Cachet Maker Norfolk Cover Service

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	Primary Date Postmark Type Killer Bar Text Ship --------- Category

			1937-06-12
			N/A

Norfolk Cover Service marking in blue and magenta. Norfolk Cover Service (NCS) was owned by S. M. Falconer who sponsored Naval covers from 1933 to 1939. His USCS membership number is 1192 and his RCD number is 53. In the NCS logo, his number are given as 1193 and 54 because of receiving the wrong membership cards initially.

 

N/A		N/A	1934-08-15 Locy Type 6 "Navy Yard Sta." Portsmouth VA
			Keel Laying of USS Tucker DD 374

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N/A		N/A	1936-04-22 Locy Type 6 "Navy Yard Sta." Portsmouth VA
			Launching of USS Downes DD 375

Note: Year inverted in postmark.

 

N/A		N/A	1936-07-23 Locy Type FDC 3 (A-BBT) "FIRST DAY IN / COMMISSION" USS Tucker DD 374
			Commissioning

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N/A			1937-01-15 Locy Type FDC 3r (AC-BBT) "NORFOLK / NAVY YARD" USS Downes DD-375
			Commissioning

From the Tom Kean collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1937-05-27 Locy Type 3 (AC-TTB) "NORFOLK / NAVY YARD" USS Drayton DD 366
			Launching of USS Blue DD 387 and USS Helm DD 388

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			1937-06-12 Locy Type 3 (A-TBT) "NAVY YARD / NORFOLK" USS Lamson DD-367
			Commissioning of USS BAGLEY DD 386

Back black rubberstamp T.M. Holcombe and a magenta Norfolk Cover Service R/S marking.

 

			1937-06-25 Locy Type 5hks "PORTSMOUTH / VIRGINIA" USS Vega AK-17
			Keel Laying of USS Stack DD 406

Note: The cachet was printed on a "Standard Naval Envelope, Style "A" by the Philatelic Printing Co., Memphis TN" (green items)

 

N/A		N/A	1937-06-25 Locy Type 5hks "PORTSMOUTH / VIRGINIA" USS Vega AK-17
			Keel Laying of USS Stack DD 406

Note: This cachet was printed on a blank envelope.

 

			1937-08-09 Locy Type 3r (AC-BBT) "NORFOLK / NAVY YARD" USS Downes DD 375
			Keel Laying of USS Russell DD 414

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

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

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N/A		N/A	1938-06-07 Locy Type 3 (AC-TTB) USS Babbitt DD 128
			Keel Laying of USS Wainwright DD 419

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N/A		N/A	1939-05-19 Locy Type FDC 3 (A-BBT) "FIRST DAY IN / COMMISSION" USS Saint Louis CL 49
			Commissioning

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N/A		N/A	1939-09-23 Locy Type FDC 3r (AC-BBT) "FIRST DAY IN / COMMISSION" USS Rowan DD 405
			Commissioning

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			1936-05
			N/A

S. M. Falconer's USCS index card.

 

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