Cachet Maker Tazewell G Nicholson Page 2b

Tazewell G. Nicholson Page 1 (1935 - 1939)

Cachets should be listed in chronological order based on earliest known usage. Use the postmark date or best guess. This applies to add-on cachets as well.

 

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1942
 

			1942-01-10 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) USS San Diego CL-53
			First Day of Postal Service

Cachet by C. Wright Richell and sponsored by Tazewell G. Nicholson

 

N/A		N/A	1942-01-14 Locy Type FDPS 9efw USS Chenango AO-31
			First Day of Postal Service

This cover is not in the Ludo Janssens catalog.

 

N/A		N/A	1942-01-24 Locy Type FDPS 9v USS Mackinac AVP-13
			First Day of Postal Service

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N/A		N/A	1942-01-24 Locy Type FDPS 9x USS Mackinac AVP-13
			First Day of Postal Service

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N/A		N/A	1942-01-27 Locy Type FDC 3z (BBT) USS Winooski AO-38
			First Day of Commissioning

From the Bob Govern collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1942-02-05 Locy Type 2z
			Launching of - USS Herndon DD-638

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N/A		N/A	1942-02-10 Locy Type 3z (BBT) USS Trigger SS-237
			First Day of Postal Service cachet

The USCS Postmark Catalog indicates the FDPS was on 2 February 1942.

 

N/A		N/A	1942-02-10 Locy Type 3z (BBT) USS Trigger SS-237
			First Day of Postal Service cachet

Cachet has been corrected.

 

N/A		N/A	1942-03-01 Locy Type 3z (BTB) USS Leonard Wood AP-25
			First Day of Postal Service for the Type Z's

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N/A		N/A	1942-03-01 Locy Type 9vz USS Leonard Wood AP-25
			First Day of Postal Service for the Type Z's

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N/A		N/A	1942-03-01 Locy Type 9xz USS Leonard Wood AP-25
			First Day of Postal Service for the Type Z's

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			1942-03-07 Locy Type 3z
			Keel Laying of - USS Kentucky BB-66

Cachet by C. Wright Richell, sponsored by Tazewell G. Nicholson. Cachet is thermographed.

 

N/A		N/A	1942-03-17 Locy Type 3z
			Keel Laid for - USS Shubrick DD-639

Actual Keel Laying date for SHUBRICK was 17 February 1942.

 

N/A		N/A	1942-04-11 Locy Type FDPS 9efu USS Housatonic AO-35
			First Day of Postal Service

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N/A		N/A	1942-04-11 Locy Type FDPS 9xz USS Housatonic AO-35
			First Day of Postal Service

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N/A		N/A	1942-04-15 Locy Type FDPS 3z (BTB) USS Miantonomah CMc-5
			First Day of Postal Service

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N/A		N/A	1942-04-15 Locy Type FDPS 9vz USS Miantonomah CMc-5
			First Day of Postal Service

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N/A		N/A	1942-05-15 USPO Machine Cancel Newport News VA
			Launching of - USS Mobile CL-63

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N/A		N/A	1942-05-27 Locy Type FDPS 3z (BBT) USS Keokuk CM-8
			First Day of Postal Service

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N/A		N/A	1942-05-27 Locy Type FDPS 9efu USS Keokuk CM-8
			First Day of Postal Service

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N/A		N/A	1942-05-28 Locy Type FDPS P (3z with "USS PEGASUS / FIRST DAY") USS Pegasus AK-48
			First Day of Postal Service

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N/A		N/A	1942-06-27 Locy Type Fz USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-Z2 USS MacLeish DD-220
			First Day of Type 3z cancel

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N/A		N/A	1942-08-26 Locy Type FDPS 3z (BBT) USS Pastores AF-16
			First Day of Postal Service

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1943
 

N/A		N/A	1943-04-26 USPO Duplex Cancel "Navy Yard Sta." Portsmouth VA
			Launching of - USS Intrepid CV-11

From the John Young collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1943-08-30 USPO Duplex Cancel "Navy Yard Sta." Portsmouth VA
			Launching of - USS Hornet CV-12

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1944
 

N/A		N/A	1944-02-07 USPO Duplex Cancel "Navy Yard Sta." Portsmouth VA
			Launching of - USS Ticonderoga CV-14

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N/A		N/A	1944-02-24 USPO Duplex Cancel "Navy Yard Sta." Portsmouth VA
			Launching of - USS Shangri-La CV-38

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N/A		N/A	1944-04-25 USPO Duplex Cancel Newport News VA
			Launching of - USS Amsterdam CL-101

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N/A		N/A	1944-04-25 Locy Type Fz USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. A-70 USS Alderamin AK-116
			Launching of - USS Amsterdam CL-101

Censored

 

N/A		N/A	1944-09-20 USPO Machine Cancel Newport News VA
			Launching of - USS Portsmouth CL-102

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N/A		N/A	1944-12-14 USPO Machine Cancel Newport News VA
			Launching of - USS Boxer CV-21

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1945
 

N/A		N/A	1945-02-03 USPO Machine Cancel Wilmington NC
			Launching of - USS Diamond Head AE-19

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			1945-03-20 USPO Machine Cancel Newport News VA
			Launching - USS Midway CV-41

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N/A		N/A	1945-06-03 USPO Duplex Cancel "Navy Yard Sta." Portsmouth VA
			Christening / Commissioning of - USS Lake Champlain CV-39

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			1945-09-10 Locy Type 2# USS Walsh APD-111
			Commissioning of - USS Midway CV-41

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			1945-10-27 Locy Type 2(n) USS Solar DE-221
			1st Day of Postal Service

Navy Day

 

N/A		N/A	1945-10-27 Locy Type Fz USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. B-42 USS Boreas AF-8
			Navy Day

Cachet states "Type 5-Victory Cancel" but this is not it.

 

N/A		N/A	1945-11-13 Locy Type LDPS 3 (A-BBT) USS Kaweah AO-15
			Last Day of Postal Service

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N/A		N/A	1945-11-14 Locy Type 9ef(nu) USS Hunter Marshall APD-112
			First Day Cancellation - Type 9

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N/A		N/A	1945-11-20 Ship's Marking HMS FENCER (D64) Pacific Service Pennant # R308
			Returned to the US Navy

See USS Croatan CVE-14 for ships history.

 

N/A		N/A	1945-11-26 Locy Type LDPS 3r (AC-BBT) USS Capella AK-13
			Last Day of Postal Service

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			1945-11-27 Locy Type LDC P "U.S.S. DRACO / NORFOLK VA" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. D-33 USS Draco AK-79
			Last Day of Postal Service

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N/A		N/A	1945-11-29 Locy Type LDPS 3ar "NORFOLK / VA" USS Fox AG-85
			Last Day of Postal Service

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N/A		N/A	1945-11-30 Locy Type LDPS 2z USS Breckinridge AG-112
			Last Day of Postal Service

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N/A		N/A	1945-12-08 Locy Type FDC 9ef(nu) USS Tarawa CV-40
			First Day of Commissioning

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N/A		N/A	1945-12-11 Locy Type LDPS 2z* USS Escalante AO-70
			Last Day of Postal Service

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1946
 

			1946-01-11 Locy Type LDPS 2z Locy Type LDPS 9efu USS Zebra AKN-5
			Ship Last Day Of Postal Service

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		No Image	1946-01-29 USS O'Neill DE-188
			Last Day of Postal Service

Black printed cachet...Self addressed Tazewell G. Nicholson

 

N/A		N/A	1946-02-28 Locy Type LDPS 2z
			Last Day of Postal Service

From the Jay Joyce collection.

 

			1946-03-16 USS Charles Lawrence APD-37
			Last Day of Postal Service

Orange printed cachet...Back black rubberstamp T.G. Nicholson

 

N/A		N/A	1946-03-22 Locy Type LDPS 2z USS Kenton APA-122
			Last Day of Postal Service

From the Bob Govern collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1946-03-22 Locy Type LDPS 2z USS Kenton APA-122
			Last Day of Postal Service

Additional text cachet by B. Saunders Bullard. From the Bob Govern collection.

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1947
 

N/A		N/A	1947-06-01 Locy Type 2t(nu) USS Chemung AO-30
			First Day Cancel of a New Name Cancel

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1948

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1949
 

			1949-05-15 USS Pocono AGC-16
			Last Day of Postal Service

Green printed cachet. Back black rubberstamp T.G. Nicholson

 

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