USS CONYNGHAM DD-371 Covers Page 1

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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 CASE DD-370

John E. Gill Launching Cachet
Back is clean

			1935-09-14 Locy Type F "CELEBRATING OUR / OWN LAUNCHING" USCS Catalog Illustration CD-2
			Twin Launching with USS CASE DD-370

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

			1936-11-04 Locy Type FDC 3 "FIRST DAY / COMMISSION"
			First Day in Commission

Front black pen notation "DD 371"...Pasted blue foil star
Back is clean

 

			1936-11-04 Locy Type 3 (A-TTB) FIRST DAY / COMMISSION
			Ship Commissioning

Notes: Cachet Maker: Leo A Schupp

			1936-11-11 Locy Type 3 (A-TTB) "ARMISTICE / DAY"
			Armistice Day 1936

Cover celebrates CONYNGHAM commissioning on November 4 1936

 

			1936-11-11 Locy Type 3 (A-TTB) ARMISTICE / DAY
			Ship Commissioning

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			1937-05-11 Locy Type 3 (A-BTT) "HELSINGFORS / FINLAND"
			Maiden Cruise

Add-on cachet by Roger A. Wentworth

 

			1940-10-27 Locy Type 3 (A-BTT) NAVY / DAY
			Navy Day

Notes: Cachet Makers: Arthur A Christensen and M Fay Muridge

 

			1941-07-24 Locy Type 3 (A-BTT)
			Category

Notes: Cachet Makers: J Robert Bund and Robert Stoner

			1941-09-14 Locy Type Fake USCS Catalog Illustration CD-3
			Fake Cancel

Hobby Shop Cachet

			1941-09-19 Locy Type 3 (A-BTT)
			Category

Hendricks Cachet
Back is clean

			1944-08-16 Locy Type 3z
			Category

Censored wartime (WWII) use...Front blue pen notation "AIR MAIL"
Back is clean

No Image			1945-11-13 Locy Type 3 (A-BTT)
			Category

Back is clean

No Image			1946-01-31 Locy Type 3 (A-BTT)
			Category

Back is clean

 

			1946-03-22 Locy Type 3 (A-BTT)
			Category

Notes: Cachet Maker: Desmond D Jagyi

 

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