 "Combat Insignia" Stamps
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U.S. First Day Cover Cachet Display Catalog:
World War II Patriotics: "Combat Insignia" Poster Stamps
Part of the U.S. First Day Cover Cachet Display Catalog
by Douglas H. Henkle, AFDCS LM #137,
henkle@pobox.com
(last updated .05-23-2024)
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This page lists and displays all of the 251 numbered "Combat Insignia" Stamps published in WW II albums Volumes 1 - 5 which were produced by Robert Lash Robbins (1894 – 1967) (Postamp Publishing Company / Poster Stamp Publishing Company), Chicago, Illinois -- Publisher: Hearst Publications, Inc. (Note-A) and The Light Newspapers, (1942 - 1944), San Antonio, Texas. The additional 200 more Volume 6 stamps are displayed on on a separate page. Displays include the first item I can find of the following:
1) Stamps affixed to WW II era canceled envelopes
So far, I have seen only seven covers with these stamps that were First Day canceled.
2) Stamps affixed to unserviced envelopes
3) mint stamps with original gum or used with no gum
All "Combat Insignia" 1 - 251 single stamps are displayed.
Scans displayed are in:
"{A}" my personal collection,
or are from other sites I have found on the Web.
Album sizes: Volumes 1-5: 7-1/2" x 10-1/4" -- Volume 6: 8-1/2" x 5"
References
-- What's New on this page
#Borders -- So far, I have seen covers that exist with three and four line borders in different shades of green and shield borders not documented in Sherman, a "typed border" listed by Sherman of which I have seen no example yet, covers with just the stamp and no printed border around it, and a single example of two printed "V" on either side of eight "fleur de lis".
Type 1 -- Type 2 -- Type 3 -- Type 4 -- Type 5 -- no border, just the stamp
And others which may have been designed by unknown just to frame these stamps.
An intact complete sheet of 50 with original gum of Combat Insignia #1 - #50 just as it was issued in 1942 (10-1/8" x 17"). -- {A}
An eBay lot of stamps and newspaper clippings published at the time each new stamp was issued. I will add scans as I have time to do so. Only #1-10 are pasted onto the clipping that describes them. Until I have finished scanning I won't know whether or not the about 90 other clippings with stamp descriptions have duplicates. Unfortunately, the
newspaper name and the date of the paper is not noted for any of the description clippings. -- {A}
Mint sheets of all Combat Insignia #1 - #251 stamps are displayed on my page:
World War II Patriotics: "Combat Insignia" Stamp Albums
The following copyright dates are what are printed on Numbers 1-201. The fifth set have no date on the stamps, and I have not yet seen the entire sixth set of stamps. However, according to the "Poster Stamp Bulletin", Vol. 9(5), October 1944, page 1, referring to the fifth set, "Here is a New War Insignia series of Poster Stamps (50 in all) just published." ....
"Price complete $0.25. These Poster Stamps and Album may be purchased from Poster Stamp Publishing Company, 2445 S. Damen Avenue, Chicago, Illinois." The first set was announced on page 1 of the "Poster Stamp Bulletin", Vol. 7(2), April 1942.
Thanks to William M. Senkus, back issues, all except two issues, are on-line at:
Alphabetilately: Index and Scans of Poster Stamp Bulletin, 1936-1951 .
"Volume 1", 1942 and 1943, Combat Insignia 1 - 50
"Volume 2", 1942 and 1943, Combat Insignia 51 - 101 (the only volume with 51 stamps)
"Volume 3", 1942 and 1943, Combat Insignia 102 - 151
"Volume 4", 1942 and 1943, Combat Insignia 152 - 201
"Volume 1, Series 2", 1944, Combat Insignia 202 - 251 (aka Volume 5)
"Volume 6", 1944?, Combat Insignia 1 - 200 (aka Volume 6), 200 Combat Insignia stamps.
Combat Insignia Identifier: Horizontal Poster Stamps
Combat Insignia Identifier: Vertical Poster Stamps
Combat Insignia Poster Stamp Logos: By Title / Unit Name
The covers of all six Stamp Albums are displayed on my page:
World War II Patriotics: "Combat Insignia" Stamp Albums
Other Sherman listed WW II Patriotic cachets are listed and displayed on my page:
World War II Patriotics Sherman/Guthrie/Minkus/Linn Number Conversion
-- (listed in Sherman Catalog Number order)
Lawrence Sherman Catalog Numbers #1 (9,660 cachets)
"United States Patriotic Covers of World War II, 1st ed." (1999) -- S1#
Lawrence Sherman Catalog Numbers #2 (11,060 cachets)
"United States Patriotic Envelopes of World War II, 2nd ed." (2006) -- S2#
Both S1 and S2 Sherman Catalog Numbers are noted for all 251+ stamps listed here. "+" ...The total is unknown because Volume 6 included some stamps previously issued in Volumes 1 - 5 but with different Insignia numbers. Also, at this time, an unknown number of designs were unique to Volume 6. See Sherman 1st ed., page 87, Figure 5-11 for two different "Combat Insignia 136" designs.
Duplicate insignias found by Sherman that I have not seen:
136
-- 160
-- 200.
Other duplicate insignias that I have seen, where the text on a stamp is different from what is in Sherman's Catalog:
26 -- 47 -- 60 -- 77 -- 151 -- 154 -- 191
S2#1463 (26)
-- S2#1484 (47)
-- S2#1496b (60)
-- S2#1513 (77)
-- S2#1568 (151)
-- S2#1570 (154)
-- S2#1586 (191)
S2#1496b "Combat Insignia 60" = with letter suffixes are Catalog numbers I assigned to stamp designs which Sherman did not list. For example, S2#1496b would have been listed between S2#1496 "Combat Insignia 59" and S2#1497 "Combat Insignia 61" . All the Sherman unlisted stamps exist. It is just not known at this time whether or not they all exist on cover, either as Patriotic 1941-1945 usage, or as 1941-1945 FDC's.
04-19-2024 update: Actually, there are only 4 different stamps that have not been reported on any War era canceled cover,
see: #1462.
Known FDCs with these "Combat Insignia" stamps:
#935, 10-27-1945,
on S2#1461 (#24)
-- on S2#1485 (#48)
#940, 5-09-1946,
on S2#1531 (#95)
-- on S2#1542 (#110)
-- on S2#1550 (#120)
-- on S2#1577b (#172)
-- on S2#1597c (#234)
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- All 251 stamps from Volumes 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 are now displayed on this page
- "Volume 6", #1-200
"S2#1605ak -- Combat Insignia 11 (V6)" = Volume 6 stamps are also numbered "Combat Insignia 1 - 200". However, in most cases where the same insignia is used twice, the two stamps have different numbers. I have seen very few of Volume 6's 200 stamps, so noting these duplicates will be a work in progress until I can find scans of all 200 stamps from Volume 6. Per Poster Stamp Bulletin, October 1943, page 1: "200 full-color" ... "37 of these Poster Stamps are duplication of ... stamps in ...Series 1, 2, 3 and 4, while 163 are new."
Duplicate stamps noted so far are only Volume 6 "Combat Insignia 1 - 21", which are all duplicate insignias.
Lawrence Sherman Patriotics Catalog, 2nd ed., Page 168 -- C -- #1418 - #1471
Volume 1 -- Combat Insignia 1 - 50
- #1438 -- S1#1271 p.151 -- S2#1438 p.168 -- Combat Insignia 1 [37th Pursuit Squadron] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

- #1439 -- S1#1272 p.151 -- S2#1439 p.168 -- Combat Insignia 2 [Scouting Squadron VS-72] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}
S2#1605ak -- Combat Insignia 11 (V6)

- #1440 -- S1#1273 p.151 -- S2#1440 p.168 -- Combat Insignia 3 [Bombing Squadron VB-6] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- (eBay) / {A}
S2#1605am -- Combat Insignia 13 (V6)

- #1441 -- S1#1274 p.151 -- S2#1441 p.168 -- Combat Insignia 4 [62nd Pursuit Squadron] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

- #1442 -- S1#1275 p.151 -- S2#1442 p.168 -- Combat Insignia 5 [Bombing Squadron VB-3] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}
S2#1605al -- Combat Insignia 12 (V6)

- #1443 -- S1#1276 p.151 -- S2#1443 p.168 -- Combat Insignia 6 [Torpedo Squadron VT-2] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}
S2#1605ab -- Combat Insignia 2 (V6)

- #1444 -- S1#1277 p.151 -- S2#1444 p.168 -- Combat Insignia 7 [Scouting Squadron VS-42] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- (eBay ***) / {A}
So far, this is the only example I have seen of a cover with a stamp and this type of printed design.
S2#1605aa -- Combat Insignia 1 (V6)

- #1445 -- S1#1278 p.151 -- S2#1445 p.168 -- Combat Insignia 8 [Torpedo Squadron VT-5] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}
S2#1605ac -- Combat Insignia 3 (V6)

- #1446 -- S1#1279 p.151 -- S2#1446 p.168 -- Combat Insignia 9 [45th Air Base Squadron] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

- #1447 -- S1#1280 p.151 -- S2#1447 p.168 -- Combat Insignia 10 [Scouting Squadron VS-2] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}
S2#1605ad -- Combat Insignia 4 (V6)

- #1448 -- S1#1281 p.151 -- S2#1448 p.168 -- Combat Insignia 11 [Scouting Squadron VS-5] [label + printed border] -- Robbins
S2#1605an -- Combat Insignia 14 (V6)

- #1449 -- S1#1282 p.151 -- S2#1449 p.168 -- Combat Insignia 12 [Scouting Squadron VS-6] [label + printed border] -- Robbins
S2#1605af -- Combat Insignia 6 (V6)

- #1450 -- S1#1283 p.151 -- S2#1450 p.168 -- Combat Insignia 13 [23rd Pursuit Squadron] [label + printed border] -- Robbins

- #1451 -- S1#1284 p.151 -- S2#1451 p.168 -- Combat Insignia 14 [Bombing Squadron VB-2] [label + printed border] -- Robbins
S2#1605ao -- Combat Insignia 15 (V6)

- #1452 -- S1#1285 p.151 -- S2#1452 p.168 -- Combat Insignia 15 [Fighting Squadron VF-3] [label + printed border] -- Robbins
S2#1605ag -- Combat Insignia 7 (V6)
-- [Fritz the Cat]
- #1453 -- S1#1286 p.151 -- S2#1453 p.168 -- Combat Insignia 16 [Fighting Squadron VF-71] [label + printed border] -- Robbins
S2#1605ap -- Combat Insignia 16 (V6)
As both stamps have the same insignia number, The 1942 copyright is from Volume 1 and the 1943 copyright is from Volume 6.

- #1454 -- S1#1287 p.151 -- S2#1454 p.168 -- Combat Insignia 17 [15th Observation Squadron] [label + printed border] -- Robbins

- #1455 -- S1#1288 p.151 -- S2#1455 p.168 -- Combat Insignia 18 [Jacksonville Air Station] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- (eBay)

- #1456 -- S1#1289 p.151 -- S2#1456 p.168 -- Combat Insignia 19 [Scouting Squadron VS-41] [label + printed border] -- Robbins
S2#1605ar -- Combat Insignia 18 (V6)

- #1457 -- S1#1290 p.151 -- S2#1457 p.168 -- Combat Insignia 20 [Fighting Squadron VF-2] [label + printed border] -- Robbins
S2#1605at -- Combat Insignia 20 (V6)
As both stamps have the same insignia number, The blue/red is from Volume 1 and the purple/green is from Volume 6.

- #1458 -- S1#1291 p.151 -- S2#1458 p.168 -- Combat Insignia 21 [Fighting Squadron VF-72] [label + printed border] -- Robbins
S2#1605aq -- Combat Insignia 17 (V6)

- #1459 -- S1#1292 p.151 -- S2#1459 p.168 -- Combat Insignia 22 [Fighting Squadron VF-6] [label + printed border] -- Robbins
S2#1605ai -- Combat Insignia 9 (V6)

- #1460 -- S1#1293 p.151 -- S2#1460 p.168 -- Combat Insignia 23 [Torpedo Squadron VT-3] [label + printed border] -- Robbins
S2#1605ae -- Combat Insignia 5 (V6)

- #1461 -- S1#1294 p.151 -- S2#1461 p.168 -- Combat Insignia 24 [Scouting Squadron VS-71] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- (eBay ***)
S2#1605aj -- Combat Insignia 10 (V6)
#935 FDC -NIM
- #1462 -- S1#1295 p.151 -- S2#1462 p.168 -- Combat Insignia 25 [Fighting Squadron VF-42] [label + printed border] -- Robbins
S2#1605ah -- Combat Insignia 8 (V6)
They are not scanned yet, but I have an almost complete set of covers with stamps #1-251, all to the same addressee, "Chas. V. Discher" as shown, and all machine or hand canceled in Jan-Aug 1945 in cities all over the U.S., missing only #66, 101, 123, 184, 193, 205, 232, and 244. The cover shown is the only duplicate I have seen with the same addressee and the same #25 stamp, but with a cancel different from the cover in the set, and it is the only one with a ship cancel. I have other covers with #66, 123, 232, and 244 stamps, so the 4 others (in bold) are the only stamps not seen on any 1942-1945 canceled cover.

- #1463 -- S1#1296 p.151 -- S2#1463 p.168 -- Combat Insignia 26 [Eagle Squadron] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}#NM-USAF
"Eagle" Original design by Hank Porter (#NM-USAF)
This design was used by Bonnie Fusion for the Claude C. Ries Chapter cachet for the 7-12-2002 60¢ Coverlet Eagle stamp, Scott #3646.
(FIRST DAYS #1)
Volume 6 Combat Insignia 26 [31st Observation Squadron]
- #1464 -- S1#1297 p.151 -- S2#1464 p.168 -- Combat Insignia 27 [Scouting Squadron VS-3] [label + printed border] -- Robbins
S2#1605au -- Combat Insignia 21 (V6)

- #1465 -- S1#1298 p.151 -- S2#1465 p.168 -- Combat Insignia 28 [Fighting Squadron VF-41] [label + printed border] -- Robbins
S2#1605as -- Combat Insignia 19 (V6)

- #1466 -- S1#1299 p.151 -- S2#1466 p.168 -- Combat Insignia 29 [56th Pursuit Squadron] [label + printed border] -- Robbins

- #1467 -- S1#1300 p.151 -- S2#1467 p.168 -- Combat Insignia 30 [Bombing Squadron VB-5] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

- #1468 -- S1#1301 p.151 -- S2#1468 p.168 -- Combat Insignia 31 [38th Bombardment Group] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

- #1469 -- S1#1302 p.152 -- S2#1469 p.168 -- Combat Insignia 32 [Torpedo Squadron VT-6] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

- #1470 -- S1#1303 p.152 -- S2#1470 p.168 -- Combat Insignia 33 [67th, 68th, 69th Pursuit Squadron] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

- #1471 -- S1#1304 p.152 -- S2#1471 p.168 -- Combat Insignia 34 [94th Pursuit Squadron] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- (eBay) / {A}
-- (see also: 94th Squadron)

Lawrence Sherman Patriotics Catalog, 2nd ed., Page 169 -- C -- #1472 - #1525
- #1472 -- S1#1305 p.152 -- S2#1472 p.169 -- Combat Insignia 35 [45th Pursuit Squadron] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

- #1473 -- S1#1306 p.152 -- S2#1473 p.169 -- Combat Insignia 36 [Marine Fighting Squadron 221] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

- #1474 -- S1#1307 p.152 -- S2#1474 p.169 -- Combat Insignia 37 [4th Photographic Squadron] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

- #1475 -- S1#1308 p.152 -- S2#1475 p.169 -- Combat Insignia 38 [503rd Parachute Battalion] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

- #1476 -- S1#1309 p.152 -- S2#1476 p.169 -- Combat Insignia 39 [75th Squadron] [label + printed border] -- Robbins

- #1477 -- S1#1310 p.152 -- S2#1477 p.169 -- Combat Insignia 40 [Utility Unit U.S.S. Saratoga] [label + printed border] -- Robbins

- #1478 -- S1#1311 p.152 -- S2#1478 p.169 -- Combat Insignia 41 [50th Pursuit Squadron] [label + printed border] -- Robbins

- #1479 -- S1#1312 p.152 -- S2#1479 p.169 -- Combat Insignia 42 [79th Bombardment Squadron] [label + printed border] -- Robbins

- #1480 -- S1#1313 p.152 -- S2#1480 p.169 -- Combat Insignia 43 [94th Squadron] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}
aka 94th Fighter Squadron / 94th Pursuit Squadron / 94th Aero Squadron
(see also: 94th Pursuit Squadron)
-- CSAF81/314-916
-- Wikipedia

- #1481 -- S1#1314 p.152 -- S2#1481 p.169 -- Combat Insignia 44 [16th Bombardment Wing] [label + printed border] -- Robbins
"Eagle" Original design by Hank Porter (#NM-USAF)
by Hank Porter

- #1482 -- S1#1315 p.152 -- S2#1482 p.169 -- Combat Insignia 45 [Fighting Squadron VF-5] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

- #1483 -- S1#1316 p.152 -- S2#1483 p.169 -- Combat Insignia 46 [108th Observation Squadron] [label + printed border] -- Robbins

- #1484 -- S1#1317 p.152 -- S2#1484 p.169 -- Combat Insignia 47 [6th Reconnaissance Squadron] [label + printed border] -- Robbins

- #1485 -- S1#1318 p.152 -- S2#1485 p.169 -- Combat Insignia 48 [Naval Air Station, Pensacola] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A} / (eBay)
#935 FDC (NIM)

- #1486 -- S1#1319 p.152 -- S2#1486 p.169 -- Combat Insignia 49 [46th Bombardment Group] [label + printed border] -- Robbins

- #1487 -- S1#1320 p.152 -- S2#1487 p.169 -- Combat Insignia 50 [Jackson Air Base] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

Volume 2 -- Combat Insignia 51 - 101
At this time I do not know how #101 was shipped to customers. The complete sheet of stamps included with each Volume 2 Album only has #51 - #100.
- #1488 -- S1#1321 p.152 -- S2#1488 p.169 -- Combat Insignia 51 [United States Mosquito Fleet] [label + printed border] -- Robbins

- #1489 -- S1#1322 p.152 -- S2#1489 p.169 -- Combat Insignia 52 [Los Angeles Bomber] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

- #1490 -- S1#1323 p.152 -- S2#1490 p.169 -- Combat Insignia 53 [133rd Field Artillery Battalion] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

- #1491 -- S1#1324 p.152 -- S2#1491 p.169 -- Combat Insignia 54 [36th Field Artillery] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

- #1492 -- S1#1325 p.152 -- S2#1492 p.169 -- Combat Insignia 55 [504th Military Police Battalion] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- (eBay) / {A}

- #1493 -- not listed -- S2#1493 p.169 -- Combat Insignia 56 [63rd Signal Battalion] [label + printed border] -- Robbins

- #1494 -- S1#1326 p.152 -- S2#1494 p.169 -- Combat Insignia 57 [62nd Signal Battalion] [label + printed border] -- Robbins

- #1495 -- S1#1327 p.152 -- S2#1495 p.169 -- Combat Insignia 58 [36th (SIC?) Signal Battalion] [label + printed border] -- Robbins
[56th Signal Battalion] is printed on the stamp and in the 1942 "Volume 2" twenty page album printed to display all the stamps. I think "36th" was incorrect in both Sherman editions.

- #1496 -- S1#1328 p.152 -- S2#1496 p.169 -- Combat Insignia 59 [11th Naval District Section Base] [label + printed border] -- Robbins
--
Wikipedia: 11th Naval District
S2#1496a -- not listed -- not listed -- Combat Insignia 59 [34th Bombardment Squadron] [label + printed border] -- Robbins
-- Duplicate number.
04-12-2024: Oops, my mistake, not a duplicate. This Insignia did not appear in Volumes 1-5. It only appears as
S2#1605ci -- Combat Insignia 59 (V6)
- S2#1496b -- not listed -- not listed -- Combat Insignia 60 [Company "B", 86th Infantry Training Battalion] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

S2#1496b2 -- not listed -- not listed -- Combat Insignia 60 (V6) [Patrol Squadron VP-31] -- Robbins
Not a duplicate, moved #60 (V6) to #1596a -- Combat Insignia 223.
- #1497 -- S1#1329 p.152 -- S2#1497 p.169 -- Combat Insignia 61 [251st Coast Artillery] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

- #1498 -- S1#1330 p.152 -- S2#1498 p.169 -- Combat Insignia 62 [1st Defense Battalion, Fleet Marine] [label + printed border] -- Robbins

- #1499 -- S1#1331 p.152 -- S2#1499 p.169 -- Combat Insignia 63 [22nd Pursuit Squadron] [label + printed border] -- Robbins

- #1500 -- S1#1332 p.152 -- S2#1500 p.169 -- Combat Insignia 64 [U.S.S. Hornet] [label + printed border] -- Robbins

- #1501 -- S1#1333 p.152 -- S2#1501 p.169 -- Combat Insignia 65 [126th Observation Squadron] [label + printed border] -- Robbins

- #1502 -- S1#1334 p.152 -- S2#1502 p.169 -- Combat Insignia 66 [Pomona Bomber] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- (eBay) / {A}

- #1503 -- S1#1335 p.152 -- S2#1503 p.169 -- Combat Insignia 67 [5th Reconnaissance Squadron] [label + printed border] -- Robbins

- #1504 -- S1#1336 p.152 -- S2#1504 p.169 -- Combat Insignia 68 [204th Coast Artillery] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A]

- #1505 -- S1#1337 p.152 -- S2#1505 p.169 -- Combat Insignia 69 [Alaska Defense Command] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A]

- #1506 -- S1#1338 p.152 -- S2#1506 p.169 -- Combat Insignia 70 [609th Tank Destroyer Battalion] [label + printed border] -- Robbins

- #1507 -- S1#1339 p.152 -- S2#1507 p.169 -- Combat Insignia 71 [31st Pursuit Squadron] [label + printed border] -- Robbins

- #1508 -- S1#1340 p.152 -- S2#1508 p.169 -- Combat Insignia 72 [16th Reconnaissance Squadron] [label + printed border] -- Robbins

- #1509 -- S1#1341 p.152 -- S2#1509 p.169 -- Combat Insignia 73 [77th Bombardment Squadron] [label + printed border] -- Robbins

- #1510 -- S1#1342 p.152 -- S2#1510 p.169 -- Combat Insignia 74 [Battery "B", 202nd Coast Artillery] [label + printed border] -- Robbins

- #1511 -- S1#1343 p.152 -- S2#1511 p.169 -- Combat Insignia 82 [121st Air Corps Observation Squadron] [label + printed border] -- Robbins

- #1512 -- S1#1344 p.152 -- S2#1512 p.169 -- Combat Insignia 76 [U.S.S. Blue] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A} / (eBay)

- #1513 -- S1#1345 p.152 -- S2#1513 p.169 -- Combat Insignia 77 [2nd Battalion, 134th Medical Regiment] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

S2#1513a -- not listed -- not listed -- Combat Insignia 77 [Air Corps Ferrying Command] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- (eBay)
-- Duplicate number.
- #1514 -- S1#1346 p.152 -- S2#1514 p.169 -- Combat Insignia 78 [34th Combat Engineers] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A} / {A} / {A} / (eBay)

- #1515 -- S1#1347 p.152 -- S2#1515 p.169 -- Combat Insignia 79 [Battery "A", 98th Field Artillery] [label + printed border] -- Robbins

- #1516 -- S1#1348 p.152 -- S2#1516 p.169 -- Combat Insignia 80 [21st Bombardment Squadron] [label + printed border] -- Robbins

- #1517 -- S1#1349 p. 152 -- S2#1517 p. 169 -- Combat Insignia 81 [7th Bombardment Squadron] [label + printed border] -- Robbins

- #1518 -- S1#1350 p. 152 -- S2#1518 p. 169 -- Combat Insignia 82 [Anti-tank Company, 101st Infantry] [label + printed border] -- Robbins

- #1519 -- S1#1351 p.152 -- S2#1519 p.169 -- Combat Insignia 83 [74th Field Artillery Battalion] [label + printed border] -- Robbins

- #1520 -- S1#1352 p.152 -- S2#1520 p.169 -- Combat Insignia 84 [Mine Division 19] [label + printed border] -- Robbins

- #1521 -- S1#1353 p.152 -- S2#1521 p.169 -- Combat Insignia 85 [754th Tank Battalion] [label + printed border] -- Robbins

- #1522 -- S1#1354 p.152 -- S2#1522 p.169 -- Combat Insignia 86 [43rd Bombardment Group] [label + printed border] -- Robbins

- #1523 -- S1#1355 p.152 -- S2#1523 p.169 -- Combat Insignia 87 [H.M.S. Illustrious] [label + printed border] -- Robbins

- #1524 -- S1#1356 p.152 -- S2#1524 p.169 -- Combat Insignia 88 [1st Marine Brigade] [label + printed border] -- Robbins

- #1525 -- S1#1357 p.152 -- S2#1525 p.169 -- Combat Insignia 89 [Free French "Lone Eagle"] [label + printed border] -- Robbins

Lawrence Sherman Patriotics Catalog, 2nd ed., Page 170 -- C -- #1526 - #1579
- #1526 -- S1#1358 p.152 -- S2#1526 p.170 -- Combat Insignia 90 [1st Defense Battalion, 3rd Division] [label + printed border] -- Robbins

- #1527 -- S1#1359 p.153 -- S2#1527 p.170 -- Combat Insignia 91 [Battery "D", 114th Artillery] [label + printed border] -- Robbins

- #1528 -- S1#1360 p.153 -- S2#1528 p.170 -- Combat Insignia 92 [751st Tank Battalion] [label + printed border] -- Robbins

- #1529 -- S1#1361 p.153 -- S2#1529 p.170 -- Combat Insignia 93 [2nd Signal Armored Battalion] [label + printed border] -- Robbins

- #1530 -- S1#1362 p.153 -- S2#1530 p.170 -- Combat Insignia 94 [124th Division] [label + printed border] -- Robbins

- #1531 -- S1#1363 p.153 -- S2#1531 p.170 -- Combat Insignia 95 [Losey Field Interception Squadron] [label + printed border] -- Robbins

- #1532 -- S1#1364 p.153 -- S2#1532 p.170 -- Combat Insignia 96 [421st Coast Battalion] [label + printed border] -- Robbins

- #1533 -- S1#1365 p.153 -- S2#1533 p.170 -- Combat Insignia 97 [40th Bombardment Group] [label + printed border] -- Robbins

- #1534 -- S1#1366 p.153 -- S2#1534 p.170 -- Combat Insignia 98 [St. Thomas Submarine Base] [label + printed border] -- Robbins

- #1535 -- S1#1367 p.153 -- S2#1535 p.170 -- Combat Insignia 99 [Anti-tank Company, 16th Infantry] [label + printed border] -- Robbins

- #1536 -- S1#1368 p.153 -- S2#1536 p.170 -- Combat Insignia 100 [32nd Pursuit Squadron] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

- S2#1536a -- not listed -- not listed -- Combat Insignia 101 [11th Bombardment Squadron] [label + printed border] -- Robbins
The complete sheet of stamps included with each Volume 2 Album only has #51 - #100. At this time I do not know for sure how #101 was sold over the counter and/or shipped to mail order customers. One possibility could be that the company manually attached #101 to every Volume 2 before it was sold or shipped. If this was so, it would not exist in mint never hinged condition and it could not have been serviced on any cover. I have 2 copies of Volume 2 with intact complete sheets of #51 - #100. The only stamp pasted into both of them is #101.

Volume 3 -- Combat Insignia 102 - 151
- #1537 -- S1#1369 p.153 -- S2#1537 p.170 -- Combat Insignia 102 [71st Pursuit Squadron] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

- #1538 -- S1#1370 p.153 -- S2#1538 p.170 -- Combat Insignia 103 [Aerological U.S.S. Albemarle] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

- #1539 -- S1#1371 p.153 -- S2#1539 p.170 -- Combat Insignia 104 [U.S.S. Pelias] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

- S2#1539a -- not listed -- not listed -- Combat Insignia 105 [82nd Bombardment Squadron] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}
For a different 82nd Bombardment Squadron design, see:
Volume 6, Combat Insignia 151
- S2#1539b -- not listed -- not listed -- Combat Insignia 106 [Flight "A", Air Corps Training Detachment] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

- S2#1539c -- not listed -- not listed -- Combat Insignia 107 [Battery "A", 244th Coast Artillery] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

- #1540 -- S1#1372 p.153 -- S2#1540 p.170 -- Combat Insignia 108 [79th Pursuit Group] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

- #1541 -- S1#1373 p.153 -- S2#1541 p.170 -- Combat Insignia 109 [482nd Ordnance Company] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

- #1542 -- S1#1374 p.153 -- S2#1542 p.170 -- Combat Insignia 110 [31st Observation Squadron] [label + printed border] -- Robbins
"Woody Woodpecker" original design by Walter Lantz
Volume 6 Combat Insignia 26 [31st Observation Squadron]
- #1543 -- S1#1375 p.153 -- S2#1543 p.170 -- Combat Insignia 111 [Advanced Carrier Training Group] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

- #1544 -- S1#1376 p.153 -- S2#1544 p.170 -- Combat Insignia 112 [Flight "B", Air Corps Training] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

- #1545 -- S1#1377 p.153 -- S2#1545 p.170 -- Combat Insignia 113 [Company "F", 114th Infantry] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- (eBay) / {A}

- #1546 -- S1#1378 p.153 -- S2#1546 p.170 -- Combat Insignia 114 [U.S.S. Pegasus] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

- #1547 -- S1#1379 p.153 -- S2#1547 p.170 -- Combat Insignia 115 [Battery "A", 165th Field Artillery] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

- #1548 -- S1#1380 p.153 -- S2#1548 p.170 -- Combat Insignia 116 [57th Signal Battalion] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

- S2#1548a -- not listed -- not listed -- Combat Insignia 117 [3rd Reconnaissance Squadron] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

- S2#1548b -- not listed -- not listed -- Combat Insignia 118 [VO-3 Observation Squadron] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

- #1549 -- S1#1381 p.153 -- S2#1549 p.170 -- Combat Insignia 119 [15th Transport Squadron] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

- #1550 -- S1#1382 p.153 -- S2#1550 p.170 -- Combat Insignia 120 [California State Guard] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

- S2#1550a -- not listed -- not listed -- Combat Insignia 121 [General Douglas MacArthur Day, June 13, 1942] [label + printed border] -- Robbins

- #1551 -- S1#1383 p.153 -- S2#1551 p.170 -- Combat Insignia 122 [55th School Squadron, Air] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}
nulli secundus (second to none)

- S2#1551a -- not listed -- not listed -- Combat Insignia 123 [Battery "B", 205th Coast Artillery] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

- #1552 -- S1#1384 p.153 -- S2#1552 p.170 -- Combat Insignia 124 [9th Naval District, Reserve] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}
--
Wikipedia: 9th Naval District
- #1553 -- S1#1385 p.153 -- S2#1553 p.170 -- Combat Insignia 125 [RCAF Station, Dartmouth] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

- S2#1553a -- not listed -- not listed -- Combat Insignia 126 [22nd Pursuit Squadron] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

- S2#1553b -- not listed -- not listed -- Combat Insignia 127 [381st School Squadron] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

- #1554 -- S1#1386 p.153 -- S2#1554 p.170 -- Combat Insignia 128 [307th Pursuit Squadron] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

- #1555 -- S1#1387 p.153 -- S2#1555 p.170 -- Combat Insignia 129 [38th Bombardment Squadron] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

- #1556 -- S1#1388 p.153 -- S2#1556 p.170 -- Combat Insignia 130 [73rd Evacuation Hospital] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

- S2#1556a -- not listed -- not listed -- Combat Insignia 131 [American Volunteer Group, Chinese Air Force] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

- #1557 -- S1#1389 p.153 -- S2#1557 p.170 -- Combat Insignia 132 [331st School Squadron, ACAFS] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

- #1558 -- S1#1390 p.153 -- S2#1558 p.170 -- Combat Insignia 133 [92nd Reconnaissance Troop] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

- S2#1558a -- not listed -- not listed -- Combat Insignia 134 [2nd Scout Company, Second Marine Division] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

- S2#1558b -- not listed -- not listed -- Combat Insignia 135 [803rd Engineer Battalion] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

- #1559 -- S1#1391 p.153 -- S2#1559 p.170 -- Combat Insignia 136 [Flight "D", Wireless, School 3, Royal New Zealand A F] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

S2#1559a -- not listed -- not listed -- Combat Insignia 136a [?] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- duplicate number w/different design pictured in Sherman 1st ed.
- #1560 -- S1#1392 p.153 -- S2#1560 p.170 -- Combat Insignia 137 [125th Observation Squadron] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

- S2#1560a -- not listed -- not listed -- Combat Insignia 138 [Aviation Base, U.S. Naval Reserve] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

- S2#1560b -- not listed -- not listed -- Combat Insignia 139 [58th Bombardment Squadron] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

- #1561 -- S1#1393 p.153 -- S2#1561 p.170 -- Combat Insignia 140 [59th Ordnance Company] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

- #1562 -- S1#1394 p.153 -- S2#1562 p.170 -- Combat Insignia 141 [90th Signal Battalion] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

- #1563 -- S1#1395 p.153 -- S2#1563 p.170 -- Combat Insignia 142 [Aviation Repair Unit] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

- S2#1563a -- not listed -- not listed -- Combat Insignia 143 [Truck Drivers, Battery "B", 202nd Coast Artillery] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

- #1564 -- S1#1396 p.153 -- S2#1564 p.170 -- Combat Insignia 144 [Headquarters 640th Tank Destroyer Battalion] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

- S2#1564a -- not listed -- not listed -- Combat Insignia 145 [Headquarters, 126th Observation Squadron] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

- #1565 -- S1#1397 p.153 -- S2#1565 p.170 -- Combat Insignia 146 [146th Squadron, British Aviation Refresher Course] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

- #1566 -- S1#1398 p.153 -- S2#1566 p.170 -- Combat Insignia 147 [Regimental Communications, 66th Armored Regiment] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

- S2#1566a -- not listed -- not listed -- Combat Insignia 148 [95th Air Base Group] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

- S2#1566b -- not listed -- not listed -- Combat Insignia 149 [Headquarters, ] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

- #1567 -- S1#1399 p.153 -- S2#1567 p.170 -- Combat Insignia 150 [Texas Defense Guard, Air Corps] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

- #1568 -- S1#1400 p.153 -- S2#1568 p.170 -- Combat Insignia 151 [Midland Air Corps, Advanced Flying School] [label + printed border] -- Robbins

Volume 4 -- Combat Insignia 152 - 201
- #1569 -- S1#1401 p.153 -- S2#1569 p.170 -- Combat Insignia 152 [Annette Island Artillery] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

- S2#1569a -- not listed -- not listed -- Combat Insignia 153 [Primary Training Squadron, 11-A] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

- #1570 -- S1#1402 p.153 -- S2#1570 p.170 -- Combat Insignia 154 [Luke Field Flying School] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}
[15th Bombardment Squadron] -- Duplicate number.

- #1571 -- S1#1403 p.153 -- S2#1571 p.170 -- Combat Insignia 155 [47th Bombardment Squadron] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

- S2#1571a -- not listed -- not listed -- Combat Insignia 156 [1st Defense Battalion, Fleet Marine Force, Palmyra Island] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

- S2#1571b -- not listed -- not listed -- Combat Insignia 157 [121st Eagle Squadron, R.A.F.] -- Robbins -- {A}

- #1572 -- S1#1404 p.153 -- S2#1572 p.170 -- Combat Insignia 158 [17th Transport Squadron] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

- S2#1572a -- not listed -- not listed -- Combat Insignia 159 [Base Weather Station, France Field, Canal Zone] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

- S2#1572b -- not listed -- not listed -- Combat Insignia 160 [774th Tank Destroyer Battalion] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

- S2#1572c -- not listed -- not listed -- Combat Insignia 161 [Battery "C", 202nd Coast Artillery AA.] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

- #1573 -- S1#1405 p.153 -- S2#1573 p.170 -- Combat Insignia 162 [67th Bombardment Squadron] [label + printed border] -- Robbins

- #1574 -- S1#1406 p.153 -- S2#1574 p.170 -- Combat Insignia 163 [Headquarters Squadron, 28th Group] [label + printed border] -- Robbins

- S2#1574a -- not listed -- not listed -- Combat Insignia 164 [Information Service, Free French Forces] [label + printed border] -- Robbins

- #1575 -- S1#1407 p.153 -- S2#1575 p.170 -- Combat Insignia 165 [48th Pursuit Squadron] [label + printed border] -- Robbins

- S2#1575a -- not listed -- not listed -- Combat Insignia 166 [120th Bomber Reconnaissance Squadron, R.C.A.F.] [label + printed border] -- Robbins

- #1576 -- S1#1408 p.153 -- S2#1576 p.170 -- Combat Insignia 167 [Headquarters Corps Area Service Comm.] [label + printed border] -- Robbins

- S2#1576a -- not listed -- not listed -- Combat Insignia 168 [Adjutant General's Office, U.S.A.] [label + printed border] -- Robbins

- S2#1576b -- not listed -- not listed -- Combat Insignia 169 ["B" Flight, 1224th Air Training Corps Squadron, R.A.F.] [label + printed border] -- Robbins

- #1577 -- S1#1409 p.153 -- S2#1577 p.170 -- Combat Insignia 170 [32nd Airship Patrol Squadron] [label + printed border] -- Robbins

- S2#1577a -- not listed -- not listed -- Combat Insignia 171 [Cuban Navy Flight, U.S. Naval Air Station] [label + printed border] -- Robbins

- S2#1577b -- not listed -- not listed -- Combat Insignia 172 [39th Air Depot Group] [label + printed border] -- Robbins
#940 FDC (NIM)
- S2#1577c -- not listed -- not listed -- Combat Insignia 173 [Minute Women of Los Angeles] [label + printed border] -- Robbins

- S2#1577d -- not listed -- not listed -- Combat Insignia 174 [Group 918, Civil Air Patrol] [label + printed border] -- Robbins

- S2#1577e -- not listed -- not listed -- Combat Insignia 175 [Chasseurs Alpins Battalion, Free French Forces] [label + printed border] -- Robbins

- #1578 -- S1#1410 p.153 -- S2#1578 p.170 -- Combat Insignia 176 [92nd School Squadron, Air Corps Advanced Flying School] [label + printed border] -- Robbins

- #1579 -- S1#1411 p.153 -- S2#1579 p.170 -- Combat Insignia 177 [41st Bombardment Squadron] [label + printed border] -- Robbins

- S2#1579a -- not listed -- not listed -- Combat Insignia 178 [134th Infantry] [label + printed border] -- Robbins

Lawrence Sherman Patriotics Catalog, 2nd ed., Page 171 -- C -- #1580 - #1632
- #1580 -- S1#1412 p.153 -- S2#1580 p.171 -- Combat Insignia 179 [Fifth Signal Company] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

- #1581 -- S1#1413 p.153 -- S2#1581 p.171 -- Combat Insignia 180 [Battery "K", 3rd Coast Artillery] [label + printed border] -- Robbins

- #1582 -- S1#1414 p.153 -- S2#1582 p.171 -- Combat Insignia 181 [Medical Detachment, 121st Artillery Battalion] [label + printed border] -- Robbins

- S2#1582a -- not listed -- not listed -- Combat Insignia 182 [Parachute Corps, Free French Forces] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

- S2#1582b -- not listed -- not listed -- Combat Insignia 183 [110th Quartermaster Battalion] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

- S2#1582c -- not listed -- not listed -- Combat Insignia 184 [No. 6, British Reconnaissance Squadron, R.C.A.F.] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

- #1583 -- S1#1415 p.153 -- S2#1583 p.171 -- Combat Insignia 185 [Ellington Field, Tow Target Detachment] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

- #1584 -- S1#1416 p.153 -- S2#1584 p.171 -- Combat Insignia 186 [57th Air Base Squadron] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

- S2#1584a -- not listed -- not listed -- Combat Insignia 187 [Battery "B", 202nd Coast Artillery] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

- S2#1584b -- not listed -- not listed -- Combat Insignia 188 [106th Observation Squadron] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

- #1585 -- S1#1417 p.153 -- S2#1585 p.171 -- Combat Insignia 189 ["Mobile Flight", U.S. Coast Guard Air Station] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

- S2#1585a -- not listed -- not listed -- Combat Insignia 190 [1st Battalion, Headquarters Battery, 146th Field Artillery] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

- #1586 -- S1#1418 p.153 -- S2#1586 p.171 -- Combat Insignia 191 [342nd Bombardment Squadron] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- (eBay) -- {A}
[82nd Observation Squadron] -- Duplicate number.

- S2#1586a -- not listed -- not listed -- Combat Insignia 192 [66th Quartermaster Battalion] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

- S2#1586b -- not listed -- not listed -- Combat Insignia 193 [629th Tank Destroyer Battalion] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

- S2#1586c -- not listed -- not listed -- Combat Insignia 194 [643rd Tank Destroyer Battalion] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

- S2#1586d -- not listed -- not listed -- Combat Insignia 195 [308th Pursuit Squadron] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

- S2#1586e -- not listed -- not listed -- Combat Insignia 196 [Headquarters Battery, 155th Field Artillery] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

- S2#1586f -- not listed -- not listed -- Combat Insignia 197 [American Ambulance Section, Free French Forces] [label + printed border] -- Robbins

- S2#1586g -- not listed -- not listed -- Combat Insignia 198 [Chanute Field Medical Department Detachment] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

- S2#1586h -- not listed -- not listed -- Combat Insignia 199 [Searchlight Battalion, 352nd Coast Artillery] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

- S2#1586i -- not listed -- not listed -- Combat Insignia 200 [Station Hospital, 1531st Service Unit] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

- #1587 -- S1#1419 p.153 -- S2#1587 p.171 -- Combat Insignia 201 [Bombing Squadron VB-8] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

Volume 5 (Volume 1, Series 2) -- Combat Insignia 202 - 251
- #1588 -- S1#1420 p.153 -- S2#1588 p.171 -- Combat Insignia 202 [Army Air School, Technical Training Command] [label + typed border] -- Robbins

- S2#1588a -- not listed -- not listed -- Combat Insignia 203 [Patrol Squadron, VP-101] [label + printed border] -- Robbins

- S2#1588b -- not listed -- not listed -- Combat Insignia 204 [10th Armored "Tigers" Division] [label + printed border] -- Robbins

- S2#1588c -- not listed -- not listed -- Combat Insignia 205 [Cruiser Scouting Squadron VCS-6] [label + printed border] -- Robbins

- S2#1588d -- not listed -- not listed -- Combat Insignia 206 [9th Bombardment Squadron] [label + printed border] -- Robbins

- #1589 -- S1#1421 p.153 -- S2#1589 p.171 -- Combat Insignia 207 [Patrol Squadron VP-32] [label + printed border] -- Robbins

- #1590 -- S1#1422 p.153 -- S2#1590 p.171 -- Combat Insignia 208 [Observation Squadron VO-4] [label + printed border] -- Robbins

- S2#1590a -- not listed -- not listed -- Combat Insignia 209 [Radio School, Fort Monmouth] [label + printed border] -- Robbins

- #1591 -- S1#1423 p.153 -- S2#1591 p.171 -- Combat Insignia 210 [Patrol Squadron VP-11] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

- #1592 -- S1#1424 p.153 -- S2#1592 p.171 -- Combat Insignia 211 [Patrol Squadron VP-23] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

- S2#1592a -- not listed -- not listed -- Combat Insignia 212 ["Resurgam" -- "I Shall Rise Again"] [label + printed border] -- Robbins

- #1593 -- S1#1425 p.153 -- S2#1593 p.171 -- Combat Insignia 213 [Auxiliary Squadron VJ-3] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

- S2#1593a -- not listed -- not listed -- Combat Insignia 214 [Cruiser Scouting Squadron VCS-8] [label + printed border] -- Robbins

- #1594 -- S1#1426 p.154 -- S2#1594 p.171 -- Combat Insignia 215 [3rd Pursuit Squadron] [label + typed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

- S2#1594a -- not listed -- not listed -- Combat Insignia 216 [Observation Squadron VO-2] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

- S2#1594b -- not listed -- not listed -- Combat Insignia 217 [Cruiser Scouting Squadron VCS-7] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

- #1595 -- S1#1427 p.154 -- S2#1595 p.171 -- Combat Insignia 218 [72nd Bombardment Squadron] [label + typed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

- S2#1595a -- not listed -- not listed -- Combat Insignia 219 [Seabees (Construction Battalions)] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

- S2#1595b -- not listed -- not listed -- Combat Insignia 220 [Cruiser Scouting Squadron VCS-3] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

- S2#1595c -- not listed -- not listed -- Combat Insignia 221 [Cruiser Scouting Squadron VCS-9] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

- #1596 -- S1#1428 p.154 -- S2#1596 p.171 -- Combat Insignia 222 [Company A, 802nd Signal Service] [label + typed border] -- Robbins -- (eBay)

- S2#1596a -- not listed -- not listed -- Combat Insignia 223 [Patrol Squadron VP-31] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}
S2#1605cj -- Combat Insignia 60 (V6)

- S2#1596b -- not listed -- not listed -- Combat Insignia 224 [90th Pursuit Squadron] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

- S2#1596c -- not listed -- not listed -- Combat Insignia 225 [Patrol Squadron VP-81] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

- S2#1596d -- not listed -- not listed -- Combat Insignia 226 [Marine Fighting Squadron VMF-211] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

- S2#1596e -- not listed -- not listed -- Combat Insignia 227 [Marine Scouter-Bombing Squadron VMSB-32] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

- S2#1596f -- not listed -- not listed -- Combat Insignia 228 [Special Service Department, Fort Monmouth] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

- S2#1596g -- not listed -- not listed -- Combat Insignia 229 [Patrol Squadron VP-21] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

- S2#1596h -- not listed -- not listed -- Combat Insignia 230 [Utility Squadron VJ-2] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

- #1597 -- S1#1429 p.154 -- S2#1597 p.171 -- Combat Insignia 231 [Consolidated Mess Company, Fort Monmouth] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

- S2#1597a -- not listed -- not listed -- Combat Insignia 232 [Cruiser Scouting Squadron VCS-5] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

- S2#1597b -- not listed -- not listed -- Combat Insignia 233 [24th Pursuit Squadron] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

- S2#1597c -- not listed -- not listed -- Combat Insignia 234 [Observation Squadron VO-1] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

- S2#1597d -- not listed -- not listed -- Combat Insignia 235 [Marine Utility Squadron VMJ-252] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}
S2#1605cv -- Combat Insignia 72 (V6)

- S2#1597e -- not listed -- not listed -- Combat Insignia 236 [Patrol Squadron VP-102] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

- S2#1597f -- not listed -- not listed -- Combat Insignia 237 [Patrol Squadron VP-14] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

- S2#1597g -- not listed -- not listed -- Combat Insignia 238 [Marine Scouting Squadron VMS-3] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

- #1598 -- S1#1430 p.154 -- S2#1598 p.171 -- Combat Insignia 239 [77th Pursuit Squadron] [label + typed border] -- Robbins -- {A}

- S2#1598a -- not listed -- not listed -- Combat Insignia 240 [Air Corps Ferrying Command] [label + printed border] -- Robbins

- #1599 -- S1#1431 p.154 -- S2#1599 p.171 -- Combat Insignia 241 [7th Bombardment Squadron] [label + printed border] -- Robbins

- #1600 -- S1#1432 p.154 -- S2#1600 p.171 -- Combat Insignia 242 [44th Reconnaissance Squadron] [label + printed border] -- Robbins

- #1601 -- S1#1433 p.154 -- S2#1601 p.171 -- Combat Insignia 243 [55th Pursuit Squadron] [label + printed border] -- Robbins

- S2#1601a -- not listed -- not listed -- Combat Insignia 244 [Marine Scouter-Bombing Squadron VMSB-231] [label + printed border] -- Robbins

- #1602 -- S1#1434 p.154 -- S2#1602 p.171 -- Combat Insignia 245 [4th Fighter Command Signal School] [label + printed border] -- Robbins

- #1603 -- S1#1435 p.154 -- S2#1603 p.171 -- Combat Insignia 246 [356th Bombardment Squadron] [label + printed border] -- Robbins

- #1604 -- S1#1436 p.154 -- S2#1604 p.171 -- Combat Insignia 247 [Signal Corps Pigeon Patrol] [label + printed border] -- Robbins

- #1605 -- S1#1437 p.154 -- S2#1605 p.171 -- Combat Insignia 248 [Finance Department, Fort Monmouth] [label + typed border] -- Robbins

- S2#1605a -- not listed -- not listed -- Combat Insignia 249 [Company "W", 15th Signal Service Regiment] [label + printed border] -- Robbins

- S2#1605b -- not listed -- not listed -- Combat Insignia 250 [Utility Squadron VJ-1] [label + printed border] -- Robbins

- S2#1605c -- not listed -- not listed -- Combat Insignia 251 [War-Bound Western Air Lines] [label + printed border] -- Robbins

Volume 6 -- Combat Insignia 1 - 200 *
* Note that these stamps numbered 1 - 200 are NOT the same stamps that are numbered 1 - 200 in Volumes 1 - 4.
Poster Stamp Bulletin, October 1943, page 1: "200 full-color" ... "37 of these Poster Stamps are duplication of ... stamps in ... Series 1, 2, 3 and 4, while 163 are new."
So far I have only seen complete stamp sets of Volume 1 - 5. Until I can find a complete set of Volume 6 stamps, as I have time, I will copy the "Duplicate Numbers" above to here with links back to the original Insignia Number and designs published in Volumes 1 - 5. -- {A} / (eBay) / (TBA)
- S2#1484a -- not listed -- not listed -- Combat Insignia 47 [Patrol Squadron VP-11] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- (eBay)
-- In Volume 1 Combat Insignia 47 had a different design.
-- In Volume 5 this design was Combat Insignia 210.

- S2#1513a -- not listed -- not listed -- Combat Insignia 77 [Air Corps Ferrying Command] [label + printed border] -- Robbins -- (eBay)
-- In Volume 2 Combat Insignia 77 had a different design.
-- In Volume 5 this design was Combat Insignia 240.

Printer's Marks that appear on every stamp:
Volume 1:
-- #1-50
Volume 2:
-- #51-101
Volume 3:
-- #102-151
Volume 4:
-- #152-201
Volume 5:
-- #202-251
Volume 6:
-- #1-200
#Note-A
Publisher: Hearst Publications, Inc.
4-14-2024: Until today, I had never seen a "Combat Insignia" poster stamp from Hearst and assumed they were the same as every other stamp displayed on this page. Not true! The Hearst stamps have the same designs, but they are square, have brighter colors, and sharper lettering. It seems strange that after two years of searching for and finally acquiring all 451 rectangular stamps, the Hearst varieties didn't appear even once before now, not for sale, and not on any other website that
features Combat Insignia stamp information. These are the only Hearst stamps found so far. They are from a Flickr page
foramen by anonymous.
#References
FIRST DAYS References:
1) "More Spring AFDCS Auction Gems" by Dave Bennett
[#341, 50(2), 3-01-2005, p. 51] -- see: S2#1463 Combat Insignia 26 [Eagle Squadron]
Searching the 1955 to 2019 FIRST DAYS DVD-ROM and all issues through [#465, 67(4), 7-8/2022], this is the only time that "Combat Insignia" has appeared in the AFDCS Journal.
On-Line References:
WWII Combat Insignia Stamps of U.S. Army, Navy, Air Corps
by Dave Ahl (date?)
Disney Insignia from World War II (USNI)
by John Daly (7-31-2013) "1"
Stamp Community: Disney Combat Insignia Stamps (5-25-2016)
5 Unit Patches Originally Designed by Walt Disney
by David Brown (10-30-2016) "1"
Walt Disney Studios' World War II Insignias (The Horvitz & Wiezorek Collection) (11-12-2018) "1"
Walt Disney Insignia Helped Boost Morale
-- "Approaches", Winter 2019, page 14-15, published by the
Yankee Air Museum "1"
Alphabetilately: Catalog of National Poster Stamp Society labels - NPSS
by William M. Senkus (2019)
Disney Drew 1,200 Military Insignia To Keep Up With Demand During WWII
by Jesse Beckett at War History Online (11-26-2021) "1"
46th Bombardment Group, 16th Bombardment Wing (4-16-2022) "1"
Disney Pins on Wings: The Insignia Art of Walt Disney Productions During World War II on the website of the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force located at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, near Dayton, OH.
The primary Disney Insignia Design artists mentioned on this page were Hank Porter, Roy Williams, Bill Justice, Van Kaufman, Ed Parks and George Goepper.
Combat Insignia created by identified artists:
Hank Porter: V1 #26 (Eagle)
Walter Lantz: V3 #110 (Woody Woodpecker) .
Disney Takes Charge
by Ken Lawrence
at the Virtual Stamp Club website
What's New on this page
-- changes since 06-06-2022
05-23-2024:
Added 50 cover scans:
#3, 4, #19, 70, #79, 95, #103, #104, #105, 110, #116, #120, 127, #132, 136, #137, 139, 140, #141, #144, #145, #147, 149, #154, #160, #169, 179, 195, #202, #206, #207, #210, #214(2), 226, #228, #232, #230(2), 234(2), 236(2), #237, #238, 239, #241, #242, 243, #246
04-16-2024:
I finally found a Volume 6 album with all 200 poster stamps pasted into it. All 451 different "Combat Insignia" Poster Stamps can now be documented. It will be awhile before I start scanning them all, but I have replaced all 200 "(V6) [?]" with each Insignia design's Unit name.
04-14-2024:
Added a section for the Hearst Combat Insignia stamp varieties.
04-12-2024:
Corrected my mistake about a duplicate number at #1496a.
10-23-2022:
For stamps on the Volume 6 page I have identified, I have started adding links to that page for Insignias which have either the same Insignia Number but a different design and Unit, or a different number for the same design, e.g. V1 #26 and V3 #110
09-13-2022:
Added Insignia description scans from the Volume 3 Album for
Insignia 102 - 121 and Insignia 129 - 151.
09-11-2022:
Added 30 cover scans of WW II era unused "Combat Insignia" cover blanks that were serviced in 1952 by a postmark collector with (mostly) the "U.S. Treasury / Defense Bond / Flag -- City" postmark in 29 different cities, all addressed to John M. Rush, Hickory, NC.
Stamp Insignia Number -- City -- Cancel date
14 -- Pittsburgh, CA -- 3-20-1952
21 -- Charlotte, NC -- 4-03-1952
28 -- Pasadena, TX -- 4-23-1952
32 -- Forth Worth, TX -- 3-21-1952
32 -- Creston, IA -- 3-18-1952
40 -- Woodstock, VA -- 8-18-1952 -- different slogan "Bicentennial / Celebration / Woodstock, VA / Oct. 3-4, 1952"
41 -- Ottumwa, IA -- 3-18-1952
50 -- Tracy, CA -- 3-20-1952
55 -- York, NE -- 3-03-1952
64 -- Des Moines, IA -- 3-18-1952
66 -- Menomonie, WI -- 11-30-1952
67 -- Jackson, CA -- 2-23-1952 -- no slogan, 7 wavy line cancel
90 -- Oelwein, IA -- 3-24-1952 -- slogan with rubberstamp "First Day Slogan / Cancellation / Oelwein -- Iowa" and the Postmaster's autograph
91 -- Colusa, CA -- 3-24-1952 -- slogan with rubberstamp "First Day Cover" [SIC, cancel's first day of use]
96 -- Ukiah, CA -- 3-20-1952
106 -- Woonsocket, RI -- 3-18-1952
118 -- Batesville, IN -- 8-18-952 -- different slogan "Century of Progress / 1852 Batesville 1952 / Aug. 10-16"
120 -- Oakland, CA -- 3-19-1952
123 -- Burlington, NJ -- 8-19-1952 -- different slogan "Burlington, N.J. / 275th Anniversary / 1677-1952"
130 -- Bremerton, WA -- 4-01-1952
145 -- Pittsfield, MA -- 8-18-1952
146 -- Honolulu, HI -- 4-15-1952
147 -- Virginia, MN -- 3-20-1952
162 -- Long Beach, CA -- 3-20-1952
171 -- New Castle, IN -- 3-14-1952
180 -- Sacramento, CA -- 3-19-1952
196 -- Richmond, CA -- 3-19-1952
212 -- Fairfield, IA -- 3-18-1952
217 -- Fairfield, IA -- 3-18-1952
233 -- Perry, IA -- 8-19-1952
08-02-2022:
1) Added 50 scans.
2) Enlarged the display of all covers and stamps so they are more useful for
comparing them to the stamp you have.
3) All 251 stamps from Volumes 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 are now displayed on this page.
07-29-2022:
1) Added 24 scans.
2) Added a display of the different Printer's Marks on each stamp in each Volume.
07-28-2022:
Added 37 scans.
07-23-2022:
Added one FIRST DAYS Reference and six on-line Reference links (marked "1").
07-21-2022:
1) Added complete sheet of 50 scan for Volume 4. WANTED!! Scans of all 200 Volume 6 stamps.
2) Completed the Group names printed on every stamp for all of the original Volumes 1 - 5, Combat Insignias 1 - 251.
3) Added 72 scans.
07-14-2022:
Added complete sheets of 50 scans for Volumes 1, 2, 3, and 5.
07-10-2022:
Added scans of the front cover to each section.
06-15-2022:
1) Added a section for "Volume 6".
2) Added stamp scans for Insignia #240-251.
06-07-2022:
1) Added these References and What's New sections.
2) Renumbered 1946a (60) to 1946b (60) because I found a duplicate S2#1496 (59)
3) "Bttn., Svc., Inf., etc." -- As the stamps have no abbreviations, as I add scans, I am adding missing text words and changing all abbreviations listed in the Sherman Catalogs to what actually appears on the stamp.
#Contact
URL: https://www.folklib.net/fdc/wwii-combat-insignia.shtml
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