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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

N/A		N/A	1928-06-06 Locy Type FDPS 3s
			First Day of Postal Service

From the collection of Jim Myerson.

N/A		N/A	1928-06-13 Locy Type 3s
			Collectors request

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N/A		N/A	1928-06-13 Locy Type 3s
			Collectors request

From the collection of Jim Myerson.

N/A		N/A	1929-03-23 Locy Type 3s "SANDIEGO / CALIFORNIA"
			Collectors request

From the collection of Jim Myerson.

N/A		N/A	1929-09-10 Locy Type 3s "SAN DIEGO / CALIFORNIA"
			Sailor mail

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N/A		N/A	1929-09-10 Locy Type 3s "SAN DIEGO / CALIFORNIA"
			Collectors request

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N/A		N/A	1930-02-10 Locy Type F "NAVY-YARD / MARE IS,CAL" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. V-1
			Collectors request

From the collection of Jim Myerson.

N/A		N/A	1930-02-17 Locy Type F "NAVY-YARD / MARE IS,CAL" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. V-1
			Collectors request

From the collection of Paul Huber.

N/A		N/A	1930-05-02 Locy Type F "SAN DIEGO/ CALIFORNIA" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. V-1
			Collectors request

From the collection of Paul Huber.

N/A		N/A	1930-10-20 Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. V-1
			Collectors request

From the collection of Jim Myerson.

N/A		N/A	1930-10-27 Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. V-1
			Navy Day, Cachet by Albert E. Gorham

From the collection of Jim Myerson.

N/A		N/A	1931-03-09 Locy Type F "BALBOA / C.Z." USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. V-1
			Collectors request

From the collection of Jim Myerson.

N/A		N/A	1931-04-20 USPO Slogan Machine Cancel San Diego CA
			Sailors Mail

From the collection of Paul Huber.

N/A		N/A	1931-05-04 Locy Type F "SAN DIEGO / CALIF" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. V-1
			Collectors request

From the collection of Paul Huber.

N/A		N/A	1931-05-16 Locy Type F "SAN DIEGO / CALIF" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. V-1 Locy Type 5hks "SAN DIEGO / CALIF"
			Collectors request

From the collection of Jim Myerson.

No Image			1932-04-10 Locy Type 5hks "SAN DIEGO / CALIFORNIA"
			Category

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N/A		N/A	1932-04-28 Locy Type 5hks "SAN FRANCISCO / CALIFORNIA"
			Category

Contributed by Tom Kean.

N/A			1932-07-20 Locy Type F USCS Catalog Illustration A-39 "U.S. SUB-BASE / HONOLULU"
			Category

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			1933-01-01 Locy Type F USCS Catalog Illustration A-39 "NEW YEARS DAY 1933 / GREETINGS FROM / HONOLULU HAWAII" Locy Type F USCS Catalog Illustration A-39 "U.S. SUB-BASE / HONOLULU / HAWAII"
			New Years Day 1933

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N/A			1933-10-27 Locy Type F USCS Catalog Illustration A-39 "NAVY DAY / HONOLULU / HAWAII"
			Navy Day 1933

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N/A			1933-10-27 Locy Type F USCS Catalog Illustration A-39 "NAVY DAY 1933 / ALOHA FROM HAWAII / HONOLULU HAWAII"
			Navy Day 1933

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N/A		N/A	1934-10-12 Locy Type F "COLUMBUS DAY / KAHULUI, MAUI / TER. OF HAWAII" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. A-39
			Columbus Day

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N/A		N/A	1935-01-01 Locy Type F "CHRISTMAS / GREETINGS / FROM HAWAII" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. A-39
			Christmas Day

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N/A			1935-07-04 Locy Type F "INDEPENDENCE / DAY / HONOLULU" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. A-39
			Independence Day

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N/A			1935-09-25 Locy Type F "IN MEMORIAM / TO THE CREW / OF THE S-51" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. A-39
			Remembering the loss of USS S-51 and her crew.

Cachet sponsored by - Traders Stamp Club and Capt. H. G. Sparrow All-Navy Ship V.F.W.

			1935-11-20 Locy Type F "OLD IRONSIDES / ARRIVED IN / HAWAII 1845" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. A-39 USS Argonaut SM-1
			90th Anniversary of visit. USF Constitution

R/S address on back from cachetmaker L.C. Dewey.

			1936-05-03 Locy Type F "ALOHA NUI / HAWAII / CLIPPER" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. A-39
			Category

Akeo Cachet

N/A			1936-06-11 Locy Type F "HAWAII / JUBILEE / 1936" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. A-39
			Hawaii Jubilee

Cachet by Aloha Crew No. 12, ANCS

			1936-07-15 Locy Type 9w Naval Station San Pedro, California
			Category

Notes: Official business envelope from Submarine Squadron Four (USS Argonaut APS-1).

N/A			1937-01-22 Locy Type F "HILO / HAWAII / TER. HAWAII" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. A-39
			N/A

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N/A			1937-03-23 Locy Type F "OFF KAHULUI / HAWAII / DEPTH 323 FT" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. A-39
			Deep Dive

Cachet by Aloha Crew No. 12, ANCS

N/A			1938-04-02 Locy Type F " SUBMARINE / SQUADRON 4 / HAWAII " USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. A-39
			10th Anniversary

Cachet by Argonauts Crew No. 24, ANCS

N/A			1938-04-02 Locy Type F " FLAGSHIP / SQUADRON 4 / HAWAII " USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. A-39
			1st Anniversary of the PANAY's sinking

Frederick Horton's address may indicate sponsorship of this cover for the USS Panay PR-5. This is the 1st Anniversary of the PANAY's sinking by the Japanese in the Yangtze River.

N/A		N/A	1939-02-11 Locy Type F " FLAGSHIP / SQUADRON 4 / HAWAII " USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. A-39
			Category

Cachet by Donald E. Osterbrock

			1939-04-02 Locy Type F "FLAGSHIP / SQUADRON 4 / HAWAII" USCS Postmark Catalog Illustration A-39
			Category

Photo Cachet by Walter G. Crosby

N/A		N/A	1939-08-22 Locy Type F " FLAGSHIP / SQUADRON 4 / HAWAII " USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. A-39
			Category

Note:

			1940-04-02 Locy Type F "FLAGSHIP / SQUADRON 4 / HAWAII" USCS Postmark Catalog Illustration A-39
			Ship's Birthday

Cachet by C. Wright Richell

			1940-04-29 Locy Type F "SUBMARINE /DETATCHMENT/ HONOLULU" USCS Catalog Illustration A-39
			Category

Cachet by Bette Tambling

N/A		N/A	1940-12-25 Locy Type F "MERRY XMAS / HAPPY / NEW YEAR" USCS Catalog Illustration A-39
			Christmas

Cachet by James Chun and Charles J. Cerrinack, NMC

			1941-04-02 Locy Type F "FLAGSHIP / SQUADRON 4 / HAWAII" USCS Postmark Catalog Illustration A-39
			Ship's Birthday

Cachet by Argonauts Crew No. 24, ANCS

			1942-01-01 Locy Type 3z (BBT)
			New Years Day

Cachet by Alice L. Beatty. Cachet is thermographed.

N/A			1942-10-27 Locy Type Fz USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. A-39a
			Navy Day

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N/A		N/A	1943-07-04 USPO Machine Cancel Groton CT
			Memorial cover

Cachet by Argonauts Crew No. 24, ANCS

N/A		N/A	1983-01-10 USPS CDS Portsmouth, NH
			"On Eternal Patrol"

Cachet by Alton (Budd) M. Arrington

			1992-08-17 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (A,D2,USS) USS Saipan LHA-2
			WWII Commemorative - Makin Island Raid Aug 17, 1942

Cachet by Richard H. Hall. Cachet mentions USS Nautilus SS-168 and USS Argonaut APS-1.

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