Cachet Maker ANCS Crew 8 Viking

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

 

N/A			1935-09-02 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "VIKING / CREW NO. 8" USS Reina Mercedes IX-25
			Labor Day

Cover by Louis G. Nix, signed by D. L. Webster (Navy Mail Clerk, REINA MERCEDES). 1st VIKING CREW No. 8 Cover.

 

N/A			1935-10-10 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "STATION SHIP / U.S.N.A." USS Reina Mercedes IX-25
			90th Anniversary of the U.S. Naval Academy

Cover by Raymond Graves, signed by D. L. Webster (Navy Mail Clerk, REINA MERCEDES). 2nd VIKING CREW No. 8 Cover.

 

N/A		N/A	1935-10-27 Locy Type 3 (A-BTT) "EVERY DAY A / NAVY DAY" USS Richmond CL-9
			Navy Day

Cover by Raymond Graves, signed by Navy Mail Clerk, REINA MERCEDES. 3rd VIKING CREW No. 8 Cover.

 

			1935-12-25 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "JOYEUX NOEL / IX25" USS Reina Mercedes IX-25
			Christmas Day

Cover by Louis G. Nix, D. L. Webster (Navy Mail Clerk, REINA MERCEDES) and Raymond Graves (Cachet Director)

 

			1935-12-25 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "JOYEUX NOEL / IX25" USS Reina Mercedes IX-25
			Christmas Day

Close-up view of the text on the back of the Dec 25 1935 cover. It reads: "425 Covers bore this cachet cancelled on the U.S.S. Reina Mercedes. Sponsred by A.N.C.S. Viking's Crew No. 8. Cachet Directors D. L. Webster, N.M.C. & Raymond Graves, 1103 East Capitol St., Washington, D.C."

 

			1936-02-22 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "IT CAN / BE DONE" USS Reina Mercedes IX-25
			Washington's Birthday

Cachet by Louis G. Nix and D. L. Webster (Navy Mail Clerk, REINA MERCEDES)

 

			1936-07-12 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "COM ??? / NO, 8 USS Reina Mercedes IX-25
			First Anniversary of the Viking Crew No. 8, ANCS

Cachet by Louis G. Nix. Cachet is thermographed. NOT Listed in the USCS Naval Cover Cachet Makers' Catalog Vol. 2.

 

			1937-01-26 Locy Type 2 (C) (A.M.) US Naval Hospital Annapolis MD
			24th Anniversary of Internment of John Paul Jones

Cachet by Louis G. Nix, Lewis R. Myers and sponsored by the Viking Crew No. 8, ANCS. From the Tom Kean collection.

 

			1938-07-12 Locy Type 3 (BC-TBT) "WASHINGTON / D.C." USS Cormorant ATO-133
			Third Anniversary of the Viking Crew No. 8, ANCS

Cachet by Desmond D. Jagyi. LAST Viking Crew No. 8 Cover.

 

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