Data Sheets a Useful Listing for Collectors of Naval Covers

 

Send Requests and check made payable to "USCS" to:

Alvin Eckert, Data Sheet Sales Manager

327 Hamilton Drive

Fairfield, CA 94533

 

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BRANCH NUMBERS: Post office Department security numbers assigned to Navy shipboard post offices during WW II, appearing in postmarks. Listing in two parts: Alphabetic and Numeric sequences, (24 pages) PRICE: $ 4.00

2

SPECIAL SHIP LISTINGS:
A) U.S. WW II Submarine Losses (with cover scarcity factors)
B) U.S. Peacetime Submarine disasters
C) Operation Crossroads (Atomic Bomb test at Bikini Atoll 1946)
D) Operation- Highjump- (Antarctic Expedition 1946-1947) E) Operation Inland Seas (Great Lakes Exercise 1958)
F) U.S. Battleships (Complete list with dates and histories) (22 pages) PRIC
E: $ 3.70

 

3

NAVY NUMBERS: Secret numbers used in addresses on mail to and from Navy Overseas bases during WW II. Useful in tracing origins of wartime covers. (22 pages) PRICE: $ 3.70

 

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PEARL HARBOR/TOKYO BAY: Complete listing of all major ships in Pearl Harbor at the time of the Japanese attack on 7 December 1941 and in Tokyo Bay for the Japanese surrender on 2 September 1945. (10 pages) PRICE: $ 2.40

 

5 SUBMARINE MISSILE FIRINGS: Complete list of all submerged test missile firings by Fleet Ballistic Missile Submarines 1960 to 1991. (sequenced by ship and by date). Also included U.K. SSBNs 1968 to 1986. Revised June 1992. (20 pages) PRICE: $ 3.70

 

6 U.S. FRIGATE CONSTITUTION CRUISE 1931 - 1934: Complete list of all ports of call visited by the U.S. Frigate Constitution on her 1931 - 1934 national cruise. Includes postmark dates. killer bar wordings and quantities of covers for each port. (18 pages) PRICE: $ 3.00

 

7 THE FAMOUS FIFTY: Complete list of the 40 Destroyers traded to Great Britain in the 1940s exchange for bases in the Western Hemisphere. Includes American and British names, notes on which ships were manned by Canadian or Norwegian crews, and those transferred to Russia. (24 pages) PRICE: $ 4.00

 

8 U.S. NAVAL WAR LOSSES OF WWII (Surface Vessels): All known names U.S. Naval vessels lost in action during WW II (excluding submarines). List includes location and cause of loss and dates, (8 pages) PRICE: $ 2.10

 

9 VOYAGE OF THE GREAT WHITE FLEET AROUND THE WORLD: Contains an introduction synopsis the historic cruise from 16 December 1907 to 22 February 1909, and a complete itinerary of ports of call by ship. This sheet includes a tract map of the cruise, postmarks from ships and port of call, cruise covers and picture postcards of ships and the Australian Souvenir Set. (32 pages) PRICE: $ 5.00

 

10 AMELIA EARHART SEARCH JULY 1937: Complete list of ships participating in the search for Amelia Earhart. (2 pages) PRICE: $0.75

 

11 U.S. NAVY SHIPS LOSSES DURING WORLD WAR I: (And subsequent Operations until end of 1919). (6 pages) PRICE: $2.40

 

12 A LISTING OF: FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC PORT LOCATIONS: Appearing within the killer bars of U.S. Naval Cancels. (25 pages) PRICE: $ 4.00

 

13 OPERATION END SWEEP: Mine Clearing of Haiphong Harbor by Task Force 78, 6 February 1973 - 18 July 1973. (7 pages) PRICE: $ 2.10

 

14 NAVAL COVERS AND CANCELS OF THE Xth OLYMPIAD, 1932: (9 pages) PRICE: $ 2.40

 

15 U.S. NAVAL VESSELS TRANSFERRED TO FOREIGN NAVIES: September 3. 1945 - December 31. 1991. (25 pages) PRICE: $ 4.50

 

16 U.S. NAVAL FORCES IN OPERATION DESERT SHIELD: (7 Aug 1990-Jan. 1991) and Desert Storm (11 Jan-April 1991 )-includes- MSC and Foreign Naval Forces (29 pages) PRICE: $ 4.10

 

17 IN SPANISH WATERS: Cancels & Cachets of Squadron 40 Tare (1936-1940) (12 pages) PRICE:$3.20

 

18 SLOGAN CANCELS OF THE USS BROOKS (DD-232) (1932 - 34): (6 pages) PRICE: $ 2.40

 

19 NEW YORK FLEET REVIEWS: Hudson-Fulton Celebration 2S Sept.-9 Oct. 1909. New York Fleet Reviews One thru Six. Starting with April 1988-May 1993. (16 pages) PRICE: $3.00

 

20 EXTRACT OF INFORMATION CONCERNING THE 1931 - 1934 CRUISE OF THE U.S. FRIGATE CONSTITUTION: Contained in Bulletins #1-45 of the USCS. (32 pages in book form) PRICE: $4.10

 

21 U.S.F. CONSTITUTION: Sold out

 

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US NAVY & MSC SHIPS NAMED FOR UNITED STATES MARINES: Lists of all 220 US Navy fighting ships and Military Sealift Command ships that were named to honor valiant USMC personnel. Lists the ships in alphabetical order by formal name with additional columns for hull number, full name and rank of the Marine, and the ship's class. (revised 2007) (20 pages) PRICE: $ 3.70

 

23 KOREAN WAR SHIPS: Listing of USN and MSTS ships that earned battle stars on the “gun line” or “in theater” off the Republic of Korea between 1950-1953.  (14 pages) PRICE: $ 3.00

 

24 NAVY DAY 1945 CANCELS: Listing of known USN ships that canceled covers on October 27, 1945. Includes over 500 ships with postmark types listed and shore stations with cancels on this date. 1 page in color.  (6 pages) PRICE: $ 3.00

 

25 ALEUTIAN ISLANDS/ALSAKAN WATERS, NAVAL SHIPS 1931-1941: Listing of cachets and cancels including killer slogans used on US Navy ships while in Alaskan waters.  Includes history of naval operations.  5 pages color cachets.  (67 pages) PRICE: $ 8.00

 

26 AMERICAN POLAR OPERATIONS: Listing of Arctic and Antarctic research expeditions from 1946 to 2003. Four parts list USN, USCG, MSTS and MSC vessels deployed in these operations. (68 pages) PRICE: $ 8.00

27 US WARSHIPS IN CUBAN WATERS:  Listing of US warships, USN and USCG, during 1933-34 period of Cuban unrest.  (12 pages) PRICE: $3.00

 

28 US NAVY IN MEXICAN WATERS: Listing of US warships that earned the Mexican Service Medal for participation in the 1914 and 1916 Campaigns against Mexican forces.  (7 pages) PRICE: $2.00

 

29 CARRIER DEPLOYMENTS FOR WESTPAC AND VIETNAM 1964-1975: Listing of aircraft carriers and squadrons deployed to Westpac or Vietnam.  (38 pages)  PRICE: $5.50

 

30 US NAVY RECOVERY FORCES, NASA SPACE LAUNCHES: Listing of US Navy ships participating in the Mercury through Apollo-Soyuz programs with some cover illustrations.  (12 pages) PRICE: $ 3.00

 

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OPERATION MAGIC CARPET: to be released spring 2008

 

32 SHIPS NAMED FOR SIGNIFICANT MILITARY OR NAVAL EVENTS : Listing of 119 US Navy ship names that commemorate military and naval events.  Events include battle sites and other events. (13 pages) PRICE: $2.30

 

33 SUBMARINE OPERATIONS IN THE ARCTIC : The philatelic history of unclassified sub operations in polar waters, including US Navy nuclear subs, Foreign Navy nuclear subs and US Navy diesel subs. Includes date of operation and cover postmarks and cachet information. (40 pages) PRICE: $6.40

 

COMPLETE SET PRICE-INCLUDING POSTAGE:  $ 112.45


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