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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

N/A		N/A	1943-12-01 Locy Type 3 (A-TBT) USS New York BB-34
			Keel Laying

Cachet by Estelle L. Burroughs, sponsored by the USS Brooklyn Crew No. 13, ANCS. From the John Young collection.

N/A		N/A	1945-04-29 USPO Slogan Machine Cancel Brooklyn NY
			Launching

Cacheted

N/A		N/A	1945-04-29 USPO Slogan Machine Cancel Brooklyn NY
			Launching

Cachet by Ralph P. Werve. From the John Young collection.

N/A		N/A	1945-04-29 Locy Type 2z
			Launching

Rubber stamp cachet

N/A			1945-04-29 Locy Type 2z
			Launching

Rubber stamp cachet by Firstday Covers, sponsored by Mrs. J.H. Towers. From the John Young collection.

N/A		N/A	1945-04-29 USPO Slogan Machine Cancel "Navy Yard Sta." Brooklyn NY
			Launching

Cacheted. From the George Marcincin collection.

			1945-10-27 Locy Type FDC 2(n) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. F-26
			Navy Day 1945

Cachet by Winfred M. Grandy

N/A		N/A	1945-10-27 USPO Machine Cancel Brooklyn NY
			Navy Day 1945

Cacheted

			1945-12-10 Locy Type 2(n) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. F-26
			Category

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No Image			1946-01-30 Locy Type 2(n) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. F-26a
			FDR Memorial / Birthday

Smartcraft / Czubay Cachet

			1946-06-03 Locy Type 2(n) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. F-26a
			New York Fleet Visit 1946

Cachet Maker: Sadworth
Back is clean

			1946-06-03 Locy Type 9ef(nu) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. F-26c
			New York Fleet Visit 1946

Cachet Maker: Sadworth

			1946-10-27 Locy Type 2(n) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. F-26a
			Navy Day 1946

Signed by ship CO
Stamp perfined for New York Central Railroad

N/A		N/A	1946-10-27 Locy Type 2(n) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. F-26a
			Navy Day 1946

Cachet by Artcraft.

 

			1947-07-29 Type 2(n) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. F-26a
			Category

Cachet Maker: Howard Tiffner

			1947-11-27 Locy Type 2tnu
			Thanksgiving 1947

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			1948-06-11 Locy Type 2tnu
			Category

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			1949-03-30 Locy Type 2tnu
			WWII Anniversary

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			1949-05-30 Locy Type 2tnu
			Memorial Day 1949

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			1951-04-09 Locy Type 7t(1)
			Category

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			1951-06-11 Locy Type 7t(1)
			U.S. Navy

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			1953-04-13 Locy Type 2 USCS Postmark Catalog Illus F-26f Locy Type 9efu USCS Postmark Catalog Illus F-26h
			United States Navy

Crosby Cachet

			1956-04-06 Locy Type FDR 2(n)
			First Day Recommissioning

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			1956-05-04 Locy Type 2(n) Locy Type 9ef(nu) (CVA 42)
			Category

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			1957-05-30 Locy Type 7qt(*)
			Memorial Day 1957

USCS Farragut Chapter 3 Cachet

No Image			1962-05-14 Locy Type 2t(n+u) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus F-26l
			Category

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No Image			1964-03-25 Locy Type 2(n+) (USS) Locy Type 9ef(nu) (CVA 42,USS)
			Category

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			1971-10-27 Locy Type 2t(n+u) USCS Catalog Illustration F-26p
			Ship's Crest

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No Image			1974-06-13 Locy Type 2t(n+u) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. F-26n
			Category

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			1974-12-12 Locy Type 2t(n+u) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. F-26o
			Ship's crest

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N/A		N/A	1976-12-09 Locy Type 2t(nu) (CV)
			Collector request

R/S cachet

			1977-06-14 Locy Type 2t(nu) (CV)
			Welcome to Norfolk

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			1977-06-30 Locy Type LDPS 2t(n+u)
			Last Day Postal Service

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No Image		No Image	1982-01-30
			FDOI - 100th Anniversary of FDR's birth

Cachet Maker: Richard F. Hoffner and Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

N/A		N/A	2013-12-01 USPS Type 12 "Triboro District Retail" Brooklyn NY
			70th Anniversary of Keel Laying

Cachet by Ron Reeves. From the Richard F. Hoffner collection.

 

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