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USS Texas (BB 35) “Fleet Week” [Cover]Description
Posted aboard USS Texas on July 17, 1933 to celebrate Fleet Week (July 17-22, 1933). Embossed with the official USS Texas seal.
Blue cachet with a rope border around a battleship and an anchor and quartermaster’s helm, with “WELCOME TO SEATTLE” above the battleship and “FLEET WEEK / JULY 17-22 / 1933 / JOHN PAUL JONES / CHAPTER NO 2 / U.S.C.S” under the battleship. Recognized “FLEET WEEK / SEATTLE” inserted between the killer bars. Signed in green on the top left by “E.O. Tauer, U.S.N.,” the cachet designer. Additionally, this cover is addressed to “Mr. E.O. Tauer, U.S.N. / U.S.S. TEXAS / c/o P.M. San Diego / California”, presumably for Tauer’s personal collection.Context
Battleship Texas celebrated this Fleet Week in Seattle, Washington.