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Tazewell G. Nicholson Page 1

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.


 

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Ship
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April - June 1941
 

N/A

N/A

1941-04-01
Locy Type 9efw
USS Kaweah AO-15

First Day Use, Type 9w
United States Ship
KAWEAH
Oiler AO 15
Recommissioned

Not on Ludo Janssens list.


 

N/A

N/A

1941-04-07
Locy Type FDPS 9x
USS Meredith DD-434

First Cancels From
USS MEREDITH
Destroyer 434

Note:


 

N/A

1941-04-09
Locy Type FDC 3 (A-BBT)
"FIRST DAY / COVER"
On the Back
Locy Type FDC F
USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. N-19
USS North Carolina BB-55

First Day Commission
Battleship 55
USS NORTH CAROLINA

Note:


 

N/A

N/A

1941-04-09
Locy Type FDC Fz
"USS FULLER / COMMISSIONED"
USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. F-31
USS Fuller AP-14

First Day Postal Service
Naval Auxiliary
USS FULLER

From the Bob Govern collection.


 

N/A

N/A

1941-04-10
Locy Type FDPS 3 (A-TTO)
USS Stringham DD-83

USS STRINGHAM
Destroyer 83
Recommissioned
Norfolk Navy Yard

Note:


 

N/A

N/A

1941-04-14
Locy Type 3r (A-TBT)
USS Ellis DD-154

Keel Laid
United States Ship
MOBILE
Cruiser CL 63
Newport News, VA.

From the Bob Govern collection.


 

N/A

N/A

1941-04-15
Locy Type 3 (A-BBT)
USS Gregory APD-3

Keel Laying
USS AUK
Minesweeper 57
Norfolk Navy Yard

Note:


 

N/A

N/A

1941-04-25
Locy Type FDPS 9x
USS Eagle 55 PE-55

First Day Postal Service
United States Ship
EAGLE 55

Note:


 

N/A

N/A

1941-04-28
Locy Type 3 (A-BBT)
"PORTSMOUTH / VA"
USS Goldsborough DD-188

First Day
USS POCOMOKE {AV-9}
Seaplane Tender
Formerly S.S. Exchequer
Commissioned - Norfolk Navy Yard

Note:


 

N/A

N/A

1941-04-30
Locy Type FDPS 3 (A-BTB)
"FIRST / DAY"
USS Thorton DD-270

First Day Postal Service
USS THORNTON
Destroyer 270
Recommissioned

Note:


 

N/A

N/A

1941-05-02
Locy Type 3 (A-BBT)
USS Edison DD-439

Honoring
A Great Navy

Note:


 

N/A

1941-05-07
Locy Type 3 (A-TTT)
On the Back-
Locy Type FDPS 3 (A-TTT)
USS Woolsey DD-437

First Day Postal Service
Destroyer 437
USS WOOLSEY

From the Bob Govern collection.
FDC was 7 May 1941, FDPS was 24 May 1941. The USCS Postmark catalog states "Commissioning covers postmarked May 7, 1941 are backdated.


 

N/A

N/A

1941-05-15
Locy Type FDPS 3 (A-TTT)
"FIRST DAY / POSTAL SERVICE"
USS Wilkes DD-441

First Day Postal Service
Destroyer 441
USS WILKES

From the Bob Govern collection.


 

N/A

N/A

1941-05-16
Locy Type FDPS 9v
USS Gudgeon SS-211

First Day Postal Service
United States Ship
GUDGEON
Submarine SS 221

From the Bob Govern collection.


 

N/A

N/A

1941-05-16
Locy Type FDPS 9x
USS Gudgeon SS-211

First Day Postal Service
United States Ship
GUDGEON
Submarine SS 221

Note:


 

N/A

N/A

1941-05-16
Locy Type FDPS 3 (A-BBT)
USS Polaris AF-11

First Day Postal Service
United States Ship
POLARIS
Ex - S.S. Donald McKay

From the Bob Govern collection.


 

N/A

N/A

1941-05-17
Locy Type 9v
USS William P. Biddle AP-15

First Day Commission
United States Ship
CALYPSO {AG-35}
Ex - C.G. Cutter

Note:


 

N/A

N/A

1941-05-20
Locy Type FDPS 9v
USS Greene AVD-13

First Day Postal Service
USS GREENE
Destroyer 266
Recommissioned

Note:


 

N/A

N/A

1941-05-29
Locy Type FDPS 9v
USS Swanson DD-443

First Day Postal Service
USS SWANSON
Destroyer 443

From the Bob Govern collection. Not found in the Ludo Jannsens catalog.


 

N/A

1941-05-30
Locy Type F
"MEMORIAL / DAY"
USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. P-3
Locy Type 3 (A-BBT)
USS Palmer DD-161

Greetings On Memorial Day
USS PALMER
Destroyer 161

This cover was sponsored by the Admiral Moffett Chapter No. 6, USCS (Chicago IL) and serviced by Tazewell G. Nicholson in Norfolk VA. The Moffett Chapter may have created the postmark also but that is not confirmed. This postmark has only been seen on Moffett/Nicholson covers though.


 

N/A

1941-05-30
Locy Type F
"DD / 161"
USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. P-3a
Locy Type 3 (A-BBT)
Locy Type
USS Palmer DD-161

Saluting the
USS PALMER
Memorial Day

This cover was sponsored by the Admiral Moffett Chapter No. 6, USCS (Chicago IL) and serviced by Tazewell G. Nicholson in Norfolk VA. The Moffett Chapter may have created the postmark also but that is not confirmed. This postmark has only been seen on Moffett/Nicholson covers though.


 

N/A

N/A

1941-06-01
Locy Type 3z (BTB)
USS Howard DD-179

First Day Type Z cancel
United States Ship
HOWARD
Destroyer 179

Note:


 

N/A

N/A

1941-06-02
Locy Type FDC 3 (A-BTB)
"FIRST DAY / CANCELLATION"
USS Long Island CVE-1

Commissioning
USS LONG ISLAND
Aircraft Carrier
Norfolk Navy Yard

Note:


 

N/A

N/A

1941-06-07
Locy Type 9fw
Locy Type Fz
USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. W-31
USS William P Biddle APA-8

First Day Type 9w
United States Ship
WM. P. BIDDLE
Transport
Ex - San Francisco

Note:


 

N/A

N/A

1941-06-10
Locy Type FDC 3 (A-BBT)
USS Opal PYc-8

First Day Postal Service
United States Ship
OPAL
Patrol Vessel PYc 8

From the Bob Govern collection.


 

N/A

N/A

1941-06-16
Locy Type 3z (BTT)
USS U. S. Grant AP-29

First Day Commission
United States Ship
GRANT
Ex - U.S. Army Trans.

From the Bob Govern collection.


 

N/A

N/A

1941-06-20
Locy Type 9x
USS Herbert DD-160

First Day Commissioning
United States Ship
CHENANGO
Ex - S.S. New Orleans

Note:


 

N/A

N/A

1941-06-20
Locy Type FDPS 3 (A-TTT)
"1ST DAY / COVER"
USS Nicholson DD-442

First Day Postal Service
Destroyer DD 442
USS NICHOLSON

From the Bob Govern collection.


 

N/A

N/A

1941-06-20
Locy Type FDPS 3 (A-BBT)
USS Pocomoke AV-9

First Day Postal Service
USS POCOMOKE
Seaplane Tender
Formerly S.S. Exchequer
Commissioned - Norfolk Navy Yard

From the Bob Govern collection.


 

N/A

N/A

1941-06-20
Locy Type FDPS 9fw
USS Pocomoke AV-9

First Day Postal Service
USS POCOMOKE
Ex - S.S. Exchequer

Not found in the Ludo Jannsens catalog.


 

N/A

N/A

1941-06-25
Locy Type 9x
USS Wassuc CMc-3

First Day Postal Service
United States Ship
WASSUC
Neutrality Patrol

The FDPS was on 19 June 1941.

 

 

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