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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

N/A		N/A	1910-05-12
			Launching Ticket

Courtesy of the John Young Collection.

N/A			c 1911
			Picture postcard - U.S. Dreadnaught "Florida" When Flagship, Under Way, Crew at Quarters for Inspection.

Courtesy of the John Young Collection.

N/A		N/A	c 1911
			Picture postcard - A Dreadnaught At Night.

Courtesy of the John Young Collection. This ship has been identified as USS Florida.

			1911-12-30 Locy Type 2
			Real-photo postcard of the Silver Service given to the ship by the State of Florida

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N/A		N/A	1912-03-21 Locy Type 2
			Postcard

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N/A			1912-03-30 Locy Type 2
			Picture postcard - The Union Club, NY City.

Courtesy of the John Young Collection.

			1912-06-24 Locy Type 2
			Postcard

"Pilgrim Monument / Provincetown, Mass. / Commemorating the first landing / place of the Pilgrims"

			1912-06-25 Locy Type 2 1912-06-27 USPO CDS Norfolk, VA
			Postcard

"Scaling Walls, Practice Drill U. S. Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay."

N/A		N/A	1912-07-04 Locy Type 2
			Postcard

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N/A		N/A	1912-08-21 Locy Type 2
			Postcard

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			1912-11-10 Locy Type 2
			Postcard

"Main Street, Norfolk, Va."

		N/A	1913-01-24 Locy Type 2
			Sailors mail

Postcard - "Cleaning out a sand / sucker Panama Canal". From the Gary B. Weiss collection.

			1913-04-05 Locy Type 3b (BC-XOX) "NORFOLK / VA"
			Postcard

"Charleston S.C. Washington Square"

			1913-08-14 Locy Type 3a (C) "NAVY YARD / NEW YORK"
			Postcard

"Upshire Row, Annaplis, Md."

			1913-11-10 Locy Type 3a (C) "NAPLES / ITALY"
			Postcard

"Vesuvio dal Mare"

N/A		N/A	1913-11-13 Locy Type 3a (C) "NAPLES / ITALY"
			Postcard

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N/A		N/A	1914-06-28 Locy Type 3a (C) "VERA CRUZ / MEXICO" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. F-12
			Facing Slip

Courtesy of the John Young Collection.

			1914-12-14 Locy Type 3a (C) Locy Type 9v 1914-12-15 USPO REC'D Newfield, NJ
			Category

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No Image			1917-12-11 Locy Type P USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. F-12i
			Category

Censored, WWI use

N/A		N/A	1918-05-28 Locy Type 1z
			World War I

Passed By Censor

No Image			1922-01-17 Locy Type 3 USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. F-12a
			Category

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N/A		N/A	1922-06-20 Locy Type F "COLON / PANAMA" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. F-12g
			Port Visit

Note: Research suggests this postmark is backdated as this postmark was first used legitimately in 1929.

			1922-07-13 Locy Type 3rs
			Postcard

"View from De Beltjen's Road in St. Thomas, V. I., U.S.A."

N/A		N/A	1922-08-09 Locy Type 3rs
			Sailor Mail

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N/A		N/A	1923-06-26 Locy Type F "COPENHAGEN / DENMARK" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. F-12g
			Midshipmen Cruise 1923 - "Departing Hampton Roads on June 9th, she paid port calls at Copenhagen Denmark, Greenock Scotland, Cadiz Spain, and Gibraltar. She debarked her middies at Annapolis on August 28th"

Note: Research suggests this postmark is backdated as this postmark was first used legitimately in 1929.

No Image			1927-02-24 Locy Type 3s
			Category

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			1927-06-16 Locy Type 3 USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. F-12d
			Postcard

"LA PUNTA FORT, MALECON AND MACEO AVENUE FROM THE OUTSIDE."

N/A		N/A	1928-06-31 Locy Type 3s "HAMPTON / RDS, VA."
			Navy Savings Bank Mail

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N/A		N/A	1929-07-05 Locy Type F "NAPLES / ITALY" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus F-12g
			Port Visit

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N/A			1929-07-05 Locy Type 8
			Postcard - Pompei

Courtesy of the John Young Collection. The sender's manuscript date is 10 July 1929, the postmark date is 5 July 1929. Did the NMC forget to change his postmark date die?

N/A		N/A	1929-07-15 Locy Type F "GIBRALTAR / B-P-" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus F-12g
			Port Visit

Courtesy of the John Young Collection.

No Image			1929-07-27 Locy Type 6
			Port Visit - Weymouth England

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N/A		N/A	1929-07-27 Locy Type 8
			Port Visit - Weymouth England

Courtesy of the John Young Collection.

No Image			1929-09-20 Locy Type 8
			Category

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N/A		N/A	1930-04-10 Locy Type 8
			Port Visit - Charleston SC

Courtesy of the John Young Collection. First Day of Issue (Sc. #683) 2c Carolina-Charleston stamp. First Day Cover.

N/A		N/A	1930-04-10 Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus F-12g
			Port Visit - Charleston SC

First Day of Issue (Sc. #683) 2c Carolina-Charleston stamp. First Day Cover.

N/A		N/A	1930-05-27 Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus F-12g
			Postcard

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N/A		N/A	1930-07-05 Locy Type F "KIEL / GERMANY" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. F-12g
			Collectors request

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N/A		N/A	1930-07-11 Locy Type F "OSLO / NORWAY" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus F-12g
			Port Visit

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			1930-07-13 Locy Type 8
			Category

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N/A		N/A	1930-08-30 Locy Type 8
			Collectors request

Add-on cachet by Bruce D. Liddell

N/A		N/A	1930-08-30 Locy Type 8
			Collectors request

Courtesy of the John Young Collection. NMC Norman H. Pecore return address.

			1930-10-10 Locy Type 8
			Official Business

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N/A		N/A	1930-11-04 Locy Type 8
			Navy Savings Bank mail

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N/A		N/A	1930-11-06 Locy Type 6
			Signed by CDR William Sims Farber, Commanding, U.S. Navy

Courtesy of the John Young Collection.

N/A			1931-02-12 Locy Type F "PHILADELPHIA / NAVY YARD" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. F-12g
			Category

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N/A			1931-02-16 Locy Type LDC F "PHILADELPHIA / NAVY YARD" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. F-12g
			Last Day in Commission

Add-on cachet by Michael Hebert (Mh Cachets)

N/A		N/A	1931-02-16 Locy Type LDC F "PHILADELPHIA / NAVY YARD" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus F-12g
			Last Day in Commission

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N/A		N/A	1931-02-16 Locy Type LDC F "LAST DAY IN / COMMISSION" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus F-12g
			Last Day in Commission

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N/A		N/A	1931-02-16 Locy Type LDC F "LAST DAY IN / COMMISSION" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus F-12g
			Last Day in Commission

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N/A		N/A	1931-02-16 Locy Type LDC F "LAST DAY IN / COMMISSION" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus F-12g
			Signed by Norman H. Pecore, Navy Mail Clerk

Courtesy of the John Young Collection.

N/A		N/A	1931-02-16 Locy Type LDC F "LAST DAY IN / COMMISSION" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus F-12g
			Signed by LCDR Herman E. Fischer, (ship's asst. engineer) Signed by Norman H. Pecore, Navy Mail Clerk

Courtesy of the John Young Collection.

N/A		N/A	1931-02-16 Locy Type LDC F "LAST DAY IN / COMMISSION" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus F-12g
			Last Day of Commission

Courtesy of the John Young Collection.

N/A		N/A	1931-02-16 Locy Type LDC F "LAST DAY IN / COMMISSION" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus F-12g
			Last Day of Commission

Courtesy of the John Young Collection.

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