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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			1927-09-16 Locy Type 6j
			No Cachet

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No Image			1932-03-19 Locy Type 6
			Category

Hand painted cachet

			1932-10-27 Locy Type 5hks "NAVY DAY / SAN PEDRO,CAL."
			Navy Day 1932

Add on photo cachet

			1934-01-13 Locy Type 3s (AC-TBT) "CRISTOBAL / CANAL ZONE"
			Official Business

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			1934-01-19 Locy Type 3s (AC-TBT) "CRISTOBAL CZ / KEYWEST FLA"
			Category

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No Image			1934-03-10 Locy Type 3s (AC-TBT) "LINGERING / ON IN CUBA"
			Category

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N/A		N/A	1934-05-30 Locy Type 3s (AC-TBT) "MEMORIAL / HABANA,CUBA"
			Memorial Day

Cachet by H. E. Darr. From the Foster E. Miller, III collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1934-08-07 Locy Type F "FIRST DAY / NEW CANCEL" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. R-17g
			Flagship, Havana Cuba

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			1934-09-01 Locy Type 3 (BC-BTB) "ADIOS / HABANA CUBA"
			Port Departure

Hall Cachet

 

			1934-09-17 Locy Type F "COMSPERON / ST PETE-FLA" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. R-17g
			Special Squadron Change

Cachet by York Briddell.

 

N/A		N/A	1934-09-17 Locy Type F "COMSPERON / ST PETE-FLA" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. R-17g Locy Type 3 (A-TTT) "FIRST DAY / COMSPERON"
			Special Squadron Change

Cachet by C. Wright Richell.

N/A		N/A	1934-09-28 Locy Type 3 (BC-BTB) "AT SEA OFF / COSTA RICA"
			At Sea

Cachet by Marshall R. Hall, USCS No. 10. Contributed by Richard Morain.

			1934-10-15 Locy Type 3 (BC-BTB) "BREMERTON / WASHINGTON"
			Official Business

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			1934-10-27 Locy Type 3 (BC-BTB) "NAVY DAY / BREM WASH"
			Navy Day 1934

Hand painted cachet

			1934-11-29 Locy Type 6
			Thanksgiving Day 1934

Cachet by Lt. A. D. Hunter, USN.

No Image			1935-01-01 Locy Type 3 (A-TTT)
			Category

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			1935-04-06 Locy Type 3 (A-TTT) "ARMY DAY / SAN DIEGO"
			Army Day 1935 Robert E. Peary North Pole

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			1935-05-28 Locy Type 3 (A-TTT) "ALOHA NUILOA / HONOLULU TH"
			Port Visit

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			1936-03-24 Locy Type 3 (A-TTT) "TRAN FLAG / COMCRUBATFOR"
			Transfer of Flag

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N/A		N/A	1936-03-27 Locy Type F "HONOLULU / BOUND" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. R-17g
			Honolulu bound

From the Tom Kean collection.

			1936-05-30 Locy Type 3 (AC-TTT) "PEARL / HARBOR TH"
			Memorial Day 1936

Cachet by Colgan, ANCS 26

 

N/A		N/A	1936-08-11 Locy Type F "ARRIVED / SEATTLE" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. R-17g
			Port Visit

Cachet by Walter G. Crosby.

			1937-01-30 Locy Type SLPbs
			War Games 1937

Cachet by Jack McLennan

N/A			1937-12-21 Locy Type 3 (A-TTT) "COM / SUB RON"
			Flagship, Submarine Force

Add-on cachet by Richard F. Hoffner

			1939-03-17 Locy Type 3 (A-TTT)
			St. Patrick's Day 1939

Green printed St. Patrick Cachet. Back dark blue John H. Brandt return...Light blue society #s...Pencil notation "CL-9/(9A-TTT)"

 

			1940-04-29 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "S B PEARL / HARBOR T H" Locy Type 6dep(3)-1 Locy Type 9v USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. R-17d Locy Type 9efw USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. R-17f Locy Type 9x (C)
			Category

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			1940-09-03 Locy Type 6dep(3)
			Official Business

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			1940-12-17 Locy Type 9v USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. R-17d 1940-12-22 USPO Philadelphia, PA Registered 1940-12-23 Philadelphia, PA (Navy Yard Sta.) Registered
			Official Business

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No Image			1941-03-12 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "S/M Base / P. H. T. H."
			Category

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			1941-04-18 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "S/M Base / P. H. T. H."
			Category

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			1942-11-30 Locy Type 3z (BBT) "KEEP 'EM / FLYING"
			Category

Censored, WWII use

			1943-04-02 Locy Type 3z (BBT) "KEEP 'EM / FLYING"
			Category

Censored, WWII use

			1943-09-22 Locy Type 9v USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. R-17c Seattle WA Navy 320 Br. 1943-10-03 Washington D.C. U.S. Fleet Post Office
			Official Business

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			1943-09-23 Locy Type 9v USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. R-17c 1943-09-24 Seattle WA Navy 280 Br. 1943-10-02 Washington D.C. U.S. Fleet Post Office
			Official Business

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			1944-03-09 Locy Type 3z (BBT) "KEEP 'EM / FLYING"
			Category

Censored, WWII use

			1945-02-03 Locy Type 2z
			Category

Censored, WWII use

No Image			1945-10-14 Locy Type 3 (AC-TTT)
			Battleship

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