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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

 

			1927-11-29 Locy Type 3s (B)
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N/A		N/A	1928-01-11 Locy Type 3s (B)
			Sailor's Mail

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N/A		N/A	1928-04-14 Locy Type 6g-1 (25mm dial) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus S-22c
			Sailor's Mail

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No Image			1928-07-30 Locy Type 8
			Category

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N/A		N/A	1929-06-23 Locy Type 8
			Official Business

From the Bill Wladyka collection.

 

No Image			1929-08-06 Locy Type 6g-1 ("EARATOGA")
			Category

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No Image		No Image	1929-08-30 Locy Type 6g-1 ("EARATOGA")
			Category

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N/A		N/A	1929-09-25 Locy Type 8
			Sailor's Mail

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N/A		N/A	1930-02-17 Locy Type 6g-1 ("EARATOGA")
			Official Business

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			1930-04-09 Locy Type 3s (A) "BRIDGETOWN / BARBADOS"
			Official Business

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N/A		N/A	1930-10-08 Locy Type 8
			Collectors request

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No Image			1931-04-15 Locy Type 6g-1 ("EARATOGA")
			Category

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No Image		No Image	1932-03-26 Locy Type 6gp-1 USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. S-22d
			Category

Note: Add-on cachet by Kelly Armstrong

 

			1932-06-14 Locy Type 6gp-1 USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. S-22d
			Official Business

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			1932-10-27 Locy Type 7t
			Navy Day

Note: Cachet Maker: Harry Ioor

 

N/A		N/A	1933-02-22 Locy Type 7t
			Washington's Birthday

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			1933-11-30 Locy Type 7t
			Category

Photo Postcard

 

		No Image	1933-12-16 Locy Type 7t
			Ship Christening - USS Astoria CA-34

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		No Image	1934-01-28 Locy Type 6gp-1 27.5 mm dial USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. S-22d
			Port Visit - Puget Sound Navy Yard

Cachet Makers: Lt A D Hunter USN and USCS Chapter 2 John Paul Jones

 

No Image			1934-02-22 Locy Type 6gp-1 USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. S-22d
			Category

Hand painted cachet

 

N/A		N/A	1934-03-22 Locy Type 6gp-1 27.5 mm dial USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. S-22d
			Ship to Shore Flight

Contributed by Tom Kean

 

No Image		No Image	1934-05-31 Locy Type 6gp-1 27.5 mm dial USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. S-22d
			Category

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No Image			1934-05-31 Locy Type 6gp-1 USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. S-22d
			Category

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No Image			1934-06-04 Locy Type 7t
			Category

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No Image			1934-10-12 Locy Type 3 (B-BBT) "GUANTANAMO / CUBA"
			Columbus Day

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No Image			1934-10-27 Locy Type 3 (B-BBT) "NAVY DAY / BALBOA, C.Z."
			Navy Day 1934

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No Image		No Image	1934-11-09 Locy Type 3 (B-BBT) "HELLO / CALIFORNIA!"
			Category

Note: Add-on cachet by Kelly Armstrong

 

No Image		No Image	1934-11-16 Locy Type 3 (B-BBT) "OUR SEVENTH / BIRTHDAY"
			Category

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No Image		No Image	1934-12-25 Locy Type 3 (B-BBT) "CHRISTMAS / DAY"
			Christmas Day

Note: Add-on cachet by Kelly Armstrong

 

No Image			1935-02-12 Locy Type 3 (B-BBT) "MACON / CRASHES"
			Category

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			1935-03-17 Locy Type 3 (B-BBT) "ST PATRICK'S / BIRTHDAY"
			St Patrick's Day

Cachet Makers: Byrd L Powell and Ted DeNyse
Cachet is thermographed.

 

No Image			1935-03-20 Locy Type 3 (B-BBT) "25,000 / LANDINGS!"
			Cachet Category

Cachet Maker: Byrd L. Powell

 

N/A		N/A	1935-03-20 Locy Type 3 (B-BBT) "25,000 / LANDINGS!"
			25,000 Landings

Cachet by Charles M. Anders, sponsored by Norman K. Mary

 

No Image			1935-03-20 Locy Type 3 (B-BBT) "25,000 / LANDINGS!"
			Cachet Category

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			1935-05-13 Locy Type 3 (BC-BBT) "HONOLULU / HAWAII"
			Port Visit Hawaii

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			1935-08-10 Locy Type 3 (BC-BBT) "HAPPY / LANDINGS"
			Fleet Week 1935

Cachet by John Coulthard

 

No Image			1935-10-27 Locy Type 3 (B-BBT) "NAVY DAY / P S N Y"
			Navy Day

Cachet Makers: USCS Chapter 2 John Paul Jones, Deane C Bartley and Whipple Y Chester

 

			1935-11-16 Locy Type 3 (B-BBT) "BIRTHDAY / GREETINGS"
			Ship Birthday

Cachet Makers: Norman K Mary, C Wright Richell and Milton Demoray

 

			1936-04-04 Locy Type 3 (B-BBT) "USS / YORKTOWN"
			Launching of USS YORKTOWN CV-5

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		No Image	1937-06-21 Locy Type 7t
			Category

Cachet Maker: Walter G Crosby.
Cachet is thermographed.

 

			1937-09-06 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBT) "BREMERTON / WASHINGTON"
			Labor Day

Cachet Maker: USCS Chapter 22 Battleship Oregon

 

			1937-09-14 Locy Type 7t
			Official Business

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			1937-11-16 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBT) "AT / SEA"
			Ship's 10th Birthday

Cachet by Frederick Horton

 

N/A		N/A	1937-11-16 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB)
			Ship's 10th Birthday

Cachet co-sponsored by Claude A. Mason Jr. and Norman K. Mary. Contributed by Karl Schweinfurth.

 

			1938-02-12 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBT)
			Lincoln's Birthday

Cachet Maker: Leslie S Merrell

 

N/A			1938-02-12 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBT)
			Lincoln's Birthday

Cachet sponsor - Byrd L. Powell. From the Karl Schweinfurth collection.

 

N/A			1938-04-17 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBT) "EASTER / GREETINGS"
			Easter

Cachet sponsor - Byrd L. Powell. From the Karl Schweinfurth collection.

 

			1939-02-18 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBT)
			Golden Gate Exposition

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			1939-02-18 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB)
			Golden Gate Exposition

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			1939-05-22 Locy Type 7dr USS Colorado BB-45
			Memorial Day

Walter G Crosby.
Cachet is thermographed.

 

			1939-09-14 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBT) "LONG BEACH / CALIFORNIA"
			125th Anniversary of the Star Spangled Banner

Cachet Makers: G W Buckler and Bette Tambling

 

No Image			1939-10-27 Locy Type 9x
			Ship photo

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			1940-04-21 Locy Type 3 (A-TBT) "50,000 / LANDINGS"
			50,000 Landings

Cachet by Frank Kuss, Cachet co-sponsored by Claude A. Mason Jr., Norman K. Mary and Byrd L Powell

 

N/A		N/A	1940-11-16 Locy Type 3 (A-TBT) "SARA'S 13TH / BIRTHDAY"
			13th Anniversary

Cachet by Walter Lupton

 

			1941-04-07 Locy Type 7t
			Category

Cachet Maker: Sibley's Department Store Hobby Shop

 

No Image			1941-11-11 Locy Type 3 (B-BBT)
			Armistice Day

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N/A		N/A	1941-11-19 Locy Type 7t
			Business Reply Envelope, Postage Due

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			1941-12-26 Locy Type 7rtz
			Sailor Mail

Censored wartime (WWII) use

 

No Image			1942-03-26 Locy Type 7qtz(2)
			Sailor Mail

Censored wartime (WWII) use
Posted from another ship or station...Ship did not carry this device

 

			1943-09-18 Locy Type 3z (TTT)
			Official Business

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			1944-03-11 Locy Type 7rtz
			Sailor Mail

Censored wartime (WWII) use

 

			1944-12-14 Locy Type 7rtz
			Sailor Mail

Censored wartime (WWII) use

 

			1945-08-02 Locy Type 7rtz
			Sailor Mail

Censored wartime (WWII) use

 

			1945-10-27 Locy Type 2(n) Oct 27, 1945
			"THE EAGLE HAS TALONS"

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			1946-02-18 Locy Type 2(n)
			Category

Cachet Maker: Ted Harrington

 

			1946-04-22 Locy Type 2(n) Locy Type 2(n) Locy Type 9v Locy Type 9xz Locy Type 9efw
			Category

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No Image		No Image	1946-07-24 Locy Type 2(n) Locy Type 9v Locy Type 9efw USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. S-22a
			Category

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			2007-11-16 Locy Type 11-2u (USS,FPO AP 96615) USS John C. Stennis CVN-74
			Ship Commemorative - USS Saratoga CV-3

Cachet by Dan Goodwin

 

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