USS CHESTER CA-27 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 | Primary Date Postmark Type Killer Bar Text --------- Cachet Category |
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1930-09-11 |
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Official Business |
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No Image |
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1931-03-31 |
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1932-07-26 |
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Post Office Day 1932 |
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N/A |
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N/A |
1933-06-17 |
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Port Visit |
Add-on Cachet by Michael Brock. From the Richard F. Hoffner collection.
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No Image |
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1933-10-05 |
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Category |
Add-on Cachet by Bruce D. Liddell
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No Image |
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1935-02-22 |
R/S Cachet
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No Image |
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1935-09-30 |
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Secretary of War Port Visit |
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1935-09-30 |
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Secretary of War Port Visit |
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N/A |
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N/A |
1935-10-28 |
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Navy Day |
Cover created by John N. Lawrence. All foreign markings are FAKE.
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1936-02-12 |
Myron F. McCamley Cachet
Bruce D. Liddell collection
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1936-05-20 |
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South America Cruise 1936 |
Walter G. Crosby Cachet
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1936-05-31 |
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South America Cruise 1936 |
Walter G. Crosby Cachet
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No Image |
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1936-06-08 |
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Category |
Bruce D. Liddell Add-on Cachet
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1936-08-03 |
Notes: Cachet Maker: William S Linto.
Cachet is partly thermographed (lettering).
Cover had postmarks from USS Chester CA-27, USS Goff DD-247, and USS Reuben James DD-245.
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1936-10-27 |
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Navy Day 1936 |
Walter G. Crosby
C. Wright Richell
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1938-01-01 |
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New Year's Day 1938 |
Bruce D. Liddell collection
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1938-01-25 |
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Ship to Shore Mail |
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N/A |
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N/A |
1938-03-31 |
Walter G. Crosby Cachet
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1938-04-01 |
Walter G. Crosby Cachet
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1938-07-18 |
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Paul J. Gross Cachet
Bruce D. Liddell collection
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1938-07-26 |
Notes: Cachet Maker: William S Linto.
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1938-07-27 |
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Fleet Week 1938 |
Myron F. McCamley Cachet
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N/A |
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N/A |
1939-04-27 |
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Sailor Mail |
Paste-on Cachet
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N/A |
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N/A |
1939-07-07 |
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Sailor Mail |
Periods don't always show in the 3(C) varieties.
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N/A |
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N/A |
1939-07-28 |
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FLEET WEEK |
Cachet by M. Fay Muridge
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1940-04-13 |
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Fleet Problem XXI |
James / Burkholder Cachet
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1940-04-23 |
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Crosby Cachet
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1940-11-21 |
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Official Business |
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No Image |
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1941-03-06 |
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Ted Harrington Cachet
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1941-07-03 |
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Ship's Data |
Hobby Shop Cachet
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1941-07-03 |
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Ship's Data |
Hobby Shop Cachet
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No Image |
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N/A |
1941-12-06 |
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Sailors mail |
Censored. From the Peter Glover collection.
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1942-07-20 |
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Official Business |
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1943-04-17 |
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Censored wartime (WII) use
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1944-10-04 |
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Category |
Censored wartime (WII) use
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N/A |
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N/A |
1945-12-01 |
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Collectors request |
Cachet by M. Fay Muridge
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