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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		No Image	1935-10-28 Philadelphia PA "Marine Barracks, League Island"
			Keel Laying

Meyer Tuchinsky, sponsored by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS Cachet

 

			1935-10-28 Locy Type 7di NAVY / YARD / STATION Navy Yard Philadelphia Pennsylvania
			Ship Keel Laying - USS Wichita CA-45 Ship Launching - USS Cassin DD-372 Ship Launching - USS Shaw DD-373

Cachet Maker: Philadelphia Navy Yard Development Association.

 

No Image		No Image	1937-11-15 Philadelphia PA Slogan
			Launching (Posted a day early)

Philadelphia Navy Yard Development Association Cachet

 

		No Image	1937-11-16 USS PHILADELPHIA CL 41 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) "NAVY YARD / PHILA"
			Launching

Dr. S. E. Hutnick Cachet

 

No Image		No Image	1937-11-16 Philadelphia PA" US Naval Hospital League Island"
			Launching

Meyer Tuchinsky, sponsored by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS Cachet

 

		No Image	1939-02-16 Philadelphia PA Slogan "BUY U. S. SAVINGS / BONDS / ASK YOUR POSTMASTER"
			Commissioning

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No Image		No Image	1939-02-25 Locy Type 3r (AC-TBT) "NAVY YARD / PHILA PA" Locy Type 9v Locy Type 9efw Locy Type 9x
			Category

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			1939-04-11 Locy Type 3r (A-TBT) "NORFOLK / VA."
			First Day New Cancel

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			1939-06-13 Locy Type 3r (A-TBT) WORLDS FAIR / NEW YORK
			Ship Shakedown Cruise

Cachet Maker: Walter Czubay.
Cachet is thermographed.

 

No Image			1940-02-28 Locy Type 3r (AC-TBT) "CULEBRA / D. R."
			Category

Back Guantanamo, Cuba 1940-03-12

 

No Image			1940-05-01 Locy Type 3r (A-TBT) "AT / SEA"
			Category

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			1940-10-15 Locy Type 3r (A-TBT) "AT / SEA"
			Official Business

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			1941-07-23 USS TUSCALOOSA CA-37 Locy Type 9v
			Official Business

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			1943-05-26 Locy Type 3z (BTB)
			Sailor Mail

Censored wartime (WWII) use

 

No Image			1945-12-07 Locy Type 2(n)
			Battleship

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