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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			1928-08-04 Locy Type 9v
			Registered Official Business

Cut-piece

No Image			1932-03-09 Type FDC 5hks "PHILA PA / 1ST DAY SERV"
			First Day in Commission

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No Image			1932-03-09 Locy Type FDC 5hks "PHILA PA / 1ST DAY SERV" 1991-09-03 USPS FIRST DAY OF ISSUE
			First Day in Commission / Memorial

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No Image			1933-06-14 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "FLAG / DAY"
			Flag Day 1933

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			1932-08-08 Locy Type 5hks "ANNAPOLIS / MD"
			Category

Navy Penalty use

No Image			1933-11-16 Type 3 (B-BTT) "HAVANA / CUBA"
			Port Visit

Welcome to Cuba, cachet by R. L. Razzette

			1935-05-27 Type 3 (B-BTT) "HONOLULU / T.H."
			Fleet Maneuvers 1935

Note:Richell ANCS 6 Cachet

 

			1936-08-06 Locy Type 3 (BC-BTT) PORTLAND / OREGON
			Fleet Week Portland Rose Festival

Cachet Maker: William S Linto.
Cachet is partly thermographed (lettering).
Cover had postmarks from USS Chester CA-27, USS Goff DD-247, and USS Reuben James DD-245.

			1936-08-06 Type 3 (BC-BTT) "PORTLAND / OREGON"
			Fleet Maneuvers 1935

Note:Linto Cachet
Cover also bears postmarks from USS SOUTHARD DD-207, USS RELIEF AH-1, USS GOFF DD-247 and USS HOVEY DD-208 on the front and back.

 

			1937-07-17 Locy Type 3 (AC-TTB) PORTLAND / OREGON
			Portland OR

Notes: Cachet Maker: USCS Chapter 22 Battleship Oregon.
Contributed by Louis Kurzmiller

No Image			1941-03-19 Type 3 (A-BBT)
			Category

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			1941-10-16 Locy Type Fz USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-Z2
			Category

Muridge Cachet

 

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