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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	1945-07-08 Philadelphia PA Machine
			Launching

Philadelphia Navy Yard Development Association Cachet

 

		No Image	1945-07-08 Locy Type 2z
			Launching

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No Image			1945-11-18 Locy Type FDC 2(n)
			First Day in Commission

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N/A		N/A	1945-11-18 Locy Type FDC 9ef(nu) (Postmark should not have "bars")
			First Day in Commission

Cachet by Glenn W. Dye. From the John Young collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1945-11-18 USPO Machine Cancel Philadelphia PA
			First Day in Commission

Cachet by William Senerchia. From the John Young collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1945-11-18 Locy Type FDC 2(n)
			First Day in Commission

Cachet by C. Stephen Anderson. From the John Young collection.

 

			1946-05-12 Locy Type 2(n)
			War Games

Beck Cachet

 

			1946-06-06 Locy Type 2(n)
			Category

Cachet by Jacques Minkus

 

No Image		No Image	1946-06-06 Locy Type 2(n)
			Category

Note: Add-on cachet by Kelly Armstrong

 

			1948-12-30 Locy Type 2tnu
			Category

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N/A		N/A	1951-05-06 Locy Type 7t(1)
			Sailors Mail

From the Elgin E. Sink collection.

 

			1952-09-10 Locy Type 7t(1)
			Category

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No Image			1953-09-06 Locy Type 2
			Category

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			1954-05-11 Locy Type 7t(1) Locy Type 9efu
			Aircraft Carrier

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			1961-08-29 Locy Type 2t(n+u) (LPH) Locy Type 9efu
			Category

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			1962-06-20 Locy Type 2t(n+u) (LPH)
			Ship photo

Add on cachet

 

			1968-01-10 Locy Type 2(n+) (LPH,USS) 1968-01-11 Long Beach CA Slogan "ALWAYS / USE ZIP / CODE"
			Category

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N/A		N/A	1969-05-26 Locy Type 7t(1)
			Apollo 10 Support

Rubber stamp cachet provided by Morris W. Beck. From the Elgin E. Sink collection.

 

N/A		N/A	2003-09-14 USPS Type 9 Philadelphia PA
			60th Anniversary of Keel Laying

Cachet by Ron Reeves. From the Richard F. Hoffner collection.

 

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