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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

 

			1935-07-18 Locy Type 3 (BC-BBT) "USS Phelps / Launching" USS MacDonough DD-351
			Launching

Cachet by P. J. Ickeringill

 

N/A		N/A	1935-07-18 Locy Type F "U.S.S. PHELPS / LAUNCHED" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-2 USS NITRO AE-2
			Launching

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N/A		N/A	1935-07-18 Locy Type F "U.S.S. PHELPS / LAUNCHED" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. W-8 USS WANDANK AT-26
			Launching

Cachet by P. J. Ickeringill

 

N/A		N/A	1936-02-26 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "USS PHELPS / FIRST DAY" USS Tillman DD-135
			Commissioning

Rubber stamp cachet.

 

			1936-03-31 Locy Type FDPS 3 "1st DAY POS- / TAL SERVICE"
			First Day Postal Service

U.S.C.S. Chapter 1 Cachet by John Gill
Back pencil notation "Shark first day 10/22"...Signed "Gill"...Black pen notation "DD 360"

 

			1936-04-10 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "WASHINGTON / D. C."
			Shakedown

Yarwood Cachet
Back WASHINGTON D.C. machine slogan 1936-04-10

 

			1936-04-27 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "NEW ORLEANS / LA."
			Port Visit

Thurman / Canaday Cachet
Back CHICAGO ILL SO.CHI. STA. Duplex 1936-04-28...Purple rubberstamp Robert L. Manley return...Violet rubberstamp Emil Thurman return

 

			1936-09-01 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "WELCOME / USS DRAYTON"
			Ship Commissioning USS DRAYTON DD-366

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			1937-05-30 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "NAVY YARD / BOSTON, MASS"
			Memorial Day

Cachet by Russell A. Court

 

			1937-08-12 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "GUANTANAMO / BAY, CUBA"
			First Trip West

Cachet by Al Yarwood

 

N/A		N/A	1937-09-08 Locy Type 3r (B-BBT) "SAN DIEGO / CALIFORNIA"
			Port Visit - San Diego California

Cachet by Gerald L. Plimpton. From the Tom Kean collection.

 

			1938-07-26 Locy Type 3r (B-BBT) "PORTLAND / OREGON"
			Port Visit - Portland OR

Cachet by William S. Linto

 

			1938-07-26 Locy Type 3r (B-BBT) "PORTLAND / OREGON"
			Port Visit - Portland OR

Cachet by William S. Linto. Cachet is partly thermographed.

 

			1938-07-26 Locy Type 3r (B-BBT) "PORTLAND / OREGON"
			Port Visit - Portland OR

Cachet by William S. Linto

 

			1938-10-27 Locy Type 3r (B-BBT) "MARE IS.NYD / CALIF." USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. P-67b
			Navy Day 1938

Unknown Cachet. Back VALLEJO CALIF MARE ISLAND Sta. machine 1938-10-27...Red rubberstamp A. A. CHRISTENSEN

 

			1941-01-25 Locy Type 3r (B-BBT) "PEARL HARBOR / T.H." USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. P-67b
			Category

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			1939-05-18 Locy Type 3r (B-BBT) "SAN DIEGO / CALIFORNIA" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. P-67b
			Official Business

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No Image			1941-04-24 Locy Type 3r (B-BBT) "PEARL HARBOR / T.H." USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. P-67b
			Category

Back typed notation "125"

 

No Image			1941-04-24 Locy Type 3r (B-BBT) "PEARL HARBOR / T.H."
			Category

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			1943-06-06 Locy Type 3z (BBT)
			Official Business

Posted from another ship or station... USCS Postmark Catalog shows PHELPS' type 3z to be (TBT)

 

			1945-09-28 Locy Type 2z*
			Official Business

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No Image			1945-10-11 Locy Type 3r (B-BBT) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. P-67b
			Category

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