Cachet Category Ship First Day Of Postal Service Page 2

Page 1  (1933 - 1940)
Page 2  (1941)
Page 3  (1942 - Present)

 

Covers should be listed in chronological order. Use the postmark date or best guess. This applies to covers with 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	Primary Date Postmark Type Killer Bar Text Ship --------- Cachet Makers

 

		No Image	1941-01-29 Locy Type 3 (A-BBB) "PEARL HARBOR / HAWAII" USS Chew DD-106
			Manuscript "First Day"

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			1941-02-01 Locy Type FDPS 9efw USS Sangamon CVE-26
			Tazewell G Nicholson

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			1941-02-21 Locy Type 9fw (C) USS Harry Lee APA-10
			Tazewell G Nicholson

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			1941-02-24 Locy Type 3r (A-BTT) FIRST DAY / MAIL SERVICE USS Raven MSF-55
			Dr S E Hutnick

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			1941-02-27 Locy Type FDPS 9v USS Sacramento PG-19
			Gordon A Shaw

Notes: Cachet Categories: Ship Recommissioning and Ship First Day Of Postal Service

 

			1941-03-12 USS Castor AKS-1
			Dr. S.E. Hutnick

Blue printed cachet with silver printed bars overprinted in black...R.C.D. 70...Back purple rubberstamp "S.E. Hutnick"

 

			1941-03-15 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) BALBOA / C.Z. USS Valiant PYc-51
			Walter Czubay National Cachet Society

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			1941-03-19 Locy Type 3 (A-BBB) USS Ballard AVD-10
			M. Fay Muridge

Notes: This is for the first day of postal service after a recommissioning.
Name on the back is Elroy Giffin but it is not clear if he had anything to do with creating the cachet.

 

			1941-03-19 Locy Type FDPS 9efw USS Laramie AO-16
			Tazewell G Nicholson

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			1941-03-31 Locy Type FDPS 3r (A-BTB) USS Ward APD-16
			Cachet Maker

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			1941-04-15 Locy Type FDPS 3 (A-BBT) FIRST DAY / CANCEL USS Lassen AE-3
			Dr S E Hutnick

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			1941-04-30 Locy Type 3 (A-BTB) FIRST / DAY USS Thornton AVD-11
			Alvin Franzblau

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			1941-05-13 Locy Type FDPS 3e (A-TTT) USS Enterprise CV-6 Air Group Branch
			Dr. S.E. Hutnick

Cachet is thermographed.

 

No Image			1941-06-20 Locy Type 9fw USS Pocomoke AV-9
			Cachet Maker

Notes: This looks like a Tazewell Nicholson cachet.

 

			1941-06-30 Locy Type FDC Fz  [CD-Z5] USS Grayback SS-208
			M Fay Muridge Robert V Walton ANCS Crew 24 Argonauts Alex R Hesse

Notes: Cachet Categories: Ship Commissioning and Ship First Day Of Postal Service.

 

			1941-08-10 Locy Type 9efw USS Tarazed AF-13
			Tazewell G Nicholson

Notes: Actual first day of postal service was August 9, 1941.

 

			1941-08-15 Locy Type FDPS 9e Naval Hospital Jacksonville Florida
			Dr S E Hutnick

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			1941-08-25 Locy Type 9efw USS Griffin AS-13
			Cachet Maker

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			1941-08-25 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) FIRST DAY / MAIL USS Griffin AS-13
			Dr S E Hutnick

Notes: Additional Cachet Category: Ship Recommissioning.

 

			1941-08-27 Locy Type FDPS 9v USS Paducah PG-18
			Cachet Maker

Notes: Contributed by Jennifer Hoffman.

 

			1941-08-28 Locy Type FDPS 3 (A-BBT) USS Alcyone AK-24
			Tazewell G. Nicholson

Note: Back is clean

 

			1941-09-05 USS Pelias AS-14
			Dr. S.E. Hutnick

Orange printed cachet...R.C.D. 70...Back purple rubberstamp "S.E. Hutnick"

 

			1941-09-08 Locy Type FDPS 3 (A-OTO) "FIRST DAY / CANCELLATION" USS Alchiba AK-23
			Al Cohen

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			1941-09-08 Locy Type FDPS 3 (A-OTO) USS Alhena AK-26
			Walter Czubay

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			1941-09-19 Locy Type 3 (A-BTT)  FIRST DAY / POST. SERV. Locy Type 9efw Locy Type 9x USS Otus ARG-20
			Walter Czubay National Cachet Society

Notes: Cachet is thermographed.

 

			1941-09-20 Locy Type FDPS 9efw USS Stratford AP-41
			Tazewell G Nicholson

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			1941-10-07 Locy Type FDPS 3 (A-BBB) "FIRST DAY / CANCEL" USS Algorab AK-25
			N/A

Note: Cover also bears a "Released By O.N.I. Sep 7 1945" marking. (Office of Naval Intelligence)

 

No Image			1941-10-13 Locy Type FDPS 3 (A-OBO) "FIRST DAY / SERVICE" USS Almaack AK-27
			N/A

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			1941-10-14 Locy Type FDPS 3 (A-BBT) FIRST DAY / COVER USS Solace AH-5
			Alvin Franzblau

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			1941-10-14 Locy Type FDPS 3 (A-BBT) FIRST DAY / COVER USS Solace AH-5
			Dr S E Hutnick

Notes: Cachet Categories: Ship First Day Of Postal Service and Ship Commissioning

 

			1941-10-20 Locy Type 3 (A-OBO) THE FIRST / WATCH USS Hornet CV-8
			Dr. S.E. Hutnick

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			1941-10-20 Locy Type 3 (A-OBO) THE FIRST / WATCH USS Hornet CV-8
			Tazewell G. Nicholson C Wright Richell

Note: Sunk by Japanese on October 27, 1942

 

			1941-10-22 Locy Type FDC F (USCS Illustration B-57) FIRST DAY / COMMISSION USS Bristol DD-453
			Archie Lance

Notes: Additional cachet category: Ship Commissioning.
Cachet is thermographed.

 

			1941-10-27 Locy Type FDPS 3 (A-BBT) "NEW YORK / NY" USS American Legion AP-35
			Dr. S.E. Hutnick

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			1941-10-27 Locy Type FDPS 9efw USS St Mihiel AP-32
			Tazewell G Nicholson

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			1941-11-01 Locy Type 3 (A-OTO) USS Bristol DD-453
			National Cachet Society

Notes: Additional cachet category: Ship Commissioning.

 

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