OtherUS Marines In China

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

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SHANGHAI CHINA

1927 to 1941

 

N/A			1928-07-24 Locy Type 3 "4TH.REG.U.S.M.C. / West Coast Expeditionary Force"
			"West Coast Expeditionary Force"

From the Greg Ciesielski collection.

 

N/A			1928-09-24 Locy Type F
			"West Coast Expeditionary Force"

From the Greg Ciesielski collection.

 

N/A			1932-04-07 Locy Type 6 "4TH.REG.U.S.M.C. / SHANGHAI, CHINA"
			Collectors request

From the Greg Ciesielski collection.

 

N/A			1936-05-30 Locy Type 3 (TBT) "U.S. MARINES / IN CHINA" "4TH REG. U.S.M.C. / SHANGHAI, CHINA"
			Decoration Day

Cachet by Norwood B. Scatchard. From the Greg Ciesielski collection.

 

N/A			1936-11-23 Locy Type 3 (TBT) "DEVIL DOGS / OF THE SEA" "4TH REG. U.S.M.C. / SHANGHAI, CHINA"
			Marine's mail

From the Greg Ciesielski collection.

 

N/A			1939-07-04 Locy Type 3t (BBT) "SEMPER / FIDELIS" "4TH REGT. U.S.M.C. SHANGHAI, CHINA"
			Independence Day

Cacheted. From the Bob Lamb collection.

 

N/A			1940-08-10 Locy Type 3 "SEMPER / FIDELIS" "4TH REGT. U.S.M.C. / SHANGHAI, CHINA"
			Collectors request

Add-on cachet by Michael Hebert (Mh Cachets). From the Greg Ciesielski collection.

 

N/A			1939-04-30 Locy Type 9v
			Collectors request

From the Greg Ciesielski collection.

 

N/A			1939-04-30 Locy Type 9x
			Collectors request

From the Greg Ciesielski collection.

 

N/A			1939-01-01 Locy Type PPB
			New Year's Day

Gold seal cachet. From the Greg Ciesielski collection.

 

N/A			c 1936 Colonel Charles F. B. Price "No Postage Available" Free Frank On th Back - 1936-12-23 USPO Machine Cancel Mansfield Mass
			Collectors request

Army & Navy YMCA Christmas Cachet. From the Greg Ciesielski collection.

 

N/A			c 1936
			Newspaper clippings found inside the 1936 Army & Navy YMCA cover. They explain why there are no stamps and who created this special cancel.

From the Greg Ciesielski collection.

 

N/A			c 1937 Colonel Charles F. B. Price "No Postage Available" Free Frank
			Collectors request

From the Greg Ciesielski collection.

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TIENTSIN CHINA

1937 to 1941

 

N/A		N/A	1941-04-12 Locy Type 3 "Marine Detachment / Tientsin China"
			Collectors request

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PEIPING CHINA

1937 to 1941

 

No Image			1932-06-29 Locy Type 2 "MARINE DET. AM. LEGATION / Peiping (Pekin) China"
			Collector request

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			1938-06-10 Locy Type 3 "MAR. DTCH. AMER. EMBASSY: / Peiping, China"
			Port Visit USS MARBLEHEAD CL-12

Cachet by G. E. Judkins.

 

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