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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

 

No Image			1934-03-23 Locy Type 3 (BC-BBT) "NEWLONDON / CONN"
			Category

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			1936-06-14 Locy Type 3 (BC-BBT) "NAVY YARD / PTSMTH N.H."
			Flag Day

Cachet Maker: William F Schlechter.

 

N/A			1936-10-27 Locy Type 3 (BC-BBT) "LABOR DAY / U.S.A."
			Navy Day Killer Bar Mistake

Cachet by Leo A. Schupp

 

N/A			1936-10-27 Locy Type 3 (BC-BBT) "NAVY DAY / U.S.A."
			Navy Day backside

Cachet by Leo A. Schupp

 

			1937-11-12 Locy Type 3 (BC-BBT) "BIRTHDAY / ANNIVERSARY"
			Ship Birthday

Cachet Makers: O A Farabee and Frank P Hollis

 

			1937-11-12 Locy Type 3 (BC-BBT) "BIRTHDAY / ANNIVERSARY"
			Ship Birthday

Horton Cachet

 

			1937-11-25 Locy Type 3 (BC-BBT) "NEW LONDON / CT"
			Thanksgiving 1937

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			1937-12-17 Locy Type SLKo (35x4) USS Lexington CV-2
			Ship Commemorative - USS S-4 SS-109 Ship Commemorative - USS Falcon ASR-2

Cachet Makers: Frank C Kenworthey and Hal W Dierst
Postmark is not dated but cachet is for Dec 17 so that is a logical primary date for the cover. Cachet is thermographed.

 

			1938-10-29 Locy Type 3 (A-BTT) "SPEARFISH / LAUNCHED"
			Launching of USS SPEARFISH SS-190

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			1939-08-23 Locy Type 3r (B-BTT)  AT / SEA USS Wyoming AG-17
			Rescue of USS SQUALUS SS-192

Cachet Maker: Walter G Crosby
Cachet is thermographed. Cachet mentions the following ships: USS Falcon ASR-2, USS Brooklyn CL-40, USS Sculpin SS-191, USS Wandank ATO-26, USS Semmes AG-24, USS Iwana YT-2 , USCGC Harriet Lane WSC-141, USCGC Thetis WPC-115

 

			1940-05-04 Locy Type 3 (BC-BBT) "SUB BASE / N.L., CT."
			Category

Tambling Cachet

 

			1940-11-21 Locy Type 3 (A-BTT) "THANKS- / GIVING DAY"
			Category

Cachet Makers: Ralph L (Shorty) Burkholder and R J Stengel
Cachet is thermographed.

 

			1941-01-29 Locy Type 3 (A-BTT) "USS MARLIN / LAUNCHING"
			USS MARLIN SS-205 Launching

Cyr Cachet

 

			1941-06-20 Locy Type 3z (TTT)
			Ship Commemorative: USS O-9 SS-70

Cachet Maker: George J Contraros

 

			1941-07-04 Locy Type 3z (TTT)
			Independence Day 1941

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			1941-10-27 Locy Type 3z (TTT)
			Navy Day 1941

Muridge Cachet

 

			1942-07-28 Locy Type 3z (BBT)
			Category

Censored wartime (WWII) use

 

			1943-05-21 Locy Type 7rz
			Category

Censored wartime (WWII) use
Posted from another ship or station...Ship did not carry this device

 

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