Cachet Maker Sibley's Department Store Hobby Shop Page 3

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.

1. Page 1    (Genuine Ship Covers Page 1)
2. Page 2    (Genuine Ship Covers Page 2)
3. Page 3    (Fake Postmark Ship Covers Page 1)
4. Page 4    (Fake Postmark Ship Covers Page 2)
5. Page 5    (Fake Postmark British Ship Covers)
6. Page 6    (Event and Patriotic Covers)




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Early in 1941 the manager of the Hobby Shop in the Sibley, Lindsay & Curr department store in Rochester, New York solicited orders for a set of about 250 covers to be postmarked during 1941 on every ship of the Navy. In retrospect, 1941 was a poor year to begin such a project, and by June the manager ran into serious problems when security regulations adopted because of growing American involvement in World War II prohibited Navy Mail Clerks from postmarking covers for collectors. In order to fill orders, the manager began making fake postmarks which look somewhat like a Type 3 cancel. The device had slots at the bottom of the dial for rubber letters to spell out the name of the ship. A few also simulated the Type 3 cancel with wording in the killer bars.
Three factors show these postmarks to be fakes: 1) they did not begin to appear until security regulations restricted collectors from obtaining genuine cancels; 2) they are seen only on covers from the Hobby Shop; and 3) covers with these cancels were sent to buyers under separate cover, although earlier covers had arrived directly from the ship. Some of the ships represented did not even have post offices at the time. Collectors questioned the unusual cancels, but the manager of the Hobby Shop denied any wrongdoing. Sibley's was a well-known chain of good reputation; if alerted to this situation its management certainly would not have approved.
Source: USCS CATALOG of UNITED STATES NAVAL POSTMARKS, Fifth Edition, 1997.

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			1941-08-23 Locy Type CD-3b *FAKE* USS Arctic AF-7
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			1941-06-19 Locy Type Fake  (USCS Illustration CD-3) "SAN PEDRO / CALIF" USS Arizona BB-39
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			1941-07-04 Locy Type CD-3 *FAKE* USS Asheville PG-21
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			1942-02-01 Locy Type CD-3 *FAKE* USS Augusta CA-31
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			1941-07-10 Locy Type CD-3 *FAKE* USS Aylwin DD-355
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			1941-09-30 Locy Type CD-3 *FAKE* USS Babbitt DD-128
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			1941-08-24 Locy Type CD-3 *FAKE* “U.S. / NAVY” USS Badger DD-126
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			1941-10-25 Locy Type CD-3a *FAKE* USS Bagaduce AT-21
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			1941-09-03 Locy Type CD-3 *FAKE* USS Bagley DD-386
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			1941-10-25 Locy Type CD-3a *FAKE* Dial text: “U.S.S. / AVD / 10 / BALLARD” USS Ballard AVD-10
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			1941-09-11 Locy Type CD-3 *FAKE* USS Barker DD-213
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			1941-08-22 Locy Type CD-3a *FAKE* USS Bay Spring YNg-19
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			1941-08-29 Locy Type CD-3a *FAKE* USS Belknap DD-251
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			1941-08-22 Locy Type CD-3b *FAKE* USS Bittern AM-36
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			1941-10-04 Locy Type CD-3 *FAKE* USS Borie DD-215
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			1941-10-19 Locy Type CD-3 *FAKE* "CACHALOT / 170" USS Cachalot SS-170
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New Discovery as of Sept. 15, 2007


 


			1941-11-20 Locy Type CD-3 *FAKE* USS California BB-44
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New Discovery as of Sept. 15, 2007


 


			1941-09-14 Locy Type CD-3a *FAKE* USS Case DD-370
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			1941-11-04 Locy Type Fake (CD-3b, "E") USS Chaumont AP-5
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			1941-07-03 Locy Type CD-3 *FAKE* ”AT / SEA” USS Chester CA-27
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			1941-07-03 Locy Type CD-3 *FAKE* ”AT / SEA” USS Chester CA-27
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			1941-09-14 Locy Type CD-3 *FAKE* USS Conyngham DD-371
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			1941-11-20 Locy Type CD-3a *FAKE* USS Dahlgren DD-187
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			1941-07-30 Locy Type CD-3 *FAKE* USS Davis DD-395
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			1941-07-28 Locy Type CD-3 *FAKE* USS Dewey DD-349
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			1942-03-26 Locy Type CD-3 *FAKE* USS Drayton DD-366
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			1941-07-29 Locy Type CD-3 *FAKE* USS Edsall DD-219
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			1941-07-04 Locy Type CD-3 *FAKE* USS Elliot DD-146
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			1941-07-04 Locy Type CD-3 *FAKE* USS Elliot DD-146
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			1941-10-03 Locy Type CD-3a *FAKE* USS Enterprise CV-6
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			1942-02-17 Locy Type CD-3 *FAKE* USS Gamble DM-15
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			1941-08-23 Locy Type CD-3 *FAKE* USS Greer DD-145
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			1941-12-01 Locy Type CD-3a *FAKE* USS Gridley DD-380
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N/A			1941-06-01 Locy Type CD-3 *FAKE* USS Guam CB-2
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			1942-02-04 Locy Type CD-3 *FAKE* USS Hammann DD-412
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			1941-08-27 Locy Type CD-3 *FAKE* USS Helena CL-50
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N/A			1941-08-03 Locy Type CD-3 *FAKE* USS Helm DD-388
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			1942-01-12 Locy Type CD-3a *FAKE* USS Henley DD-391
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			1941-08-26 Locy Type CD-3 *FAKE* USS Honolulu CL-48
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			1941-09-24 Locy Type CD-3 *FAKE* USS Houston CA-30
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			1941-07-29 Locy Type CD-3 *FAKE* USS Humphreys DD-236
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