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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	1940-05-04 Locy Type 6
			Sailors mail

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			1940-07-04 Locy Type 3 (AC-TTB) "PEARL / HARBOR TH"
			Independence Day

Cachet maker is Unknown

N/A		N/A	1940-07-18 Locy Type 7qt(2)
			Sailors mail

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N/A		N/A	1940-07-26 Locy Type 6 (AT SEA)
			Mail from the USS Arizona

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N/A		N/A	1940-09-04 Locy Type 3 (AC-TTB) "PEARL / HARBOR - TH"
			Mail from the USS Arizona

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			1940-09-26 Locy Type 6 (At Sea)
			Official Business

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			1940-10-17 Locy Type 3 (AC-TTB)
			Birthday

Cachet by Ted Harrington

			1940-10-17 Locy Type 3 (AC-TTB)
			US Fleet in Asiatic Waters

Cachet by M. Fay Muridge and sponsored by the John Paul Jones Chapter No. 2, USCS

			1940-11-24 Locy Type 3 (AC-TTB)
			Category

Thermographed cachet by Glen Osborn and Everett S. Decker.

		N/A	1941-01-07 Locy Type 6ep(2)
			Ship Commemorative

Thermographed cachet by Walter G. Crosby.

		N/A	1941-02-04 Locy Type 6ep(2)
			Official mail from the USS Arizona

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			1941-02-09 Locy Type 3 (AC-TTB)
			President William H. Harrison

Cachet by William S. Linto

N/A		N/A	1941-02-12 Locy Type 7qt(2)
			Mail from the USS Arizona

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N/A		N/A	1941-02-19 Locy Type 6ep(2)
			Mail from the USS Arizona

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N/A		N/A	1941-03-14 Locy Type 6ep(2) (AT SEA)
			Mail from the USS Arizona

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N/A		N/A	1941-03-27 Locy Type 3 (AC-TTB)
			Collectors request

Cachet by Ted Harrington. From the Lloyd Farrell collection.

N/A		N/A	1941-03-31 Locy Type 6ep(2) (AT SEA)
			Mail from the USS Arizona

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		N/A	1941-04-30 Locy Type 3 (AC-TTB)
			President George Washington

Cachet by Myron F. McCamley and Robert B. Kirchgraber

			1941-04-30 Locy Type 3 (AC-TTB)
			President George Washington

Cachet by Myron F. McCamley and Robert B. Kirchgraber

N/A		N/A	1941-05-22 Locy Type 7qt(2)
			Mail from the USS Arizona

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		N/A	1941-05-26 Locy Type 7qt(2)
			Mail from the USS Arizona

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		N/A	1941-06-19 Locy Type FAKE USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-3 "SAN PEDRO / CALIF"
			Ships statistics

Cachet by Sibley's Department Store (Hobby Shop)

			1941-07-07 Locy Type 3z (A-BBT)
			Sailor Mail

Ens. Vernon Osterberg (1914-1973),from Seattle, was first assigned to ARIZONA in 1939. He survived the attack, was briefly reassigned to TENNESSEE, and later in the war was on the escort carrier CARD.

Note: Although the Type 3z is cataloged as scarcity B, no other example has actually been seen or recorded (including several advanced collectors). Probably should be reclassified with an R rating

		N/A	1941-07-23 Locy Type 6ep(2)
			Mail from the USS Arizona

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		N/A	1941-10-19 Locy Type 6ep(2) (AT SEA)
			Mail from the USS Arizona

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			1941-11-16 Locy Type 6ep(2)("At Sea")
			Sailors mail

From S1/c William Robert Chappell, who survived Pearl Harbor. He was then assigned to ALYWIN and in Sept. 1942 transferred to the destroyer DEHAVEN. Chappell was KIA on board DEHAVEN on 1 Feb. 1943 when the ship was sunk. He was born c1922 in Paducah, Kentucky, but moved to Norwood, Ohio with family. The cover is addressed to Margaret Jane ("Mickey") Gossin (1924-1997). William and Margaret were married in Reno, NV in August 1942, just before he reported to DEHAVEN.

N/A			1941-11-25 Locy Type 6ep(2)
			Official Mail

Addressed to collector Frank Shedblower. The note enclosed from mail clerk informing him that he cannot comply with cancellation requests.

N/A			1941-12-02 Locy Type 6ep(2)
			Sailors mail

Note - This example is from the May 2008 LOG Article.

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