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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	1937-10-27 USPO Slogan Machine postmark "Mare Island Station" Vallejo, CA
			Keel Laying

US Navy Official Cachet

 

N/A		N/A	1939-04-01 USPO Slogan Machine postmark "Mare Island Station" Vallejo, CA
			Launching

Cacheted

 

N/A		N/A	1939-04-01 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "MARE ISLAND / CALIFORNIA" USS POMPANO SS-181
			Launching

Cachet by Dr. S. E. Hutnick

 

N/A		N/A	1939-07-22 USPO Slogan Machine postmark "Mare Island Station" Vallejo, CA
			Commissioning

Cachet by Lloyd A. Nace

 

N/A		N/A	1939-07-25 Locy Type FDPS 3 (A-TBT) "FIRST DAY / P.O."
			First Day of Postal Service

Cachet by the Independence Crew No. 2, ANCS

 

			1939-09-29 Locy Type 3 (A-TBT) "MONTEREY BAY / CAL. 262 FT."
			Deep Dive

Cachet by P. J. (PeeJay) Ickeringill

 

			1939-10-27 Locy Type 3r (AC-BTT) "NAVY DAY / SAN DIEGO" USS SARGO SS-188
			Navy Day 1939 with USS SARGO SS-188, USS SAURY SS-189 USS SPEARFISH SS-190, USS SCULPIN SS-191 USS SQUALUS SS-192

Cachet by Richard Buchwald and sponsored by the Argonauts Crew No. 24, ANCS

 

N/A		N/A	1939-11-15 Locy Type 3 (A-TBT) "SAN DIEGO / CALIF"
			Shakedown Cruise

Cachet by M. Fay Muridge and sponsored by the Argonauts Crew No. 24, ANCS

 

			1940-01-07 Locy Type 3 (A-TBT) "PORTLAND / OREGON"
			Shakedown Cruise

Note:

 

			1940-05-27 Locy Type 3 (A-TBT) "PEARL / HARBOR T H"
			Category

Cachet by Bette Tambling

 

N/A		N/A	1944-10-24 Locy Type 7z
			Sailor Mail

Censored, World War II use. Postmark did not originate from the SWORDFISH.

 

N/A		N/A	1983-01-12 USPS 1-bar Mare Island, CA
			"On Eternal Patrol"

Cachet by Alton (Budd) M. Arrington

 

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