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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	Postmark Date Postmark Type Killer Bar Text Ship --------- Category

N/A			1922-08-08 Locy Type 3 (AC)
			Sailors Mail

Postcard, notice the location written: "Colombo India"

N/A		N/A	1922-11-26 Locy Type 3 (AC) "MANILA / P. I."
			Sailors Mail

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N/A		N/A	1923-07-05 Locy Type 3 (AC) " / CHINA"
			Navy Savings Bank

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N/A			1924-10-20 Locy Type 3 (AC) "SHANGHAI / CHINA"
			Category

Back return to ship at Seattle, Wash.

N/A		N/A	1925-04-02 Locy Type 3 (AC) "HONG KONG / CHINA"
			Official Business

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N/A		N/A	1926-05-12 Locy Type 3 (A)
			Sailors mail

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N/A		N/A	1926-10-21 Locy Type 3 (A) "SHANGHAI / CHINA"
			Official Business

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N/A		N/A	1927-08-06 Locy Type 3 (A) "CHEFOO / CHINA"
			Category

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N/A		N/A	1927-12-15 Locy Type 3 (A) "MANILA / P.I."
			Official Business

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N/A		N/A	1928-02-28 Locy Type 3 (A) "MANILA / P I."
			Official Business

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N/A		N/A	1928-04-02 Locy Type 3 (A) "HONGKONG / CHINA"
			Category

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N/A		N/A	1928-06-27 Locy Type 3 (A) "CHEFOO / CHINA"
			Official Business

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N/A		N/A	1928-07-19 Locy Type 6
			Official Business

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N/A		N/A	1930-02-03 Locy Type 5s "MANILA / P.I." USS POPE DD-225
			Official Business

USS Black Hawk envelope.

 

N/A		N/A	1931-07-24 Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. B-37a
			Category

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N/A		N/A	1931-09-22 Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. B-37a
			Sailors Mail

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N/A		N/A	1931-10-12 Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. B-37a
			Sailors Mail

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N/A		N/A	1931-10-22 Locy Type 5hks
			Category

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N/A		N/A	1931-10-24 Locy Type 5hks
			Official Mail

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N/A		N/A	1931-11-25 Locy Type 9
			Official Mail

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N/A		N/A	1932-03-07 Locy Type F "ASIATIC / STATION" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. B-37b
			Official Mail

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N/A		N/A	1932-05-09 Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. B-37b "ASIATIC / STATION"
			Collectors request

Add-on cachet by Wolfgang Hechler

N/A		N/A	1932-06-04 Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. B-37b "ASIATIC / STATION"
			Category

Add-on cachet by Bruce D. Liddell

N/A		N/A	1932-10-15 Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. B-37b "ASIATIC / STATION"
			Collectors request

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N/A			1932-11-05 Locy Type F "ASIATIC / STATION" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. B-37b
			Collectors request

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N/A		N/A	1933-01-21 Locy Type F "ASIATIC / STATION / MANILA / P. I." USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. B-37b
			Collectors request

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N/A			1933-12-14 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "NAVY YARD / CAVITE P.I."
			Registered Official Business

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N/A		N/A	1934-02-13 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "DEWEY DOCK / OLONGAPO PI"
			Category

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N/A			1934-02-13 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "DEWEY DOCK / OLONGAPO PI" 1934-03-15 Albany OR Duplex
			Category

Black Post Office auxiliary marking "Missent to Albany Oregon". Back black rubberstamp return to ship at Seattle, WA.

N/A		N/A	1934-02-13 Locy Type F "DEWEY DOCK / OLONGAPO PI" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. B-37d
			Category

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N/A		N/A	1934-03-27 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "ASIATIC / STATION / MANILA / P.I." USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. B-37b
			Collectors request

Also postmarked from Yokohama Japan.

N/A		N/A	1934-04-14 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "EN ROUTE / YOKOHAMA"
			Official Mail

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N/A			1934-04-17 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "YOKOHAMA / JAPAN"
			Port Visit

Cachet by M. B. Owens

 

N/A			1934-04-18 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "YOKOHAMA / JAPAN"
			Category

Cachet by M. B. Owens

 

N/A			1934-04-27 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "PIER FIVE / KOBE JAPAN"
			Category

Cachet by M. B. Owens

 

N/A		N/A	1934-05-01 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "DEWEY DAY / KOBE JAPAN"
			Dewey Day

Cachet by the Admiral George Dewey Chapter No. 8, USCS

 

N/A		N/A	1934-05-02 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "PIER FIVE / KOBE JAPAN"
			Category

Cachet by M. B. Owens

 

N/A		N/A	1934-05-13 Locy Type 3 (BC-BTO) "MOTHER'S / DAY"
			Mother's Day

Cachet by C. Guy Cross. From the Greg Finnegan collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1934-05-31 Locy Type F "ASIATIC / STATION / CHEFOO / CHINA" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. B-37b
			Category

Note:

 

N/A		N/A	1934-06-25 Locy Type 3 (BC-BTO) "CHEFOO / SHANTUNG"
			Port visit

Add-0n cachet by Roger A. Wentworth.

 

N/A		N/A	1934-07-04 Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. B-37c
			Independence Day

Destroyer Squadron Five, Asiatic Fleet cachet with postmarks from all the ships.

 

N/A		N/A	1934-07-04 Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. B-37c
			Independence Day

Cachet by C. Guy Cross.

 

N/A		N/A	1934-10-05 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "PASSAGE / YELLOW SEA"
			"The Nations Pride"

Cachet by Ludwig W. Staehle

 

N/A		N/A	1934-10-27 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "SHANGHAI / CHINA"
			Navy Day 1934

Note:

 

N/A		N/A	1934-10-27 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "SHANGHAI / CHINA"
			Navy Day 1934

Cachet by C. Guy Cross.

 

N/A		N/A	1934-10-27 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "SHANGHAI / CHINA"
			Navy Day 1934

Cachet by C. Wright Richell

 

N/A		N/A	1934-10-27 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "SHANGHAI / CHINA"
			Navy Day 1934

Cachet by C. Wright Richell

 

N/A			1934-11-01 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "AMOY / CHINA"
			Visit to Amoy (Xiamen) China

Cachet by C. Guy Cross.

 

N/A		N/A	1934-11-03 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "AMOY / CHINA"
			Visit to Amoy (Xiamen) China

Cachet by C. Guy Cross.

 

N/A		N/A	1934-11-03 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "AMOY / CHINA"
			Visit to Amoy (Xiamen) China

Cachet by C. Guy Cross. From the Tom Kean collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1934-11-03 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "AMOY / CHINA"
			Visit to Amoy (Xiamen) China

Cachet by C. Guy Cross.

 

N/A		N/A	1934-11-04 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "AMOY / CHINA"
			Visit to Amoy (Xiamen) China

Cachet by C. Guy Cross.

 

N/A		N/A	1934-11-11 Locy Type 3 (BC-BTO) "HONG KONG / B.C.C."
			Armistice Day

Cachet by C. Guy Cross. From the Greg Finnegan collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1934-11-12 Locy Type 3 (BC-BTO) "HONG KONG / B.C.C."
			Visit to Hong Kong, British Crown Colony

Cachet by C. Guy Cross.

 

N/A			c 1935
			Incoming Mail

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N/A		N/A	1935-01-01 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "HAPPY / NEW YEAR"
			New Years Day 1935

Cachet by C. Wright Richell

 

N/A		N/A	1935-01-01 Locy Type F "ASIATIC / STATION / MANILA / P.I." USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. B-37b
			New Years Day

Cachet by C. Wright Richell

 

N/A		N/A	1935-03-05 Locy Type 3 (BC-BTO) "MANILA BAY / MANILA P.I."
			Port Visit

Cachet by C. Guy Cross.

 

N/A		N/A	1935-04-21 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "SHANGHAI / CHINA"
			Easter Greetings

Cachet by C. Wright Richell, sponsored by Capt. William V. Miller. Contributed by Tom Kean.

 

N/A		N/A	1935-04-29 Locy Type 3 (BC-BTO) "SHANGHAI / CHINA"
			Port Visit

Cachet by C. Guy Cross.

 

N/A		N/A	1935-05-08 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "BUOY NO 21 / KOBE JAPAN"
			Kobe Japan

Cachet by C. Guy Cross.

 

N/A		N/A	1935-05-12 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "MOTHERS DAY / KOBE, JAPAN"
			Mother's Day

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N/A		N/A	1935-09-02 Locy Type 3 (BC-BBT) "LABOR DAY / U.S. NAVY"
			Labor Day

Cachet by Louis G. Nix

 

N/A		N/A	1935-09-05 Locy Type 3 (BC-BBT) "CHEFOO / CHINA"
			Official Business

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N/A		N/A	1935-09-27 Locy Type 3 (BC-BBT) "HONG KONG / BRITISH,C.C."
			Port Visit

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N/A		N/A	1935-10-24 Locy Type 3 (BC-BBT) "SAIGON / INDO CHINA"
			Port Visit

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N/A		N/A	1935-10-27 Locy Type 3 (BC-BBT) "SAIGON / NAVY DAY"
			Navy Day

Add-on cachet by Wolfgang Hechler

 

N/A		N/A	1935-10-27 Locy Type 3 (BC-BBT) "SAIGON / NAVY DAY"
			Navy Day

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			1935-12-02 Philippine Slogan Cancel Manila P.I.
			Incoming Mail, First Flight cover

Notice the First Flight Overprinted stamps, cachet by C. M. Bailey

 

			1935-12-17 Philippine Duplex Cancel Manila P.I.
			First Flight cover

Notice the First Flight Overprinted stamps. Cachet by C. M. Bailey

 

N/A		N/A	1936-01-01 Locy Type F USCS Catalog Illustration B-37b "MANILA / P. I."
			New Years Day 1936

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N/A		N/A	1936-07-11 Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. B-37b "ASIATIC / STATION"
			Category

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N/A		N/A	1936-07-13 Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. B-37b "ASIATIC / STATION"
			Category

Cachet by John Coulthard

N/A		N/A	1936-10-27 Locy Type 3 (BC-BTT) "NAVY DAY / SHANGHAI"
			Navy Day

Cachet by C. Wright Richell

N/A		N/A	1936-11-15 Locy Type 3 (BC-BTT) "ENROUTE / SINGAPORE"
			1st Anniversary of Commonwealth Government

Cacheted

N/A			1937-08-03 USS PAUL JONES DD-230 Locy Type 9v 1937-08-05 Locy Type 9v (C) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. B-37h 1937-08-11 4th Regiment USMC SHANGHAI CHINA 1937-09-11 Annapolis MD Registered
			Category

Registered use from USS PAUL JONES DD-230

N/A		N/A	1937-10-27 Locy Type 3 (BC-BTT) "CHEFOO / N.CHINA"
			Navy Day

Cachet by Jack McLennan

N/A		N/A	1938-05-13 Locy Type 3 (BC-BBT) "PHILIPPINE / ISLANDS"
			20th Anniversary

Cachet by Frederick Horton

N/A		N/A	1938-04-25 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT) "MANILA / P.I."
			Port Visit

Cacheted

N/A		N/A	1938-05-31 Locy Type 9
			Category

Cachet by P. J. Ickeringill

N/A			1938-10-03 Locy Type 9v
			Registered Official Business

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N/A		N/A	1939-01-01 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT) "MANILA / PI"
			New Year's Day

Cachet by William F. Schlechter

 

N/A		N/A	1939-01-01 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT) "MANILA / PI"
			New Year's Day

Cachet by William F. Schlechter

N/A		N/A	1939-04-23 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT) "SOUTHERN / PHILIPPINES"
			Asiatic Station

Cachet maker is unknown. From the Tom Kean collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1939-08-14 Locy Type 3 (A-BTT) "SHANGHAI / CHINA"
			Officers Mail

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N/A		N/A	1939-09-03 Locy Type 3 (A-BTT) "ENROUTE / TSINGTAO"
			Official Business

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N/A		N/A	1940-05-15 Locy Type 3 (A-BTT) "CHEFOO / CHINA"
			22nd Anniversary

Add-on cachet by Bruce D. Liddell

 

N/A		N/A	1940-05-19 Locy Type 3 (A-BTT) "CHEEFOO / CHINA"
			Namesake cachet

Cachet by Royal C. Hendricks

N/A		N/A	1940-08-01 Locy Type 3 (A-BTT) "TSINGTAO / CHINA"
			Asiatic Fleet

Cachet by Walt Czubay

 

N/A		N/A	1940-10-21 Locy Type 3 (A-BTT)
			Namesake cachet

Cachet by Royal C. Hendricks

 

N/A		N/A	1940-11-12 Locy Type 3 (A-BTT) "LUBOC LU / P. I."
			Port Visit

Cacheted

 

N/A		N/A	1941-01-08 Locy Type F "ASIATIC / STATION / MANILA / P. I." USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. B-37b
			Ships of the World series

Cachet by Everett S. Decker

 

			1942-06-20 Locy Type 3z (BBT)
			Sailors mail

Censored. From the Tom Kean collection.

N/A			1944-10-02 Locy Type 9v
			Registered Official Business

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N/A		N/A	1946-08-01 Locy Type 3z (BBT) Locy Type 9fu
			Collectors request

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