USS GOFF DD-247 Covers Page 1: Difference between revisions

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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	Primary Date Postmark Type Killer Bar Text --------- Cachet Category

N/A		N/A	1932-07-04 Locy Type 5hks "GREENPORT / NEW YORK"
			Independence Day

Note:

N/A		N/A	1934-01-14 Locy Type 5hks "CUBAN / WATERS"
			Port Visit

Note:

No Image			1934-06-18 Locy Type 3s (AC-BBT) "N.Y. FLEET / REVIEW."
			Category

Back pencil notation ship / cancel info

No Image			1934-10-05 Locy Type 3s (AC-BBT) "GONAIVES / AREA HAITI"
			Category

Note:

N/A		N/A	1934-11-11 Locy Type 3s (AC-BBT) "SAN DIEGO / CALIFORNIA"
			Armistice Day

Cachet by C. Wright Richell and sponsored by Marshall R. Hall

N/A		N/A	1936-01-02 Locy Type 3r (AC-BBB) "SAN DIEGO / CALIFORNIA"
			Collectors request

Note:

			1936-08-05 Locy Type 3r (AC-BBB) Locy Type 3r (AC-BBB) PORTLAND / OREGON
			Fleet Week Portland Rose Festival

Notes: Cachet Maker: William S Linto.
Cachet is partly thermographed (lettering).
Cover had postmarks from USS Chester CA-27, USS Goff DD-247, and USS Reuben James DD-245.

N/A		N/A	1939-06-23 Locy Type 3br (AC-XBX) "PORTSMOUTH / VIRGINI" Locy Type 6ep (3) Locy Type 9v
			Collectors request

Note:

			1939-11-15 Locy Type 3r (AC-BBT) "DECOMMISSION / PORTMOUTH NH" Locy Type F "FIRST TIME THIS / TYPE CANCEL"
			USS SQUALUS SS-192 Decommissioning

Note:

N/A			1940-05-12 Locy Type F "MOTHER'S DAY / U.S.S. GOFF" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. G-53c Locy Type 3r (A-BBT) "MOHTER / OF MINE" (on the back)
			Mothers Day

Note:

N/A		N/A	1940-05-12 Locy Type 3r (A-BBT) "FATHER'S / DAY"
			Fathers Day

Cachet by Walter Czubay

N/A		N/A	1941-02-07 Locy Type 3r (A-BBT) "BALBOA / CANAL ZONE"
			Canal visit

Add-on cachet by Bruce Liddell

N/A		N/A	1941-02-11 Locy Type 3r (A-BBT) "BALBOA / CANAL ZONE"
			Canal visit

Cachet by Walter G. Crosby

N/A		N/A	1941-04-11 Locy Type 3r (A-BBT)
			Collectors request

Note:

			1941-10-27 Locy Type 3z (BTT)
			Navy Day 1941

Nuemann Cachet

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 </td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
 Independence Day
+</td></tr></table>
+Note:
+<!-- === End of Cachet Entry === -->
+<!-- ============ -->
+<!-- 1934-11-11-->
+<!-- ============ -->
+<br/>&nbsp;<br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
+<tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
+N/A
+</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="320" rowspan="2">
+[[Image:GregCiesielski_Goff_DD247_19340114_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
+</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
+N/A
+</td><td valign="center">
+-01-14<br/>Locy Type 5hks<br/>"CUBAN / WATERS"
+</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
+Port Visit
 </td></tr></table>
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 </td></tr></table>
 Note:
+<!-- === End of Cachet Entry === -->
+<!-- ============ -->
+<!-- 1934-11-11-->
+<!-- ============ -->
+<br/>&nbsp;<br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
+<tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
+N/A
+</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="320" rowspan="2">
+[[Image:GregCiesielski Goff DD247 19341111 1 Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
+</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
+N/A
+</td><td valign="center">
+-11-11<br/>Locy Type 3s (AC-BBT)<br/>"SAN DIEGO / CALIFORNIA"
+</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
+Armistice Day
+</td></tr></table>
+Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_C_Wright_Richell_ | C. Wright Richell]] and sponsored by [[Cachet_Maker_Marshall_R_Hall_ | Marshall R. Hall]]
 <!-- === End of Cachet Entry === -->
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 </td></tr></table>
 Add-on cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Bruce_D_Liddell_ | Bruce Liddell]]
+<!-- === End of Ship Cover Entry === -->
+<!-- ============ -->
+<!--  19410211  -->
+<!-- ============ -->
+<br/>&nbsp;<br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
+<tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
+N/A
+</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="320" rowspan="2">
+[[Image:GregCiesielski Goff DD247 19410211 1 Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
+</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
+N/A
+</td><td valign="center">
+-02-11<br/>Locy Type 3r (A-BBT)<br/>"BALBOA / CANAL ZONE"
+</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
+Canal visit
+</td></tr></table>
+Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Walter_G_Crosby_ | Walter G. Crosby]]
+<!-- === End of Ship Cover Entry === -->
+<!-- ============ -->
+<!--  19410411  -->
+<!-- ============ -->
+<br/>&nbsp;<br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
+<tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
+N/A
+</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="320" rowspan="2">
+[[Image:GregCiesielski Goff DD247 19410411 1 Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
+</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
+N/A
+</td><td valign="center">
+-04-11<br/>Locy Type 3r (A-BBT)
+</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
+Collectors request
+</td></tr></table>
+Note:
 <!-- === End of Ship Cover Entry === -->
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