Cachet Maker Naval Cachet And Cancel Club

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.

The Naval Cachet And Cancel Club president was TAZEWELL G. NICHOLSON

 

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			1935-10-12 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBB) "NORFOLK / NAVY YARD" USS Fairfax DD-93
			Columbus Day

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			1935-10-12 Locy Type 3 (BC-BBT) "COLUMBUS / DAY" USS Hannibal AG-1
			Columbus Day

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			1935-10-12 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBB) USS Taylor DD-94
			Columbus Day

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			1936-04-04 Locy Type 3 (AC-TTB) "YORKTOWN / LAUNCHED" USS Babbitt AG-102
			Launching of- USS Yorktown CV-5

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			1936-04-22 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBT) "WELCOME / DOWNES" USS Henderson AP-1
			Launching of- USS Downes DD-375

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N/A			1936-04-22 Locy Type 3 (BC-BBT) "U.S.S. DOWNES / LAUNCHED" USS Monaghan DD-354
			Launching of - USS Downes DD-375

From the Tom Kean collection.

 

N/A			1936-07-11 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "SWEEPER / TO TENDER" USS Raleigh CL-7
			18th Birthday of the USS OWL AM-2 and commemorating her conversion from Minesweeper to Aircraft Tender.

From the Tom Kean collection.

 

N/A			1936-07-23 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "FIRST DAY IN / COMMISSION" USS Tucker DD-374
			First Day Of Postal Service

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N/A			1936-09-01 Locy Type 3 (A-TTB) "PORTSMOUTH / VIRGINIA" USS Whitney AD-4 Locy Type SLKbs (87x9) USS Owl AM-2
			First Day of Commissioning of- USS Acushnet AT-63

From the Tom Kean collection.

 

			1936-09-03 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "USS BAGLEY / LAUNCHED" USS Tucker DD-374
			Launching of- USS Bagley DD-386

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			1937-01-15 Locy Type FDC 3r (AC-BBT) "NORFOLK / NAVY YARD" USS Downes DD-375
			First Day Of Postal Service

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			1937-05-27 Locy Type 3 (A-BTT) "PORTSMOUTH / VA." USS Leary DD-158
			Dual Ship Launching of - USS Helm DD-388 and USS Blue DD-387

Cachet by C. Wright Richell and sponsored by the Naval Cachet And Cancel Club.

 

			1937-08-14 Locy Type 3r (AC-TTB) "1-ST DAY / COMM" USS Blue DD-387
			First Day Of Postal Service

FDPS Cachet by C. Wright Richell and sponsored by the Naval Cachet And Cancel Club. Contributed by Louis Kurzmiller.

 

N/A		No Image	1937-08-14 Locy Type FDC 3ty "HAVANA / CUBA" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. B-38b Locy Type FDC 9x USS Blue DD-387
			Commissioning

FDC Cachet by C. Wright Richell, sponsored by Tazewell G. Nicholson.

 

N/A			1937-08-14 Locy Type FDC 3r (AC-TTB) "1-ST DAY / COMM" USS Blue DD-387
			Commissioning

FDC Cachet by C. Wright Richell, sponsored by Tazewell G. Nicholson. From the Tom Kean collection.

 

			1937-09-28 Locy Type 3r (AC-BBT) "HABANA DE / CUBA" USS Bagley DD-386
			Shakedown Cruise

Cachet by C. Wright Richell and sponsored by the Naval Cachet And Cancel Club.

 

			1937-10-12 Locy Type 3 (A) Locy Type 9x USS Bagley DD-386
			Columbus Day

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			1937-10-16 Locy Type FDC 3r (AC-BBT) "DAY OF / COMMISSION" USS Helm DD-388
			Commissioning

Cachet by C. Wright Richell and sponsored by the Naval Cachet And Cancel Club.

 

			1937-10-27 Locy Type 3r (AC-BBT) "NAVY / DAY" USS Helm DD-388
			Keel Laying of- USS North Carolina BB-55

Cachet by C. Wright Richell and sponsored by the Naval Cachet And Cancel Club.

 

			1937-11-15 Locy Type 3r (AC-TTB) "SAN JUAN / PUERTO RICO" USS Blue DD-387
			Shakedown Cruise

Cachet by C. Wright Richell and sponsored by the Naval Cachet And Cancel Club.

 

			1938-03-16 Locy Type 3r (AC-BBT) "MIAMI / FLORIDA" USS Helm DD-388
			Shakedown Cruise

Cachet by C. Wright Richell and sponsored by the Naval Cachet And Cancel Club.

 

			1938-05-13 Locy Type 3 (AC-TTT) "NORFOLK / NAVY YARD" USS Raleigh CL-7
			Welcome Home

Cachet by C. Wright Richell and sponsored by the Naval Cachet And Cancel Club.

 

			1938-08-16 Locy Type 9x USS Raleigh CL-7
			18th Anniversary of Keel Laying

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			1938-08-16 Locy Type SLKt (39x3) USS Raleigh CL-7
			18th Anniversary of Keel Laying

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			1939-05-19 Locy Type FDC 3 (A-BBT) "FIRST DAY IN / COMMISSION" USS Saint Louis CL-49
			First Day Of Postal Service

Cachet by C. Wright Richell and sponsored by the Naval Cachet And Cancel Club.

 

			1939-08-10 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "ENROUTE TO / JAMAICA" USS Saint Louis CL-49
			Shakedown Cruise

Cachet by C. Wright Richell and sponsored by the Naval Cachet And Cancel Club.

 

			1939-08-29 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "PONTA DELGADO / AZORES" USS Saint Louis CL-49
			Shakedown Cruise

Cachet by C. Wright Richell and sponsored by the Naval Cachet And Cancel Club.

 

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