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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

			1934-02-10 Locy Type FDC F "First Day in / Commission" USCS Catalog Illustration CD-1a
			Commissioning cachet

Note: Cachet Maker: Vallejo Chamber of Commerce
Back VALLEJO CALIF. / MARE ISLAND STA. CDS 1934-02-12

			1934-02-10 Locy Type FDC F "First Day in / Commission" USCS Catalog Illustration CD-1a
			Commissioning

Note:

			1934-02-10 Locy Type FDC F (CD-1a) First Day In / Commission
			Ship Commissioning

Notes: Cachet Maker: Vallejo Chamber of Commerce

No Image			1934-03-09 Locy Type 3 (B-TBT) "LAUNCHING / ANNIVERSARY"
			Category

Postcard use
Purple received markings
Back black pen signed NMC

No Image			1934-05-08 Locy Type 3 (B-TBT) "ACUPULCA / MEXICO"
			Category

Note:

			1934-05-23 Locy Type 3 (B-TBT) SHAKEDOWN / HILO TH.
			Hawaii

Notes: Cachet Makers: American Legion Hilo Post 3 and John J Power

			1934-05-23 Locy Type 3 (B-TBT) SHAKEDOWN / HILO TH.
			Hawaii

Notes: This is the insert that was inside the cover above.

No Image			1934-06-08 Locy Type 3 (B-TBT) "VICTORIA / B. C."
			Category

Note:

			1934-06-14 Locy Type 3 (B-TBT) FLAG / DAY
			Port Visit - Portland OR Flag Day

Notes: Cachet Makers: Myron F McCamley and R B Hare

No Image			1934-06-24 Locy Type 3 (B-TBT) "LAT. 10-35 N / LONG. 83 40 W"
			Category

Note:

			1935-05-28 Locy Type 8
			Category

E.W. Quinn Plumbing Co. with USCS Chapter #26 Cachet
Back multiple reverse type 8 cancels...Red rubberstamp "12268"

			1935-05-28 Locy Type 8
			Category

Notes: Cachet Makers: USCS Chapter 26 John Rodgers and E W Quinn Plumbing

			1936-02-10 Locy Type 7d
			Category

Notes: Cachet Makers: Ted Harrington and John J Haag

		No Image	1936-03-17 Locy Type 3 (B-TBT) ST. PATRICK'S / DAY
			St Patrick's Day

Notes:

			1936-09-09 Locy Type 3 (B-TBT) "ADMISSION / DAY"
			Admission Day (California) 1936

USCS Chapter 51 / Weil Cachet
Back red rubberstamp William S. Weil return

No Image			1936-10-12 Locy Type 9v (C)
			Columbus Day

Note: Postmarks also for: USS Arctic AF-7 - USS Smith DD-378 - USS Tuscaloosa CA-37 and backstamped from Vallejo, CA / Mare Island Branch

			1936-11-26 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) THANKSGIVING / DAY
			Thanksgiving Day

Notes:

		No Image	1936-12-09 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) MARE ISL / CALIF
			Category

Notes:

			1937-01-13 Locy Type 7d
			Category

Notes: Cachet Maker: USCS Chapter 14 ADM Joseph M Reeves

No Image			1937-02-15 Locy Type 7d
			Category

Note:

			1939-03-18 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) NORFOLK / VA
			Grover Cleveland

Notes:

			1939-07-03 Locy Type 7d
			Category

Official Business

			1939-10-27 Locy Type 7d Locy Type 6egipr-1 Locy Type 9v (C) Locy Type 9efw Locy Type 9x (C)
			Category

Notes: Cachet Maker: Walter G Crosby
Cachet is thermographed.

No Image			1940-04-13 Locy Type 7d Locy Type 6egipr-1 Locy Type 9v (C) Locy Type 9efw Locy Type 9x (C)
			Category

Notes:

No Image			1940-07-26 Locy Type 7d
			Category

Back is clean

			1940-08-04 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) "BREMERTON / WASH"
			150th Anniversary Coast Guard

Neumann Cachet

			1940-09-21 Locy Type 7d
			Category

Official Business

No Image			1940-12-30 Locy Type 9x (C)
			Category

Hand painted cachet

			1941-04-24 Locy Type 3 (A-TBT)
			Category

Notes: Cachet Maker: Commons Stamp Service

			1941-09-01 Locy Type 6egipr-1 Locy Type 7d
			Category

Note: Combo cancel...Front ink notations "Clipper Mail" "Via Clipper"
Back is clean

			1943-10-30 Locy Type 7drz
			Category

Censored wartime (WWII) use
Back is clean

			1945-06-19 Locy Type 2z*
			Category

Note: Censored wartime (WWII) use

			1945-10-27 Locy Type 6egipr-1
			Navy Day 1945

Dye Cachet
Back black rubberstamp Grey Cover Service

			1946-02-25 Locy Type 2(n)
			Category

Back is clean

			1950-11-12 SAN FRANCISCO CALIF CDS
			5th Anniversary of the Battle of Guadalcanal and Dedication of the USS San Francisco Memorial

Note:

		No Image	2003-04-27
			USCS National Convention

Notes: Cachet Makers: USCS Chapter 59 USS Saginaw and USCS Chapter 91 USS Sacramento

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