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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.

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

No Image		No Image	1937-03-11 USPO Slogan Machine Cancel "Mare Island / Station" Vallejo, Calif
			Launching

Cachet by C. Wright Richell, sponsored by the Golden Bear Crew No. 14, ANCS

N/A		N/A	1937-03-11 USPO Slogan Machine Cancel "Mare Island / Station" Vallejo, CA
			Launching

Cachet by Martin R. Aden. From the Patrick Gardner collection.

No Image		No Image	1937-06-12 Locy Type 5hks "MARE ISLAND / CALIF." USS Cuttlefish SS-171
			Commissioning

Cachet by M. T. Woolsey Chapter No. 40, USCS

No Image		No Image	1937-06-12 USPO Slogan Machine Cancel "Mare Island Station" Vallejo, Calif
			Commissioning

Cachet by C. Wright Richell, sponsored by the Argonauts Crew No. 24, ANCS

No Image		No Image	1937-06-12 Locy Type 3a US Naval Hospital, Vallejo CA
			Commissioning

Cachet by C. Wright Richell, sponsored by the Argonauts Crew No. 24, ANCS

No Image		No Image	1938-06-12 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "FIRST / BIRTHDAY"
			1st Anniversary

Cachet by Martin R. Aden, sponsored by the Argonauts Crew No. 24, ANCS

			1939-04-01 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "MARE ISLAND / CALIFORNIA"
			Launching of - USS Swordfish SS-193

cachet by Dr. S. E. Hutnick

N/A		N/A	1939-05-30 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "MARE ISLAND / CALIFORNIA"
			Memorial Day

Cachet by William F. Schlechter

N/A		N/A	1939-07-19 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "USS FULTON / KEEL LAID" Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "MARE ISLAND / NYD. CALIF."
			Keel Laying of - USS Fulton AS-11

Cachet by Martin R. Aden

			1939-09-01 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "DEEP DIVE / LAT 37 LONG 122"
			Deep Dive

Cachet by P. J. (PeeJay) Ickeringill

N/A		N/A	Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) 1939-10-10 "DEPARTED / MARE ISLAND" 1939-12-02 "RETURNED / MARE ISLAND"
			Shakedown Cruise Booklet Pg 1

Cachet by Richard Buchwald, sponsored by the Argonauts Crew No. 24, ANCS

N/A		N/A	Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) 1939-10-20 "NAWILIWILI / HAWAII" 1939-10-22 "PEARL HARBOR / T.H." 1939-11-02 "PAPEETE / TAHITI"
			Shakedown Cruise Booklet Pg 2

Cachet by Richard Buchwald, sponsored by the Argonauts Crew No. 24, ANCS

N/A		N/A	Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) 1939-11-10 "PAGO PAGO / SAMOA" 1939-11-21 "HILO / HAWAII" 1939-11-23 "PEARL HARBOR / T.H."
			Shakedown Cruise Booklet Pg 3

Cachet by Richard Buchwald, sponsored by the Argonauts Crew No. 24, ANCS

N/A		N/A	Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) 1939-10-29 "LAT 00 00 / LONG 153 31"
			Shakedown Cruise Booklet Pg 4 Crossing The Equator

Cachet by Martin R. Aden, sponsored by the Argonauts Crew No. 24, ANCS

			1939-10-20 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "NAWILIWILI / KAUAI"
			Shakedown Cruise

Cachet by Richard Buchwald, sponsored by the Argonauts Crew No. 24, ANCS

N/A		N/A	1939-10-29 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "LAT 00 00 / LONG 153 31"
			Crossing The Equator

Cachet by Richard Buchwald, sponsored by the Argonauts Crew No. 24, ANCS

N/A		N/A	1941-06-25 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT)
			Hand Painted

Cacheted

N/A		N/A	1983-08-29 USPS 4-bar Cancel Vallejo, CA
			"On Eternal Patrol"

Cachet by Alton (Budd) M. Arrington

Launching Operating Schedule Program

			1937-03-11
			Launching Operating Schedule Program and clipping about her loss.

Cachet by Martin R. Aden. From the Patrick Gardner collection.

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