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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	1936-05-05 Locy Type 3 (BC-BTT) "KEEL LAID / USS SEAL" USS Semmes DD-189
			Keel Laid

Cachet by O. A. Farabee and Frank P. Hollis

 

N/A		N/A	1937-08-25 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT) "LAUNCHING / USS SEAL" USS Cachalot SS-170
			Launching

Cachet by Al Cohen

 

N/A		N/A	1937-08-25 USPO Machine Cancel Groton CT
			Launching

Cacheted

 

N/A		N/A	1937-08-25 USPO Machine Cancel Groton CT
			Launching

Cachet by C. Wright Richell

 

N/A		N/A	1937-08-25 USPO Machine Cancel Groton CT
			Launching

Cachet by Dr. S. E. Hutnick

 

N/A		N/A	1938-04-30 FDC 3r (A-BBT) "NEW LONDON / CONN"
			Commissioning

Cachet sponsored by the Officers and Men of the USS SEAL and the Argonauts Crew No. 24, ANCS

 

			1938-04-30 Locy Type FDC SLPbs (57x7)
			First Day in Commission

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			1941-08-25 Locy Type FAKE USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-3
			Ship's Data

Cachet & Postmark by Sibley's Dept. Store (Hobby Shop)

 

			1945-05-14 Locy Type 7tz
			Sailor's mail

Censored, WWII use. Posted at The Pearl Harbor Submarine Base. Back blue pen return to ship at San Francisco

 

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