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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

 

			1945-06-05 Locy Type 2(n) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. B-75
			First Day in Commission

"Covers with the 2(n) cancel dated Jun 5, 1945 are backdated, as the cancel wasn't issued until October"
USCS Catalog of United States Naval Postmarks

 

			1945-09-04 Locy Type 9# (Br. #15802) 1945-09-05 New York Regy. Div.
			Official Business

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			1945-10-22 Locy Type 2# (Br. #15802)
			Category

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			1949-10-06 Locy Type 2(n) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. B-75 R.M.S. GLASGOW Marking
			Welcome to Norfolk H.M.S. GLASGOW

Nicholson Cachet

 

			1956-04 H.M.C.S. IROQUIS Marking 1956-05-13 Locy Type 2(n) (DDR)
			Welcome to Norfolk Canadian Destroyer IROQUIS

Nicholson Cachet

 

			1960-07-27 Locy Type 2(n) (DDR) 1960-07-28 Locy Type 9ef(nu) (DDR)
			U.S. Destroyer Mail

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No Image			1963-04-12 Locy Type P [2(n+) with "R" removed]
			Category

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			1970-09-11 Locy Type 2t(n+u)
			Ship's Crest

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No Image			1972-07-12 Locy Type 2(n+) (USS)
			Category

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			1975-02-03 Locy Type 2t(n+u)
			Welcome to Norfolk

Nicholson cachet

 

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