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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	Primary Date Postmark Type Killer Bar Text --------- Cachet Category

 

			1944-02-24
			Ship Launching

Cachet Maker: Glenn W Dye

 

			1944-02-24
			Ship Launching

Cachet Makers: ANCS Crew Pittsburgh and Gordon H Hamilton.

 

			1945-02-20 Locy Type 2z
			Category

Censored wartime (WWII) use

 

			1945-06-24 Locy Type 2z
			Category

Censored wartime (WWII) use

 

			1945-09-14 Locy Type 9efu 1945-09-19 Locy Type 2z 1945-09-26 Washington D.C. Reg. Sec. Washington D.C. U.S. Fleet Post Office
			Official Business

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			1945-09-26 Locy Type Pz USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. S-37
			Tokyo Bay

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			1945-09-28 Locy Type Pz USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. S-37
			Tokyo Bay

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			1945-12-05 Locy Type 2(n) (CV)
			Category

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			1946-07-01 Locy Type 2(n) (CV)
			Operation Crossroads

Crosby Cachet

 

No Image			1951-06-04 Locy Type FDPS 2(n)
			First Day Postal Service

USCS Postmark Catalog lists only a FDPS 9ef(nu)

 

No Image			1951-06-26 Locy Type 2 USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. S-37b
			Category

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			1952-05-10 Locy Type 2 USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. S-37c
			Korea 1952

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No Image			1955-01-21 Locy Type FDPS 2 USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. S-37d
			First Day Postal Service

Notes: Cachet Maker: Tom Morrissey

 

			Locy Type FDPS 2 USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. S-37d
			First Day Postal Service

Cachet Maker: Tom Morrissey

 

			1955-03-09 Locy Type 2 USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. S-37d
			Category

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No Image			1958-11-03 Locy Type 2t(n+u) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. S-37f
			Category

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No Image			1963-03-08 Locy Type 7tn+u (C+,USS)
			Category

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No Image			1971-07-12 Locy Type FAKE
			Category

USCS Postmark Catalog states..."The 2t(nu) cancel with "BOSTON/MASS." in the killers was privately made and not authorized"

 

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