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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 Ship --------- Category

		N/A	1937-10-02 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "PHILA / PENNA" USS Winslow DD-359
			Launching

Cacheted

		N/A	1937-10-02 USPO Type 3 Cancel "U.S. NAVAL HOSPITAL STA" Philadelphia PA
			Launching

Cachet by Dr. S. E. Hutnick

N/A		N/A	1938-06-06 Locy Type FDC F "U.S.S. NASHVILLE / COMMISSIONED / NAVY YARD,PHILA" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. N-1
			First Day In Commission

Cachet by J. O. Jernigan

			1938-06-06 Locy Type FDC F "U.S.S. NASHVILLE / COMMISSIONED / NAVY YARD,PHILA" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. N-1
			First Day In Commission

Cachet by C. Wright Richell, sponsored by T. M. Holcombe

			1938-06-09 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "PHILA. / PA."
			Commissioning

Posted three days after commissioning

N/A			1938-07-26 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) (1938-39) "HAMP.ROADS / NORFOLK"
			Shakedown Cruise

Cachet by Meyer Tuchinsky

			1938-12-06 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "AT PHILA. / PA."
			Official Business

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No Image			1938-08-24 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "CHERBOURG / FRANCE"
			Port Visit

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N/A		N/A	1939-05-16 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "PORTOF-SPAIN / TRINIDAD"
			Pan-American Defense Conference

Add-on cachet by Wolfgang Hechler

N/A		N/A	1939-07-24 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "PORTLAND / OREGON" USS Nashville CL-43
			Fleet Week Participation by USS Nashville CL-43

Green Cachet. Cachet director Myron F. McCamley

N/A		N/A	1939-07-24 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "PORTLAND / OREGON" USS Nashville CL-43
			Fleet Week Participation by USS Nashville CL-43

Red Cachet. Cachet director Myron F. McCamley

			1939-08-09 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "SAN PEDRO / CALIF." Locy Type 9v Locy Type 9efw Locy Type 9x
			Collectors request

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No Image			1940-10-27 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) 1938-39 "NAVY DAY / T. H."
			Navy Day 1940

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			1941-03-16 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) 1941
			Sailors Mail

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			1941-10-02 Locy Type FAKE USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-3
			Category

Cachet and cancel by Sibley's Dept. Store (Hobby Shop)

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