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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

No Image			1934-10-04 Locy Type FDC 3 "COMMISSION- / ED-NY-BOSTON"
			First Day in Commission

Back is clean

			1934-10-17 Locy Type FDPS 3 "COMMISSION- / ED 10-4-34"
			First Day Postal Service

U.S.C.S. Chapter 8 Cachet
Back is clean

			1934-10-17 Locy Type FDPS 3 "COMMISSION- / ED 10-4-34"
			First Day Postal Service

Add on cachet

No Image			1934-10-17 Locy Type FDPS 3 "COMMISSION- / ED 10-4-34"
			First Day Postal Service

Back PLAINFIELD NJ REC'D 1934-10-18...Black rubberstamp WM Judisch U.S.C.S. return

No Image			1934-10-17 Locy Type FDPS 3 "COMMISSION- / ED 10-4-34"
			First Day Postal Service

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			1934-10-17 Locy Type FDPS 3 (AC-BBT) "COMMISSION- / ED 10-4-34"
			Ship Commissioning

Cachet Maker: USCS Chapter 8 Admiral George Dewey

 

			1934-10-27 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "NAVY DAY / BOSTON MASS"
			Navy Day

Cachet Maker: William S Linto

 

			1934-11-29 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "GUANTANAMO / BAY - CUBA"
			Ship Shakedown Cruise

Cachet Maker: Robert L Manley

No Image			1935-04-06 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "1ST.TIME THRU / PANAMA CANAL"
			Panama Canal Transit

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			1935-04-08 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "JOINED / U.S.FLEET"
			Shakedown

Manley Cachet
Back purple rubberstamp Robert Manley return

			1935-04-20 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "SAN PEDRO / CALIF."
			Shakedown

Manley Cachet
Back purple rubberstamp Robert Manley return

 

		No Image	1935-05-01 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "FIRST / DEWEY DAY"
			Category

Cachet Maker: USCS Chapter 8 Admiral George Dewey

			1935-10-04 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "FIRST / ANNIVERSARY"
			Anniversary

Harrington Cachet

			1937-04-07 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "SAN DIEGO / CALIF."
			Category

Unknown Cachet
Back purple rubberstamp H.J. Lindhart USCS Member

			1937-05-09 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "HONOLULU / T H"
			Admiral Dewey

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			1937-12-26 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "SAN DIEGO / CALIF."
			Admiral Dewey Birthday

USCS Chapter 8 Cachet

 

			1937-12-26 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "SAN DIEGO / CALIF."
			Admiral George Dewey

Cachet Maker: USCS Chapter 8 Admiral George Dewey.
Contributed by Louis Kurzmiller.

			1940-03-08 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "PEARL HARBOR / T. H."
			Category

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			1940-11-16 Locy Type 3r (A-BBT) "HONOLULU / T. H."
			Ship's Namesake

Weigand hand painted cachet

No Image			1941-03-21 Locy Type 3r (A-BBT)
			Category

Back pencil notation "M 43"

			1941-07-28 Locy Type Fake USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-3
			Category

Hobby Shop Cachet

No Image			1942-06-19 Locy Type 3z
			Category

Censored wartime (WWII) use
Front typed notation "U.S.S. DEWEY"
Back blue rubberstamp D.C. Bartley return...Black rubberstamp "793135"...Pencil notation "25002"

			1945-09-18 Locy Type 2z
			Official Business

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