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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	Primary Date Postmark Type Killer Bar Text --------- Cachet Category

N/A		N/A	1938-07-27 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBT) "USS SCULPIN / LAUNCHED" USS Snapper SS-185
			Launching

Cachet by Gow C. Ng

N/A		N/A	1938-07-27 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBT) "PORTSMOUTH / N H" USS Snapper SS-185
			Launching

Cachet by Loring W. Stannard

			1939-03-08 Locy Type FDPS 3 (AC-BBT) "PORTSMOUTH / N.H."
			First Day Postal Service

Cachet by Dr. S. E. Hutnick

N/A		N/A	1939-03-20 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "PORTSMOUTH / N.H."
			Collectors request

Add-on cachet by Alton M. (Budd) Arrington

No Image			1939-05-25 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "33 RESCUED / FROM SQUALUS"
			Rescue of USS SQUALUS SS-192

Notes:

			1939-07-06 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "STANDING BY / OVER-SQUALUS"
			Rescue of USS SQUALUS SS-192

Notes:

			1939-08-23 Locy Type 3r (B-BTT) AT / SEA USS Wyoming AG-17
			Rescue of USS SQUALUS SS-192

Cachet Maker: Walter G. Crosby
Cachet is thermographed. Cachet mentions the following ships: USS Falcon ASR-2, USS Brooklyn CL-40, USS Sculpin SS-191, USS Wandank ATO-26, USS Semmes AG-24, USS Iwana YT-2 , USCGC Harriet Lane WSC-141, USCGC Thetis WPC-115

N/A		N/A	1939-09-13 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "SQUALUS LIFT- / ED TO SURFACE"
			USS SQUALUS Rescue

Add-on cachet by Alton M. (Budd) Arrington

No Image			1939-10-06 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "SCULPIN STAND / ING OVER S-29"
			Providing Support

Cachet by PJ Ickeringill and the ANCS Argonauts

			1939-10-27 Locy Type 3r (AC-BTT) "NAVY DAY / SAN DIEGO" USS SARGO SS-188
			Navy Day 1939 with USS SARGO SS-188 USS SAURY SS-189 USS SPEARFISH SS-190 USS SQUALUS SS-192 USS SWORDFISH SS-193

Buchwald / ANCS Argonauts Cachet

No Image			1940-04-15 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "FLEET PROB. / XXI STARTS"
			Fleet Problem XXI

Cachet by the ANCS Argonauts

No Image			1940-05-23 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "IN MEMORIUM / USS SQUALUS"
			1st Anniversary

Cachet by the ANCS Argonauts

			1941-01-08 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "MARE ISLAND / CALIFORNIA" 1941-01-09 MARE ISLAND STA. Vallejo, Calif.
			Category

Hand painted cachet

			1941-07-27 Locy Type FAKE "PEARL HAR- / BOR OAHU" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-3
			Ship's Data

Hobby Shop cachet

N/A		N/A	1983-06-07 Locy Type 9 USS Fulton AS-11
			Capt. John P. Cromwell, Medal of Honor See also - USS Cromwell DE-1014

Cachet by Alton M. (Budd) Arrington

N/A		N/A	1983-11-19 USPS CDS "Naval Base Branch" Portsmouth, NH
			40th Anniversary of Loss

Cachet by Alton M. (Budd) Arrington

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