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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 --------- Cachet Category

N/A		N/A	1926-08-04 Locy Type 3 "PEARL / HARBOR T.H."
			Navy Savings Bank mail

From the Paul Huber collection.

N/A		N/A	1926-12-08 Locy Type 3 "PEARL / HARBOR T.H."
			Navy Savings Bank mail

From the Paul Huber collection.

N/A		N/A	1926-12-20 Locy Type 3 "U.S.S. R 1-20 / P.H. T.H."
			Collectors request

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N/A		N/A	1927-06-06 Locy Type 3 "U.S.S. R 1-20 / P.H. T.H."
			Navy Savings Bank mail

Note:

			1927-12-09 Locy Type 3 "U.S.S. R 1-20 / P.H. T.H."
			Navy Savings Bank mail

James H. (“Pete”) Carroll (1891-1947) was stationed at the Sub Base from about WWI until he retired in 1932. He was best known as a navy boxer.

N/A		N/A	1931-05-01 Locy Type 3 "LAST DAY IN / COM USS,R-1"
			Decommissioning

Note:

N/A		N/A	1931-05-01 Locy Type 3 "LAST DAY IN / COM USS,R-1"
			Decommissioning

From the Paul Huber collection.

N/A		N/A	1940-10-15 USPO Type 6 US Submarine Base Br." New London CT
			Recommissioning

From the Paul Huber collection. Cachet by William F. Spader

N/A		N/A	1943-03-15 Locy Type 7z
			Censored Sailor's Mail

From the Paul Huber collection. Posted from another ship or station...Ship did not carry this device

N/A		N/A	1943-04-12 Bull's-eye mute markings
			Censored, Registered, Sailor's Mail