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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			1916-11-09 Locy Type 3 (AC) "FORTRESS / MONROE VA"
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		No Image	1916-12-22 Locy Type 3 (AC) "NAVY YARD / NEW YORK"
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No Image		No Image	1917-01-10 Locy Type 3 (AC)
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Note: Unable to make out full text in killer bar. Part of it is "AT / SEA".

No Image		No Image	1917-02-25 Locy Type 3 (AC)
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No Image		No Image	1917-09-10 Locy Type 3 (AC)
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Note: Unable to make out the date in the postmark. The 10th is a guess. Includes "Passed by Censor" mark.

No Image			1917-10-21 Locy Type 3 (AC)
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Censored wartime (WWI) use

No Image		No Image	1918-01-23 Locy Type 3 (AC)
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Note: Includes "Passed by Censor" mark.

No Image			1918-09-03 Locy Type 1z
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Navy penalty use. Censored WWI use

No Image			1918-12-09 Locy Type 1z
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Christmas postcard from the ship.

No Image			1919-02-28 Locy Type 1u
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No Image			1919-03-12 Locy Type 1u
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Back is clean

			1919-08-19 Locy Type 1u
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No Image			1920-02-04 Locy Type 1au
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Note: Envelope supplied by the Knights of Columbus Committee on War Activities. Sender was in Guantanamo Bay Cuba according to the letter enclosed.

			1920-04-20 Locy Type 1au
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No Image			1920-05-25 Locy Type 1au
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			1921-01-27 Locy Type 7 (1921)
			Real-Photo post card

Caribbean Native Women

			1921-11-15 Locy Type 7
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			1921-12-13 Locy Type 7
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Mt. Lowe Ca. Souvenir Folder

No Image			1923-05-04 Locy type 7
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No Image			1925-00-00 Locy Type SL2l (33x3)
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Notes: Date is only a best guess.

			1925-12-01 Locy Type 3 (A)
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Postcard use. M. Kashower Co. Los Angeles Cal. postcard showing Balboa Park San Diego, CA

No Image			1927-06-27 Locy Type 9efv Locy Type SLKb (41x6)
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Note: 9efv postmarks in purple ink.

No Image			1927-08-16 Locy Type 3ef "PT ANGELES / WASH"
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N/A			1928-05-24 Locy Type 7 Facing Slip - 1928-05-24 Locy Type P [3ef, "NEW YORK, NY BR" removed] "VICTORIA / B C"
			Sailors mail

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No Image			1928-08-17 Locy Type P [3ef, "NEW YORK, NY BR" removed] HONOLULU / HAWAII
			Category

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			1928-08-29 Locy Type P (3ef "NEW YORK, NY BR. removed) "SEATTLE / "
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Typed return to ship at Seattle WA. Back is clean

No Image			1929-03-01 Locy Type 5s "CANAL / ZONE"
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No Image			1929-04-10 Locy Type 7
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No Image			1929-08-01 Locy Type 5s "NAVY YARD / PHILA PA"
			Category

Note: Navy Penalty envelope...Back is clean

			1929-08-22 Locy Type 5s "NAVY YARD / PHILA PA"
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No Image			1930-00-00 Locy Type PPB
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Notes: Date is an estimate.

No Image			1930-02-24 Locy Type 3s "NAVY YARD / PHILA PA"
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			1930-10-27 Locy Type 3s (A,D1) "NAVY YARD / PHILA. PA."
			Navy Day

Cachet by Albert E. Gorham. Postmark in purple ink.

			1930-10-27 Locy Type 3s (A,D1) "NAVY YARD / PHILA. PA."
			Navy Day 1930

Cachet by Albert E. Gorham. Back is clean

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