Cachet Maker Al Cohen

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

 

No Image			1938-10-23 Locy Type 3r "DECATUR / CONVENTION" USS Childs AVP-14
			USCS Regional Convention

Cover also has a Registration cancel (T-9v) and Parcel Post cancel (T-9x), See also Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

N/A		N/A	1939-10-02 Locy Type FDPS 3r (A-BBT) USS Neosho AO-23
			First Day of Postal Service

From the Tom Kean collection.

 

			1939-11-08 Locy Type 3r (A-BBT) "NEWPORT / R.I." USS Barney DD-149
			First Day of Postal Service

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			1939-11-08 Locy Type FDPS 3r (A-BBT) USS Yarnall DD-143
			First Day of Postal Service

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			1939-11-10 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) (Ship name misspelled) USS Breckinridge DD-148
			First Day of Postal Service

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			1939-11-11 Locy Type FDPS 3r (A-TBT) "BOSTON / MASS." USS Brooks DD-232
			First Day of Postal Service

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			1939-11-11 Locy Type FDPS 3r (A-BBT) "CHARLESTON / S.C." USS Upshur DD-144
			First Day of Postal Service

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			1939-11-17 Locy Type FDPS 3r (A-BBT) "PHILA / PENNA." USS Biddle DD-151
			First Day of Postal Service

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			1940-01-04 Locy Type FDPS 3 (A-BBT) "FIRST DAY / POST-SERVICE" USS Russell DD-414
			First Day of Postal Service

Cachet Director - Meyer Tuchinsky

 

			1940-03-04 Locy Type 3r (A-BTT) "FIRST DAY IN / COMMISSION" USS Morris DD-417
			Ship Commissioning

Cachet Director - Meyer Tuchinsky

 

N/A		N/A	1940-05-07 Locy Type FDPS 3r (A-TBT) "1ST DAY / SERVICE" USS Noa DD-343
			First Day of Postal Service

From the Tom Kean collection.

 

			1940-05-15 Locy Type FDC 3r (A-BBT) "FIRST DAY / PHILA,PA." USS Buck DD-420
			First Day of Commission

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N/A			1940-06-01 USPO Slogan Machine Cancel Philadelphia PA
			Launching of - USS Washington BB-56

From the Bill Wladyka collection.

 

			1940-08-03 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "FIRST DAY / CANCEL" USS Abbot DD-184
			Recommissioning First Day of Postal Service

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			1940-08-03 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "FIRST DAY / CANCEL" USS Abbot DD-184
			Recommissioning First Day of Postal Service

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N/A		N/A	1940-08-15 Locy Type FDPS 3 (A-BTT) "MAIL SERVICE / FIRST DAY" USS Plunkett DD-431
			First Day of Postal Service

From the Bill Wladyka collection.

 

			1940-08-19 Locy Type FDPS 3 (A-BBT) "1ST.MAIL / ****" USS Benson DD-421
			First Day of Postal Service

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			1940-08-23 Locy Type FDC F "PHILA. / PA." USCS Catalog Illus. A-21 USS Allen DD-66
			Recommissioning First Day of Postal Service

Bruce D. Liddell collection

 

			1940-10-15 Locy Type FDPS 3 (A-BBT) "BREMERTON / WASH" USS Charles F. Hughes DD-428
			First Day of Postal Service

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			1940-11-25 Locy Type FDPS 3 (A-BBT) "FIRST DAY / SERVICE" USS Belknap AVD-8
			First Day of Postal Service

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			1940-12-03 Locy Type 3 "FIRST DAY / POSTAL SERV" USS Curtiss AV-4
			Commissioning First Day of Postal Service

Red printed cachet...Back black rubberstamp Al Cohen return address

 

			1940-12-03 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) FIRST DAY / POSTAL SERV USS Curtiss AV-4
			Ship Commissioning Ship First Day Of Postal Service

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N/A			1941-04-07 Locy Type FDPS 3 (A-BTT) "FIRST DAY / POSTAL SERV" USS Meredith DD-434
			Commissioning / First Day of Postal Service

From the Tom Kean collection.

 

			1941-04-09 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. N-19 "FIRST DAY / COVER" USS North Carolina BB-55
			Ship Commissioning

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			1941-09-08 Locy Type FDPS 3 (A-OTO) "FIRST DAY / CANCELLATION" USS Alchiba AK-23
			First Day of Postal Service

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N/A			1941-09-08 Locy Type FDPS 3 (A-OTO) USS Alhena AK-26
			First Day of Postal Service

From the Tom Kean collection.

 

			1946-03-28 Locy Type FDC F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-4 USS Robert L Wilson DD-847
			Ship First Day Of Postal Service

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			1946-05-10 Locy Type 3 (A-BTT) USS Dobbin AD-3
			Ship Last Day Of Postal Service

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			1946-11-03 Locy Type FDC 2(n) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. V-3e Locy Type FDC F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. V-3a USS Valley Forge LPH-8
			Ship Commissioning Ship First Day Of Postal Service

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