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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

			c1916 Locy Type 3a
			Category

Postcard use

			1916-06-20 Locy Type SLKb (USS) (49x4)
			Category

Note: Postcard use
"The Log" detailing ship's arrival at Old Point Comfort, VA

			1917-03-29 Locy Type 3 (AC)
			Category

Note: International Art Publishing Co. Easter postcard

 

No Image			1923-02-22 Locy Type 3rs (AC)
			Category

Notes:

No Image			1923-04-11 Locy Type 3rs (AC)
			Category

Note: Envelope face only

No Image			1924-04-23 Locy Type 7t
			Category

Note: Back is clean

 

No Image			1924-05-07 Locy Type 3rs
			Category

Notes:

No Image			1924-11-09 Locy Type 3s (AC) (1921-25)
			Category

Back pencil notation "NEVADA / 1b"

No Image			1926-01-15 Locy Type 3r "BREMERTON / WASH."
			Category

Reduced Official Business

			1926-07-11 Locy Type 3r "PORT ANGELES"
			Category

Note: Leland Lund Publishing Tacoma WA postcard

 

			1927-04-11 Locy Type 9v (C)
			Category

Notes: Shows seal imprinted in wax on the back of the cover.

 

			1927-04-11 Locy Type 9v (C)
			Category

Notes: Same cover as above only showing postmarks.

No Image			1927-06-14 Locy Type 6fy (Br.)
			Category

Note: Back black pen return to ship at San Francisco...Pencil notation "NEVADA"

			1928-01-04 Locy Type 9v (C)
			Category

Registered use from USS ANTARES AG-10
Pencil notation "MAILED / ON USS NEVADA / SEE OTHER SIDE"
Back violet type 9v (C) x2...Violet BROOKLYN N.Y. Registered...Pencil notation "NEVADA / 18"

 

No Image			1930-05-07 Locy Type 8
			Category

Notes:

No Image			1931-04-10 Locy Type 3s (AC) 1930-32 "ENROUTE TO / BREMERTON"
			Category

Note: Addressed to Walter G. Crosby

			1931-07-02 Locy Type 8
			Nevada State hand colored cachet

Note: Cachet Maker: Wentworth
Back black pen notation "WENTWORTH A / O CACHET"

 

No Image			1931-07-02 Locy Type 8
			Category

Notes:

 

			1931-11-26 Locy Type 3s (AC) THANKS / GIVING DAY
			Thanksgiving Day

Notes:

 

No Image			1931-12-13 Locy Type 3s (AC) SAN PEDRO / CALIFORNIA
			Category

Notes: Cachet was added later. Maker unknown.

			1932-01-26 Locy Type 6fy (Br.)
			Category

Note: Cachet Maker: Unknown
blue pen / typed cachet...Back is clean

No Image			1932-03-03 Locy Type 3s (AC) 1930-32 "HAWAIIAN CRUISE" 1932-03-12 SEBASTOPOL CALIF. Duplex
			Category

Note:

No Image			1932-05-30 Type 3s (AC) (1930-32) "MEMORIAL / DAY"
			Category

Note: Back SANTA ANA CALIF GEN DEL CDS 1932-05-31...Pencil notation "BB36"

 

			1932-05-30 Locy Type 3s (AC) (1930-32) "MEMORIAL / DAY" Locy Type 9v (C+) Locy Type 9w Locy Type 9x
			Category

Notes:

 

No Image			1933-03-20 Locy Type 5hks
			Category

Notes:

			1934-01-05 Type 5hks "WELCOME / MACON"
			USS MACON

USCS Chapter 7 Cachet

 

			1934-03-11 Locy Type 5hks 18 TH / ANNIVERSARY
			Ship Birthday

Notes: Cachet Maker: Harry E Klotzbach

 

			1935-07-27 Locy Type 5hks "SEATTLE / WASH"
			Category

Notes: Cachet Makers: E A Peake and Ronald E Greenwood

 

			1935-08-01 Locy Type 5hks "FLEET WEEK / SEATTLE WN"
			Fleet Week

Notes: Cachet Maker: Eugene L Mueller

 

		No Image	1935-08-01 Locy Type 5hks FLEEET WEEK / SEATTLE WN
			Category

Notes: Cachet Maker: Walter G Crosby

No Image			1936-02-22 Locy Type 3 (BC-TTB) "WASHINGTON / BIRTHDAY"
			Category

Note: Back pencil notation "BB36"

 

			1936-02-29 Locy Type 5hks BREMERTON / WASH
			Category

Notes:

 

		No Image	1936-04-02 Locy Type 5hks BREMERTON / WASH
			Category

Notes:

No Image			1938-04-08 Locy Type 3 (BC-TTB) "PEARL / HARBOR TH"
			Category

Note: Back purple rubberstamps "1826(x2)","Portland, Ore.","(cross)"...Red pen "1755-N"...Pencil "IV","10","120"...Red pencil "163 (crossed out)"

 

			1939-03-11 Locy Type 3 (BC-TTB) BREMERTON / WASHINGTON
			Ship Birthday

Notes: Cachet Maker: Ted Harrington

 

			1939-04-12 Locy Type 3 (BC-TTB) BREMERTON / WASHINGTON
			Ship Launching - USS Wilson DD-408

Notes: Cachet Makers: Lloyd A Nace, T M Holcombe and Deane C Bartley.
Cachet is thermographed.

			1939-06-24 Locy Type 5hks "AT / SEA"
			R.O.T.C. Cruise 1939

Crosby Cachet

 

			1941-04-13 Locy Type 3 (A-TBB)
			Category

Notes: Cachet Maker: Mae Weigand.

 

			1941-07-11 Locy Type Fake [CD-3]
			Category

Notes: Cachet Maker: Sibley's Department Store Hobby Shop

			1941-11-28 Locy Type 3 (A-TBB)
			Category

Note:

			1943-03-12 Locy Type 3z
			Category

Note: Censored wartime (WWII) use
Back is clean

			1945-03-14 Locy Type 2z
			Category

Note: Censored wartime (WWII) use
Envelope face only

			1945-07-20 Locy Type 9# (Br. #15730) 1945-07-22 USPO 9# (Br. #13874) 1945-07-31 USPO New York, NY Registry Division
			Category

Registered Official Business

			1945-09-09 Locy Type 7t(#u) (C+)
			Category

Back is clean

No Image			1945-12-07 Locy Type 2n
			Category

Note: Back red pencil notation "NEVADA"

 

No Image			1946-02-05 Locy Type 2(n)
			Category

Notes:

			1946-06-30 Locy Type LDPS 2n
			Last Day Postal Service

Modern computer add on cachet by MhCachets
Back pencil notations "BB36"..."2(N)"..."7900"..."WE"...Red rubberstamp "101"...Computer printed red/black makers mark

 

			1946-06-30 Locy Type LDPS 2(n)
			Category

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

 

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