OtherUS Marines In Haiti

Covers should be listed in chronological order. Use the postmark date or best guess.

HISTORICAL NOTE
The United States occupation of Haiti began on July 28, 1915, when 330 United States Marines landed at Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on the authority of President of the United States Woodrow Wilson, to establish control of Haiti's political and financial interests. The invasion and subsequent occupation was promoted by growing American business interests in Haiti. The July intervention took place following years of socioeconomic instability within Haiti that culminated with the assassination of President of Haiti Vilbrun Guillaume Sam by insurgents angered by his ordered executions of elite opposition. The occupation ended on August 1, 1934, after President Franklin D. Roosevelt reaffirmed an August 1933 disengagement agreement. The last contingent of marines departed on August 15, 1934, after a formal transfer of authority to the American-created Gendarmerie of Haiti.

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PORT AU PRINCE, HAITI

N/A			1927-12-01 Locy Type 3 "U.S.M.C. Constabulary Det. / Port au Prince, Haiti"
			Collector request

Dated by the postal card used

N/A			1927-03-05 Locy Type 3 "U.S. Marine Corps / Port au Prince, Haiti"
			Bill Payment

Office of the Brigade Quartermaster / First Brigade, US Marines return address.

N/A			1927-07-01 Locy Type 3 "U.S.S. Marine Corps, Port au Prince, / Haiti"
			Collectors request

Notice the error - "U.S.S. Marine Corps" in the dial.

N/A			1928-07-02 Locy Type 3 "U.S.M. Corps, / Port au Prince, Haiti"
			Collectors request

From the Greg Ciesielski collection

N/A			1929-06-24 Locy Type 3 "U.S. Marine Corps, Port au Prince, Haiti"
			Collectors request

From the Greg Ciesielski collection

N/A			1930-10-27 Locy Type 6 "U.S.M.C. / Port au Prince, Haiti"
			Navy Day

Cachet by Albert E. Gorham. The return address is Dr. Francis E. Locy, the "Father" of our Naval Postmark classification system. From the Greg Ciesielski collection

N/A		N/A	1929-12-10 Locy Type 3 "U.S.M.C. Constabulary Det. / Port au Prince, Haiti"
			Marine mail

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N/A		N/A	1930-05-22 Locy Type 3 "U.S.M.C. Constabulary Det. / Port au Prince, Haiti"
			Marine mail

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N/A		N/A	1930-06-06 Locy Type 6 "U.S.M.C. / Port au Prince, Haiti"
			Philatelic request

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N/A		N/A	1930-08-01 Locy Type 6 "U.S.M.C. / Port au Prince, Haiti"
			Marine mail

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N/A		N/A	1931-07-17 Locy Type 6 "U.S.M.C. / Port au Prince, Haiti"
			Collectors request

Signed by the Navy Mail Clerk

N/A		N/A	1934-02-02 Locy Type 6 "U.S.M.C. / Port au Prince, Haiti"
			Collectors request

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CAPE HAITIEN, HAITI

N/A			1928-11-22 Locy Type 6 "U.S.MARINE CORPS / CAPE HAITIEN"
			Collectors request

From the Greg Ciesielski collection.

			1934-08-06 Locy Type LDC 3 "LAST DAY / SERVICE" "U.S.M.C. / Cape Haitian, Haiti"
			Collectors request

From the Greg Ciesielski collection.

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			Map of Haiti

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