United States Marine Corps Category USMC Birthday

Cachets should be listed in chronological order based on earliest known usage. Use the postmark date or best guess. This applies to add-on cachets as well.

 

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

 

"From the Halls of Montezuma		To the Shores of Tripoli"	1775-11-10
			SEMPER FIDELIS

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N/A		N/A	1931-11-10 Locy Type 5hks USS Paul Jones DD 230
			Add-on cachet by Bruce D. Liddell USCS #6927

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N/A		N/A	1935-11-10 Locy Type 3r (AC-BBB) "SANDIEGO / CALIFORNIA" USS Goff DD 247
			Robert W. Murch

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N/A		N/A	1936-11-10 Locy Type 5ahks USS Hannibal AG-1
			Tazewell G. Nicholson

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N/A		N/A	1940-11-10 Locy Type 3 (A-BTT) "SEMPER / FIDELIS" USS Philadelphia CL 41
			Charles W. Inglee

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N/A		N/A	1948-11-10 Locy Type 2 USS Helena CA 75
			Add-on cachet by Bruce D. Liddell USCS #6927

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N/A		N/A	1950-11-10 Locy Type 2(n) USS Dyess DD 880
			Clint Orr

Ships Namesake - Lieutenant Colonel Aquilla James "Jimmie" Dyess (January 11, 1909 – February 2, 1944)
Dyess was a United States Marine Corps officer who was a posthumous recipient of the Medal of Honor for "conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life" at the head of his troops during World War II in the Battle of Kwajalein, on Namur Island, Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands on February 2, 1944.

 

N/A		N/A	1975-11-10 Locy Type 2(n+) USS Blandy DD 943
			Greater Miami Cachets

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N/A		N/A	1991-11-10 Locy Type 2(n+) USS Inchon LPH 12
			Richard H. Hall USCS #9553

Cachet Design #10, Number of covers serviced 65, Cover #11.
Namesake - The Battle of Inchon, code name: Operation Chromite, was an amphibious invasion and battle of the Korean War that resulted in a decisive victory and strategic reversal in favor of the United Nations (UN). The majority of United Nations ground forces involved were U.S. Marines, commanded by General of the Army Douglas MacArthur.

 

N/A		N/A	1991-11-10 Locy Type 2-1(n+)(D2,USS) USS Guadalcanal LPH 7
			Richard H. Hall USCS #9553

Cachet Design #12, Number of covers serviced 43, Cover #25.
Namesake - The epic Battle of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands during World War II.

 

N/A		N/A	1992-11-10 Locy Type 2-1(n+) Locy Type 9-1(n+u) USS Hunley AS 31
			Al Banasky

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N/A		N/A	2018-09-28 USPS Pictorial Postmark "MCAS Miramar Airshow Sta." San Diego CA
			100th Anniversary of Women Marines

Cachet designed by Darcy L. Richmond, sponsored by McIntosh Cachets (Tricia Richmond)

 

N/A			2018-11-10 USPS Type 9 Cancel "USPS-Miramar Post Branch" San Diego CA
			243rd Anniversary of the US Marine Corps 100th Anniversary of the Battle of Belleau Wood

No. NJM-449

 

N/A			2018-11-10 USPS Type 9 Cancel "USPS-Miramar Post Branch" San Diego CA
			243rd Anniversary of the US Marine Corps 100th Anniversary of Women Marines

No. NJM-450

 

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