Cachet Maker Walter G Crosby Page 5

 

Page 1  (1931-1935)
Page 1a  (June 1931-July 1932 w/ Robert Beazell)
Page 2  (1936)
Page 3  (1937)
Page 4  (1938)
Page 5  (1939-1940)
Page 6  (1941-)
Page 7a  (The collection of Bob Boyd (grandson of Walter Crosby)
Page 7b  (The collection of Bob Boyd (grandson of Walter Crosby)
Page 8  (First Day Covers)

 

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 Postmark or Back Image	Postmark Date Postmark Type Killer Bar Text Ship --------- Category

 

			1939-05-22 Locy Type 7dr USS Colorado BB-45
			Memorial Day

Cachet is thermographed. Cover is postmarked on the USS Colorado BB-45 but the picture in the cachet is of the USS Saratoga CV-3.

 

		N/A	1939-06-06 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBB) "SAN PEDRO / CALIF." USS West Virginia BB-48
			Category

Cachet is thermographed.

 

N/A		N/A	1939-06-20 Locy Type 7qt (3) USS Henderson AP-1
			Entering the Domain of the Golden Dragon

Note:

 

			1939-07-04 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "AT SAN / FRANCISCO" USS California BB-44
			Category

Cachet is thermographed.

 

		N/A	1939-07-15 Locy Type 3r (A-BBT) "HONOLULU / HAWAII" USS Honolulu CL-48
			Category

Cachet is thermographed.

 

		N/A	1939-07-15 Locy Type 3r (A-BBT) "HONOLULU / HAWAII" USS Honolulu CL-48
			Port Visit - Hawaii

Cachet is thermographed.

 

		N/A	1939-07-23 Locy Type 3 (AC-TTB) "SEATTLE / WN" USS Arizona BB-39
			Ship Commemorative - USS Arizona BB-39

Cachet is thermographed. Top symbol is the Great Seal of the State of Arizona.

 

			1939-08-23 Locy Type 3r (B-BTT) "AT / SEA" USS Wyoming AG-17
			Rescue of USS SQUALUS SS-192

Cachet is thermographed. Cachet mentions the following ships: USS Falcon ASR-2, USS Brooklyn CL-40, USS Sculpin SS-191, USS Wandank ATO-26, USS Semmes AG-24, USS Iwana YT-2 , USCGC Harriet Lane WSC-141, USCGC Thetis WPC-115

 

			1939-10-27 Locy Type 7d Locy Type 6egipr-1 Locy Type 9v (C) Locy Type 9efw Locy Type 9x (C) USS San Francisco CA-38
			Category

Cachet is thermographed.

 

		N/A	1939-11-18 Locy Type 6 USS Arizona BB-39
			Ship Commemorative - USS Arizona BB-39

Cachet is thermographed. Center symbol is the Great Seal of the United States.

 

		N/A	1939-12-12 USPO Duplex Cancel Honolulu HI
			Location commemorative - Hawaii

Cachet is thermographed.

 

		N/A	1939-12-19 Locy Type 6 (AT SEA) USS Arizona BB-39
			Christmas Day

Cachet is thermographed.

 

		N/A	1940-06-15 Locy Type 3r (A-BBT) "LAHAINA / ROADS, T.H." USS Honolulu CL-48
			Fleet Maneuvers

Cachet is thermographed.

 

			1940-07-11 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "GULF OF / GUAYAQUIL" USS Bushnell AS-2
			Port Visit

Note:

 

N/A		N/A	1940-07-12 Locy Type 3r (A-BTT) "BALBOA / CANAL ZONE" USS Erie PG-50
			Special Service Squadron

Note:

 

		N/A	1940-08-06 Locy Type 7d USS Pennsylvania BB-38
			Category

Cachet is thermographed.

 

			1940-09-24 USPO Machine cancel Pearl Harbor Hawaii
			Ship Commemorative- USS NOKOMIS

Green thermographed cachet...Originally made for USS NOKOMIS PY-6, altered by added photo of Yard Tug NOKOMIS YT-142 account PY-6 already decommissioned by this date.

 

		N/A	1940-11-29 Type 3 "PEARL HARBOR / HAWAII" USS TRACY DM-19
			Ship Commemorative - USS TRACY DM-19

Green thermographed cachet. Photo shows TRACY as DD-214

 

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