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<ol>Arleigh Burke Class (Flight I) Guided Missile Destroyer<br/>
<ol>Arleigh Burke Class (Flight I) Guided Missile Destroyer<br/>
Keel Laid March 12 1991 - Launched May 16 1992<br/><br/>
Keel Laid 12 March 1991 - Launched 16 May 1992<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS CURTIS WILBUR DDG-54'''<br/>
<li>'''USS CURTIS WILBUR DDG-54'''<br/>
Commissioned (Special) February 11 1994<br/>
Commissioned (Special) 11 February 1994<br/>
Commissioned (Full) March 19 1994
Commissioned (Full) 19 March 1994
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[[Image:CURTIS WILBUR PATCH.jpg|thumb|center|125px]]
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range for covers on that page.
range for covers on that page.
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<li>[[Curtis_Wilbur_DDG_54_Covers_Page_1 | Covers Page 1]]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1993-2007)</li>
<li>[[Curtis_Wilbur_DDG_54_Covers_Page_1 | USS Curtis Wilbur DDG-54 Covers Page 1]]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1993-2021)</li>
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Postmark Type<br/>---<br/>Killer Bar Text
Postmark Type<br/>---<br/>Killer Bar Text
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Date From<br/>to<br/>Date To</th>
Postmark<br/>Date</th>
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<th align="center" width="350">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Close-Up Image</th>
<th align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Full Cover Image</th>
<th align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link<br/>To<br/>Full Cover Image</th>
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Locy Type<br/>FDPS F<br/><br/>USCS Catalog<br/>Illustration<br/>C-114  
Locy Type<br/>FDPS F<br/><br/>USCS Postmark<br/>Catalog Illus. C-114  
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1993-12-10
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_CurtisWilbur_DDG54_19931210_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
[[Image:GregCiesielski_CurtisWilbur_DDG54_19931210_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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Locy Type<br/>FDPS 9-2n+
Locy Type<br/>FDPS 9-2tn+<br/>(USS,FPO AP 96683-1272)
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1993-12-10
1993-12-10
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1993-12-10
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_CurtisWilbur_DDG54_19931210_2_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
[[Image:GregCiesielski_CurtisWilbur_DDG54_19931210_2_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
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Locy Type<br/>FDC F<br/><br/>USCS Catalog<br/>Illustration<br/>C-114  
Locy Type<br/>FDC F<br/><br/>USCS Postmark<br/>Catalog Illus. C-114  
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1994-03-19
1994-03-19
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1994-03-19
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_CurtisWilbur_DDG54_19940319_3_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
[[Image:GregCiesielski_CurtisWilbur_DDG54_19940319_3_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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Locy Type<br/>FDC F<br/><br/>USCS Catalog<br/>Illustration<br/>C-114a
Locy Type<br/>FDC F<br/><br/>USCS Postmark<br/>Catalog Illus. C-114a
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1994-03-19
1994-03-19
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1994-03-19
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_CurtisWilbur_DDG54_19940319_2_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
[[Image:GregCiesielski_CurtisWilbur_DDG54_19940319_2_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Cachet_Category_Ship_Commissioning_ | Commissioning]], cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_USCS_Chapter_4_Stephen_Decatur_ | Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS]]
[[Cachet_Category_Ship_Commissioning_ | Commissioning]], cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_USCS_Chapter_4_Stephen_Decatur_ | Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS]]
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Locy Type<br/>FDC F<br/><br/>USCS Catalog<br/>Illustration<br/>C-114a
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1994-03-19
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1994-03-19
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_CurtisWilbur_DDG54_19940319_5_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_CurtisWilbur_DDG54_19940319_5_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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[[Cachet_Category_Ship_Commissioning_ | Commissioning]]. Ship's cachet, serviced by [[Cachet_Maker_Wolfgang_Hechler_ | Wolfgang Hechler]]
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Locy Type<br/>FDC 9-2n+
Locy Type<br/>FDC 9-2tn+<br/>(USS,FPO AP 96683-1272)
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1994-03-19
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1994-03-19
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_CurtisWilbur_DDG54_19940319_6_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
[[Image:GregCiesielski_CurtisWilbur_DDG54_19940319_6_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
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2000-02-04
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_CurtisWilbur_DDG54_20000204_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
[[Image:GregCiesielski_CurtisWilbur_DDG54_20000204_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
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Locy Type<br/>11-2n+<br/>(USS,FPO AP<br/>96683-1272)
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2002-12-04
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_CurtisWilbur_DDG54_20021204_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_CurtisWilbur_DDG54_20021204_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Thad_Kaczkowski_ | Thad W. Kaczkowski]]
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Locy Type<br/>11-2n+y<br/>(USS,FPO AP<br/>96683-1272,"PM")
Locy Type<br/>12-2n+<br/>(USS,FPO AP<br/>96683-1272)
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2002-12-04
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[[Image:Ebert_Curtis_Wilbur_DDG_54_20070920_1_pm1.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
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[[Image:Ebert_Curtis_Wilbur_DDG_54_20070920_1_front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
[[Image:GregCiesielski_CurtisWilbur_DDG54_20021204_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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Notes: Contributed by Douglas Ebert.
Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Thad_Kaczkowski_ | Thad W. Kaczkowski]]
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Locy Type F<br/><br/>"Panama Canal Transit"<br/><br/>USCS Catalog<br/>Illustration<br/>C-114b
Locy Type F<br/><br/>"Panama Canal<br/>Transit"<br/><br/>USCS Postmark<br/>Catalog Illus. C-114b
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1994-03-03
1994-03-03
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1994-03-03
[[Image:GregCiesielski_CurtisWilbur_DDG54_19940303_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_CurtisWilbur_DDG54_19940303_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|150px]]
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_CWilbur_DDG54_19940303_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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Locy Type<br/>F<br/><br/>USCS Catalog<br/>Illustration<br/>CD-10
Locy Type F<br/><br/>USCS Postmark<br/>Catalog Illus. CD-10
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2008-09-03
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[[Image:Jank_Curtis_Wilbur_DDG_54_20080903_1_pm1.jpg|thumb|center|250px]]
[[Image:Jank_Curtis_Wilbur_DDG_54_20080903_1_pm1.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:Jank_Curtis_Wilbur_DDG_54_20080903_1_front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
[[Image:Jank_Curtis_Wilbur_DDG_54_20080903_1_front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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Notes:  
Note:  
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Locy Type F
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2014-03-10
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_CurtisWilbur_DDG54_20140310_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_CurtisWilbur_DDG54_20140310_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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Received by [[Cachet_Maker_Richard_F_Hoffner_ | Richard Hoffner]]
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Locy Type F
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2014-03-19
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_CurtisWilbur_DDG54_20140319_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|250px]]
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_CurtisWilbur_DDG54_20140319_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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Cover has 2 other Type F postmarks.
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Locy Type F<br/><br/>(Type 11 with<br/>Unit #100160)
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2016-08-23
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_CurtisWilbur_DDG54_20160823_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_CurtisWilbur_DDG54_20160823_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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On Piece. Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Thad_Kaczkowski_ | Thad Kaczkowski]]
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Locy Type F<br/><br/>(Type 12-2c<br/>(FPO AP 96683) with<br/>Unit #100160)
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2019-02-27
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_CurtisWilbur_DDG54_20190227_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_CurtisWilbur_DDG54_20190227_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Michael_Brock_ | Michael Brock]]
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Locy Type<br/>PB5 Meter<br/><br/>#PB8600334
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2013-08-11
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_CurtisWilbur_DDG54_20130811_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_CurtisWilbur_DDG54_20130811_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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Back of the cover which has 2 other Type F postmarks.
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<h4>USPS Pictorial Postmarks</h4>
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USPS Pictorial<br/><br/>"1st Day in<br/>Commission Station"<br/><br/>Long Beach, CA
USPS<br/>Pictorial Postmark<br/><br/>"1st Day in<br/>Commission Station"<br/><br/>Long Beach, CA
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1994-03-19
1994-03-19
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1994-03-19
[[Image:GregCiesielski_CurtisWilbur_DDG54_19940319_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_CurtisWilbur_DDG54_19940319_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|250px]]
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_CWilbur_DDG54_19940319_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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[[Cachet_Category_Ship_Commissioning_ | Commissioning]], cachet by[[Cachet_Maker_USCS_Chapter_4_Stephen_Decatur_ | Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS]]
[[Cachet_Category_Ship_Commissioning_ | Commissioning]], cachet by[[Cachet_Maker_USCS_Chapter_4_Stephen_Decatur_ | Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS]]
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<h4>Non-Postal Ships Marking</h4>
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"MISSENT /<br/>TO /<br/>CDW"
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2019-02-27
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_CurtisWilbur_DDG54_20190227_2_Marking.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_CurtisWilbur_DDG54_20190227_2_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Michael_Brock_ | Michael Brock]]
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<h3>Other Information</h3>
<h3>Other Information</h3>
'''NAMESAKE''' - The Honorable Curtis Dwight Wilbur (May 10 1867 – September 8 1954).<br/>
'''NAMESAKE''' - The Honorable Curtis Dwight Wilbur (10 May 1867 – 8 September 1954)<br/>
Wilbur was appointed to the United States Naval Academy in 1884. Shortly after graduation, Curtis Wilbur resigned his commission, a common practice at the time, and moved to Riverside, California. He was admitted to the California bar in 1890 and served as Los Angeles Deputy Assistant District Attorney. Curtis Wilbur moved to the Superior Court in 1903, and finally, in 1918, to the California Supreme Court where he served as the 19th Chief Justice.<br/>On March 19 1924, Curtis Wilbur was appointed by President Calvin Coolidge as Secretary of the Navy and served until March 4 1929.<br/>In 1929, President Herbert Hoover appointed Curtis Wilbur to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco. He served with distinction as the presiding judge until his retirement in 1945.
Wilbur was appointed to the United States Naval Academy in 1884. Shortly after graduation, Curtis Wilbur resigned his commission, a common practice at the time, and moved to Riverside, California. He was admitted to the California bar in 1890 and served as Los Angeles Deputy Assistant District Attorney. Curtis Wilbur moved to the Superior Court in 1903, and finally, in 1918, to the California Supreme Court where he served as the 19th Chief Justice.<br/>On March 19 1924, Curtis Wilbur was appointed by President Calvin Coolidge as Secretary of the Navy and served until March 4 1929.<br/>In 1929, President Herbert Hoover appointed Curtis Wilbur to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco. He served with distinction as the presiding judge until his retirement in 1945.
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Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

    Arleigh Burke Class (Flight I) Guided Missile Destroyer
    Keel Laid 12 March 1991 - Launched 16 May 1992

  1. USS CURTIS WILBUR DDG-54
    Commissioned (Special) 11 February 1994
    Commissioned (Full) 19 March 1994


Naval Covers

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  1. USS Curtis Wilbur DDG-54 Covers Page 1    (1993-2021)

 

Postmarks

This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). Within each set, the postmarks should be listed in order of their classification type. If more than one postmark has the same classification, then they should be further sorted by date of earliest known usage.

A postmark should not be included unless accompanied by a close-up image and/or an image of a cover showing that postmark. Date ranges MUST be based ONLY ON COVERS IN THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.
 
>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the existing example.


 

Postmark Type
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Killer Bar Text

Postmark
Date
Thumbnail Link To
Close-Up Image
Thumbnail Link
To
Full Cover Image


 

Locy Type
FDPS F

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. C-114

1993-12-10

First Day of Postal Service, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS


 

Locy Type
FDPS 9-2tn+
(USS,FPO AP 96683-1272)

1993-12-10

First Day of Postal Service, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS


 

Locy Type
FDC F

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. C-114

1994-03-19

Commissioning, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS


 

Locy Type
FDC F

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. C-114a

1994-03-19

Commissioning, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS


 

Locy Type
FDC 9-2tn+
(USS,FPO AP 96683-1272)

1994-03-19

Commissioning. Ship's cachet, serviced by Wolfgang Hechler


 

Locy Type
9-2tn+
(USS,FPO
AP 96683-1272)

2000-02-04

Cachet by Wolfgang Hechler


 

Locy Type
11-2n+
(USS,FPO AP
96683-1272)

2002-12-04

Cachet by Thad W. Kaczkowski


 

Locy Type
12-2n+
(USS,FPO AP
96683-1272)

2002-12-04

Cachet by Thad W. Kaczkowski


 

Locy Type F

"Panama Canal
Transit"

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. C-114b

1994-03-03

Panama Canal Transit, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS


 

Locy Type F

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. CD-10

2008-09-03

Note:


 

Locy Type F

2014-03-10

Received by Richard Hoffner


 

Locy Type F

2014-03-19

Cover has 2 other Type F postmarks.


 

Locy Type F

(Type 11 with
Unit #100160)

2016-08-23

On Piece. Cachet by Thad Kaczkowski


 

Locy Type F

(Type 12-2c
(FPO AP 96683) with
Unit #100160)

2019-02-27

Cachet by Michael Brock


 

Locy Type
PB5 Meter

#PB8600334

2013-08-11

Back of the cover which has 2 other Type F postmarks.



USPS Pictorial Postmarks


 

USPS
Pictorial Postmark

"1st Day in
Commission Station"

Long Beach, CA

1994-03-19

Commissioning, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS



Non-Postal Ships Marking


 

"MISSENT /
TO /
CDW"

2019-02-27

Cachet by Michael Brock

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - The Honorable Curtis Dwight Wilbur (10 May 1867 – 8 September 1954)
Wilbur was appointed to the United States Naval Academy in 1884. Shortly after graduation, Curtis Wilbur resigned his commission, a common practice at the time, and moved to Riverside, California. He was admitted to the California bar in 1890 and served as Los Angeles Deputy Assistant District Attorney. Curtis Wilbur moved to the Superior Court in 1903, and finally, in 1918, to the California Supreme Court where he served as the 19th Chief Justice.
On March 19 1924, Curtis Wilbur was appointed by President Calvin Coolidge as Secretary of the Navy and served until March 4 1929.
In 1929, President Herbert Hoover appointed Curtis Wilbur to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco. He served with distinction as the presiding judge until his retirement in 1945.

 


 

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