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Cachets should be listed in chronological order based on earliest known usage. Use  
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Covers should be listed in chronological order. Use the postmark date or best guess.
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Postmark Catalog Illustration
Postmark Catalog Illustration
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Lexington_CV2_19390830_11d_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
N/A
</td><td valign="center">
1939-08-30<br/>Locy Type F
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
Visits the NY Exposition
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Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Walter_G_Crosby_ | Walter G. Crosby]].
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</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Lexington_CV2_19410211_11d_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
N/A
</td><td valign="center">
1941-02-11<br/>Locy Type F
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
Lincoln's Birthday
</td></tr></table>
Note:
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<br/><hr/>'''Type F - USCS Postmark Catalog Illustration L-11e'''
<br/><hr/>'''Type F - USCS Postmark Catalog Illustration L-11e'''
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Postmark Catalog Illustration
Postmark Catalog Illustration
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</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Lexington_CV2_19410922_11e_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
N/A
</td><td valign="center">
1941-09-22<br/>Locy Type F
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
Patriotic cachet
</td></tr></table>
Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_M_Fay_Muridge_ | M. Fay Muridge]].
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N/A
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Lexington_CV2_19411225_11e_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
N/A
</td><td valign="center">
1941-12-25<br/>Locy Type F
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
Christmas Greetings
</td></tr></table>
Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_George_V_Sadworth_ | George V. Sadworth]].
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<br/><hr/>'''Type SLO'''
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</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Lexington_CV2_1939_SLO1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
N/A
</td><td valign="center">
1934<br/>Locy Type SLO
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
During the spring of 1934 Edward L. Beckwith, mail clerk in LEXINGTON, used a series of slogan cancels made from a rubber stamp kit.<br/> Covers with these markings also have the ship's regulation Type 9 cancel.
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Illustration of the 1st Example
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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_Lexington_CV2_19340407_SLO1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
N/A
</td><td valign="center">
1934-04-07<br/>Locy Type SLO
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
LEXINGTON /<br/>CAPTURES /<br/>HMS EDWARDS
</td></tr></table>
Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_John_Coulthard_ | John Coulthard]]
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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_Lexington_CV2_19340411_SLO1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
N/A
</td><td valign="center">
1934-04-11<br/>Locy Type SLO
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
LEXINGTON SIGHTS /<br/>
USS MACON /<br/>
LAT 2239 LON 111
</td></tr></table>
Rubber stamp cachet.
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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_Lexington_CV2_19340412_SLO1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
N/A
</td><td valign="center">
1934-04-12<br/>Locy Type SLO
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
NAVY CAPTURES /<br/>
FORT PULASKI
</td></tr></table>
Rubber stamp cachet.
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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_Lexington_CV2_19340419_SLO1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
N/A
</td><td valign="center">
1934-04-19<br/>Locy Type SLO
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
BATTLE /<br/>LEXINGTON /<br/>CONCORD
</td></tr></table>
Note:
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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_Lexington_CV2_19340423_SLO1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
N/A
</td><td valign="center">
1934-04-23<br/>Locy Type SLO
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
LEX LEADS FLEET /<br/>RAPID TRANSIT /<br/>PANAMA CANAL
</td></tr></table>
Rubber stamp cachet.
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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_Lexington_CV2_19340508_SLO1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
N/A
</td><td valign="center">
1934-05-08<br/>Locy Type SLO
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
ENROUTE MIAMI /<br/>MACON ATTACKS /<br/>LEXINGTON
</td></tr></table>
Rubber stamp cachet.
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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_Lexington_CV2_19340512_SLO1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
N/A
</td><td valign="center">
1934-05-12<br/>Locy Type SLO
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
LINDBERGS FLIGHT /<br/>SEVENTH /<br/>ANNIVERSARY
</td></tr></table>
Not listed in the USCS Postmark Catalog.
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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_Lexington_CV2_19340514_SLO1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
N/A
</td><td valign="center">
1934-05-14<br/>Locy Type SLO
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
ARRIVE /<br/>GONAIVES /<br/>HAITI
</td></tr></table>
Rubber stamp cachet. Not listed in the USCS Postmark Catalog.
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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_Lexington_CV2_19340523_SLO1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
N/A
</td><td valign="center">
1934-05-23<br/>Locy Type SLO
</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
DEPARTS /<br/>GONAIVES /<br/>HAITI
</td></tr></table>
Courtesy of Richard Jones.
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Latest revision as of 17:23, 11 July 2026

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Covers should be listed in chronological order. Use the postmark date or best guess.


 

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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
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Category


Type F - USCS Postmark Catalog Illustration L-11
 

N/A

N/A

1933-1941
Locy Type F

N/A

Postmark Catalog Illustration


 

N/A

N/A

1933-10-27
Locy Type F
USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. L-11a

Navy Day

Note:


 

N/A

N/A

1933-11-11
Locy Type F
USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. L-11

Armistice Day

Note:


 

N/A

N/A

1933-11-30
Locy Type F

Thanksgiving Day

Not shown in postmark catalog.


 

N/A

N/A

1933-12-14
Locy Type F

Commissioning Day (6th Anniversary)

Not shown in postmark catalog.


 

N/A

N/A

1933-12-25
Locy Type F
USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. L-11b

Christmas

Note:


 

N/A

N/A

1934-01-01
Locy Type F

New Years Day

Not shown in postmark catalog.


 

N/A

N/A

1934-02-12
Locy Type F

Lincoln's Birthday

Not shown in postmark catalog.


 

N/A

N/A

1934-02-22
Locy Type F

Washington's Birthday

Not shown in postmark catalog.


 

N/A

N/A

1934-04-09
Locy Type F

East Coast Cruise / Departure Day

Not shown in postmark catalog.


Type F - USCS Postmark Catalog Illustration L-11c
 

N/A

N/A

1939-1941
Locy Type F

N/A

Postmark Catalog Illustration


 

N/A

N/A

1939-12-14
Locy Type F

"Our Twelfth Birthday"

Cachet by Richard Buchwald. Not shown in postmark catalog.


 

N/A

N/A

1940-01-30
Locy Type F
USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. L-11c

"Our President's Birthday"

Cachet by Richard Buchwald


 

N/A

N/A

1940-02-22
Locy Type F

"George Washington's Birthday"

Cachet by Walter G. Crosby. Not shown in postmark catalog.


 

N/A

N/A

c 1940
Locy Type F

"God Bless America"

Cachet by Walter G. Crosby. Not shown in postmark catalog.


 

N/A

N/A

c 1940
Locy Type F

Hospital Corps, USN

Cachet by Walter G. Crosby. Not shown in postmark catalog.


 

N/A

N/A

c 1940
Locy Type F

"God Bless America"

Cachet by Walter G. Crosby. Not shown in postmark catalog.


 

N/A

N/A

1941-10-27
Locy Type F

"Navy Day"

Cachet by Richard Buchwald. Not shown in postmark catalog.


Type F - USCS Postmark Catalog Illustration L-11d
 

N/A

N/A

1939-1941
Locy Type F

N/A

Postmark Catalog Illustration


 

N/A

N/A

1939-08-30
Locy Type F

Visits the NY Exposition

Cachet by Walter G. Crosby.


 

N/A

N/A

1941-02-11
Locy Type F

Lincoln's Birthday

Note:


Type F - USCS Postmark Catalog Illustration L-11e
 

N/A

N/A

1941
Locy Type F

N/A

Postmark Catalog Illustration


 

N/A

N/A

1941-09-22
Locy Type F

Patriotic cachet

Cachet by M. Fay Muridge.


 

N/A

N/A

1941-12-25
Locy Type F

Christmas Greetings

Cachet by George V. Sadworth.


Type SLO
 

N/A

N/A

1934
Locy Type SLO

During the spring of 1934 Edward L. Beckwith, mail clerk in LEXINGTON, used a series of slogan cancels made from a rubber stamp kit.
Covers with these markings also have the ship's regulation Type 9 cancel.

Illustration of the 1st Example


 

N/A

N/A

1934-04-07
Locy Type SLO

LEXINGTON /
CAPTURES /
HMS EDWARDS

Cachet by John Coulthard


 

N/A

N/A

1934-04-11
Locy Type SLO

LEXINGTON SIGHTS /
USS MACON /
LAT 2239 LON 111

Rubber stamp cachet.


 

N/A

N/A

1934-04-12
Locy Type SLO

NAVY CAPTURES /
FORT PULASKI

Rubber stamp cachet.


 

N/A

N/A

1934-04-19
Locy Type SLO

BATTLE /
LEXINGTON /
CONCORD

Note:


 

N/A

N/A

1934-04-23
Locy Type SLO

LEX LEADS FLEET /
RAPID TRANSIT /
PANAMA CANAL

Rubber stamp cachet.


 

N/A

N/A

1934-05-08
Locy Type SLO

ENROUTE MIAMI /
MACON ATTACKS /
LEXINGTON

Rubber stamp cachet.


 

N/A

N/A

1934-05-12
Locy Type SLO

LINDBERGS FLIGHT /
SEVENTH /
ANNIVERSARY

Not listed in the USCS Postmark Catalog.


 

N/A

N/A

1934-05-14
Locy Type SLO

ARRIVE /
GONAIVES /
HAITI

Rubber stamp cachet. Not listed in the USCS Postmark Catalog.


 

N/A

N/A

1934-05-23
Locy Type SLO

DEPARTS /
GONAIVES /
HAITI

Courtesy of Richard Jones.

 

 

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