Cachet Category Equator Crossing

Covers should be listed in chronological order. Use the postmark date or best guess. This applies to covers with add-on cachets as well.

 

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 Ship --------- Category

 

No Image			1936-05-20 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) "LAT 0-00-0 / LONG 81-0-00" USS Chester CA-27
			Cachet by Walter G. Crosby

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		N/A	1936-07-16 Locy Type 7qt(2) USS Arizona BB-39
			Crossing the Equator

Cachet by E. Piper. Cachet is dated May 20, 1936

 

N/A			1939-06-02 Locy Type 3r (A-TBT) "EQUATOR / LONG.81" USS Quincy CA-39
			Crossing the Equator

Cachet by F. R. Rice

 

N/A			1995-03-02 Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. B-104b USS Boxer LHD-4
			Crossing the Equator

Cachet by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

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Davy Jones Locker, the oceanic abyss, the final resting place of drowned sailors and traveler's.

 

N/A		N/A	1937-03-27 Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. M-37 USS Boxer LHD-4
			Type F Cancel sent to Davy Jones Locker

Cacheted.

 

N/A		N/A	1940-01-26 Locy Type 3b (A-TBX) "NAVY YARD / MARE ISLAND" USS Concord CL-10
			Cachet is for Davy Jones Locker

Cachet by Bette Tambling, cachet director Arthur A. Christensen

 

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