Lexington CV 2 Covers Page 2

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Covers should be listed in chronological order. Use the postmark date or best guess.

 

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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Type F - USCS Postmark Catalog Illustration L-11
 

N/A		N/A	1933-1941 Locy Type F
			N/A

Postmark Catalog Illustration

 

N/A		N/A	1933-10-27 Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. L-11a
			Navy Day

Note:

 

N/A		N/A	1933-11-11 Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. L-11
			Armistice Day

Note:

 

N/A		N/A	1933-11-30 Locy Type F
			Thanksgiving Day

Not shown in postmark catalog.

 

N/A		N/A	1933-12-14 Locy Type F
			Commissioning Day (6th Anniversary)

Not shown in postmark catalog.

 

N/A		N/A	1933-12-25 Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. L-11b
			Christmas

Note:

 

N/A		N/A	1934-01-01 Locy Type F
			New Years Day

Not shown in postmark catalog.

 

N/A		N/A	1934-02-12 Locy Type F
			Lincoln's Birthday

Not shown in postmark catalog.

 

N/A		N/A	1934-02-22 Locy Type F
			Washington's Birthday

Not shown in postmark catalog.

 

N/A		N/A	1934-04-09 Locy Type F
			East Coast Cruise / Departure Day

Not shown in postmark catalog.

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Type F - USCS Postmark Catalog Illustration L-11c
 

N/A		N/A	1939-1941 Locy Type F
			N/A

Postmark Catalog Illustration

 

N/A		N/A	1939-12-14 Locy Type F
			"Our Twelfth Birthday"

Cachet by Richard Buchwald. Not shown in postmark catalog.

 

N/A		N/A	1940-01-30 Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. L-11c
			"Our President's Birthday"

Cachet by Richard Buchwald

 

N/A		N/A	1940-02-22 Locy Type F
			"George Washington's Birthday"

Cachet by Walter G. Crosby. Not shown in postmark catalog.

 

N/A		N/A	c 1940 Locy Type F
			"God Bless America"

Cachet by Walter G. Crosby. Not shown in postmark catalog.

 

N/A		N/A	c 1940 Locy Type F
			Hospital Corps, USN

Cachet by Walter G. Crosby. Not shown in postmark catalog.

 

N/A		N/A	c 1940 Locy Type F
			"God Bless America"

Cachet by Walter G. Crosby. Not shown in postmark catalog.

 

N/A		N/A	1941-10-27 Locy Type F
			"Navy Day"

Cachet by Richard Buchwald. Not shown in postmark catalog.

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Type F - USCS Postmark Catalog Illustration L-11d
 

N/A		N/A	1939-1941 Locy Type F
			N/A

Postmark Catalog Illustration

 

N/A		N/A	1939-08-30 Locy Type F
			Visits the NY Exposition

Cachet by Walter G. Crosby.

 

N/A		N/A	1941-02-11 Locy Type F
			Lincoln's Birthday

Note:

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Type F - USCS Postmark Catalog Illustration L-11e
 

N/A		N/A	1941 Locy Type F
			N/A

Postmark Catalog Illustration

 

N/A		N/A	1941-09-22 Locy Type F
			Patriotic cachet

Cachet by M. Fay Muridge.

 

N/A		N/A	1941-12-25 Locy Type F
			Christmas Greetings

Cachet by George V. Sadworth.

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Type SLO
 

N/A		N/A	1934 Locy Type SLO
			During the spring of 1934 Edward L. Beckwith, mail clerk in LEXINGTON, used a series of slogan cancels made from a rubber stamp kit. Covers with these markings also have the ship's regulation Type 9 cancel.

Illustration of the 1st Example

 

N/A		N/A	1934-04-07 Locy Type SLO
			LEXINGTON / CAPTURES / HMS EDWARDS

Cachet by John Coulthard

 

N/A		N/A	1934-04-11 Locy Type SLO
			LEXINGTON SIGHTS / USS MACON / LAT 2239 LON 111

Rubber stamp cachet.

 

N/A		N/A	1934-04-12 Locy Type SLO
			NAVY CAPTURES / FORT PULASKI

Rubber stamp cachet.

 

N/A		N/A	1934-04-19 Locy Type SLO
			BATTLE / LEXINGTON / CONCORD

Note:

 

N/A		N/A	1934-04-23 Locy Type SLO
			LEX LEADS FLEET / RAPID TRANSIT / PANAMA CANAL

Rubber stamp cachet.

 

N/A		N/A	1934-05-08 Locy Type SLO
			ENROUTE MIAMI / MACON ATTACKS / LEXINGTON

Rubber stamp cachet.

 

N/A		N/A	1934-05-12 Locy Type SLO
			LINDBERGS FLIGHT / SEVENTH / ANNIVERSARY

Not listed in the USCS Postmark Catalog.

 

N/A		N/A	1934-05-14 Locy Type SLO
			ARRIVE / GONAIVES / HAITI

Rubber stamp cachet. Not listed in the USCS Postmark Catalog.

 

N/A		N/A	1934-05-23 Locy Type SLO
			DEPARTS / GONAIVES / HAITI

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