USS Chicago By Walter Crosby February 2006 Cover of the Month This month’s cover ties in to recent postings on the Chat Page regarding double Crosby cachets on cover. The cover is #10 size and has 2 thermographed cachets by…
USS Juneau (CL-119) – Crosby-like Cachets
USS Juneau Emil Bilka, USCS member #2670 April 2006 Cover of the Month Most naval cover collectors are familiar with the thermographed covers with small photos produced by Walter Crosby. In fact these are covers that probably first attracted many…
USS Mount McKinley (AGC-7)
USS Mount McKinley AGC-7 May 2006 Cover of the Month Operation Crossroads 2006 is the 40th anniversary of the nuclear weapons tests at Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands. The tests were given the name of Operation Crossroads. Two tests…
USS Skate (SS-305) – Operation Crossroads
USS Skate SS-305 June 2006 Cover of the Month Operation Crossroads The cover this month marks Operations Crossroads, the series of atomic bomb tests at Bikini Atoll in 1946. Two weapons would be used to study the effects of nuclear…
USS Whippoorwill (AM-35)
USS Whippoorwill AM-35 Don Tjossem USCS Member # L-10987 July 2006 Cover of the Month This Independence Day cover was cancelled aboard the USS WHIPPOORWILL on 4 July 1938. The cancellation is tied to a Scott # 840 Martha Washington…
USS Franklin (CV-13)
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.…