Cachet Maker Glenn W Dye

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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.
   
Page 1   (1944 - 1950 - Some real, some fake)
Page 2   (1946 FAKE Christmas postmark)
Page 3   (1943-45)
Page 4   (ANCS "Postage Stamp" Cachet)
Page 5   (ANCS "Eagle & Ship" Cachet)
Page 6   (Empty-Future Use)

Note - Not all of Dye's covers are FAKES, but each one needs to be carefully looked at for suspicious postmarks, backdating or other such activities.


 

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1943-1951

USCS #2254; ANCS #2208; RCD #328, ICG #367

ANCS President 1946 to 1951


 

N/A

N/A

October 2008
USCS LOG journal

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For more information on Glenn W. Dye, and his activities, contact the USCS.


 

N/A

1943-07-17
Locy Type 2z*
USPO Type 9
"Nav. Air Station Sta."
Cape May NJ

Free mail

Note:


 

N/A

1943-10-02
Locy Type 2z*
USPO Type 9
"Nav. Air Station Sta."
Cape May NJ

Free mail

Note:


 

1944-02-24
Locy Type 2z*

Ship Launching - USS Shangri-la CVS-38

Notes: This is cover series 33, cover number 16, with 82 covers issued.


 

N/A

1944-04-09
Locy Type 2z*
FAKE

Launching of the
USS Salamaua CVE-96

Note: Launching was actually on 22 April 1944.


 

N/A

1944-04-23
Locy Type FAKE
(USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. Y-6)
"BUY WAR / BONDS"
USS YMS-111

Launching of
USS Nashira AK-85

Note:


 

N/A

N/A

1944-05-26
Locy Type 2z*
Navy 10124
Tiburon CA

Collectors request

Note:


 

1944-06-13
Locy Type FAKE
(USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. Y-6)
"BUY WAR / BONDS"
USS YMS-111

Completion of
USS YMS-464

Note:


 

1944-07-04
Locy Type FAKE
(USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. Y-6)
"BUY WAR / BONDS"
USS YMS-111

Launching of
USS Cross DE-448

Note:


 

N/A

1944-10-09
Locy Type FAKE
APO N232
Arzeu Algeria

Commissioning of
USS Randolph CV-15

FREE frank was not valid on international mail.


 

N/A

N/A

1944-11-26
Locy Type 3z
FAKE

Commissioning of the
USS Bon Homme Richard CV-31

Note: There is no recorded postmark for the Commissioning of this ship.


 

N/A

1945-08-28
Locy Type FAKE
USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. N-36
USS Niobrara AO-72

Arrival in Tokyo Bay

Note:


 

1945-11-15
Locy Type 3 (A-BTB)
"CAPE TOWN / S. AFRICA"
USS California BB-44

Homeward Bound

Notes: Cachet is thermographed. This is cover series 127, cover number 23, with 53 covers issued from "Grey Cover Service".


 

1946-01-30
Locy Type FAKE
USS Mississippi BB-41

USS Brooklyn is mothballed.

Note: "Fake cancels exist from this ship in 1946. The T-3 dated Apr 10, 1946 with "ANCS/1935-1946" is definitely a fake. The T-3 with other 1946 dates may be fakes. The 2(n) with a slightly flattened bottom and side of the dial may also be a forgery." {USCS Postmark Catalog}


 

N/A

N/A

1946-03-05
Locy Type 2(n)
Locy Type 9efu
USS San Francisco CA-38

Launching of the
USS Manchester CL-83

Note:


 

N/A

N/A

1946-05-30
Locy Type 2(n)
USS California BB-44

Memorial Day

Remembering USS Liscombe Bay CVE-56, USS St. Lo CVE-63, USS Gambier Bay CVE-73 and USS Ommaney Bay CVE-79.


 

1946-05-30
Locy Type 2#
Locy Type 9#
USS Ulysses ARB-9

Comic cachet

Note: Cover #17, Covers Issued 49, Covers Series No. 179 - Grey Cover Service


 

N/A

1946-06-30
FAKE
Locy Type LDPS 3
"LAST DAY / POST. SERVICE"
USS New York BB-34

Last Day of Postal Service

Notice the hull designation of (CA-2) written in the postmark.


 

N/A

N/A

1946-07-04
FAKE
Locy Type 2(n)
USS Saint Louis CL-49

Post Office Closed on 23 May 1946.

"Covers with the 2(n) cancel dated after May 23, 1946 are fakes." USCS Postmark Catalog, 5th Edition.


 

N/A

1946-07-04
Locy Type 2(n)
Locy Type 9ef(nu)
USS Princeton CV-37

Independence Day

Note:


 

1946-10-27
Locy Type F
USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. H-77b
"NAVY / DAY"
USS Honolulu CL-48

Navy Day

Cachet is thermographed. From "Grey Cover Service".


 

1946-12-25
Locy Type 2(n)
Locy Type 9ef(nu)
USS Providence CL-82

Christmas

Cachet Sponsor USS Cleveland Crew, ANCS. Cachet is thermographed.


 

N/A

N/A

1950-09-16
Locy Type FDPS 2
USS Sitkoh Bay CVE-86

First Day of Postal Service

"Eagle & Carrier" cachet created by Glenn Dye. From the Stephen Tusing collection.

 


 

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