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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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1932-05-24 |
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1934-03-23 |
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N/A |
1935-11-12 |
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17th Birthday |
Cachet by Ted Harrington
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1936-06-14 |
Cachet Maker: William F Schlechter.
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N/A |
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1936-10-27 |
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Navy Day Killer Bar Mistake |
Cachet by Leo A. Schupp
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N/A |
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1936-10-27 |
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Navy Day backside |
Cachet by Leo A. Schupp
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N/A |
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N/A |
1936-10-27 |
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Navy Day |
Cachet by David Bushnell Chapter No. 48, USCS
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N/A |
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N/A |
1937-02-15 |
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Sinking of USS MAINE |
Cachet by Frederick Horton
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1937-11-12 |
| Ship Birthday |
Cachet Makers: O A Farabee and
Frank P Hollis
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1937-11-12 |
| Ship Birthday |
Horton Cachet
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1937-11-25 |
| Thanksgiving 1937 |
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N/A |
1937-11-25 |
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Thanksgiving |
Cachet by Frederick Horton
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1937-12-17 |
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Ship Commemorative - USS S-4 SS-109 |
Cachet Makers: Frank C Kenworthey and
Hal W Dierst
Postmark is not dated but cachet is for Dec 17 so that is a logical primary date for the cover. Cachet is thermographed.
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1938-10-29 |
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Launching of USS SPEARFISH SS-190 |
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1939-08-23 |
| Rescue of USS SQUALUS SS-192 |
Cachet Maker: Walter G Crosby
Cachet is thermographed. Cachet mentions the following ships: USS Falcon ASR-2,
USS Brooklyn CL-40,
USS Sculpin SS-191,
USS Wandank ATO-26,
USS Semmes AG-24,
USS Iwana YT-2 ,
USCGC Harriet Lane WSC-141,
USCGC Thetis WPC-115
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N/A |
1939-07-13 |
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Rescue of USS SQUALUS SS-192 |
Cachet by Dr. S. E. Hutnick
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N/A |
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N/A |
1939-10-12 |
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Columbus Day |
Cachet by Walter J. Dybas
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1940-05-04 |
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Cachet by Bette Tambling
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1940-11-21 |
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Cachet Makers: Ralph L (Shorty) Burkholder and
R J Stengel
Cachet is thermographed.
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N/A |
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1940-12-18 |
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Postal card |
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N/A |
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N/A |
1940-12-28 |
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Keel Laying of USS Grouper SS-214 |
Cachet by Gow C. Ng
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1941-01-29 |
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Launching of USS MARLIN SS-205 |
Cyr Cachet
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N/A |
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N/A |
1941-01-29 |
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Launching of USS MARLIN SS-205 |
Cachet by Gow C. Ng
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1941-06-20 |
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Ship Commemorative: USS O-9 SS-70 |
Cachet by George J. Contraros
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N/A |
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N/A |
1941-06-22 |
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Diving the wreck of USS O-9 SS-70 |
Cachet by Gow C. Ng
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1941-07-04 |
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Independence Day 1941 |
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N/A |
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N/A |
1941-09-20 |
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Remembering the USS O-9 SS-70 |
Cachet by Ralph E. Lewis. From the Richard Hoffner collection.
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1941-10-27 |
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Navy Day 1941 |
Muridge Cachet
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1942-07-28 |
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Censored wartime (WWII) use
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1943-05-21 |
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Censored wartime (WWII) use
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