Lexington CV 2 Covers Page 1
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Covers should be listed in chronological order. Use the postmark date or best guess.
Each entry provides a link to the image of the front of the cover. There is also the option to have a link to the image of the back of the cover if there is anything of significance there. Finally, there is the primary date for the cover and the classification types for all postmarks based on the Locy System.
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1928-03-15 |
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Notes: Lexington's first day of postal service is listed as 1928-03-16 so this cancel is assumed to be backdated.
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1928-06-07 |
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1933-02-22 |
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Signed by NMC
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1933-11-11 |
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Armistice Day 1933 |
Note: Cachet was probably serviced by Deane C. Bartley. Back of cover has signature of Lexington's mail clerk, E. L. Beckwith but not sure what role he had in making / servicing the cachet.
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1933-10-27 |
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Navy Day 1933 |
Hand painted cachet
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1933-12-25 |
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Christmas Day 1933 |
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1934-02-12 |
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Lincoln's Birthday |
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1934-03-16 |
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1934-04-06 |
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1934-04-07 |
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Note: Rubber stamp of Lexington's mail clerk, E. L. Beckwith is on the back of the cover.
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1934-04-09 |
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1934-04-11 |
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East Coast Cruise |
Beckwith Cachet
Back E. L. Beckwith USCS Member logo
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1934-04-11 |
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USS MACON |
Long Beach Chamber of Commerce Cachet
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1934-04-12 |
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1934-04-19 |
Notes: Cachet Maker: USCS Chapter 5 Oliver Hazard Perry
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1934-05-08 |
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East Coast Cruise |
Beckwith Cachet
Back E. L. Beckwith USCS Member logo
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1934-05-09 |
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East Coast Cruise |
Note: Cachet Maker: E. L. Beckwith.
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1934-05-24 |
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East Coast Cruise |
Note: Back of cover has "USCS 152" which is the USCS member number for Robert L. Manley but it is unclear what role he played, if any, with regard to the cachet.
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1934-05-24 |
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East Coast Cruise |
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1934-05-31 |
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1934-05-31 |
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East Coast Cruise |
Note: Cachet Maker: E. L. Beckwith.
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1934-06-18 |
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Hand painted cachet
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1934-06-18 |
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Hand painted cachet
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1934-06-23 |
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1935-05-28 |
Note: Cachet Makers: USCS Chapter 26 John Rodgers and
Bishop National Bank of Hawaii
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1935-05-28 |
Note: Cachet Maker: USCS Chapter 26 John Rodgers.
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1935-07-29 |
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Flight Cover |
Back black rubberstamp Clyde Welch Aiglon return
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1936-04-04 |
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1936-07-04 |
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Independence Day |
Notes: Cachet Maker: H S Groat
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1937-01-01 |
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1937-04-25 |
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Note: Cachet Maker: Walter G Crosby.
Cachet is thermographed.
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1937-05-09 |
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Note: Cachet Maker: Walter G Crosby.
Cachet is thermographed.
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1937-05-20 |
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Note: Cachet Maker: Walter G Crosby.
Cachet is thermographed. The back of the cover has a postmark from the Lexington's
VB Squadron 3B.
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1937-12-14 |
Notes: Cachet Maker: Frederick Horton
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1937-12-17 |
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Ship Commemorative - USS S-4 SS-109 |
Notes: Cachet Makers: Frank C Kenworthey and
Hal W Dierst.
Cachet is thermographed.
Postmark is not dated but cachet is for Dec 17 so that is a logical primary date for the cover.
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1938-02-14 |
Notes: Cachet Maker: Arthur A Christensen
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1939-04-03 |
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Note: Postmark is from Cuba
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1940-04-13 |
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Notes: Cachet Makers: Richard Buchwald and
Cleveland Cover Club
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1940-04-14 |
Notes: Cachet Makers: Jimmy James and
Ralph L (Shorty) Burkholder
Cachet is thermographed.
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1940-08-04 |
Notes: Cachet Maker: George Neumann
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1940-10-27 |
Notes: Cachet Makers: USCS Chapter 2 John Paul Jones and
M Fay Muridge.
Postmark in purple ink.
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1940-12-25 |
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1941-05-12 |
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1941-09-22 |
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Notes: Cachet Makers: M Fay Muridge,
Deane C Bartley and
William R Welch
Muridge is the cachet artist. Bartley probably serviced the cover. Not certain what role, if any, Welch had in making the cachet.
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1941-10-03 |
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Notes: Cachet Maker: Sibley's Department Store Hobby Shop
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1941-10-27 |
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Notes: Cachet Maker: Richard Buchwald.
Cachet is thermographed.
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1941-11-04 |
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Muridge Cachet
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1942-02-22 |
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Note: Cachet is thermographed.
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1945-09-02 |
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Battle of the Coral Sea and USS Lexington. |
Note: Cachet Maker: Walter G Crosby.
Cachet is thermographed.
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