USS Fairfax

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Type 3 cancel and cachet giving the history of the ship’s namesake, Admiral Fairfax.
Cachet by Harry Whitlatch.
Signed by the Navy Mail Clerk at the upper left.

Type 3 cancel and cachet honoring the US Navy by Ludwig Staehle.
Signed by the Navy Mail Clerk at the upper left

Commercial cancel and cachet noting that decommissioning was cancelled, sponsored by Dr. S.E. Hutnick.

Type 3 cancel, this date was not the last date of postal service, November 1, 1940 is the proper date.

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