Cachet Maker USCS Chapter 24 US Fleet

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.

 

Thumbnail Link To Cachet Close-Up Image	Thumbnail Link To Full Cover Front Image	Thumbnail Link To Full Cover Back Image	Primary Date Postmark Type Killer Bar Text Ship --------- Categories

 

			1934-11-16 Locy Type 3 (B-TBT) FLEET / FLAGSHIP USS Pennsylvania BB-38
			Admiral J M Reeves

Notes: Cachet Makers: USCS Chapter 24 US Fleet, R S Ewing and Almas

 

		No Image	1935-01-01 Locy Type 3 (B-TBT) Boost Your / NAVY USS Pennsylvania BB-38
			New Year's Day

Notes: There is an artist name in the cachet but I cannot make it out.

 

		No Image	1935-01-30 Locy Type SLK2bs (18x4) "PENN." Locy Type 9 USS Pennsylvania BB-38
			President Franklin Delano Roosevelt

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			1935-03-17 Locy Type 3 (B-TBT) ALL HAIL / SAINT PAT USS Pennsylvania BB-38
			St Patrick's Day

Notes: Cachet Makers: USCS Chapter 24 US Fleet and Robert M Graham.

 

No Image		No Image	1935-04-21 Locy Type 3 (AC-TTT) EASTER / GREETINGS USS Pennsylvania BB-38
			Easter

Notes: Postmark in green ink.

 

		No Image	1935-05-12 Locy Type 3   (USCS Illustration P-15) ARRIVAL IN / HAWAII USS Pennsylvania BB-38
			Hawaii

Notes: Cachet Makers: John Coulthard and USCS Chapter 24 US Fleet.
Cachet is thermographed. Postmark in green ink.

 

			1935-05-25 Locy Type 3y ("DATE CENSORED")  1935 IN N.E. / PACIF. TRIANGLE Locy Type 3  RETURN HAWAII / WAR GAME OVER USS Pennsylvania BB-38
			Fleet Maneuvers

Notes: Cachet Makers: John Coulthard, USCS Chapter 24 US Fleet, and Robert M Graham.
Cachet is thermographed.

 

No Image		No Image	1935-06-14 Locy Type 3 (B-TBT) BETTSY ROSS / FLAG DAY USS Pennsylvania BB-38
			Category

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			1935-07-04 Locy Type 3 (B-TBT) INDEPENDENCE / CELEBRATED USS Pennsylvania BB-38
			Independence Day

Notes: Cachet Makers: Almas, Robert M Graham and USCS Chapter 24 US Fleet
Cachet is thermographed. Rubber stamp on the back says "Official Cachet By USCS Ch24 / 257 covers canceled / Signed J. Novae SEC." Additional handwritten note is "Address wrappers of covers for / cachets or cancels to: / R M Graham USCS #667 / cachet director / "US Fleet" chapter #24 USCS / USS Pennsylvania"

 

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