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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

No Image			1938-10-03 Locy Type FDC 3r "COMMISSION / DATE"
			First Day Postal Service

Cachet maker: Lloyd Nace
Back pencil notations "5-"..."348"..."FDC"..."3r"...".50"...Violet rubberstamp U.S.C.S. Nace return

 

			1938-10-03 Locy Type FDC 3r (A-BBT) "COMMISSION / DATE"
			Ship Commissioning

Cachet Makers: Walter Czubay and National Cachet Society

 

			1938-10-03 Locy Type FDC 3r (A-BBT) "COMMISSION / DATE"
			Ship Commissioning Ship First Day Of Postal Service

Cachet Maker: Dr S E Hutnick

 

			1938-11-11 Locy Type 3r (A-BBT) "NAVY YARD / PHILA, PA." Locy Type 9v Locy Type 9efw Locy Type 9x
			Armistice Day

Cachet Maker: Dr S E Hutnick

 

			1938-12-05 Locy Type 3r (A-BBT) "PORT OF SPAIN / TRINIDAD"
			Ship Shakedown Cruise

Cachet Maker: Meyer Tuchinsky

No Image		No Image	1938-12-13 Locy Type 3r (A-BBT) "DOMAIN OF / NEPTUNE REX"
			Category

Note:

No Image			1939-01-03 Locy Type 3r (A-BBT) "BUENOS AIRES / ARGENTINA"
			Shakedown cruise

Cachet Maker: Walter Czubay

 

			1939-01-12 Locy Type 3r (A-BBT) "MONTEVIDEO / URUGUAY"
			Ship Shakedown Cruise

Cachet Makers: M Fay Muridge and National Cachet Society

No Image			1939-07-24 Locy Type 9efw
			Category

Note: Liddell add on cachet
Back pencil notations ship/cancel info..."1.00"..."7/35"

 

N/A		N/A	1939-07-25 Locy Type 3r (A-BBT) "FLEET WEEK / PORTLAND" USS Phoenix CL-46
			Fleet Week Participation by USS Phoenix CL-46

Blue Cachet. Cachet director Myron F. McCamley

 

N/A		N/A	1939-07-25 Locy Type 3r (A-BBT) "FLEET WEEK / PORTLAND" USS Phoenix CL-46
			Fleet Week Participation by USS Phoenix CL-46

Green Cachet. Cachet director Myron F. McCamley

 

N/A		N/A	1939-07-25 Locy Type 3r (A-BBT) "FLEET WEEK / PORTLAND" USS Phoenix CL-46
			Fleet Week Participation by USS Phoenix CL-46

Purple Cachet. Cachet director Myron F. McCamley

 

N/A		N/A	1939-07-25 Locy Type 3r (A-BBT) "FLEET WEEK / PORTLAND" USS Phoenix CL-46
			Fleet Week Participation by USS Phoenix CL-46

Red Cachet. Cachet director Myron F. McCamley

			1940-06-14 Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. P-23
			Flag Day 1940

Note: Unknown Flag Day Cachet
Back violet rubberstamp Ralph Burkholder return

No Image			1940-12-19 Locy Type 3r (A-BTT)
			Category

Note: Addressed to Sears Roebuck blue pen notatation of account number
Back return address to USS PHOENIX San Pedro CA

			c1941 Locy Type Fxz USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. P-23a
			Battleship

Note:

			1941-06-22 Locy Type 9v 1941-06-23 UNITED STATES FLEET 9v 1941-06-25 SAN DIEGO CALIF Registered
			Category

Registered use
Back multiple strikes with three Navy Dept wax seals

No Image			1941-08-08 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT)
			Category

Note:

 

No Image			1941-08-19 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT)
			Category

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			1941-10-18 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT)
			Category

Cachet Maker: Desmond D Jagyi

No Image			1942-03-12 Locy Type Fake USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-3a
			Category

Cachet Maker: Sibley's Department Store Hobby Shop

			1943-04-05 Locy Type 3z
			Category

Censored wartime (WWII) use

			1943-11-15 Locy Type 9vz 1943-11-19 USPO CDS, Philadelphia PA Navy Yard Sta. Philadelphia PA
			Registered Official Business

Note:

			1943-12-08 Locy Type 2z
			Category

Censored wartime (WWII) use

			1944-04-25 Locy Type 2z*
			Official Business

Note:

			1944-10-01 Locy Type 2z*
			Official Business

Note:

			1945-10-27 Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. P-23 "NAVY / DAY"
			Category

Cachet Maker: Lupton
Navy Mail Clerk Cachet...Back pencil notation "A345"

			1946-02-22 Locy Type 2(n)
			Category

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