USS Franklin – CV-13 By Steve Shay (L-10,821) August 2006 Cover of the Month The cover this month is historical in nature, sailor mail from the aircraft carrier USS Franklin (CV-13). What makes this cover historical is that it was…
USCGC Polar Star (WAGB-10)
USCGC Polar Star – WAGB 10 By John Young (#L-8219) September 2006 Cover of the Month Coast Guard Day 1982 was documented by Dick Weber, USCS # 7673 with this limited edition cover (only 18 made), posted aboard USCGC POLAR…
USCGC Eastwind (WAGB-279)
USCGC Eastwind – WAGB 279 By John Young (#L-8219) October 2006 Cover of the Month This cover was posted aboard the icebreaker on 12 OCT 1966, while the cutter was enroute to the McMurdo area (Ross Sea Group) for Deep…
USS Trenton (CL-11) – Halloween
USS Trenton – CL-11 By Steve Shay (L-10821) Boo! Witches! Goblins! Black cats! Happy Halloween! Cover sponsor J.L. Couse and Norman Mary decided to mark this scary holiday in 1937 with a printed cachet featuring a toothy jack-o-lantern and witches…
USCGC Southwind (WAGB-280)
USCGC Southwind – WAGB 280 By John Young (#L-8219) November 2006 Cover of the Month This cover was posted aboard the icebreaker USCGC SOUTHWIND on 29 NOV 1969, while the cutter was enroute to Antarctica for Operation Deep Freeze ’69.…
USS Porpoise (SS-172)
Thanksgiving 2006 Cover of the Month By Don Tjossem (#L-10987) Thanksgiving Greetings from the USS PORPOISE! This very colorful Thanksgiving cachet was cancelled aboard PORPOISE (SS-172) on 24 November 1938 nearly 70 years ago! The artistry and graphics are very…
USS Long Island (AGV-1)
USS Long Island AVG-1 by Jon Burdett (#11619) with editorial comments added by Steve Shay (#L-10821) December 2006 Cover of the Month The USS LONG ISLAND was the second ship so named, and the first…
USS Moffett (DD-362)
USS Moffett – USS-362 By Don Tjossem (#L-10987) January 2007 Cover of the Month HAPPY NEW YEAR! This MOFFETT (DD-362) cover was cancelled on 1 January 1937 with a type 3 cancel that indicates she was in Boston, Mass as…
USS Relief (AH-1)
USS Relief – AH 1 Mid-January 2007 Cover of the Month By John Young (#L-8219) Happy New Year, 1933 North Bay Stamp Club “New Years” cachet by Harry Ioor (USCS #877) who produced several different series of printed envelopes that…
USS Mount Olympus (AGC-8)
USS Mount Olympus (AGC-8) By John Young (#L-8219) February 2007 Cover of the Month TWO TRIPS TO THE BAY OF WHALES USS MOUNT OLYMPUS & USCGC POLAR SEA Sixty years ago, collector Mrs. A. Mace, Marble, MN sent several #10…