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USS New Jersey BB-62 Pictorial & Museum Ship Postmarks (1991-2009)
USS New Jersey BB-62 Covers Page 1 (1943-1974)
USS New Jersey BB-62 Covers Page 2 (1975-2009)
USS New Jersey BB-62 Covers Page 3 (The 11-Month Deployment) (1983-1984)

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

No Image		No Image	1940-09-16 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "PHILA. / PA." USS Prairie AD-15
			Keel Laying

Cachet by CDR John Barry Chapter 19, USCS

No Image		No Image	1940-09-16 Locy Type 3r (A-BTT) "PHILADEL- / PHIA PA." USS Bear AG-29
			Keel Laying

Cachet by Dr. S. E. Hutnick

No Image		No Image	1940-09-16 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "PHILADELPHIA / PA." USS Prairie AD-15
			Keel Laying

Cachet by Lloyd A. Nace and T. M. Holcombe

No Image			1942-12-07 Locy Type 3z "NEW JERSEY / LAUNCHING"
			Launching

Cachet by K. E. Streeter

No Image		No Image	1942-12-07 USPO Slogan Machine Cancel "Buy / War Savings / Bonds and Stamps" Philadelphia PA
			Launching

Cachet by Philadelphia Navy Yard Development Association

No Image		No Image	1942-12-07 Locy Type 3z
			Launching

Typed SL Cachet

No Image		No Image	1943-05-23 Locy Type 3z
			Commissioning

Launching Cachet by Philadelphia Navy Yard Development Association used for the Commissioning.

No Image			1943-06-25 Locy Type 2z*
			Official Mail

Commanding Officer, US Marine Corps Detachment, USS New Jersey return address

			1943-07-21 Locy Type 2z*
			Category

Official Business

No Image			1943-08-27 Locy Type 2z*
			Censored sailor's mail

Acknowledgement card for cigaretts received.

			1943-10-12 Locy Type 9efu 1943-10-13 Washington D.C. U.S. Fleet Post Office
			Official Business

Note:

			1943-10-18 Locy Type 2z*
			Category

Censored wartime (WWII) use

			1943-10-26 Locy Type 2z*
			Category

Note: Censored wartime (WWII) use

			1944-05-09 Locy Type 2z*
			Category

Note: Censored wartime (WWII) use

			1944-08-16 Locy Type 2z*
			Category

Note: Censored wartime (WWII) use

No Image		No Image	1944-12-14 Locy Type 2z*
			Category

Censored Sailor's mail

			1945-05-11 Locy Type 2z
			Category

Note: Censored wartime (WWII) use

			1945-12-02 Locy Type F "TOKYO / BAY / JAPAN" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. N-8c
			Tokyo Bay

Note:

No Image			1945-12-24 Locy Type F "TOKYO / BAY / JAPAN" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. N-8c
			Tokyo Bay

Sailor's mail

N/A		N/A	1946-04-19 Locy Type 2(n)
			Happy Birthday cachet

Cachet by -

No Image			1946-05-16 Locy Type 2(n)
			Category

Add-on cachet by Boyer

N/A		N/A	1946-07-18 Locy Type 2(n)
			Ship stats

Cachet by Ted Harrington

No Image			1946-10-08 Locy Type FAKE USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. P-82 USS PROVIDENCE CL-82 1946-10-27 Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. N-8e
			Category

Fake marking(s)

No Image			1947-05-30 Locy Type 2(n)
			Memorial Day

Note:

N/A		N/A	1947-06-23 Locy Type 2(n)
			Midshipmen's Cruise

Cachet by Morris W. Beck

			1947-06-30 Locy Type 2(n)
			Midshipman Cruise 1947

Cachet by Morris W. Beck

No Image			1947-07-18 Locy Type 2(n)
			First Postwar Cruise

Cachet by George A. Paven

N/A		N/A	1947-08-02 Locy Type 2(n)
			Midshipmen's Cruise

Cachet by Donald Graf

N/A		N/A	1947-10-27 Locy Type 2tnu
			Navy Day

Cachet by Neil F. Nielsen, sponsored by Alex R. Hesse Jr.

No Image			1947-11-18 Locy Type 2tnu
			Category

Note:

			1948-05-28 Locy Type LDPS 2tnu
			Last Day Postal Service

Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson

			1950-12-06 Locy Type FDPS 2 USCS Postmark Catalog Illustration N-8a
			First Day Postal Service

Note:

			1950-12-06 Locy Type FDPS 2 USCS Postmark Catalog Illus; N-8a Locy Type FDPS 9efu
			First Day Postal Service

Note:

N/A		N/A	1950-12-19 Locy Type 2 USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. N-8a Locy Type 9efu
			Thermographed cachet

Cachet by Emil W. Bilka

N/A			1950-12-25 Locy Type 2 USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. N-8a
			Christmas

Cachet by Lewis L. Glow. From the Richard F. Hoffner collection.

N/A		N/A	1950-12-25 Locy Type 2 USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. N-8a
			Christmas

Cachet by Lewis L. Glow. From the Richard F. Hoffner collection.

N/A		N/A	1950-12-25 Locy Type 2 USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. N-8a
			Christmas

Cachet by Lewis L. Glow. From the Richard F. Hoffner collection.

N/A		N/A	1951-01-01 Locy Type 2 USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. N-8a
			New Year's Day

Cachet by Lewis L. Glow. From the Richard F. Hoffner collection.

N/A		N/A	1951-01-23 Locy Type 2 USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. N-8a
			Prepares for Sea

Cachet by Lewis L. Glow. From the Richard F. Hoffner collection.

N/A		N/A	1951-02-12 Locy Type 2 USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. N-8a
			Lincoln's Birthday

Cachet by Lewis L. Glow. From the Richard F. Hoffner collection.

N/A		N/A	1951-02-14 Locy Type 2 USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. N-8a
			En Route to Guantanamo Bay

Cachet by Lewis L. Glow. From the Richard F. Hoffner collection.

N/A		N/A	1951-02-22 Locy Type 2 USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. N-8a
			Washington's Birthday

Cachet by Lewis L. Glow. From the Richard F. Hoffner collection.

			1951-02-22 Locy Type 2 USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. N-8a
			Washington's Birthday

Cachet by Lewis L. Glow.

No Image			1951-03-10 Locy Type 2 USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. N-8a
			Category

Hand painted cachet

N/A		N/A	1951-03-17 Locy Type 2 USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. N-8a
			St. Patrick's Day

Cachet by Lewis L. Glow. From the Richard F. Hoffner collection.

N/A		N/A	1951-03-17 Locy Type 2 USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. N-8a
			St. Patrick's Day

Cachet by Lewis L. Glow. From the Richard F. Hoffner collection.

N/A			1951-03-29 Locy Type 2 USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. N-8a
			Category

Note: Front red rubber date stamp same as cancel...Pencil notation "0140"

N/A		N/A	1951-04-04 Locy Type 2 USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. N-8a
			Ship Seal

Autographed by Lewis L. Glow. From the Richard F. Hoffner collection.

N/A		N/A	1951-05-19 Locy Type 2 USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. N-8a
			Armed Forces Day

Cachet by Lewis L. Glow. From the Richard F. Hoffner collection.

N/A		N/A	1951-05-23 Locy Type 2 USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. N-8a
			10th Anniversary

Cachet by Lewis L. Glow. From the Richard F. Hoffner collection.

N/A		N/A	1951-05-30 Locy Type 2 USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. N-8a
			Memorial Day

Cachet by Lewis L. Glow.

N/A		N/A	1951-07-04 Locy Type 2 USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. N-8a
			Independence Day

Cachet by Lewis L. Glow. From the Richard F. Hoffner collection.

N/A			1951-07-06 Locy Type 2 USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. N-8a
			Bombarding Kansong Region of Korea

R/S cachet

N/A		N/A	1951-09-03 Locy Type 2 USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. N-8a
			Labor Day

Cachet by Lewis L. Glow. From the Richard F. Hoffner collection.

N/A		N/A	1951-10-12 Locy Type 2 USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. N-8a
			Columbus Day

Cachet by Lewis L. Glow. From the Richard F. Hoffner collection.

N/A		N/A	1951-11-11 Locy Type 2 USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. N-8a
			Bombarding Kansong Region of Korea

Cachet by Lewis L. Glow. From the Richard F. Hoffner collection.

N/A		N/A	1951-12-07 Locy Type 2 USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. N-8a
			9th Anniversary of Launching

Cachet by Lewis L. Glow. From the Richard F. Hoffner collection.

N/A		N/A	1951-12-07 Locy Type 2 USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. N-8a
			9th Anniversary of Launching

Cachet by Lewis L. Glow. From the Richard F. Hoffner collection.

N/A		N/A	1951-12-25 Locy Type 2 USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. N-8a
			Christmas

Cachet by Lewis L. Glow. From the Richard F. Hoffner collection.

N/A		N/A	1952-04-13 Locy Type 2 USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. N-8a
			Easter Sunday

Cachet by Lewis L. Glow. From the Richard F. Hoffner collection.

N/A		N/A	1952-05-10 Locy Type 7
			First Day of Use Machine Cancel

Cachet by Lewis L. Glow. From the Richard F. Hoffner collection.

N/A		N/A	1952-05-10 Locy Type 7
			First Day of Use Machine Cancel

Cachet by Lewis L. Glow.

N/A		N/A	1952-05-11 Locy Type 7
			Mother's Day

Cachet by Lewis L. Glow. From the Richard F. Hoffner collection.

N/A		N/A	1952-06-02 Locy Type 2 USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. N-8a
			Collectors Request

Return address from Lewis L. Glow. From the Richard F. Hoffner collection.

N/A		N/A	1952-07-04 Locy Type 7
			Independence Day

Cachet by Lewis L. Glow. From the Richard F. Hoffner collection.

N/A		N/A	1952-08-20 Locy Type 7
			Midshipman Cruise

Cachet by Lewis L. Glow. From the Richard F. Hoffner collection.

N/A		N/A	1952-08-20 Locy Type 7
			Midshipman Cruise

Cachet by Lewis L. Glow.

N/A		N/A	1952-09-03 Locy Type 7
			Labor Day

Cachet by Lewis L. Glow. From the Richard F. Hoffner collection.

N/A		N/A	1952-09-04 Locy Type 7
			Midshipman Cruise

Cachet by Lewis L. Glow. From the Richard F. Hoffner collection.

			1953-06-07 Locy Type 2 USCS Postmark Catalog Illustration N-8a Locy Type 9efu
			Catagory

Photo cachet by William T. (Duke) Gmahle

No Image			1953-09-15 Locy Type 7
			Category

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			1969-10-15 Locy Type LDPS 7t(n+)y (96601)
			Ship's Crest

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N/A		N/A	1969-10-15 Locy Type LDPS 2(n+)(USS) Locy Type LDPS 7t(n+)y (96601)
			Ship's Crest

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N/A		N/A	1969-10-15 Locy Type LDPS 2(n+)(USS) Locy Type LDPS 7t(n+)y (96601)
			Last Day of Postal Service

Add-on cachet by Richard F. Hoffner

N/A		N/A	1969-10-15 Locy Type LDPS 7t(n+)y (96601)
			Last Day of Postal Service

Add-on cachet by Richard F. Hoffner

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