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Covers should be listed in chronological order. Use the postmark date or best guess.
 
Each entry provides a link to the image of the front of the cover. There is also the option to have a link to the image of the back of the cover if there is anything of significance there. Finally, there is the primary date for the cover and the classification types for all postmarks based on the Locy System.



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
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Cachet Category

CONSTITUTION Themed Cachets



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1932-10-27
USPO Duplex Postmark
"Navy Yard Sta."
Boston MA
USF Constitution

Navy Day

City of Boston - Washington Bicentennial Committee rubber stamp cachet. Cachet honors the Launching of the Constitution in 1797.



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1932-10-27
Locy Type 5hks
"WASHINGTON / D. C."
USF Constitution

Navy Day

Constitution sticker on the front of the cover. From the Jimmy Jordan collection.



N/A

N/A

1933-06-10
Locy Type 3 (BTT) ("U.S. FRIGATE")
"SEATTLE / WASHINGTON"
USF Constitution

"OLD IRONSIDES" - A Poem

Cachet Maker - The Pacific Northwest Chapter No. 2, USCS (now John Paul Jones Chapter No. 2, USCS)



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N/A

1934-02-20
Locy Type 5hks
"COMMEMORATE / OLD IRONSIDES"
USS Relief AH-1

Saluting "Old Ironsides" on her victory against
HMS Cyane & HMS Levant, Feb. 20, 1815

Cachet Artist Clyde G. Morris, sponsored by A. H. G. Voss, W. P. D'Amour and Walter G. Crosby. Signed by Voss and D'Amour, both Navy Mail Clerks aboard USS Relief.



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N/A

1934-03-15
USPO 4-bar
Inglesmith PA

Discontinued Post office

Rubber stamp "Boost / OLD IRONSIDES / STAMP" marking.



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N/A

1934-07-19
Locy Type 3 (B-BBT)
USS Algorma AT-34

Calling for a Postage Stamp

Cachet Maker: Unknown


 

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N/A

1934-08-19
Locy Type 5hks
"VICTORY FOR / OLD IRONSIDES"
USS Relief AH-1

Category

Note:



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N/A

1934-10-27
Locy Type 3s (BC-BTT)
"NAVY DAY"
USS Grebe AT-134

Navy Day

Cachet Maker: Raymond R Freshwater



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1935-04-04
USPO Duplex Postmark
Ruby Alaska

PAA Mail Plane/Star Route 78/32

USF Constitution label on the back of this cover.



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1935-09-02
Locy Type 3 (B-TBT)
"SAN PEDRO / LABOR DAY"
USS Pennsylvania BB-38

Labor Day

"Aye! Give Us An Old Ironsides Stamp" label on the front of this cover. Cachet by John Coulthard.



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1935-11-20
Locy Type F
"OLD IRONSIDES / ARRIVED IN / HAWAII 1845"
USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. A-39
USS Argonaut SM-1

90th Anniversary of visit.

Cachet Sponsor - John Rodgers Chapter No. 26. R/S address on back from cachetmaker L.C. Dewey



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1938-08-19
Locy Type 3 (A-BTB)
"SAN DIEGO / CALIFORNIA"
USS Ranger CV-4

Cachet commemorates battle between USS Constitution and Guerriere on August 19, 1812.
It also commemorates Commodore Isaac Hull

Cachetmaker Harry Ioor



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1938-10-27
Locy Type 3 (AC-TTB)
"SAN / FRANCISCO"
USS Arizona BB-39

Cachet talks about Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. poem to save
Old Ironsides.

Cachetmaker - Unknown



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N/A

1942-01-13
Locy Type Fz
Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-Z3
USS Monssen DD-436

Second USCS Convention.

Cachet by John E Gill, sponsored by the Old Ironsides Chapter No. 1, USCS



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1947-12-17
USPO Machine Cancel
"Stock Yard Sta."
Chicago IL

Patriotic

"Saluting Our Early U. S. Navy"



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N/A

1948-10-21
Locy Type 2tnu
USS Topeka CLG-8

Anniversary of launching

Cachet Maker: A. Schoelles



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1997-07-25
USPS Pictorial Postmark
"200TH ANN. / LAUNCHING"
USCS Convention Sta.
Westborough MA

200th Anniversary of Launching

Cachet by the Old Ironsides Chapter No. 1, USCS



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1997-07-26
USPS Pictorial Postmark
"200TH ANN. / LAUNCHING"
USCS Convention Sta.
Westborough MA

200th Anniversary of Launching

Cachet by the Old Ironsides Chapter No. 1, USCS



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1997-07-27
USPS Pictorial Postmark
"200TH ANN. / LAUNCHING"
USCS Convention Sta.
Westborough MA

200th Anniversary of Launching

Cachet by the Old Ironsides Chapter No. 1, USCS



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2022-01-21
USPS Type 12 Cancel
Charlestown MA

Change of Command.

Signed by the CO, Commander Billie J. Farrell, USN. Cachet by Dennis Owen, sponsored by the USS Constitution Chapter No. 110, USCS



Wooden Money



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1933-07-31

"Oyster Quarter"

From OLYMPIA WA.



1933-08-26

Pamphlet & Wooden Money

From LONGVIEW WA. Found inside a USF Constitution port visit cover.



Donation Receipt



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1929

Proof copy of Check and Receipt for donation to the
"National Save 'Old Ironsides' Committee"

Rear Admiral Philip Andrews, US Navy, Chairman



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1929-09-21

Used copy of Check and Receipt for donation to the
"National Save 'Old Ironsides' Committee"

Rear Admiral Philip Andrews, US Navy, Chairman


Matchbooks



Navy Relief Society - Universal Match Corp.
Coast Guard Base - Lion Match Co.
Ingram Club - The Diamond Match Co.

MATCHBOOKS

20 Strike Matchbooks, front and back, courtesy of Greg Ciesielski



Navy Relief Society - Federal Match Corp.
Constitution Base - Universal Match Co.
Navy Yard Boston - The Diamond Match Co.

MATCHBOOKS

20 Strike Matchbooks, front and back, courtesy of John Havice. Center one is a 40 strike matchbook.



Chief Petty Officers Mess - Maryland Match Corp.
Jack Rose Foods - The Diamond Match Co.
Jack Rose Foods - The Diamond Match Co.

MATCHBOOKS

20 Strike Matchbooks, front and back, courtesy of John Havice



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Constitution Base - Universal Match Co.

MATCHBOOKS

Another version of the 40 strike matchbook with different graphics on the inside.

 


 

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