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Covers should be listed in chronological order. Use the postmark date or best guess. This applies to covers with add-on cachets as well.

 

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N/A		N/A	1942-11-13 Locy Type Fz "MONSSEN / ATTACKS / JAPS"
			Linto cachet

USS Monssen DD-436 sunk, Battle of Guadalcanal

 

N/A		N/A	1942-11-13 Locy Type Fz "SUBMARINE / MIGO / LAUNCHED"
			Linto cachet

USS Mingo SS-261 launched

 

			1942-12-07 Locy Type F "IN MEMORY OF / OUR HEROIC DEAD"
			George V. Sadworth

USS Vincennes CA-44

 

			1942-12-07 Locy Type F "IN MEMORY OF / OUR HEROIC DEAD"
			George V. Sadworth

USS Vincennes CA-44

 

			1942-12-07 Locy Type F "IN MEMORY OF / OUR HEROIC DEAD"
			George V. Sadworth

USS ATLANTA CL-51

 

			1942-12-07 Locy Type F "REMEMBER P.H. / USS HONOLULU HIT"
			Not Identified

USS Honolulu CL-48

 

N/A		N/A	1942-12-16 Locy Type F "HOE SUB / COMMISSIONED"
			Linto cachet

USS Hoe SS-258 commissioned.

 

			1942-12-18 Locy Type Fz
			Not Identified

Note:

 

N/A		N/A	1942-12-24 Locy Type Fz "CRUISER / RENO / LAUNCHED"
			Linto cachet

USS Reno CL-96 launched.

 

N/A		N/A	1942-12-30 Locy Type Fz "SUBMARINE / PADDLE / LAUNCHED"
			Linto cachet

USS Paddle SS-263 launched.

 

N/A		N/A	1943-02-16 Locy Type Fz "RUSSIA / GETS / KHARKOV"
			Sadworth cachet

Battle of Kharkov

 

N/A		N/A	1943-03-29 Locy Type F "MEAT BUTTER / ETC. RATIONED"
			Linto cachet

Rationing

 

N/A		N/A	1943-04-04 Locy Type F "133 US PLANES / BOMB PARIS"
			Linto cachet

Bombing of Paris

 

N/A		N/A	1943-04-08 Locy Type F "AIR SEA BATTLE / IN SOLOMONS"
			Linto cachet

Battle of the Solomons

 

N/A		N/A	1943-04-12 Locy Type F "SOUSSE FALLS / TO BRITISH"
			Linto cachet

Battle of Sousse Tunisia

 

N/A		N/A	1943-05-18 Locy Type F "PANTELLERIA / UNDER AIR SIEGE"
			Richard P. Boone (PCEC 206, RCD 261, ICG 437) cachet

PANTELLERIA is an Italian island in the Strait of Sicily in the Mediterranean Sea.

 

N/A		N/A	1943-08-13 Locy Type F "YANKS RAID / AUSTRIA"
			Richard P. Boone (PCEC 206, RCD 261, ICG 437) cachet

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			1942-12-07 Locy Type F "IN MEMORY OF / OUR HEROIC DEAD"
			George V. Sadworth

Note: Tracing of the boxed "Free Mail" marking faintly seen on this cover.

 

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