Army-Navy Series (785-794)

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Crosby FDC Catalog</B></A></FONT></div> <div> <IMG SRC="0ae07040.png" border=0 width="263" height="4" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>Army-Navy Series (785-794)</B></div> <bR> <div> Crosby created a large number of different cachets for the Army-Navy series of 1936-37.  As a former Navy man, his bias toward that service is evident in the fact that relatively few different cachets were created for the Army series while each value of the Navy series had as many as 25 or  more different cachets.  (Also note the comment at the top of the previous page (Susan B Anthony) regarding varieties of the "Stars" and the "Night View" photos.)</div> <bR> <div> To see covers for these series, click on the appropriate link below:</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="army_series_785_789.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Army Series (785789)"><B>Army Series (785-789)</B></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="scott_790___john_paul_jones_.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Scott 790 John Paul Jones Cachets"><B>Navy Series (790-794)</B></A></div> <bR> <div> For the stamps in the Navy series, most of Crosby's cachets were created with reference to the Navy personnel pictured on each stamp. Consequently, I have organized these listings in that fashion.</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="scott_790___john_paul_jones_.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Scott 790 John Paul Jones Cachets"><B>Scott 790 - John Paul Jones Cachets</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="scott_790___john_barry_cache.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Scott 790 John Barry Cachets"><B>Scott 790 - John Barry Cachets</B></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="scott_791___stephen_decatur_.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Scott 791 Stephen Decatur Cachets"><B>Scott 791 - Stephen Decatur Cachets</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="scott_791___thomas_macdonoug.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Scott 791 Thomas MacDonough Cachets"><B>Scott 791 - Thomas MacDonough Cachets</B></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="scott_792___david_farragut_c.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Scott 792 David Farragut Cachets"><B>Scott 792 - David Farragut Cachets</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="scott_792___david_dixon_port.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Scott 792 David Dixon Porter Cachets"><B>Scott 792 - David Dixon Porter Cachets</B></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="scott_793___william_thomas_s.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Scott 793 William Thomas Sampson Cachet"><B>Scott 793 - William Thomas Sampson Cachets</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="scott_793___george_dewey_cac.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Scott 793 George Dewey Cachets"><B>Scott 793 - George Dewey Cachets</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="scott_793___winfield_scott_s.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Scott 793 Winfield Scott Schley Cachets"><B>Scott 793 - Winfield Scott Schley Cachets</B></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="scott_794___us_naval_academy.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Scott 794 US Naval Academy, Annapolis, "><B>Scott 794 - US Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD Cachets</B></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="scott_785_794___additional_c.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Scott 785794 Additional Cachets"><B>Scott 785-794 - Additional Cachets</B></A></div> <bR> <div> <B> <A NAME="in_addition_to_the_covers_shown_on_the"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>In addition to the covers shown on the pages linked above there is a very unusual, possibly unique, set of covers shown below.  They each bear a rubber stamp cachet on the front reading "The Original Crosby Cover Album, San Pedro, California."  And each has a rubber-stamp on the back flap reading "W.G. CROSBY."  (The envelope on the 1c Army value is sealed so the back stamp can not be illustrated here.)  All ten covers are addressed to the same person.  These covers are not listed in the Planty Catalog.</B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="15" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="838" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#BF0000" BORDERCOLORDARK="#BF0000" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP ROWSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 1 WIDTH="800"><div> <B>Scott #785-794-101 (To avoid confusion with the numbers for this issue, I have begun the numbering at 101 for cachets that are not created for a specific denomination in the Army-Navy series</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="159720c60.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="454" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 658 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="1598208b0.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="651" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 657 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="1599208a0.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="650" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 663 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="159a20900.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="656" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 653 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="159b20860.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="646" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="15" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="854" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#BF0000" BORDERCOLORDARK="#BF0000" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 665 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="159c20930.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="659" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 686 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="159d20a80.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="680" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 657 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="159e208b0.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="651" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 660 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="159f208e0.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="654" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 640 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="15a0207a0.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="634" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>