USS Ward DD-139 Covers Page 1

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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
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Cachet Category


 

No Image

1941-03-31
Locy Type FDPS 3r

Category

Front pencil notation "FDPS"


 

1941-03-31
Locy Type FDPS 3r

Ship First Day Of Postal Service

Note:


 

1941-03-31
Locy Type FDPS 9x

Ship First Day Of Postal Service

Nicholson Cachet
Back pencil notations...Black rubberstamp "SUNK"


 

1941-05-19
Locy Type 3r (A-BTB)

Civil War

Cachet Maker: Donald R Graf


 

1941-10-27
Locy Type 3r (A-BTB)
USS Ward DD-139

Navy Day

Thermographed cachet by Richard Buchwald and sponsored by Ralph L. (Shorty) Burkholder.


 

N/A

N/A

1941-11-20
Locy Type 3r (A-BTB)
USS Ward DD-139

Philatelic Mail


The USS Ward fired the first American shot in World War II, when she engaged the Japanese (a Japanese Ko-hyoteki-class two-man midget submarine) before the attack on Pearl Harbor, and successfully sank her opponent.


 

1943-01-10
Locy Type 3z

The Battle Cry of Freedom / Keep 'Em Flying

Censored wartime (WWII) use

 


 

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