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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	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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No Image			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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			1928-02-28 Locy Type 3 (A) "MANILA / P I."
			Official Business

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No Image			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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			1928-07-19 Locy Type 6
			Official Business

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

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No Image			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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No Image			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			1932-06-04 Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. B-37b "ASIATIC / STATION"
			Category

Add-on cachet by Bruce D. Liddell

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

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No Image			1933-12-14 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) NAVY YARD / CAVITE P.I.
			Category

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No Image			1933-12-14 Locy Type 9v (C)
			Category

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No Image			1934-02-13 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "DEWEY DOCK / OLONGAPO PI"
			Category

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			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

			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	1934-04-14 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

 

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

Cachet by M. B. Owens

 

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

Cachet by M. B. Owens

 

			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.

 

No Image			1934-05-31 Locy Type F "ASIATIC / STATION / CHEFOO / CHINA" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. B-37b
			Category

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

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

Cachet by C. Guy Cross.

 

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

Cachet by C. Wright Richell

 

			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.

 

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

Cachet by C. Guy Cross.

 

			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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			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.

 

No Image			1935-05-12 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "MOTHERS DAY / KOBE, JAPAN"
			Category

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

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			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

 

			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

 

No Image			1936-01-01 Locy Type F USCS Catalog Illustration B-37b "MANILA / P. I."
			New Years Day 1936

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No Image			1936-07-11 Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. B-37b "ASIATIC / STATION"
			Category

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No Image			1936-07-13 Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. B-37b "ASIATIC / STATION"
			Category

Cachet by John Coulthard

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

Cachet by Frederick Horton

No Image			1938-05-31 Locy Type 9
			Category

Cachet Maker: P. J. Ickeringill

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

Cachet Maker: William F. Schlechter

 

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

Cachet Maker: 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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No Image			1940-05-15 Locy Type 3 (A-BTT) "CHEFOO / CHINA"
			22nd Anniversary

Add-on cachet by Bruce D. Liddell

 

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

Hendricks Cachet

No Image		No Image	1940-08-01 Locy Type 3 (A-BTT) "TSINGTAO / CHINA"
			Asiatic Fleet

Cachet by Walt Czubay

 

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

Cachet by Royal C. Hendricks

 

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

Cacheted

 

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

Censored. From the Tom Kean collection.

 

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

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