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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 | Postmark Date Postmark Type Killer Bar Text --------- Cachet Category |
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1927-09-30 |
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Category |
Note:
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1929-03-08 |
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Official Business
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No Image |
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1930-12-31 |
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1932-07-30 |
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10th Olympiad Los Angeles |
Back 10th Olympiad label
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1932-12-08 |
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Category |
Violet box date "TAKE OUT" 1932-12-19
Back violet date stamp 1932-12-09
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No Image |
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1933-03-31 |
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1933-11-16 |
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USS MACON |
Cachet signed by NMC A. H. G. Voss
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1933-12-20 |
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Dr. Ambroise Pare Birthday |
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No Image |
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1933-12-25 |
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Christmas Day 1933 |
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1933-12-25 |
Cachet by Walter G. Crosby.
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N/A |
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N/A |
1933-12-25 |
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Christmas Day 1933 |
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1934-01-04 |
| USS MACON |
Cachet by NMC A. H. G. Voss and NMC W. P. D'Amour. Airmail border.
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N/A |
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N/A |
1934-01-04 |
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USS MACON |
Cachet by NMC A. H. G. Voss and NMC W. P. D'Amour
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N/A |
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1934-01-30 |
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FDR's Birthday |
Signed by NMC A. H. G. Voss.
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No Image |
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1934-02-14 |
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Valentine Day 1934 |
Cachet by Byrd L. Powell
Irving E. Kennedy
C. Lacombe
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1934-02-17 |
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Cachet by Dr. Harry H Kretzler.
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N/A |
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N/A |
1934-02-20 |
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Saluting "Old Ironsides" on her victory against |
Cachet by Clyde G. Morris, sponsored by A. H. G. Voss, W. P. D'Amour and Walter G. Crosby. Signed by Voss and D'Amour, both Navy Mail Clerks aboard USS Relief.
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N/A |
1934-02-20 |
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Saluting "Old Ironsides" on her victory against |
Double cachet by Clyde G. Morris, sponsored by A. H. G. Voss, W. P. D'Amour and Walter G. Crosby. Signed by Voss and D'Amour, both Navy Mail Clerks aboard USS Relief and also Crosby.
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N/A |
1934-02-20 |
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Saluting "Old Ironsides" on her victory against |
Cachet by Clyde G. Morris, sponsored by A. H. G. Voss, W. P. D'Amour and Walter G. Crosby. Signed by Voss and D'Amour, both Navy Mail Clerks aboard USS Relief. From the Nancy DeLux collection.
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1934-02-22 |
| Washington's Birthday |
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1934-03-04 |
| Alexander Graham Bell Birthday |
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N/A |
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N/A |
1934-03-13 |
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Joseph Priestley's Birthday |
Correct spelling should be "PRIESTLEY". Cachet by Dr. Harry H. Kretzler
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1934-04-09 |
| Atlantic Cruise |
Cachet by Clyde G. Morris
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1934-04-10 |
| USS MACON |
Cachet by NMC A. H. G. Voss and NMC W. P. D'Amour
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N/A |
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N/A |
1934-05-31 |
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Fleet Review |
Cacheted
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1934-06-02 |
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Note:
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1934-06-08 |
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Cachet by L. A. Powell.
Notation on the back says "1 of 1".
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1934-06-14 |
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Flag Day 1934 |
Cachet possibly by Kay Ferris
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No Image |
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1934-06-17 |
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Fathers Day 1934 |
Back is clean
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N/A |
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1934-07-04 |
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Independence Day |
Cacheted
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1934-08-19 |
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N/A |
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N/A |
1934-10-12 |
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Columbus Day |
Cacheted
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1934-11-11 |
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Armistice Day 1934 |
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1934-12-13 |
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Category |
Add on cachet by Michael Hebert (Mh Cachets)
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1935-01-01 |
Cachet by Henry Kraus and Tulsa World.
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N/A |
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N/A |
1935-03-09 |
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1st Naval Surgeon |
Cacheted
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No Image |
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1935-05-19 |
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1936-08-08 |
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Fleet Week 1936 |
Cachet by William S. Linto
Cover also bears postmarks from USS SOUTHARD DD-207, USS GOFF DD-247, USS REUBEN JAMES DD-245 and USS HOVEY DD-208 on the front and back.
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N/A |
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1936-10-26 |
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Jean-Henri Dunant - Red Cross Organization |
Cachet by Norwood B. Scatchard, sponsored by Dr. Harry H. Kretzler
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1937-06-18 |
| Navy Mother's Clubs |
Cachet by the Admiral Joseph M. Reeves Chapter No. 14, USCS
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N/A |
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N/A |
1937-07-26 |
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Port Visit |
Cacheted
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1937-11-25 |
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Thanksgiving Day 1937 |
Cachet by Helen E. Dye. (signed HED in lower left corner)
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1938-07-06 |
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Cachet by Jerry Pierce.
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No Image |
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No Image |
1939-09-30 |
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Category |
Three Type 9's on card stock
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1940-11-28 |
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Christmas 1940 |
Cachet by the Insiders Chapter No. 55, USCS
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No Image |
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1946-06-07 |
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Last Day Postal Service |
Tazewell G. Nicholson R/S marking on back
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1946-06-07 |
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Last Day Postal Service |
Cachet by George V. Sadworth. Tazewell G. Nicholson black rubberstamp...Typed notation "B-2544"...
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