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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			1941 Locy Type Fz USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. B-57a
			Category

Note: Fragment of BRISTOL's T-3 postmark appears on this cover
Bruce D. Liddell collection

			1941-10-22 Locy Type FDC F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. B-57
			First Day in Commission

Note: Cachet Maker: Neumann Cachet

No Image			1941-10-22 Locy Type FDC F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. B-57
			Category

Cachet Maker: George V. Sadworth's tribute to Richard Buchwald
Bruce D. Liddell collection

			1941-10-22 Locy Type FDC F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. B-57 FIRST DAY / COMMISSION
			Ship Commissioning Ship First Day Of Postal Service

Cachet Maker: Archie Lance.
Cachet is thermographed.

No Image			1941-11-01 Locy Type FDPS 3 (A-OTO)
			First Day of Postal Service

Note: Cachet by Dr. S. E. Hutnick

			1941-11-01 Locy Type FDC F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. B-57 Locy Type 3 (A-OTO) FIRST DAY / COMMISSION
			Ship Commissioning

Cachet Maker: George V Sadworth
The back side of the cover has a normal Type F (B-57) postmark. Cachet is thermographed.

			1941-11-01 Locy Type 3 (A-OTO)
			Ship Commissioning Ship First Day Of Postal Service

Cachet Maker: National Cachet Society

No Image		No Image	1941-12-03 Type 3
			Category

Note: Add-on cachet by Bruce D. Liddell

			1942-03-02 Locy Type 3z (BBT)
			Official Business

Note:

No Image			1942-09-27 Type 3 "WELL DONE / 5TH MARINES"
			Category

Note: Cachet by - George V. Sadworth

No Image			1942-11-11 Type Pz ?
			Category

Note: Blue postmark dated 11-November-1942, Locy Type Pz(OXO) killer text "ATLANTA / DODGES / Bombers". Unfranked. Unaddressed. Violet rubber-stamps "ATLANTA DODGES Bombers" and "ATLANTA DODGES Dive Bmr's". Reverse blank. Light age toning as shown in image. Good condition, flap open, no tears or damage. Provisional postmark not listed in USCS Catalog, estimated rarity R-3. Created from Bristol postmark T-3(A-OTO), middle letter of "U.S.S." removed at top of dial, ship name removed from bottom of dial, "NAVY" added to dial, middle killer bar removed. Very likely the killer text was a separate rubber-stamp.
USS Atlanta CL-51

No Image			1942-11-13 Type Pz ?
			Category

Note: Red postmark dated 13-November-1942, Locy Type Pz(OXO) killer text "BENHAM / SUNK". Unfranked, cartoon bomb hitting monkey (Tojo?) with "FREE". Unaddressed. Blue thermographic (glossy raised print) Navy Seal cachet by George V. Sadworth. Reverse blank. Light age toning as shown in image. Good condition, flap open, no tears or damage.

Provisional postmark not listed in USCS Catalog, estimated rarity R-3. Created from Bristol postmark T-3(A-OTO), middle letter of "U.S.S." removed at top of dial, ship name removed from bottom of dial, "NAVY" added to dial, middle killer bar removed. Very likely the killer text was a separate rubber-stamp.
USS Benham DD-397

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