OLYMPIA IX 40
Ship Name and Designation History
This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.
Keel Laid June 17 1891 - Launched November 5 1892 |
This section lists active links to the pages displaying covers associated with the ship. There should be a separate set of pages for each incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). Covers should be presented in chronological order (or as best as can be determined).
Since a ship may have many covers, they may be split among many pages so it doesn't take forever for the pages to load. Each page link should be accompanied by a date range for covers on that page.
- USS Olympia C-6 / CA-15 / CL-15 Covers Page 1 (1899-1922, 2008)
Postmarks
This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). Within each set, the postmarks should be listed in order of their classification type. If more than one postmark has the same classification, then they should be further sorted by date of earliest known usage.
A postmark should not be included unless accompanied by a close-up image and/or an
image of a cover showing that postmark. Date ranges MUST be based ONLY ON COVERS IN
THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.
>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the
existing example.
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Postmark Type |
Postmark Date |
Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image |
Thumbnail Link To Cover Image |
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Double Ring |
1898-11-16 |
Picture postcard of the battleship USS Olympia.
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Double Ring |
1899-01-23 |
Registered mail from the battleship USS Olympia.
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Duplex |
1899-05-07 |
Sailors Letter from the battleship USS Olympia.
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Locy Type 2 |
1900-04-21 |
Picture postcard of Cunard Steamship Ivirnia and the battleship USS Olympia. Year date is unreadable but 1909 is probable.
Post office established January 21 1909 - Disestablished June 9 1915
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Locy Type |
1909-08-07 |
As C-6
Post office reestablished June 25 1917 - Disestablished December 9 1922
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Locy Type |
1919-04-30 |
As CL-15
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Locy Type |
1920-06-24 |
As CL-15
Picture postcard from Austria-Hungary
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Locy Type |
1922-01-27 |
As CL-15
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Locy Type |
1922-02-02 |
As CL-15
Real-photo postcard, Hauling sugar cane Guantanamo Bay Cuba
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Locy Type P |
1919-12-22 |
As CL-15
Overstruck with a machine cancel from Charleston SC (Navy Yard SC)
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Locy Type P |
1920-01-03 |
As CL-15
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Locy Type |
1935-05-12 |
No Image |
Mother's Day, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS
The cachet commemorates the visit of the Cuban Cruiser "Patria" to Philadelphia PA to salute the "USS Olympia"
USPS Pictorial Postmarks
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USPS |
1985-07-20 |
90th Anniversary, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS
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USPS |
1995-02-05 |
100th Anniversary, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS
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USPS |
1998-05-01 |
100th Anniversary of the Battle of Manila Bay, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS
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USPS |
1998-05-02 |
100th Anniversary of the Battle of Manila Bay, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS
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USPS |
2008-05-01 |
110th Anniversary of the Battle of Manila Bay, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS
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USPS |
2021-10-25 |
100th Anniversary of World War I and the Return of the Unknown Soldier, cachet by Michael Brock
Other Information
NAMESAKE - Named for the capital city of The State of Washington
Beginning in 1957 she was modified back to her 1898 configuration and became a museum ship at the Independence Seaport Museum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where she remains today as the sole floating survivor of the U.S. Navy's Spanish-American War fleet.
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