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Cachets should be listed in chronological order based on earliest known usage. Use the postmark date or best guess. This applies to add-on cachets as well.

 

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 Ship --------- Category

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July - September 1940
 

N/A		N/A	1940-07-28 Locy Type 9v USS Foote DD-169
			First Day Postal Service - Recommissioned

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N/A		N/A	1940-08-16 Locy Type 3 (A-TBT) USS Jacob Jones DD-130
			Recommissioning of USS Bullfinch AM-66

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N/A		N/A	1940-08-24 Locy Type 3 (BC-TBT) "LAUNCHINGS / NORFOLK N.Y." USS Jacob Jones DD-130
			Launching of USS Raven AM-55 and USS Osprey AM-56

Cachet by Loring W. Stannard, sponsored by Tazewell G. Nicholson.

 

N/A		N/A	1940-08-24 Locy Type 3 (BC-TBT) "LAUNCHINGS / NORFOLK N.Y." USS Jacob Jones DD-130
			Launching of USS Raven AM-55 and USS Osprey AM-56

Cachet by Loring W. Stannard, sponsored by Tazewell G. Nicholson.

 

N/A		N/A	1940-08-29 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) USS Blakeley DD-150
			Recommissioning

USS BLAKELEY salutes the Recommissioning of USS HOWARD DD-179

 

N/A		N/A	1940-09-02 Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. J-3 USS Jacob Jones DD-130
			Labor Day

Cachet by Henrik Wilson - Joseph F. Koehl and sponsored by Tazewell G. Nicholson.

 

N/A		N/A	1940-09-03 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "PHILA / PA" USS Prairie AD-15
			Keel Laying for - USS Macomb DD-458

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N/A		N/A	1940-09-06 Locy Type FDC 3 (A-BBT) "CHARLESTON / S.C." USS Hilary P. Jones DD-427
			Commissioning/First Day of Postal Service

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N/A		N/A	1940-09-10 Locy Type LDPS 3 (A-BTT) "LAST DAY / CANCEL" USS Abbot DD-184
			Last Day of Postal Service

From the Bob Govern collection. This cover is not in the Ludo Janssens catalog, but it is in the Joseph Myles addendum.

 

N/A		N/A	1940-09-13 Locy Type LDPS 3 (A-TBT) "BOSTON / MASS" USS MacKenzie DD-175
			Last Day Cancel USS MacKENZIE / Destroyer 175 Exchanged to England U.S.N. to H.M.N.

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N/A		N/A	1940-09-14 Locy Type LDPS 3r (A-BTT) "LAST DAY / CANCELATION" Locy Type LDPS 9v Locy Type LDPS 9x USS Aulick DD-258
			Last Day Cancel USS AULICK / Destroyer 258 Exchanged to England U.S.N. to H.M.N.

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N/A		N/A	1940-09-23 Locy Type SLPb (22x6) USS Kalk DD-170
			Last Day Commission - Exchanged to England

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