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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	1920-12-18
			Postcard

Real-photo postcard titled "Waves breaking over the bow." December 18, 1920. From the Tom Kean collection.

N/A			1920-1925
			Postcard

Picture postcard titled "U.S.S. Texas Passing Culebra Cut, Panama Canal"

			1915-03-14 Locy Type 3r (A) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. T-12
			Category

Postcard use. "Guantanamo Bay - Cuba Eastern R. R. Bequeron"

N/A			1915-12-21 Locy Type 3 (BC) "NAVY (YARD) / NEW Y(ORK)"
			Postcard

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

			1918-05-28 Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. T-12n
			Category

Censored wartime (WWII) use

			1918-11-22 Locy Type 3 (AC) "ROSYTH / SCOTLAND"
			Category

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No Image			1919-05-12 Locy Type 7t
			Category

Inside this cover was a letter and a small pamphlet listing the church calendar as well as other information. See the bottom of the USS Texas BB-35 Main Page for images of these items.

N/A			1927-04-05 Locy Type 3s (AC) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. T-12c
			Sailor Mail

Contributed by Tom Kean.

No Image			1928-04-07 Locy Type 9v 1928-04-09 San Francisco (Ferry Sta.) CA Registered San Jose CA Registered
			Category

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N/A			1929-05-28 Locy Type 9v USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. T-12f
			Registered

Philatelic mail

N/A			1929-08-15 Locy Type 9v USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. T-12f
			Registered

Official mail. ex-Rawlins now part of the Tom Kean collection.

No Image			1930-00-00 Locy Type PPB USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. T-12l
			Category

Postmark date is unknown. 1930 is a guess.

No Image			1930-00-00 Locy Type PPR USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. T-12m
			Category

Postmark date is unknown. 1930 is a guess.

N/A		N/A	1930-09-05 Locy Type 8
			Official Business

From the Bill Wladyka collection.

			1931-05-27 Locy Type 6
			Category

Black rubberstamp NMC

No Image			1931-09-15 Locy Type P (FLEET FLAGSHIP T-3s with "USS TEXAS" in killers)
			Category

Note:

			1931-09-15 Locy Type P (U.S. FLEET FLAGSHIP T-3s) "LAST DAY / FLEET FLAG"
			Admiral F H Schofield Ship Change Of Command

Cachet Maker: Walter G Crosby.
Postmark from Naval Station San Pedro California on back of cover.

N/A		N/A	1931-09-15 Locy Type P (U.S. FLEET FLAGSHIP T-3s) "LAST DAY / FLEET FLAG"
			Admiral F H Schofield Ship Change Of Command

Cachet by Robert Beazell.

			1931-11-11 Locy Type 6
			Armistice Day

Cachet Maker: Walter G. Crosby

N/A			1932-04-22 Locy Type 8 (At Sea)
			Category

Note:

			1932-04-30 Locy Type 5hks (C) "U S FLEET / SAN FRANCISCO"
			Washington Bi-Centennial

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N/A		N/A	1932-04-30 Locy Type 5hks (C) "U S FLEET / SAN FRANCISCO"
			Washington Bi-Centennial

Airmail use

			1932-08-22 Locy Type 6
			Fleet Week 1932

Note:

N/A		N/A	1932-11-11 Locy Type 6
			Armistice Day

Cacheted

N/A		N/A	1932-11-11 Locy Type 8
			Armistice Day

Cachet by A. C. Elliott

N/A		N/A	1932-11-26 Locy Type 5hks "LONG BEACH / CALIFORNIA"
			Collectors request

Add-on cachet by Stewart Milstein

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