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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 Ship --------- Category

N/A		N/A	1930-05-27 Locy Type 3s (AC) "CHARLESTON / S.C."
			Official Business

Note:

N/A		N/A	1931-06-03 Locy Type P (3s with bars of T-5)
			Official Business

Note:

N/A		N/A	1931-10-19 Locy Type P (3s with bars of T-5)
			Collectors request

Note: Green ink and Ship's seal

			1932-04-11 Locy Type P (3s with bars of T-5)
			Category

Cachet by the Long Beach Chamber of Commerce

			1934-10-12 Locy Type 3 (B-BBT) "COLUMBUS / DAY" 1992-01-24 USPS FDOI Rosemont, Il
			Columbus Day 1934

Cachet by Leonard Rogers

			1935-02-22 Locy Type 3 (B-BBT) "WASHINGTONS / BIRTHDAY"
			Washington's Birthday

Note:

N/A		N/A	1935-08-14 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBB) "LAST CRUISE / PHILA. PA"
			Midshipmans Cruise

Cacheted

N/A			1935-08-25 Locy Type F "NAVY YARD / NORFOLK, VA." USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-2
			Category

Note:

N/A		N/A	1935-10-12 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBB) "NORFOLK / NAVY YARD"
			Columbus Day

Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson

N/A		N/A	1936-02-29 Locy Type F "ONCE EVERY / FOUR YEARS" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. F-1a
			Leap Year

Cover signed by NMC and embossed with Ship's Seal.

			1936-04-11 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBB) "BALBOA / CANAL ZONE"
			Category

Purple cachet by Karl E. Parshall

			1936-05-03 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBB) "SAN-BLAS / ISLANDS R.P."
			Category

Light Blue cachet by Karl E. Parshall

N/A		N/A	1936-05-10 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBB) "PUERTO COL- / OMBIA COL" Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. F-1b
			Mother's Day

Cachet by Karl E. Parshall

			1936-05-10 Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. F-1b
			Mothers Day

Violet cachet by Karl E. Parshall

			1936-05-10 Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. F-1b Locy Type 9v
			Mother's Day

Cachet by Karl E. Parshall

N/A			1936-05-10 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBB) "PUERTO / COLOMBIA" Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. F-1b (x4) Locy Type 9v Locy Type 9x
			Mother's Day

Back Type F-1b

			1936-05-15 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBB) "LA GUARIRA / VENEZUELA"
			Port visit

Blue cachet by Karl E. Parshall

N/A		N/A	1936-05-21 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBB) "PORT AU SPAIN / TRINIDAD"
			Port visit

Cachet by Karl E. Parshall, sponsored by Harry E. Whitlatch. From the Tom Kean collection.

			1936-06-09 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBB) "GUANTANAMO / BAY CUBA"
			Port visit

Light Blue cachet by Karl E. Parshall

N/A		N/A	1936-06-24 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBB) "PORT LIMON / COSTA RICA"
			Port Visit

Cover signed by NMC and embossed with the Ship's seal.

			1936-06-25 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBB) "CRISTOBAL / CANAL ZONE"
			Category

Violet cachet by Karl E. Parshall

			1936-09-02 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBB) " / GUATEMALA"
			Category

Blue cachet by Karl E. Parshall

			1936-10-01 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBB) "COCO SOLO / CANAL ZONE" Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. F-1c
			Category

Note:

N/A		N/A	1936-10-27 Locy Type F "FLEMENCO / ISLAND R.P." USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. F-1c
			Navy Day

Cover signed by NMC and embossed with the Ship's seal.

N/A		N/A	1936-10-27 Locy Type F "FLEMENCO / ISLAND R.P." USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. F-1c
			Navy Day

Cachet by Karl E. Parshall, sponsored by Harry E. Whitlatch.

			1936-11-26 Locy Type F "THANKSGIVING / DAY" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. F-1c Locy Type 3 (AC-BBB) "BALBOA / CANAL ZONE"
			Thanksgiving

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			1936-12-25 Locy Type F "XMAS / GREETINGS" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. F-1c Locy Type 3 (AC-BBB) "BALBOA / CANAL ZONE"
			Christmas Day 1936

Cachet by Walter G. Crosby. Back signed by NMC...Ship straight line marking

			1936-12-25 Locy Type F "XMAS / GREETINGS" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. F-1c Locy Type 3 (AC-BBB) "BALBOA / CANAL ZONE"
			Christmas Day 1936

Signed by NMC, Ship straight line marking. Cachet by Samuel Stein. From the Tom Kean collection.

N/A		N/A	1937-02-12 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBB) "BALBOA / CANAL ZONE" Locy Type F "LINCOLN'S / BIRTHDAY" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. F-1c
			Lincoln's Birthday

Cover signed by NMC and embossed with the Ship's seal.

N/A		N/A	1937-03-11 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBB) "BALBOA / CANAL ZONE" Locy Type F "LAST DAY / THIS CANCEL" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. F-1c
			Port Visit

Cover signed by NMC and embossed with the Ship's seal.

N/A		N/A	1937-04-06 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBB) "NAVY YARD / NORFOLK VIR"
			19th Anniversary of Commissioning

Cachet by Ted Harrington

			1937-06-14 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBB) "NEW LONDON / CONN."
			Flag Day 1937

Cachet by Norwood B. Scatchard

N/A		N/A	1938-06-06 Locy Type 3r (A-BBT) "WASHINGTON / DC" USS Decatur DD-341
			2nd Class Midshipman Cruise

Cruise included USS Leary DD-158, USS Decatur DD-341, USS Badger DD-126, USS J. Fred Talbott DD-156, USS Fairfax DD-93
and USS Herbert DD-160.

N/A		N/A	1938-07-17 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBB) "NEW LONDON / CONN"
			2nd Class Midshipman Cruise

Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson. Cruise included USS Leary DD-158, USS Decatur DD-341, USS Badger DD-126, USS J. Fred Talbott DD-156, USS Fairfax DD-93
and USS Herbert DD-160.

N/A		N/A	1938-07-24 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "COASTAL / CRUISE" USS Herbert DD-160
			2nd Class Midshipman Cruise

Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson. Cruise included USS Leary DD-158, USS Decatur DD-341, USS Badger DD-126, USS J. Fred Talbott DD-156, USS Fairfax DD-93
and USS Herbert DD-160.

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