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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
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Cachet Category



No Image

1927-09-06
Locy Type 3s
"NORFOLK / VIRGINIA"

Category

Note:



1930-03-07
Locy Type 3s

Official Business

Note:



No Image

1931-01-14
Locy Type 5ks (C)

Category

Back blue rubberstamp "JAN 19 Rec'd"



1933-06-22
Locy Type 3
"BASE FORCE / TRAIN"

Category

Bruce D. Liddell add on Cachet



1933-10-27
Locy Type 3
"BASE FORCE / TRAIN"

Navy Day 1933

Bruce D. Liddell add on Cachet



1933-10-27
Locy Type 3

Navy Day 1933

Hutnick Cachet


 

1933-12-03
Locy Type 3
"BASE FORCE / TRAIN"

Category

Note:



1934-06-14
Locy Type 3
"FLAG DAY / SAN PEDRO"

Flag Day 1934

L. Dean Cachet
Back purple rubberstamp D.C. Bartley return
Byrd Powell USCS member stamp


 

1934-07-04
Locy Type 3
"NATIONAL / BIRTHDAY"

Independence Day

Cachet Maker: Byrd L Powell


 

1934-08-02
Locy Type 3
"MARE / ISLAND"

Category

Cachet Makers: Byrd L Powell, Deane C Bartley and B J Dean



1934-08-06
Locy Type 3
"MARE / ISLAND"

Category

Byrd Powell Cachet
Back green rubberstamp Powell sponsor


 

1934-09-03
Locy Type 3
"LABOR / DAY"

Labor Day

Cachet Maker: Sarah Litton



1935-07-04
Locy Type P
USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. B-39

Independence Day 1935

Byrd Powell Cachet. Back pencil notations (ship/cancel type)..."Lot #34"



1935-07-04
Locy Type P
USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. B-39

Independence Day 1935

Byrd Powell Cachet



N/A

1935-07-04
Locy Type 5ks (C)
"FOURTH / OF JULY"

Independence Day 1935

Cachet by Byrd Powell.



N/A

1935-07-04
Locy Type 5ks (C)
"FOURTH / OF JULY"

Independence Day 1935

Cachet by Byrd Powell. From the Tom Kean collection.



1935-09-19
Locy Type 9(C)
USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. B-39a

Category

Bruce D. Liddell add on Cachet



1935-10-27
Locy Type 3
"NAVY / DAY"

Navy Day 1935

Schlechter Cachet


 

1935-10-27
Locy Type 3
"NAVY / DAY"

Navy Day

Cachet Maker: William F Schlechter



1935-12-25
Locy Type 9(C)
USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. B-39a

Christmas Day 1935

Crosby Cachet
Back black pen notation "AM-20"...pencil notation "AM-20"



1936-11-26
Locy Type 9(C)
USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. B-39a

Category

Crosby Cachet



1938-04-17
Locy Type 3
"HAPPY / EASTER"

Easter 1938
Fleet Maneuvers 1938

Edward Hacker Cachet
Back pencil notation "ATO 131"



No Image

1939-10-27
Locy Type 3r (A-BBT)
"SAN DIEGO / CALIF"

Navy Day 1939

Schlechter Cachet



1940-11-27
Locy Type 3r (A-BBT)
"PEARL / HARBOR"

Category

Unknown Cachet



N/A

1941-02-27
Locy Type 3r (A-BBT)
"Pearl / Harbor"

Category



N/A

1941-09-11
Locy Type 3r (A-BBT)

Category

Official Mail



N/A

1942-05-20

Locy Type 3z (A-TTT)

Category

Note: This was mailed just as BOBOLINK was beginning her conversion as an ocean-going tug. Ens. Grant R. Olsen (1918-1972) was on board during Pearl Harbor attack, and was one of several who signed log entries that day.



N/A

1943-03-12

Locy Type 3z (A-TTT)

Category

Note: While as AT-131. Mailed by RM1/c Ernest C. Burhop (1915-1987) who reported to BOBOLINK from UTAH on 29 Nov. 1941, and remained with ship until about late 1944.

 


 

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