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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

 

No Image		No Image	1931-02-06 Locy Type 3s (A,D1) "NAVY YARD / PHILA. PA."
			Category

Note: Postmark in purple ink.

 

No Image			1931-02-09 Locy Type 3s (A,D1) "NAVY YARD / PHILA. PA." Locy Type 9v Locy Type 9w Locy Type 9x
			Category

Note: Postmarks in purple ink.

 

No Image			1931-06-08 Locy Type 7 (1927-31)
			Category

Back violet rubberstamp Chester S. Knowlson return

 

No Image			1931-06-14 Locy Type 5hks "FLAG / DAY" Locy Type 5hks "NEWPORT / R.I." (back)
			Flag Day 1931

Front pencil forwarding
Back SHREVEPORT LA Air Mail slogan 1931-06-18...Type 5 in green

 

No Image			1931-07-17 Locy Type 5hks "NAVY YARD / PHILA PA"
			Category

Back blue rubberstamp City of Charlotte, North Carolina seal

 

No Image		No Image	1931-07-17 Locy Type 7 (1921)
			Category

Note: Postmark in green ink.

 

N/A		N/A	1931-07-26 Locy Type 7 (1921)
			Collectors request

From the Richard F. Hoffner collection.

 

No Image			1931-08-04 Locy Type 5hks "24 34 20 N / 74 23 15 W" Locy Type 5hks (1931-08-05) "GUANTANAMO / BAY" (back)
			Category

Back U.S. NAVAL STA. GUANTANAMO BAY duplex 1931-08-06...Type 5

 

		No Image	1931-08-08 Locy Type 5hks "ENROUTE / CANAL ZONE"
			Category

Note: Cachet Maker: Robert Beazell.
Postmark in purple ink.

 

No Image			1931-08-12 Locy Type 5hks "PACIFIC LOCKS / PANAMA CANAL"
			Category

Note: Postmark in purple ink.

 

			1931-08-29 Locy Type 7di "SAN PEDRO / CALIF." USCS Catalog Illustration P-15a
			Category

Add on cachet

 

			1931-09-08 Locy Type 7di "SAN PEDRO / CALIF." USCS Catalog Illustration P-15a
			Category

Note:

 

No Image			1931-09-14 Locy Type 7di "SAN PEDRO / CALIF." USCS Catalog Illustration P-15a
			Category

Note: Front pencil notation "7di"...Back pencil notation "Obsolete - in use about 2 months only"

 

No Image			1931-09-14 Locy Type 7di  (USCS Illustration P-15a) SAN PEDRO / CALIF.
			Category

Notes:

 

		No Image	1931-09-15 Locy Type P [3t "U.S. FLEET FLAGSHIP" and hollow star at bottom of dial] (USCS Illustration P-15f) FIRST DAY / FLEET FLAG
			Admiral F. H. Schofield

Note: Cachet Maker: Walter G. Crosby.

 

			1931-09-15 Locy Type P [3t "U.S. FLEET FLAGSHIP" and hollow star at bottom of dial] (USCS Illustration P-15f) FIRST DAY / FLEET FLAG
			Category

Note: Cachet Maker: Walter G. Crosby.

 

			1931-09-15 Locy Type P [3t "U.S. FLEET FLAGSHIP" and hollow star at bottom of dial] (USCS Illustration P-15f) FIRST DAY / FLEET FLAG
			Admiral F. H. Schofield

Note: Cachet Maker: Walter G. Crosby
Back red rubberstamp "open"...Black/gold applied label Crosby Cover Album...Violet rubberstamp Crosby Cover album return

 

No Image		No Image	1931-10-02 Locy Type 3  (USCS Illustration P-15) PACIFIC LOCKS / PANAMA CANAL
			Category

Note: Postmark in brown ink.

 

No Image			1931-10-02 Locy Type 3  (USCS Illustration P-15) SAN PEDRO / CALIFORNIA
			Category

Note: Front blue rubberstamp "66"
Back pencil signature...Pasted label 1932 Olympics (Los Angeles)...CHARLOTTE N.C. GEN DEL postmark 1931-10-06

 

No Image			1931-10-12 Locy Type 3  (USCS Illustration P-15) COLUMBUS / DAY
			Columbus Day

Note: Postmark in green ink.

 

No Image			1931-10-12 Locy Type 3  (USCS Illustration P-15) COLUMBUS / DAY
			Columbus Day

Note: Postmark in purple ink. No "Columbus Day" R/S marking.

 

No Image			1931-10-12 Locy Type P [3t "U.S. FLEET FLAGSHIP" and hollow star at bottom of dial] (USCS Illustration P-15f) "SAN PEDRO / CALIFORNIA"
			Columbus Day

Note:

 

No Image			1931-10-27 Locy Type P [3t "U.S. FLEET FLAGSHIP" and hollow star at bottom of dial] (USCS Illustration P-15f) NAVY DAY / SAN PEDRO
			Navy Day

Note:

 

No Image		No Image	1931-10-27 Locy Type 3  (USCS Illustration P-15) NAVY DAY / 1931
			Navy Day

Note: Postmark in purple ink.

 

		No Image	1931-10-27 Locy Type 3  (USCS Illustration P-15) NAVY DAY / 1931
			Navy Day

Note: Postmark in green ink.

 

No Image			1931-11-04 Locy Type 3  (USCS Illustration P-15) U.S.FLEET / FLAGSHIP
			Category

Note: Pre-printed Airmail envelope...Return to ship at San Pedro
Back is clean

 

No Image		No Image	1931-11-11 Locy Type 3  (USCS Illustration P-15) ARMISTICE / DAY
			Category

Note: Postmark in blue ink.

 

No Image			1931-12-12 Locy Type 8
			Category

Notes:

 

No Image			1931-12-19 Locy Type 8
			Category

Notes:

 

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