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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	1938-09-27 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBT) "USS SEAWOLF / KEEL LAID" USS Snapper SS-185
			Keel Laying

Cachet by Gow C. Ng

 

N/A		N/A	1938-09-27 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBT) "USS SEAWOLF / KEEL LAID" USS Snapper SS-185
			Keel Laying

Cachet by Gow C. Ng

 

		N/A	1938-09-27 USPO Duplex Cancel "Navy Yard Sta." Portsmouth NH
			Keel Laying

Cachet by Dr. S. E. Hutnick

 

N/A		N/A	1938-09-27 USPO Duplex Cancel "Navy Yard Sta." Portsmouth NH
			Keel Laying

Cachet by Dr. S. E. Hutnick

 

N/A		N/A	1939-08-15 Locy Type 3r (A-BBT) "LAUNCHING / USS SEAWOLF" USS Saury SS-189
			Launching

Cachet by Francis C. Pace, sponsored by the Portsmouth Navy Yard Improvement Association Portsmouth NH.

 

N/A		N/A	1939-08-15 Locy Type 3r (A-BBT) "LAUNCHING / USS SEAWOLF" USS Saury SS-189
			Launching

Cachet by Francis C. Pace, sponsored by the Portsmouth Navy Yard Improvement Association Portsmouth NH.

 

N/A		N/A	1939-08-15 USPO Duplex Cancel "Navy Yard Sta." Portsmouth NH
			Launching

Cachet by Francis C. Pace, sponsored by the Portsmouth Navy Yard Improvement Association Portsmouth NH.

 

N/A		N/A	1939-08-15 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "SEAWOLF / LAUNCHED" USS Sculpin SS-191
			Launching

Cachet by Dr. S. E. Hutnick

 

N/A		N/A	1939-12-01 Locy Type FDC 3 (A-BBT) "FIRST DAY IN / COMMISSION"
			Commissioning

Cachet by Gow C. Ng

 

N/A		N/A	1939-12-01 Locy Type FDC 3 (A-BBT) "FIRST DAY IN / COMMISSION"
			Commissioning

Cachet by Gow C. Ng

 

			1939-12-01 Locy Type FDC 3 (A-BBT) "FIRST DAY IN / COMMISSION"
			First Day in Commission

Cachet by Gow C. Ng

 

			1939-12-01 Locy Type FDC 3 (A-BBT) "FIRST DAY IN / COMMISSION"
			First Day in Commission

Cachet by George V. Sadworth, sponsored by the Argonauts Crew No. 24, ANCS. Blue SL marking on the back.

 

N/A		N/A	1939-12-01 Locy Type FDC 3 (A-BBT) "FIRST DAY IN / COMMISSION"
			First Day in Commission, signed by crewmembers.

Cachet by George V. Sadworth, sponsored by the Argonauts Crew No. 24, ANCS

 

N/A		N/A	1939-12-01 Locy Type FDC 3 (A-BBT) "FIRST DAY IN / COMMISSION"
			Commissioning, signed by the NMC

Cachet by George V. Sadworth, sponsored by the Argonauts Crew No. 24, ANCS

 

N/A		N/A	1939-12-01 Locy Type FDC 3 (A-BBT) "FIRST DAY IN / COMMISSION"
			First Day in Commission.

Cachet by Dr. S. E. Hutnick

 

N/A		N/A	1939-12-01 Locy Type FDC 3 (A-BBT) "FIRST DAY IN / COMMISSION"
			First Day in Commission.

Add-on cachet by Alton M. (Budd) Arrington

 

N/A		N/A	1939-12-01 Locy Type FDC 3 (A-BBT) "FIRST DAY IN / COMMISSION"
			Commissioning

Cachet by Al Cohen

 

N/A		N/A	1939-12-01 Locy Type FDC 3 (A-BBT) "FIRST DAY IN / COMMISSION"
			Commissioning

Cachet by Eugene L. Mueller

 

N/A		N/A	1939-12-01 Locy Type FDC 3 (A-BBT) "FIRST DAY IN / COMMISSION"
			Commissioning

Cachet by Eugene L. Mueller. From the Bob Reisinger collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1939-12-01 Locy Type FDC 3 (A-BBT) "PORTSMOUTH / N H"
			Commissioning

Cacheted. From the Bob Reisinger collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1939-12-25 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "MERRY / XMAS"
			Christmas

Cacheted

 

N/A		N/A	1940-01-01 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "PORTSMOUTH / N H."
			New Years Day

Cachet BY George V. Sadworth, sponsored by Ralph L. (Shorty) Burkholder.

 

N/A		N/A	1940-01-01 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "PORTSMOUTH / N H."
			New Years Day

Cachet BY George V. Sadworth, sponsored by Ralph L. (Shorty) Burkholder.

 

N/A			1940-02-08 Locy Type 9v 1940-02-10 USPO Type 9 Detroit MI Registered 1940-02-12 USPO Type 9 Flint MI Registered
			Registered, sailor's mail

Note:

 

N/A		N/A	1940-03-12 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "ISLE SHOALS / 263 FEET"
			Deep Dive

Cachet by Francis C. Pace.

 

N/A		N/A	1940-03-12 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "ISLE SHOALS / 263 FEET"
			Deep Dive

Cachet by Richard Buchwald, sponsored by the Argonauts Crew No. 24, ANCS

 

N/A		N/A	1940-03-12 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "ISLE SHOALS / 263 FEET"
			Deep Dive

Cachet by Richard Buchwald, sponsored by the Argonauts Crew No. 24, ANCS

 

			1940-03-12 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "ISLE SHOALS / 263 FEET"
			Deep Dive

Cachet by Richard Buchwald, sponsored by the Argonauts Crew No. 24, ANCS

 

N/A		N/A	1940-03-12 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "ISLE SHOALS / 263 FEET"
			Deep Dive, signed by crewmembers.

Cachet by Richard Buchwald, sponsored by the Argonauts Crew No. 24, ANCS

 

N/A		N/A	1940-04-13 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "SHAKEDOWN / NEWPORT R.I." Locy Type 9v Locy Type 9x
			Shakedown Cruise

Cachet by Louis C. Weigand

 

N/A		N/A	1940-04-13 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "SHAKEDOWN / NEWPORT R.I." Locy Type 9v Locy Type 9x
			Shakedown Cruise

Cachet by Louis C. Weigand

 

			1940-05-03 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "SHAKEDOWN / CORP.CHRISTI"
			Shakedown Cruise

Cachet by Glen Osborn, sponsored by the Argonauts Crew No. 24, ANCS. Back notatation

 

N/A		N/A	1940-05-03 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "SHAKEDOWN / CORP.CHRISTI"
			Shakedown Cruise

Cachet by Glen Osborn, sponsored by the Argonauts Crew No. 24, ANCS.

 

N/A		N/A	1940-05-03 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "SHAKEDOWN / CORP.CHRISTI"
			Shakedown Cruise

Cachet by Glen Osborn, sponsored by the Argonauts Crew No. 24, ANCS.

 

			1940-05-18 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "SHAKEDOWN / CANAL ZONE"
			Shakedown Cruise

Cachet by Glen Osborn, sponsored by the Argonauts Crew No. 24, ANCS.

 

			1940-05-31 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "SHAKEDOWN / ANNAPOLIS"
			Shakedown Cruise

Cachet by Louis C. Weigand

 

N/A		N/A	1940-06-05 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "SHAKEDOWN / NEW YORK N.Y."
			Shakedown Cruise

Cachet by Glen Osborn, sponsored by the Argonauts Crew No. 24, ANCS.

 

N/A		N/A	1940-06-14 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "SHAKEDOWN / NEWPORT R.I."
			Shakedown Cruise

Add-on Cachet by Richard F. Hoffner

 

N/A		N/A	1940-10-27 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "HIGH SEAS / NAVY DAY"
			Navy Day

Cachet by Francis C. Pace, sponsored by the Argonauts Crew No. 24, ANCS.

 

N/A		N/A	1940-10-27 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT)
			Navy Day

Cachet by Francis C. Pace, sponsored by the Argonauts Crew No. 24, ANCS.

 

			1940-12-01 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT)
			1st Birthday

Cachet by M. Fay Muridge, sponsored by the Argonauts Crew No. 24, ANCS.

 

N/A		N/A	1940-12-01 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT)
			1st Birthday

Cachet by M. Fay Muridge, sponsored by the Argonauts Crew No. 24, ANCS.

 

N/A		N/A	1941-04-21 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "MANILA P.I. / "
			Submarine Mail

Cachet by George V. Sadworth

 

			1941-08-17 Locy Type FAKE USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-3
			Ship's Data

Cachet and Postmark created by the Sibley Dept. Store (Hobby Shop)

 

			1944-02-24 Locy Type 2z
			Censored, Sailor's mail

Posted from another ship or station, ship did not carry this device

			1960-10-31 Locy Type 2t(n+u) (USS) USS FULTON AS-11
			USS Seawolf SS-197 / USS Seawolf SSN-575

Reunion cachet

N/A		N/A	1983-10-03 USPS CDS Portsmouth NH
			Eternal Patrol

Cachet by Alton M. (Budd) Arrington

 

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