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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 --------- Cachet Category

N/A		N/A	1938-06-14 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) "NAVY YARD / PHILA PA" USS Philadelphia CL-41
			Keel Laying

Cachet by Dr. S. E. Hutnick

N/A		N/A	1938-06-14 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) " / PHILA PA" USS Brooks DD-232
			Keel Laying

Cachet by Lloyd A. Nace, ANCS 54 and T. M. Holcombe ANCS 15

N/A		N/A	1940-06-01 Locy Type 3r (A-BBT) "NAVY YARD / PHILA PA" USS Buck DD-420
			Launching

Cacheted

N/A			1940-06-01 Locy Type 3r (AC-BBT) "WASHINGTON / LAUNCHED" USS Rhind DD-404
			Launching

Cachet by Richard Buchwald

N/A		N/A	1940-06-01 USPO Slogan Machine Cancel Philadelphia PA
			Launching

Cachet by Richard Buchwald

N/A		N/A	1940-06-01 USPO Slogan Machine Cancel Philadelphia PA
			Launching

Cachet by Lloyd A. Nace and T. M. Holcombe

N/A			1940-06-01 Locy Type 3 ( Navy Hospital League Island) Locy Type 9 (Navy Hospital League Island) Locy Type 9v (Navy Hospital League Island) Locy Type 9x (Navy Hospital League Island) Philadelphia PA
			Launching

Cachet by Dr. S. E. Hutnick. From the Bill Wladyka collection.

N/A			1940-06-01 USPO Slogan Machine Cancel Philadelphia PA
			Launching

Cachet by Al Cohen. From the Bill Wladyka collection.

			1941-05-15 Locy Type FDC 3 "FIRST DAY IN / COMMISSION"
			Commissioning

Cachet by the Art Craft Company

			1941-05-15 Locy Type FDC 3 "FIRST DAY IN / COMMISSION"
			First Day in Commission

Cachet Makers: USCS Chapter 2 John Paul Jones and Ludwig W Staehle.

			1941-05-31 Locy Type 9fw
			Ship Commissioning

Actual commission date was 1941-05-15.

			1941-05-31 Locy Type 9fw
			Ship Commissioning

Note that the ship was actually commissioned on May 15, 1941.

			1941-09-22 Locy Type 3z (TTB)
			Category

Shaw Cachet

			1941-10-12 Locy Type 3z (TTB)
			Official Business

Note:

			1941-12-02 Locy Type 3z (TTB)
			Category

Cachet Makers: USCS Chapter 2 John Paul Jones and Ludwig W Staehle.

			1941-12-07 Locy Type 3z (TTB)
			Category

Cachet Makers: USCS Chapter 2 John Paul Jones and Ludwig W Staehle.

			1942-04-16 Locy Type 7qtz(2)
			Category

Censored wartime (WWII) use

			1943-06-23 Locy Type Fz USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-Z4
			Official Business

Note:

			1943-07-26 Locy Type 7qtz(2)
			Category

Censored wartime (WWII) use

			1943-07-27 Locy Type 9ruz U.S. Navy 128 1943-08-11 Washington D.C. Registered Washington D.C. U.S. Fleet Post Office
			Official Business

Note:

			1943-08-14 Locy Type 7qtz(2)
			Official Business

Note:

			1943-08-16 Locy Type 9ruz 1943-08-17 New York NY Navy 156 Br. 1943-08-28 Washington D.C. (Reg. Sec.) Washington D.C. U.S. Fleet Post Office
			Official Business

Note:

			1945-08-15 Locy Type Fz USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-Z4
			Official Business

Note:

			1945-12-28 Locy Type 7qt(1)
			Official Business

Note:

No Image		No Image	1946-01-31 Locy Type 2(n)
			Category

Note: Add-on cachet by Kelly Armstrong

No Image			1946-03-18 Locy Type 2(n)
			Battleship

Note:

			1946-05-15 Locy Type 7qt(1)
			Ship Birthday

Note:

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+</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
+N/A
+</td><td valign="center">
+-06-01<br/>USPO Slogan Machine Cancel<br/>Philadelphia PA
+</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
+Launching
+</td></tr></table>
+Cachet by [[Cachet Maker Richard Buchwald| Richard Buchwald]]
+<!-- === End of Ship Cover Entry === -->
+<!-- ============ -->
+<!--  1940-06-01  -->
+<!-- ============ -->
+<br/>&nbsp;<br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
+<tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
+N/A
+</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="320" rowspan="2">
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 Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Lloyd_A_Nace_ | Lloyd A. Nace]] and [[Cachet_Maker_T_M_Holcombe_ | T. M. Holcombe]]
+<!-- === End of Ship Cover Entry === -->
+<!-- ============ -->
+<!--  1940-06-01  -->
+<!-- ============ -->
+<br/>&nbsp;<br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
+<tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
+N/A
+</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="320" rowspan="2">
+[[Image:GregCiesielski USNH PhilaPA 19400601 1 Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
+</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
+[[Image:GregCiesielski USNH PhilaPA 19400601 1 Back.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
+</td><td valign="center">
+-06-01<br/>Locy Type 3 ([[OtherUS Naval Hospital League Island Pennsylvania_ | Navy Hospital League Island]])<br/>Locy Type 9 (Navy Hospital League Island)<br/>Locy Type 9v (Navy Hospital League Island)<br/>Locy Type 9x (Navy Hospital League Island)<br/>Philadelphia PA
+</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
+Launching
+</td></tr></table>
+Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Dr_S_E_Hutnick_ | Dr. S. E. Hutnick]]. From the Bill Wladyka collection.
+<!-- === End of Ship Cover Entry === -->
+<!-- ============ -->
+<!--  1940-06-01  -->
+<!-- ============ -->
+<br/>&nbsp;<br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
+<tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
+N/A
+</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="320" rowspan="2">
+[[Image:GregCiesielski_Washington_BB56_19400601_5_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
+</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
+[[Image:GregCiesielski_Washington_BB56_19400601_5_Back.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
+</td><td valign="center">
+-06-01<br/>USPO Slogan Machine Cancel<br/>Philadelphia PA
+</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
+Launching
+</td></tr></table>
+Cachet by [[Cachet Maker Al_Cohen_ | Al Cohen]]. From the Bill Wladyka collection.
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 Cachet Makers: [[Cachet_Maker_USCS_Chapter_2_John_Paul_Jones|USCS Chapter 2 John Paul Jones]] and
 [[Cachet_Maker_Ludwig_W_Staehle|Ludwig W Staehle]].<br/>
+<!-- === End of Ship Cover Entry === -->
+<!-- ============ -->
+<!--  1942-04-16  -->
+<!-- ============ -->
+<br/>&nbsp;<br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
+<tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
+[[Image:JonBurdett washington bb56 19420416 cc.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
+</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="320" rowspan="2">
+[[Image:JonBurdett washington bb56 19420416.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
+</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
+[[Image:JonBurdett washington bb56 19420416 pm.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
+</td><td valign="center">
+-04-16<br/>
+Locy Type 7qtz(2)<br/>
+</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
+Category</td></tr></table>
+Censored wartime (WWII) use
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+<!-- === End of Ship Cover Entry === -->
+<!-- ============ -->
+<!--  1946-01-31 -->
+<!-- ============ -->
+<br/>&nbsp;<br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
+<tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
+No Image
+</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
+[[Image:KArmstrong_Washington_BB_56_19460131_1_Front.jpg.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
+</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
+No Image
+</td><td valign="center">
+-01-31<br/>
+Locy Type 2(n) <br/>
+</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
+Category</td></tr></table>
+Note: Add-on cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Kelly_Armstrong | Kelly Armstrong]]
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