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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	1933-08-05 Locy Type P [3t "U.S. FLEET FLAGSHIP" and hollow star at bottom of dial] (USCS Illustration P-15f) U.S.S. / PENNSY.
			Fleet Week Port Visit - Tacoma, Washington Person Commemorative - Admiral D. F. Sellers

Note: Cachet Maker: Walter G. Crosby.

 

			1933-08-17 Locy Type 3 "HARBOR / DAY" USCS Catalog Illustration P-15
			Category

Note: Cachet Makers: San Francisco Junior Chamber of Commerce and John D. Long.

 

		No Image	1933-09-04 Locy Type 3 "LABOR / DAY" USCS Catalog Illustration P-15
			Labor Day

Note:

 

		No Image	1933-09-29 Locy Type 3s (A) MARE ISLAND / CALIF USS Roper APD-20
			Category

Notes: Cachet shows image of USS Pennsylvania BB-38.

 

No Image			1933-10-24 Locy Type 3 "SEC. NAVY / ABOARD" USCS Catalog Illustration P-15
			Category

Note:

 

			1933-10-24 Locy Type 3 "SEC. NAVY / ABOARD" USCS Catalog Illustration P-15
			Category

Note: Postmark in purple ink. I am not able to clearly read the name above the "Fleet Cachet Director" line. I believe it might be L. M. Callaway. It was probably serviced by D. C. Bartley.

 

No Image		No Image	1933-10-24 Locy Type 3 "ADMISSION / DAY" USCS Catalog Illustration P-15
			Category

Note:

 

			1933-10-24 Locy Type 3 "ADMISSION / DAY" USCS Catalog Illustration P-15
			Category

Note: This is the same cachet as the one on the cover dated 1933-05-14. Both are addressed to Victor Greenebaum and both have initials E.S.H. on the back. Unknown whether either individual had any involvement in making the cachet.

 

No Image			1933-10-24 Locy Type 3 "ADMISSION / DAY" USCS Catalog Illustration P-15
			Category

Back is clean

 

			1933-10-24 Locy Type 3 "ADMISSION / DAY" USCS Catalog Illustration P-15
			Category

Purple rubberstamp anchor/stars flag as cachet
Back is clean

 

N/A			1933-10-24 Locy Type 3 "ADMISSION / DAY" USCS Catalog Illustration P-15
			Admission Day

Uncacheted

 

		No Image	1933-10-27 Locy Type 3 "NAVY / DAY" USCS Catalog Illustration P-15
			Navy Day

Note: Cachet Maker: Alex R. Hesse

 

			1933-10-27 Locy Type 3 "NAVY / DAY" USCS Catalog Illustration P-15
			Navy Day 1933 USS MACON

Note:

 

			1933-11-01 Locy Type 3  (USCS Illustration P-15) U.S. FLEET / FLAGSHIP
			Category

Notes: Cachet Maker: Desmond D Jagyi
Catapult mail.

 

		No Image	1933-11-11 Locy Type 3 (B-TBT) "WE TOOK / THEM OVER"
			Armistice Day

Note: Cachet Maker: Byrd L. Powell.

 

			1933-11-11 Locy Type 3 (B-TBT) "WE TOOK / THEM OVER"
			Armistice Day

Note: Cachet Maker: John Paul Jones Chapter 2 USCS.

 

		No Image	1933-11-14 Locy Type 3 (B-TBT) "WELCOME / U.S.S. MACON"
			USS Macon

Note: Cachet Makers: Fighting Bob Evans Chapter 7 USCS and Clyde G. Morris.
Postmark in red ink.

 

			1933-11-30 Locy Type 3 (B-TBT) "THANKSGIVING / 1621 - 1933"
			Thanksgiving

Note: Cachet Maker: Byrd L. Powell.
Postmark in brown ink.

 

			1933-11-30 Locy Type 3 (B-TBT) "THANKSGIVING / 1621 - 1933"
			Thanksgiving 1933

Note: Postmark in brown ink.

 

			1933-11-30 Locy Type 3 (B-TBT) "THANKSGIVING / 1621 - 1933"
			Thanksgiving 1933

Unknown Cachet
Back is clean

 

No Image		No Image	1933-12-25 Locy Type 3 (B-TBT) "SANTA CLAUS / COMES AGAIN"
			Christmas

Note: Cachet Makers: Fighting Bob Evans Chapter No. 7, USCS and Clyde G. Morris (Artist).
Postmark in blue ink.

 

		No Image	1933-12-25 Locy Type 3 (B-TBT) "SANTA CLAUS / COMES AGAIN"
			Christmas

Note: Cachet Maker: Walter G. Crosby.
Postmark in red ink.

 

			1933-12-25 Locy Type 3 (B-TBT) "SANTA CLAUS / COMES AGAIN"
			Christmas

Cachet artist is Clyde G. Morris
Cachet sponsored by Fighting Bob Evans Chapter No. 7, USCS

 

		No Image	1934-01-01 Locy Type 3 (B-TBT) "START YOUR / RESOLUTIONS"
			Columbus Day

Note: Cachet Maker: Byrd L. Powell.
Postmark in purple ink.

 

			1934-01-01 Locy Type 3 (B-TBT) "START YOUR / RESOLUTIONS"
			New Year's Day

Note: Cachet Makers: Fighting Bob Evans Chapter 7 USCS, J. M. Beck Jr., B. J. Dean, and Cub Munette (Artist).

 

			1934-01-01 Locy Type 3 (B-TBT) "START YOUR / RESOLUTIONS"
			New Year's Day 1934

Unknown Cachet
Back is clean

 

			1934-01-05 Locy Type 3 (AT SEA) "OFF SO. CALIF / WITH USS MACON" (same as USCS Illustration P-15 but with 'AT SEA' added)
			USS Macon ZRS-5

Note: Cachet Makers: Fighting Bob Evans Chapter 7 USCS and Byrd L. Powell.
Postmark in purple ink.

 

		No Image	1934-01-28 Locy Type 3 (B-TBT)
			Category

Note: Cachet Maker: Capital City Philatelic Society.

 

			1934-02-12 Locy Type 3 (B-TBT) AT SEA "LINCOLN'S / BIRTHDAY"
			Lincoln's Birthday

Unknown Cachet
Back is clean

 

N/A		N/A	1934-02-12 Locy Type 3 (B-TBT) AT SEA "LINCOLN'S / BIRTHDAY"
			Lincoln's Birthday

Unknown Cachetmaker. From the Bill Wladyka collection.

 

			1934-02-14 Locy Type 3 (B-TBT) "YOUR NAVY / SWEETHEART"
			Navy Patriotic

C. Stephen Anderson Cachet.
On the back is a Byrd L. Powell Valentine's Day Cachet.
Partial SAN PEDRO CALIF Machine 1934-02-14...Green rubberstamp Byrd L Powell USCS member...Black rubberstamp "118"

 

			1934-02-14 Locy Type 3 (B-TBT) "YOUR NAVY / SWEETHEART"
			Valentine's Day

Powell Cachet
Back OLEY PA. Machine 1934-02-19...Green rubberstamp Byrd L Powell USCS member...Black rubberstamp "264"

 

			1934-02-14 Locy Type 3 (B-TBT) "YOUR NAVY / SWEETHEART"
			Valentine's Day

Powell Cachet
Back partial SAN PEDRO CALIF Machine 1934-02-14...Green rubberstamp Byrd L Powell USCS member...Purple rubberstamp D. C. Bartley return...Black rubberstamp "198"

 

No Image			1934-02-14 Locy Type 3 (B-TBT) "YOUR NAVY / SWEETHEART"
			Valentine's Day

Note: Cachet Maker: Byrd L. Powell.
Postmark in purple ink.

 

No Image			1934-02-14 Locy Type 3 (B-TBT) "YOUR NAVY / SWEETHEART"
			Valentine's Day

Note: Cachet Maker: Byrd L. Powell.
Postmark in purple ink.

 

No Image			1934-02-14 Locy Type 3 (B-TBT) "YOUR NAVY / SWEETHEART"
			Valentine's Day

Note: Cachet Maker: Byrd L. Powell.
Postmark in purple ink.

 

			1934-02-14 Locy Type 3 (B-TBT) "YOUR NAVY / SWEETHEART"
			Valentine's Day

Note: Cachet Maker: Byrd L. Powell.
Postmark in purple ink.

 

			1934-03-17 Locy Type 3 (B-TBT) "ST PATRICK'S / DAY"
			St. Patrick's Day

Note: Cachet Maker: Fighting Bob Evans Chapter 7 USCS

 

No Image			1934-03-29 Locy Type P [3t with "UNITED STATES FLEET" and "|.|" in the dial] (USCS Illustration P-15e) "USS PENN / FLAG"
			Category

Front pencil notation "Chicago or / New York / May 31
Back is clean

 

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