USS BURTON ISLAND AGB-1 Covers Page 1

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

			1947-02-22 Locy Type 2(n) (AG 88)
			Navy South Pole Expedition Operation Highjump

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N/A		N/A	1952-02-10 Locy Type 2(n) (AGB 1)
			Helicopter Flight

AGB-1. Cachet Sponsored by Neal Eskew.

N/A		N/A	1952-02-14 Locy Type 2(n) (AGB 1)
			Helicopter Flight

AGB-1. Cachet Sponsored by Neal Eskew. From the Tom Kean collection.

			1955-07-14 Locy Type 2(n) (AGB 1) Locy Type 9ef(nu) (AGB 1)
			Category

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			1958-01-08 Locy Type 2(n) (AGB 1)
			Antarctic Expedition

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			1960-02-21 Locy Type 2(n) ("T" in BURTON inverted)
			Operation Deep Freeze

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			1961-12-28 Locy Type 2(n+) (USS,AGB 1)
			Deep Freeze VI

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N/A		N/A	1962-10-08 Locy Type 2(n+) (USS,AGB 1)
			Arctic Resupply 1962

From the Tom Kean collection.

			1963-12-25 Locy Type 2(n+) (USS,AGB 1)
			Operation Deep Freeze

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N/A		N/A	1965-02-16 Locy Type 2(n+)(USS, "AGB 1")
			"Arctic Cruise 1964"

AGB-1. Contributed by Tom Kean.

N/A		N/A	1965-12-02 Locy Type 2(n+)(USS, "AGB 1")
			"Operation Deep Freeze 1966"

AGB-1. Contributed by Tom Kean.

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