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.
THANK YOU Courtesy of Mel Dick, who secured and obtained all this Crosby material for the museum, and Bob Boyd (grandson of Walter Crosby) who agreed to share his grandfather’s legacy. The Museum cannot thank you enough for all of these items showing Walter G. (Bones) Crosby's life and activities.
Copy of a $10,000 “War Risk” insurance policy issued by the U.S. Treasury Dept. in Feb. 1918 (WWI) to Walter Garfield Crosby for a monthly premium of $57.50
This is a letter dated 30 April 1931 to Walter Crosby from George D. Roraback - Director of Naval Postmarks of the International Postal Marking Society (IPMS) which preceded USCS having been created in 1930. Roraback acknowledges receipt of the Crosby Album and praises its quality and usefulness, promising to recommend it to IPMS members. Crosby became a member of IPMS in the spring of 1931.
Personal letter from Charles Northrup dated 17 March 1935, Page 1
Personal letter from Charles Northrup dated 17 March 1935, Page 2
Letter dated 12 May 1938 from the War Dept.
Letter dated 1 July 1940 from Dennis Chavez, US Senator.
Letter dated 6 June 1942 from the War Dept.
A general marketing letter to his mailing list of customers providing an update about his customized Crosby Album, corners, and cover service.
A Crosby cover service price list for Aero-philatelists who specialize in collecting domestic, foreign, Canadian, and Zeppelin flights. “A five dollar bill starts your service. Satisfaction guaranteed.”
Example of a “personalized certificate” that could be purchased from “Bones Place” as a remembrance of "Alaskan Service".
Example of a “personalized certificate” that could be purchased from “Bones Place” as a remembrance of reaching "The Domain of Neptunus Rex".
A certificate entitled “In Memory of the Atomic Bomb Test Bikini Atoll - Marshall Islands” specifically designed for and associated with the participation of the USS Benevolence as part of “Operation Crossroads.” It even identifies the location of AH-13 in red within the arrangement of ships on the map reproduction.
A letter sent to a crew member of the USS Guam CB-2 providing details including the choices, sizes and cost of “personalized" certificates for Navy personnel documenting features and highlights of their “tours of duty”. In this case, the letter was signed by daughter Jane on behalf of her father.
Dated 23 Jan. 1984, this letter from Admiral J.L. Holloway III of the Naval Historical Foundation thanking Mrs Crosby for her donation of a collection of documents, drawings, and prints relating to early airship development mistakenly associating this to her father rather than her husband Walter. The letter implies that the material was originally offered to the Maritime Museum Association of San Diego and passed on to them by their Executive Director.
Letter from 1931 of current events in which covers have been produced.
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