Downes DD 375 Covers Page 1
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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 --------- Cachet Category |
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No Image |
1936-04-22 |
Cachet Maker is Unknown
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1936-04-22 |
Cachet Maker: Naval Cachet And Cancel Club
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N/A |
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N/A |
1936-04-22 |
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Launching |
Cachet by Leo A. Schupp
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N/A |
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N/A |
1936-04-22 |
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Launching |
Porthole Cachet by Norfolk Cover Service
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N/A |
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N/A |
1936-04-22 |
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Launching |
Porthole Cachet by Norfolk Cover Service
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N/A |
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1937-01-15 |
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Commissioning |
Cachet by Norfolk Cover Service. From the Tom Kean collection.
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1937-01-15 |
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First Day in Commission |
Cachet by Dr. S. E. Hutnick. Back purple rubberstamp S.E. Hutnick return
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1937-01-15 |
Cachet by Norwood B. Scatchard and Roland E Hopkins
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1937-01-15 |
Notes:
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1937-01-15 |
Cachet by the Naval Cachet And Cancel Club
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1937-01-15 |
Cachet by Donald A. Yontz and sponsored by the M. T. Woolsey Chapter No.40, USCS
Roland Hopkins rubber stamp is on the back of the cover but not sure what role, if any, he had in the making or servicing of this cachet. Contributed by Louis Kurzmiller.
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1937-01-15 |
Contributed by Louis Kurzmiller.
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N/A |
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N/A |
1937-04-10 |
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Shakedown Cruise |
Cacheted
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1937-08-09 |
Cachet Maker: Norfolk Cover Service
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No Image |
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1937-10-20 |
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Category |
Note:
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1938-01-15 |
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Category |
Official Business
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No Image |
1939-10-12 |
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Columbus Day 1939 |
Walter J. Dybas Cachet
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1940-06-01 |
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Category |
Hendricks cachet
Front pencil notation "SUNK"
Back is clean
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1941-01-01 |
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Category |
Hendricks cachet
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1945-08-07 |
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Category |
Official Business
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