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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

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USS SKIPJACK - Keel Laying
 

N/A		N/A	1936-07-22 Locy Type 3 (BC-BBT) "NYD., PORTS / MOUTH, N.H." USS Falcon ASR-2
			Keel Laid

Cachet by O. A. Farrabee and Frank P. Hollis

 

N/A		N/A	1936-07-22 Locy Type 3 (AC-TTB) "USS SKIPJACK / KEEL LAYING" USS TARPON SS-175
			Keel Laid

White envelope. Cachet sponsored by the Electric Boat Company Employees Association

 

N/A		N/A	1936-07-22 Locy Type 3 (AC-TTB) "USS SKIPJACK / KEEL LAYING" USS TARPON SS-175
			Keel Laid

Pink envelope. Cachet sponsored by the Electric Boat Company Employees Association

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USS SKIPJACK - Launching
 

N/A		N/A	1937-10-23
			Launching Insert

Insert sponsored by the Electric Boat Company Employees Association

 

N/A		N/A	1937-10-23 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "USS SKIPJACK / LAUNCHING" USS Permit SS-178
			Launching

Colorized cachet sponsored by the Electric Boat Company Employees Association

 

N/A		N/A	1937-10-23 USPO Machine Postmark Groton, CT
			Launching

White envelope. Cachet sponsored by the Electric Boat Company Employees Association

 

N/A		N/A	1937-10-23 USPO Machine Postmark Groton, CT
			Launching

Pink envelope. Cachet sponsored by the Electric Boat Company Employees Association

 

N/A		N/A	1937-10-23 USPO Machine Postmark Groton, CT
			Launching

Cachet by Dr. S. E. Hutnick

 

N/A		N/A	1937-10-23 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT) USS Badger DD-126
			Launching

Cachet by Walter Czubay, sponsored by the National Cachet Society

 

N/A		N/A	1937-10-23 Locy Type Locy Type 3 "USS SKIPJACK / LAUNCHED" Brooklyn, N.Y. / U.S. Receiving Ship (Large Letters)
			Launching

Cachet by Lloyd A. Nace

 

N/A		N/A	1937-10-23 Locy Type Locy Type 5hks USS Cuttlefish SS-171
			Launching

Cachet by O. A. Farrabee and Frank P. Hollis

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USS SKIPJACK - Commissioning
 

N/A		N/A	1938-06-30 Locy Type FDC 3r (A-BTT) "NEW LONDON / CONN"
			First Day in Commission

Cachet by Eugene L. Mueller, sponsored by the Independence Crew No. 2, ANCS

 

N/A		N/A	1938-06-30 Locy Type FDC 3r (A-BTT) "NEW LONDON / CONN"
			First Day in Commission

Cachet by Rollin B. DeWolfe, sponsored by the Officers & Men of the USS SKIPJACK and the Argonauts Crew No. 24, ANCS

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USS SKIPJACK - Shakedown Cruise
 

N/A		N/A	1938-08-15 Locy Type 3r (A-BTT) "GUANTANAMO / BAY, CUBA"
			Shakedown Cruise

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USS SKIPJACK - Fleet Activities
 

N/A		N/A	1941 Locy Type FAKE "USS / SKIPJACK" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-3
			Ship's data

Hobby Shop cachet

 

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