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Note: Add-on cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Kelly_Armstrong | Kelly Armstrong]]
Add-on cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Kelly_Armstrong | Kelly Armstrong]]
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Cachet by [[Cachet Maker P J (PeeJay) Ickeringill| PeeJay Ickeringill]] & [[Cachet Maker Frederick Horton| Frederick Horton]]  
Cachet by [[Cachet Maker P J (PeeJay) Ickeringill| PeeJay Ickeringill]] & [[Cachet Maker Frederick Horton| Frederick Horton]]  
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1938-01-08<br/>Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT)<br/>"DEPARTED / NORFOLK VA"  
1938-01-08<br/>Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT)<br/>"DEPARTED / NORFOLK VA"  
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[[Cachet_Category_Ship_Shakedown_Cruise|Ship Shakedown Cruise]]  
[[Cachet_Category_Ship_Shakedown_Cruise| Ship Shakedown Cruise]]  
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1938-01-13<br/>Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT)<br/>"CULEBRA / PUERTO RICO"  
1938-01-13<br/>Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT)<br/>"CULEBRA / PUERTO RICO"  
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[[Cachet_Category_Ship_Shakedown_Cruise|Ship Shakedown Cruise]]  
[[Cachet_Category_Ship_Shakedown_Cruise| Ship Shakedown Cruise]]  
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Cachet Makers: [[Cachet_Maker_Tazewell_G_Nicholson| Tazewell G. Nicholson]] and
Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_C_Wright_Richell| C. Wright Richell]], sponsored by [[Cachet_Maker_Tazewell_G_Nicholson| Tazewell G. Nicholson]].
[[Cachet_Maker_C_Wright_Richell| C. Wright Richell]]  
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Cacheted
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1938-01-19<br/>Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT)<br/>"GONAIVES / HAITI"
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Shakedown Cruise
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Cachet by [[Cachet Maker O A Farabee_ | O. A. Farabee]]. Courtesy of the Richard Jones collection.
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Latest revision as of 21:41, 24 August 2026



 
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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
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Cachet Category



N/A

1936-04-04
Locy Type 3 (B-TBT)
"CHAMPAGNE & / SALT WATER"
USS San Francisco CA-38

Ship Launching

Cachet by Leonard Rogers



No Image

1936-04-04
Locy Type 7dr
USS Arkansas BB-33

Ship Launching

Note: Launch cachet for USS Yorktown CV-5.



No Image

1936-04-04

Ship Launching

Note:


 

1936-04-04
Locy Type 3 (AC-TTB)
YORKTOWN / LAUNCHED
USS Babbitt AG-102

Ship Launching

Cachet Maker: Naval Cachet and Cancel Club


 

1936-04-04
Locy Type 3s (A)
LONG BEACH / CALIFORNIA
USS Lexington CV-2

Ship Launching

Note:


 

N/A

N/A

1936-04-04
Locy Type 3 (B-BBT)
"USS / YORKTOWN"
USS Saratoga CV-3

Ship Launching

Cachet by Dr. S. E. Hutnick


 

N/A

N/A

1936-04-04
USPO Machine Cancel
Newport News VA

Launching

Cachet by -


 

N/A

N/A

1936-04-04
USPO Machine Cancel
Newport News VA

Launching

Cachet by -


 

No Image

1937-09-30
Locy Type FDC 3 (AC-BBT)
"NORFOLK / VIRGINIA"

Ship Commissioning

Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson and C. Wright Richell


 

1937-09-30
Locy Type FDC 3 (AC-BBT)
"NORFOLK / VIRGINIA"

Ship Commissioning

Cachet by Walter Czubay


 

1937-09-30
Locy Type FDC 3 (AC-BBT)
"NORFOLK / VIRGINIA"

Ship Commissioning

Cachet Maker: Leo A. Schupp


 

1937-09-30
Locy Type FDC 3 (AC-BBT)
"NORFOLK / VIRGINIA"

Ship Commissioning

Cachet by Roland E. Hopkins. Cachet is thermographed.


 

N/A

N/A

1937-09-30
Locy Type FDC 3 (AC-BBT)
"NORFOLK / VIRGINIA"

Commissioning

Cachet by Lloyd A. Nace. From the Tom Kean collection.


 

N/A

1937-09-30
Locy Type FDC 3 (AC-BBT)
"NORFOLK / VIRGINIA"

Commissioning

Cachet by Norfolk Cover Service. From the Ronald Finger collection.


 

N/A

1937-09-30
Locy Type FDC 3 (AC-BBT)
"NORFOLK / VIRGINIA"

Commissioning

Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson (Naval Cachet and Cancel Club). From the Ronald Finger collection.


 

No Image

No Image

1937-10-19
Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT)
"NORFOLK / VIRGINIA"

Category

Add-on cachet by Kelly Armstrong


 

1937-10-27
Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT)
"NAVY / DAY"

Navy Day 1937

Cachet by PeeJay Ickeringill & Frederick Horton


SHAKEDOWN CRUISE
 

No Image

1938-01-08
Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT)
"DEPARTED / NORFOLK VA"

Ship Shakedown Cruise

Note:


 

1938-01-13
Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT)
"CULEBRA / PUERTO RICO"

Ship Shakedown Cruise

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


 

No Image

1938-01-14
Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT)
"CHARLOTTE / AMALIE V I"

Ship Shakedown Cruise

Cachet Makers: Robert S. Thompson and Arthur S. Williams


 

1938-01-19
Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT)
"GONAIVES / HAITI"

Ship Shakedown Cruise

Cachet Makers: Tazewell G. Nicholson and C. Wright Richell.
Contributed by Louis Kurzmiller.


 

N/A

[N/A

1938-01-19
Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT)
"GONAIVES / HAITI"

Shakedown Cruise

Cachet by Robert Thompson


 

N/A

[N/A

1938-01-19
Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT)
"GONAIVES / HAITI"

Shakedown Cruise

Cacheted


 

N/A

[N/A

1938-01-19
Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT)
"GONAIVES / HAITI"

Shakedown Cruise

Cachet by O. A. Farabee. Courtesy of the Richard Jones collection.


 

1938-02-22
Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT)
"CRISTOBAL / CANAL ZONE"

Shakedown Cruise

Note:



 

No Image

1938-04-15
Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT)
"NAVY YARD / NORFOLK VA"

Ship Launching - USS St. Louis CL-49

Note:


 

1938-04-15
Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT)
"NAVY YARD / NORFOLK VA"

Ship Launching - USS St. Louis CL-49

Cachet Maker: Dr. S. E. Hutnick


 

N/A

N/A

1939-04-06
Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT)
"GONAIVES / HAITI"

Sailors mail

Courtesy of the Richard Jones collection.


 

1939-04-19
Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT)
"NORFOLK / VIRGINIA"

Official Business

Note:


 

No Image

No Image

1939-08-18

Category

Note: This is an invitation to the ship's Second Anniversary Ball held at the Mission Beach Ballroom (San Diego).


 

1939-10-27
Locy Type 3r (A-BBT)
"NAVY / DAY"

Navy Day 1939

Note:


 

1940-04-10
Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT)
"LAHAINA RDS / MAUI, T.H."
Locy Type 6ep(2)
Locy Type 9v
Locy Type 9efw
Locy Type 9x

Category

Note:


 

1941-04-04
Locy Type 3 (A-BBT)
"PEARL / HARBOR, T.H."

Category

Cachet Maker: Sibley's Department Store Hobby Shop


 

No Image

1941-04-15
Locy Type 7r

Category

Note:


 

1941-04-18
Locy Type 3 (A-BBT)
"PEARL / HARBOR, T.H."

Ship Birthday

Cachet Maker: Walter G. Crosby.
Cachet is thermographed. Cachet is on a piece of paper that is pasted to the cover.


 

No Image

1941-08-27
Locy Type 3z (BTB)

Category

Postcard use


 

1942-04-10
Locy Type 9efw

Battleship

Note:


 

No Image

1992-06-06

Category

Cachet Maker: Nichols
Cachet is thermographed. Cachet commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Midway. Cover includes an insert describing the battle.

 

 

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