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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	Postmark Date Postmark Type Killer Bar Text Ship --------- Category

N/A		N/A	1938-03-10 Locy Type FDC 3r (A-BTB) "FIRST DAY / COMMISSION"
			Commissioning

Cachet by Meyer Tuchinsky

 

			1938-04-17 Locy Type 3r (A-BTB) "EASTER S N / NORFOLK, VA."
			Easter

Cachet by Paul Parrish

 

			1938-04-25 Locy Type 3r (A-BTB) "SAVANNAH / GA."
			Port Visit to Namesake City

Cachet by Gordon A. Shaw

 

			1938-04-25 Locy Type 3r (A-BTB) "SAVANNAH / GA."
			Shakedown Cruise

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N/A		N/A	1938-05-04 Locy Type 3r (A-BTB) "GONAIVES / HAITI"
			Shakedown Cruise

Cachet by Lloyd A. Nace

 

N/A		N/A	1938-05-04 Locy Type 3r (A-BTB) "GONAIVES / HAITI"
			Shakedown Cruise

Cachet by Ted Rauterberg. Courtesy of the Richard Jones collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1938-05-04 Locy Type 3r (A-BTB) "GONAIVES / HAITI"
			Shakedown Cruise

Cachet by M. Fay Muridge. Courtesy of the Richard Jones collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1938-05-07 Locy Type 3r (A-BTB) "GONAIVES / HAITI"
			Sailors mail

Courtesy of the Richard Jones collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1938-05-15 Locy Type 3r (A-BTB) "GUANTANAMO / BAY CUBA"
			Shakedown Cruise

The cachet is for the Presentation of the Silver Service, cachet sponsored by the Savannah Chamber of Commerce and the Savannah Stamp Club.

 

N/A		N/A	1939-03-13 Locy Type 3r (A-BTB) "GONAIVES / HAITI"
			Sailors mail

Courtesy of the Richard Jones collection.

No Image			1939-04-09 Locy Type 6dep
			Duck decal cachet for Easter

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			1939-05-24 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "NORFOLK / VA."
			Famous Naval Battles

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No Image			1941-08-20 Locy Type 3z (TTT)
			Category

Add-on cachet by Bruce D. Liddell

 

			1942-12-11 Locy Type Fz USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. S-28b
			Category

Censored sailors mail

 

			1945-05-09 Locy Type 2z
			Official Business

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N/A			1945-10-09 Locy Type 2# (Br. #16153)
			Category

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			1946-04-01 Locy Type LDPS P "LAST / DAY" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. S-28c
			Last Day Postal Service

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