Cachet Maker Walter G Crosby Page 6

Page 1  (1931-1935)
Page 1a  (June 1931-July 1932 w/ Robert Beazell)
Page 2  (1936)
Page 3  (1937)
Page 4  (1938)
Page 5  (1939-1940)
Page 6  (1941-)
Page 7a  (The collection of Bob Boyd (grandson of Walter Crosby)
Page 7b  (The collection of Bob Boyd (grandson of Walter Crosby)
Page 8  (First Day Covers)

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	1941-02-01 Locy Type 7d USS Pennsylvania BB-38
			Category

Cachet is thermographed.

		N/A	1941-01-07 Locy Type 6ep(2) USS Arizona BB-39
			Ship Commemorative - USS Arizona BB-39

Cachet is thermographed. Center symbol is the Great Seal of the State of Arizona.

			1941-03-06 Locy Type 3r (A-BBT) PEARL HARBOR / HAWAII" USS BREESE DM-18
			Ship Commemorative

Dark green thermographed cachet

		N/A	1941-04-18 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "PEARL / HARBOR, T.H." USS Yorktown CV-5
			Ship Birthday - USS Yorktown CV-5

Cachet is thermographed. Cachet is on a piece of paper that is pasted to the cover. It is for the ship's first birthday (1938-09-30) but the postmark is in 1941.

		N/A	1941-05-11 Locy Type 3 USS Rail AM-26
			Ship Commemorative - USS RAIL AM-26

Brown thermographed cachet.

N/A		N/A	1941-06-04 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) USS North Carolina BB-55
			USMC - War Bonds

Note:

N/A			1941-07-12 Locy Type 7di "Marine Corps Base" San Diego CA
			MCB San Diego

With enclosure.

			1941-07-25 Locy Type 3 USS Tern AM-31
			Ship Commemorative - USS TERN AM-31

Red thermographed cachet

N/A		N/A	1941-08-19 Canadian Hand Cancel Dawson Yukon
			SS YUKON - Greetings from Alaska

From the Lawrence Gregg collection.

		N/A	1941-09-15 Locy Type 7qt(2) USS West Virginia BB-48
			Category

Cachet is thermographed.

N/A		N/A	1941-09-19 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) USS North Carolina BB-55
			Greetings from the Atlantic Fleet

Note:

N/A		N/A	1941-10-30 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) USS North Carolina BB-55
			Our Navy / First Line of Defense

Note:

N/A		N/A	1941-11-15 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) USS Oklahoma BB-37
			US Marines

Note:

N/A		N/A	1941-11-17 Locy Type 7qt(2) USS Maryland BB-46
			Greetings from Honolulu Hawaii

Note:

N/A		N/A	1941-11-21 Locy Type 3(A-TBT) USS Case DD-370
			Collectors request

Note:

N/A		N/A	1941-11-25 Locy Type 3(A-BTT) USS Monaghan DD-354
			Collectors request

Note:

		N/A	1941-11-26 Locy Type 6 USS Detroit CL-8
			Ship Commemorative - USS DETROIT CL-8

Blue thermographed cachet. Michigan State Seal. Air Mail envelope.

N/A		N/A	1941-11-27 Locy Type 7 USS Medusa AR-1
			Collectors request

Note:

N/A		N/A	1941-12-23 Locy Type Fz
			MCB San Diego

Note:

			1942-05-12 Locy Type 2 Navy Receiving Station San Pedro California
			Ship First Day Of Postal Service

Cachet is thermographed.

			1942-05-18 Locy Type 7qt Marine Base Camp Elliott California
			US Marine Corps

Cachet is thermographed.

			1942-05-28 Locy Type 3z (BBT) USS Vestal AR-4
			Remember Pearl Harbor

Cachet is thermographed.

N/A			1942-07-15 Locy Type 2 "Rifle Range M.C.B. Br." San Diego, Calif.
			MCB San Diego

With enclosure.

			1942-09-02 USPO Type 6 "Train Clerk" Petersburg, VA
			Patriotic cachet featuring the "Gooney Birds" of Midway Island

Red thermographed cachet

N/A		N/A	1942-10-26 Locy Type 3 "PORTER / SUNK" USS Bristol DD-453
			Remembering USS Porter DD-356

US Marines cachet.

			1942-11-17 USPO Duplex #6 San Pedro, CA
			Person Commemorative - Christopher Columbus

Burgundy thermographed cachet. Columbus portrait. #10 Air Mail envelope

N/A		N/A	1942-12-01 USPO Type 3 (BBT) "V FOR / VICTORY" Dial - "Marine Corps Air Sta. Br." Quantico VA
			US Marine Corps Air Station, Quantico, VA

USMC Thanksgiving cachet. From the Greg Ciesielski collection.

			1943-02-20 Locy Type 3z(BTB) USPO Type 9 "New Bern. N.C. / Barrage Balloon Group Br."
			Barrage Balloon Group Training Center, Courthouse Bay, MCB Camp Lejuene. Sept 1942 to 15 December 1943

From the Greg Ciesielski collection.

N/A		N/A	1943-03-29 USPO Type 9 "New Bern, N.C. / Rifle Range Mar. Barracks Br."
			US Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejuene NC

From the Greg Ciesielski collection.

N/A		N/A	1943-06-16 Locy Type 7 "CHERRY POINT / N.C."
			US Marine Corps Air station Cherry Point NC

From the Greg Ciesielski collection.

N/A			1943-11-11 USPO Duplex Cancel "U.S.N. TRAINING STA." San Diego, CA
			Naval Training Station, San Diego CA

USN Thanksgiving cachet. From the Tom Kean collection.

		N/A	1945-03-12 USPO Machine Cancel West New York NJ
			Ship Commemorative - USS Cummings DD-365

Cachet is thermographed.

		N/A	1945-09-02 USPO Hand Cancel Washington DC
			Ship Commemorative - USS Lexington CV-2

Cachet is thermographed.

		N/A	1946-01-24 Locy Type 7d USS Pennsylvania BB-38
			Category

Cachet is thermographed.

		N/A	1946-02-14 Locy Type 9v USS Pennsylvania BB-38
			Category

Cachet is thermographed.

N/A		N/A	1946-05-20 Locy Type LDPS 2(n) USS Idaho BB-42
			Last Day Postal Service

Note:

			1946-06-30 Locy Type LDPS 2(n) USS Nevada BB-36
			Last Day of Postal Service

Cachet is thermographed.

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