-28
Locy Type 3(AC)
USS Taylor DD-94

Navy Day

Note:


 

N/A

1935-12-25
Locy Type 3 (BC-BBT)
USS Hannibal AG-1

Christmas Greetings

Note:


 

N/A

N/A

1935-12-25
Locy Type 3 (BC-BBT)
USS Semmes AG-24

Christmas Greetings

Note:


 

N/A

N/A

1935-12-25
Locy Type 7dr
USS Wyoming AG-17

Christmas Greetings

Note:


 

N/A

N/A

1935-12-31
Locy Type 3 (BC-BBT)
"NAVY YARD / NORFOLK VA"
USS Schenck DD-159

Happy New Year

Note:

 

 

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