USS IOWA BB-61 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
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Cachet Category



N/A

N/A

1940-06-27
USPO Machine Cancel
Brooklyn NY

Keel Laying

Cachet by Dr. S. E. Hutnick



N/A

N/A

1942-08-27
USPO Machine Cancel
"Church Street Annex"
New York NY

Launching

Cachet by Walter Czubay



1943-05-05
Locy Type 3z (BBT)

Category

Censored wartime (WWII) use



1943-08-10
Locy Type 3z (BBT)

Category

Censored wartime (WWII) use



1943-10-08
Locy Type 3z (BBT)

Category

Censored wartime (WWII) use



1944-02-02
Locy Type 3z (BBT)

Category

Censored wartime (WWII) use



1944-08-01
Locy Type 2z

Category

Censored wartime (WWII) use



1945-08-30
Locy Type P
"TOKYO / BAY / JAPAN"
USCS Catalog Illustration I-12b

Tokyo Bay

Censored wartime (WWII) use



1945-09-09
Locy Type P
"TOKYO / BAY / JAPAN"
USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. I-12b

Tokyo Bay

Note:



N/A

N/A

1946-01-00
Locy Type P
"TOKYO / BAY / JAPAN"
USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. I-12b

Tokyo Bay

Note:



N/A

N/A

1946-02-02
Locy Type 2(n) (USS)

Sailors mail

Note:



1946-02-19
Locy Type 2(n) (USS)

Category

Note:



No Image

1946-12-28
Locy Type 2(n)

Category

Note:


 

No Image

No Image

1946-12-28
Locy Type 2(n)

Category

Note: Add-on cachet by Kelly Armstrong


 

No Image

No Image

1947-01-06
Locy Type 2(n)

Category

Note: Add-on cachet by Kelly Armstrong



No Image

1947-04-07
Locy Type 2(n)

Category

Note:



1947-05-30
Locy Type 2(n)
Locy Type 9efsu

Category

Note:



1948-09-22
Locy Type LDPS 2(n)

Last Day Postal Service

Note:


 

No Image

No Image

1948-09-22
Locy Type LDPS 2(n)

Category

Note: Add-on cachet by Kelly Armstrong



N/A

N/A

1951-08-25
Locy Type 2
USS Missouri BB-63

Recommissioning

Cachet by Clint Orr. From the Tom Kean collection.



1953-12-25
Locy Type 2r
USCS Catalog Illustration I-12
Locy Type 9efu

Category

Note:



No Image

1954-11-05
Locy Type 7

Category

Note:



1984-04-25
Locy Type 2-1(n) (USN,USS)

Category

Note:



No Image

1984-04-28
Locy Type FDC 2(n)(USN,USS)

First Day in Commission

Note:



No Image

1984-04-28
Locy Type FDC 2(n)(USN,USS)

First Day in Commission

Cachet by James T. Spaulding. From the Richard F. Hoffner collection.



No Image

1984-07-02
Locy Type 2-1(n) (USN,USS)

USS Iowa BB-61
USS Missouri BB-63
USS New Jersey BB-62

Category

Unique 3 Battleship cover
Tom Armstrong



1986-07-04
Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USN,USS)
Locy Type 2-1p(n) (USS,USN)
USS YORKTOWN CG-48

International Naval Review
Statue of Liberty Centennial 1886-1986

K.M.C. Venture Cachet
Back purple rubberstamp "K.M.C. Venture"



No Image

1986-07-04
Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USN,USS)

International Naval Review
Statue of Liberty Centennial 1886-1986

Nordic Cachets



1988-02-07
Locy Type 2-1(n+) (D1,USS)

Ship's crest

Note:



No Image

1990-07-04 - 1990-10-16
Locy Type 2

USS Iowa BB-61
USS Missouri BB-63
USS New Jersey BB-62
USS Wisconsin BB-64

Category

Unique 4 Battleship cover
Tom Armstrong


 

1990-07-18
Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS)
Locy Type Meter OFR2 (#520194) ZIP 09545

Category

Notes:


 

1990-07-18
Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS)
Locy Type Meter OFR2 (#520194) ZIP 09545

Category

Notes: Same cover as above only showing second postmark.



No Image

1990-10-25
Locy Type 2-1(n+) (D1,USS)

Last Day of Postal Service

Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4,USCS



N/A

N/A

1990-10-26
Locy Type LDC 2-1(n+) (D1,USS)

Decommissioning

Cachet by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4,USCS



N/A

N/A

1990-10-26
Locy Type LDC 2-1(n+) (D1,USS)

Decommissioning

Cachet by Tazewell Nicholson



1990-11-13
Locy Type LDPS 9-1(n+u)

Last Day Postal Service

Cachet by Tazewell Nicholson


 

1990-11-13
Locy Type LDPS 9-1(n+) (USN,USS)

Ship Last Day Of Postal Service

Last day of postal service is after the last day in commission. Cachet by Tazewell Nicholson



No Image

No Image

1991-06-26
Mailer's Postal Permit Philadelphia, PA

Transfer to The 16th Fleet

Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4,USCS



No Image

No Image

1995-01-12
Mailer's Postal Permit Philadelphia, PA

Stricken from the Naval Register

Cachet artist - Michael W. McCue
Cachet Sponsor - Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4,USCS



No Image

No Image

1998-09-20
Mailer's Postal Permit Philadelphia, PA

Transferred to Newport, RI

Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4,USCS



No Image

2006-08-30
USPS Pictorial
"Crewmember Reunion Station"
Portland, OR

Crewmember Reunion 2006

Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4,USCS

 


 

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