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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 --------- Cachet Category

N/A		N/A	1940-06-27 USPO Machine Cancel Brooklyn NY
			Keel Laying

Cachet by Dr. S. E. Hutnick

N/A		N/A	1942-08-27 USPO Machine Cancel "Church Street Annex" New York NY
			Launching

Cachet by Walter Czubay

			1943-05-05 Locy Type 3z (BBT)
			Category

Censored wartime (WWII) use

			1943-08-10 Locy Type 3z (BBT)
			Category

Censored wartime (WWII) use

			1943-10-08 Locy Type 3z (BBT)
			Category

Censored wartime (WWII) use

			1944-02-02 Locy Type 3z (BBT)
			Category

Censored wartime (WWII) use

			1944-08-01 Locy Type 2z
			Category

Censored wartime (WWII) use

			1945-08-30 Locy Type P "TOKYO / BAY / JAPAN" USCS Catalog Illustration I-12b
			Tokyo Bay

Censored wartime (WWII) use

			1945-09-09 Locy Type P "TOKYO / BAY / JAPAN" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. I-12b
			Tokyo Bay

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N/A		N/A	1946-01-00 Locy Type P "TOKYO / BAY / JAPAN" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. I-12b
			Tokyo Bay

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N/A		N/A	1946-02-02 Locy Type 2(n) (USS)
			Sailors mail

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			1946-02-19 Locy Type 2(n) (USS)
			Category

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No Image			1946-12-28 Locy Type 2(n)
			Category

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No Image			1947-04-07 Locy Type 2(n)
			Category

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			1947-05-30 Locy Type 2(n) Locy Type 9efsu
			Category

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			1948-09-22 Locy Type LDC 2(n)
			Last Day in Commission

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N/A		N/A	1951-08-25 Locy Type 2 USS Missouri BB-63
			Recommissioning

Cachet by Clint Orr. From the Tom Kean collection.

			1953-12-25 Locy Type 2r USCS Catalog Illustration I-12 Locy Type 9efu
			Category

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No Image			1954-11-05 Locy Type 7
			Category

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			1984-04-25 Locy Type 2-1(n) (USN,USS)
			Category

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No Image			1984-04-28 Locy Type FDC 2-1(n)
			First Day in Commission

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No Image			1984-07-02 Locy Type 2-1(n) (USN,USS) USS Iowa BB-61 USS Missouri BB-63 USS New Jersey BB-62
			Category

Unique 3 Battleship cover
Tom Armstrong

			1986-07-04 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USN,USS) Locy Type 2-1p(n) (USS,USN) USS YORKTOWN CG-48
			International Naval Review Statue of Liberty Centennial 1886-1986

K.M.C. Venture Cachet
Back purple rubberstamp "K.M.C. Venture"

No Image			1986-07-04 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USN,USS)
			International Naval Review Statue of Liberty Centennial 1886-1986

Nordic Cachets

			1988-02-07 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (D1,USS)
			Ship's crest

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No Image			1990-07-04 - 1990-10-16 Locy Type 2 USS Iowa BB-61 USS Missouri BB-63 USS New Jersey BB-62 USS Wisconsin BB-64
			Category

Unique 4 Battleship cover
Tom Armstrong

 

			1990-07-18 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS) Locy Type Meter OFR2 (#520194) ZIP 09545
			Category

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			1990-07-18 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS) Locy Type Meter OFR2 (#520194) ZIP 09545
			Category

Notes: Same cover as above only showing second postmark.

No Image			1990-10-25 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (D1,USS)
			Last Day of Postal Service

Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4,USCS

N/A		N/A	1990-10-26 Locy Type LDC 2-1(n+) (D1,USS)
			Decommissioning

Cachet by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4,USCS

N/A		N/A	1990-10-26 Locy Type LDC 2-1(n+) (D1,USS)
			Decommissioning

Cachet by Tazewell Nicholson

			1990-11-13 Locy Type LDPS 9-1(n+u)
			Last Day Postal Service

Cachet by Tazewell Nicholson

 

			1990-11-13 Locy Type LDPS 9-1(n+) (USN,USS)
			Ship Last Day Of Postal Service

Last day of postal service is after the last day in commission. Cachet by Tazewell Nicholson

No Image		No Image	1991-06-26 Mailer's Postal Permit Philadelphia, PA
			Transfer to The 16th Fleet

Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4,USCS

No Image		No Image	1995-01-12 Mailer's Postal Permit Philadelphia, PA
			Stricken from the Naval Register

Cachet artist - Michael W. McCue
Cachet Sponsor - Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4,USCS

No Image		No Image	1998-09-20 Mailer's Postal Permit Philadelphia, PA
			Transferred to Newport, RI

Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4,USCS

No Image			2006-08-30 USPS Pictorial "Crewmember Reunion Station" Portland, OR
			Crewmember Reunion 2006

Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4,USCS

 

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