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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 |
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c1925-04-03 |
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Note:
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N/A |
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1926-03-28 |
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Official Business |
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N/A |
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1927-02-03 |
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Note:
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1927-05-14 |
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Official Business |
Reduced at right
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1928-02-05 |
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N/A |
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1928-07-23 |
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Back reverse image type 8 cancel...Pencil notation ship info
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1929-02-08 |
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The Destroyer Squadron postmark was kept aboard USS Whitney.
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1930-04-19 |
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N/A |
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1931-03-28 |
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Scouting Fleet. Back reverse image of cancel
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1931-07-17 |
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N/A |
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1932-03-30 |
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1934-10-20 |
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Official Business |
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1935-03-04 |
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Official Business |
Return to USS Yarnall DD-143
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1936-01-28 |
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1936-02-29 |
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Cachet by S
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1936-09-01 |
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First Day of Commission - |
Cachet by the Naval Cachet & Cancel Club, sponsored by Tazewell G. Nicholson. From the Tom Kean collection.
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1936-12-20 |
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Note:
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N/A |
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1937-04-25 |
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Double struck on front. Back black pen return address to ship at San Diego CA
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1938-08-26 |
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N/A |
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1938-10-29 |
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N/A |
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1939-09-25 |
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N/A |
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1941-01-30 |
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N/A |
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1941-02-04 |
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Category |
Business Reply use
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N/A |
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1941-07-23 |
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Back blue pen return address to ship at Pearl Harbor T.H....Pencil notation "2"
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N/A |
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1941-07-24 |
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Category |
Business Reply use
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N/A |
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1941-09-18 |
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Category |
Business Reply use
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N/A |
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1941-10-06 |
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Category |
Business Reply use
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N/A |
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1941-10-22 |
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Category |
Business Reply use
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1942-02-21 |
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Category |
Cachet by the Sibley's Department Store (Hobby Shop)
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1942-04-16 |
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Category |
Censored, WWII use
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1942-06-14 |
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Category |
Censored, WWII use...Black pen V.C. Shank return address..."U.S.S. Whitney". Back black pen notation "435"...Pencil notation "Whitney"
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1943-03-19 |
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Censored, WWII use
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1943-06-15 |
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Category |
Censored, WWII use
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1944-07-26 |
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Category |
Censored, WWII use
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1946-07-22 |
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Cachet by Donald R. Graf
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