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1. USS Arctic AF-7 Covers Page 1    (1931-1945)
2. USS Arctic AF-7 Covers Page 2    (Type F Covers)

 
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

N/A		N/A	1924-10-08 USPO Machine Cancel "Naval Sta." San Pedro Calif.
			Sailor's Mail

From the Steve Shay collection.

N/A		N/A	1931-04-08 Locy Type 3r
			Category

Add-on cachet by Bruce D. Liddell

No Image		No Image	1932-03-29 Locy Type 3r "SAN PEDRO / CALIFORNIA"
			Category

Add-on cachet by Bruce D. Liddell

No Image			1933-03-22 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "MARE ISLAND / CALIFORNIA"
			Category

Note: Hand painted cachet

No Image		No Image	1933-11-02 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT)
			Category

Add-on cachet by Bruce D. Liddell

 

No Image			1933-11-21 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT)
			Category

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			1934-04-06 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT)
			25th Anniversary Discovery of North Pole

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No Image		No Image	1934-06-01 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT)
			Category

Add-on cachet by Bruce D. Liddell

No Image			1934-06-12 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT)
			Category

Hand painted cachet

No Image			1934-09-24 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "LAST DAY / EAST COAST"
			Category

Hand painted cachet

No Image		No Image	1935-06-14 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "SAN DIEGO / CALIFORNIA"
			Category

Add-on cachet by Bruce D. Liddell

N/A		N/A	1935-10-12 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "COLUMBUS / 1492 DAY 1935"
			Columbus Day

Cachet Makers Karl E. Parshall, Harry E. Whitlatch & J. L. Couse

No Image			1935-10-27 Locy Type 3 (BC-BTT) "NO BETTER / NAVY AFLOAT"
			Navy Day

Cachet Maker: Edwin Denby Chapter No. 16, USCS

N/A		N/A	1935-10-27 Locy Type 3 (BC-BTT) "NO BETTER / NAVY AFLOAT"
			Navy Day

Cachet by D. E., Serviced by - Byrd L. Powell and J. L. Couse

 

			1935-10-27 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "NO BETTER / NAVY AFLOAT"
			Navy Day

Cachet Maker: J L Couse

 

			1935-11-11 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "LEST WE / FORGET"
			Armistice Day 1935

Cachet Maker: J L Couse

 

N/A		N/A	1935-11-28 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "THANXGIVING / DAY"
			Thanksgiving Day

Cachet by J. L. Couse, sponsored by Byrd L. Powell. From the Tom Kean collection.

N/A		N/A	1935-12-25 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "WISHING YOU / MERRY XMAS"
			Christmas

Serviced by - J. L. Couse. Cachet by Norman K. Mary

N/A		N/A	1935-12-25 Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. A-35 "FIRST DAY / VON LOSBERG / CANCEL"
			Christmas

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N/A		N/A	1936-01-26 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "EVER / PROTECTIVE"
			Category

Serviced by - J. L. Couse. Cachet by Fred P. Anders

 

			1936-02-12 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "BUT NOT / FORGOTTEN"
			USS MACON Anniversary

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N/A		N/A	1936-02-22 Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. A-35 "WASHINGTON / IMMORTAL / PATRIOT"
			Washington's Birthday

Cachet by C. Wright Richell

N/A		N/A	1936-02-22 Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. A-35 "H.L. ROOSEVELT / ASS'T SEC. NAVY / DIED TODAY"
			Asst. SecNav Died

Add-on cachet by Bruce D. Liddell

 

			1936-03-24 Locy Type 9efw
			USS MAURY DD-401 Keel Laying

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N/A		N/A	1936-04-01 Locy Type 9v USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. A-35c
			April Fool's Day

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N/A		N/A	1936-04-12 Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. A-35 "GLORIOUS / / EASTER"
			Easter

no cachet

 

			1936-04-18 Locy Type 9v
			Category

Cachet Maker: Clyde Welch

N/A		N/A	1936-04-19 Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. A-35 "AS THEY WERE / WE TRY / TO BE"
			Patriot Day

Hand-colored and signed by Louise M. Brown, J. L. Couse, Leonard Rogers, Crew No. 11, ANCS

			1936-05-02 Locy Type 9
			First Flight Hawaiian Clipper

Cachet by C. J. (Jimmie) Leopard ANCS 148 & Clyde Welch ANCS 244

N/A		N/A	1936-05-14 Locy Type 3 (BC-BTT) "PROVISIONING / CRUISERS"
			Category

Cachet by Karl E. Parshall

N/A			1936-05-14 Locy Type 3 (BC-BTT) "BALBOA / CANAL ZONE"
			Postmark is on the back of this cover

Cachet by Karl E. Parshall

 

			1936-06-10 Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. A-35 "PORTLAND / CITY OF / ROSES"
			Fleet Week Portland Rose Festival

Cachet Maker: William S Linto. Cachet is thermographed.

			1936-09-07 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "AN AMERICAN / INSTITUTION" Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. A-35 " / LABOR DAY /"
			Labor Day 1936

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			1936-09-07 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "AN AMERICAN / INSTITUTION"
			Labor Day 1936

Cachet by C. Wright Richell

No Image			1936-10-12 Locy Type 3 (A) "COLUMBUS DAY"
			Columbus Day

Cachet Makers: C. Wright Richell and Norman K. Mary

N/A		N/A	1936-10-12 Locy Type 3 (A) "COLUMBUS DAY"
			Columbus Day

Postmarks also for: USS Tuscaloosa CA-37 - USS San Francisco CA-38 - USS Smith DD-378 and backstamped from Vallejo, CA / Mare Island Station

			1936-10-27 Locy Type 3 (BC-BBT) "DOMINANT / SEA POWER" "USN" in star
			Keel Laying of USS STURGEON SS-187

Cachet by Dr. S. E. Hutnick

N/A		N/A	1936-10-27 Locy Type 3 (BC-BBT) "DOMINANT / SEA POWER" "USN" in star
			Navy Day & USS Kingfisher AM-25

Cachet by William S. Linto

No Image		No Image	1936-11-11 Locy Type 3(B-BTT) "ARMISTICE / DAY"
			Armistice Day

Add-on cachet by Bruce D. Liddell

N/A			1936-11-11 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "STEEL LINKS / TWO CITIES"
			Opening Day of the San Francisco - Oakland Bay Bridge

This postmark is on the back of a cover postmarked from USS Bridge AF-1 and was created by the Golden Bear Crew No. 14, ANCS

			1937-05-06 Locy Type 3 (BC-BBT) "PEARL HARBOR / HAWAII"
			Fleet Problem XVIII

Cachet by C. Wright Richell

No Image		No Image	1937-07-28 Locy Type 3(AC-BTT) "PORTLAND / OREGON"
			Port Visit

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			1937-10-27 Locy Type 3b (BC-BXT) "SAN DIEGO / CALIFORNIA"
			Navy Day 1937

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			1938-01-25 Locy Type 3a (BC) "MARE ISLAND / CALIFORNIA" Vallejo CA Mare Island Station Machine
			Ship's Photo

Crosby Cachet

			1938-04-02 Locy Type 3r (A-BTT) "LAHAINA RDS / HAWAII"
			Category

Back red rubberstamp Russell A. Court, ANCS 552

No Image		No Image	1938-05-10 Locy Type 3r (A-BTT)
			Category

Add-on cachet by Bruce D. Liddell

No Image			1940-07-21 Locy Type 3r (A-BTT) "U. S. / NAVY"
			Category

Hand painted cachet

 

			1941-08-23 Locy Type FAKE USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-3b, "Eagle"
			Category

Cachet Maker: Sibley's Department Store Hobby Shop

 

			1941-11-06 Locy Type 3 (A-BTT)
			Category

Cachet by Robert B. Kirchgraber

 

			1943-04-26 Locy Type 3z (BBT)
			Category

Censored wartime (WWII) use. Back Pencil return to ship at San Francisco. REFUGIO TX Duplex 1943-04-30

 

			1945-07-23 Locy Type 9efu 1945-07-26 USPO 10492 Br. 1945-07-31 New York Reg. Div.
			Official Business

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No Image			1945-11-26 Locy Type P "USS ARCTIC / TOKYO BAY" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. A-35b
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