MASSACHUSETTS BB 59 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

 

No Image		No Image	1941-09-23 USPO Machine Postmark Quincy, Mass
			Launching

Cachet by Willard A. Easton

 

No Image		No Image	1941-09-23 USPO Duplex "Navy Yard Sta." Boston MA
			Launching

Cachet by Dr. S. E. Hutnick

 

No Image		No Image	1942-06-16 Locy Type 3z (BTB)
			Sailor Mail

Censored

 

			1942-07-08 Locy Type 9vz 1942-07-09 Washington D.C. Reg. Sec.
			Official Business

Note:

 

			1942-07-09 Locy Type 9vz 1942-07-10 Locy Type 2z 1942-07-11 Washington D.C. Reg. Sec.
			Official Business

Note:

 

			1942-09-26 Locy Type 3z (BTB) "FREE / NAVY MAIL"
			Category

Censored wartime use

 

			1943-07-26 Locy Type 9vz New York NY Navy Post Office 1943-08-02 Washington D.C. Reg. Sec. Washington D.C. Navy Dept. Mail Division
			Official Business

Note:

 

			1944-08-23 Locy Type 7z*
			Category

Censored wartime (WWII) use

 

			1945-02-03 Locy Type 7z*
			Category

Censored wartime (WWII) use

 

			1945-04-09 Locy Type 2z
			Category

Censored wartime (WWII) use

 

No Image		No Image	1946-04-20 Locy Type 2(n)
			Collectors request

Cacheted

 

N/A		N/A	1946-04-24 Locy Type 2(n)
			Two Ocean Navy

Printed Cachet by George H. Abel

 

N/A		N/A	c 1960's
			Postcard

Picture postcard of Museum Ship Massachusetts

 

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