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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	Primary Date Postmark Type Killer Bar Text --------- Cachet Category

			1935-09-14 Locy Type F "CELEBRATING OUR / OWN LAUNCHING" USCS Catalog Illustration CD-2
			Twin Launching with USS CONYNGHAM DD-371

John E. Gill Launching Cachet

			1935-09-14 Locy Type F "CELEBRATING OUR / OWN LAUNCHING" USCS Catalog Illustration CD-2
			Twin Launching with USS CONYNGHAM DD-371

Fancy cancel
Cachet and Postmark by John E. Gill

 

			1935-09-14 Locy Type F (USCS Illustration E-1a) USS CONYNGHAM, / USS CASE LAUNCHED USS Eagle 19 PE-19
			Ship Launching - USS Case DD-370 Ship Launching - USS Conyngham DD-371

Notes: Cachet Maker: P J (PeeJay) Ickeringill

			1936-10-21 Locy Type FDPS 3r "FIRST POSTAL / SERVICE"
			First Day Postal Service

Hutnick Commissioning Cachet
Back blue rubberstamp S.E. Hutnick return address

			1936-10-21 Locy Type FDPS 3r "FIRST POSTAL / SERVICE"
			First Day Postal Service

Cachet by George V. Sadworth

 

			1936-10-21 Locy Type FDC 3r (A-TBT) FIRST POSTAL / SERVICE
			Ship Commissioning

Notes: Cachet Maker: Dr S E Hutnick

 

			1936-10-21 Locy Type FDC 3r (A-TBT) FIRST POSTAL / SERVICE
			Ship Commissioning

Notes: Cachet Maker: Leo A Schupp

 

			1936-10-31 Locy Type 3r (A-TBT) CHRISTENING / CEREMONIES
			Ship Christening - USS Mugford DD-389 Ship Christening - USS Ralph Talbot DD-390

Notes: Cachet Maker: Gerald L Plimpton.
The artist name is at the bottom right of the cachet but is not legible.

			1936-10-31 Locy Type 3r (A-TBT) "MUGFORD / CHRISTENED"
			Launching of USS MUGFORD DD-389

Scatchard Cachet
Back black rubberstamp Scatchard return

No Image			1937-01-01 Locy Type 3r (A-TBT) "NAVY YARD / BOSTON MASS"
			New Years Day 1937

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			1937-04-13 Locy Type 3r (A-TBT) HAMPTON RDS / VIRGINIA.
			Ship Shakedown Cruise

Note: Cachet Maker: Frederick Horton

 

No Image			1937-05-17 Locy Type 3r (A-TBT) VILLEFRANCHE / FRANCE.
			Ship Shakedown Cruise

Note: Cachet Maker: Frederick Horton

No Image			1937-07-04 Locy Type 3r (A-TBT) "NAVY YARD / BOSTON MASS"
			Independence Day 1937

Note:

			1939-04-22 Locy Type 3r (A-TBT) "SAN DIEGO / CAL"
			Category

Official Business

			1940-07-09 Locy Type 9v 1940-07-12 Locy Type 9x
			Category

Crosby Cachet

			1940-11-01 Locy Type 3r (A-TBT) "PEARL HARBOR / T.H."
			Category

Hendricks Cachet

No Image			1941-02-27 Locy Type 3r (A-TBT)
			Category

Back red rubberstamp YORK, PA Received double ring 1941-03-10

			1941-10-28 Locy Type 3r (A-TBT)
			Patriotic

Pilgrim (John Alden) Navy Cachet
Front shows partial machine cancel
Back pencil notations "DD-370","Case","18-40"...Partial SAN DIEGO CA machine cancel 1941-10-28

			1944-05-10 Locy Type 2z*
			Category

Censored wartime (WWII) use

			1945-05-13 Locy Type 2z*
			Category

Censored wartime (WWII) use
Received marking 1945-05-17
Front only

			1945-10-27 Locy Type 2(n) Oct 27, 1945
			Navy Day 1945

Note:

			1945-11-20 Locy Type LDPS 2(n)
			Last Day Postal Service

Crosby Photo Cachet

 

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