USS BLUE DD-387 Covers Page 1

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

No Image			1935-09-25 Locy Type 3 (BC-BTT) NAVY YARD / PHILA, PA. USS Aylwin DD-355
			Ship Keel Laying - USS Blue DD-387 Ship Keel Laying - USS Helm DD-388

Cachet Makers: Dr S E Hutnick and Desmond D Jagyi

N/A		N/A	1935-09-25 USPO Duplex Cancel "Navy Yard Sta." Portsmouth VA
			Keel Laying of USS Blue DD-387

Cacheted

			1937-05-27 Locy Type 3 (A-TBT) "NAVY YARD / NORFOLK VA" USS Lamson DD-367
			Launching of USS Blue DD-387

Cachet Maker: Norwood B Scatchard

			1937-05-27 Locy Type 3 (A-BTT) PORTSMOUTH / VA. USS Leary DD-158
			Ship Launching - USS Helm DD-388 Ship Launching - USS Blue DD-387

Cachet Makers: Naval Cachet And Cancel Club and C Wright Richell

N/A		N/A	1937-05-27 Locy Type 3 (AC-TTB) USS Drayton DD-366
			Launching - USS Helm DD-388 Launching - USS Blue DD-387

Cacheted

N/A		N/A	1937-05-27 USPO 4-bar Cancel "U.S. Marine Barracks Br." Portsmouth VA
			Launching - USS Blue DD-387

Cachet by Dr. S. E. Hutnick

			1937-08-14 Locy Type FDC 3r (AC-TTB) "1-ST-DAY / COMM."
			Commissioning

Cachet by Leo Schupp...Cachet shows wrong hull as #378

		No Image	1937-08-14 Locy Type FDC 3r (AC-TTB) "1-ST-DAY / COMM."
			Commissioning

Cachet by Dr. S. E. Hutnick

		No Image	1937-08-14 Locy Type FDC 3r (AC-TTB) "1-ST-DAY / COMM."
			Commissioning

Cachet by Walt Czubay

			1937-08-14 Locy Type FDC 3r (AC-TTB) "1-ST-DAY / COMM"
			First Day Of Postal Service

Cachet by Frederick Horton

			1937-08-14 Locy Type FDC 3r (AC-TTB) "1-ST-DAY / COMM"
			Commissioning

Cachet by Norfolk Cover Service (Tazewell G. Nicholson)

			1937-08-14 Locy Type FDC 3r (AC-TTB) "1-ST DAY / COMM"
			First Day Of Postal Service

First Day of Postal Service Cachet by C. Wright Richell, sponsored by the Norfolk Cover Service (Tazewell G. Nicholson). Contributed by Louis Kurzmiller.

			1937-08-14 Locy Type FDC 3ty "HAVANA / CUBA" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. B-38b Locy Type FDC 9x
			First Day in Commission

Commissioning Cachet by C. Wright Richell, sponsored by Norfolk Cover Service (Tazewell G. Nicholson). These postmarks are unlisted as FDC in USCS Postmark Catalog

N/A			1937-08-14 Locy Type FDC 3r (AC-TTB) "1-ST DAY / COMM"
			First Day in Commission

Commissioning Cachet by C. Wright Richell, sponsored by the Norfolk Cover Service (Tazewell G. Nicholson). From the Tom Kean collection.

			1937-10-27 Locy Type 3r (AC-TTB) "NAVY / DAY"
			Navy Day

Cachet by Meyer Tuchinsky. Contributed by Louis Kurzmiller.

			1937-11-15 Locy Type 3r (AC-TTB) "SAN JUAN / PUERTO RICO"
			Shakedown Cruise

Cachet by C. Wright Richell, sponsored by the Norfolk Cover Service (Tazewell G. Nicholson).

			1937-11-15 Locy Type 3r (AC-TTB) "SAN JUAN / PUERTO RICO"
			Shakedown Cruise

Cachet by Lloyd A Nace
Cachet is thermographed.

No Image		No Image	1937-12-05 Locy Type 3r (AC-TTB) "HAVANA / CUBA"
			Shakedown Cruise

Cachet by Lloyd A. Nace. Cachet is thermographed.

No Image			1937-12-22 Locy Type 3r (AC-TTB) "PORTSMOUTH / VA-"
			Category

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		No Image	1938-09-06 Locy Type 3r (AC-TTB) "SAN DIEGO / CALIF-"
			Category

Add-on cachet by Bruce D. Liddell

			1938-10-03 Locy Type 3r (AC-TTB) "SAN DIEGO / CALIF-"
			Category

Cachet by Walter G. Crosby

No Image			1938-11-28 Locy Type 3r (AC-TTB) "SAN DIEGO / CALIF"
			Category

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N/A		N/A	1939-08-02 Locy Type 6ep(2)
			Collectors request

Add-on cachet by Michael Hebert (Mh Cachets). From the Tom Kean collection.

No Image			1940-03-26 Locy Type 6ep(2)
			Commercial use

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			1940-08-14 Locy Type 3r (A-BTT) "PEARL / HARBOR T.H."
			Data Cachet

Cachet by Ted Harrington
Front pencil notation "SUNK"...Back black rubberstamp Ted Harrington return address

No Image			1941-01-05 Locy Type 3r (A-BTT) "PEARL HARBOR / OAHU, T.H."
			Category

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			1941-01-05 Locy Type 3r (A-BTT) "PEARL HARBOR / OAHU, T.H."
			Category

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N/A			1941-04-28 Locy Type 3r (A-BTT) "PEARL HARBOR / OAHU, T.H."
			Philatelic Cover

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