Willard R Skelley, Jr. 1927-2001
CWO Retired US Navy, DAV, USCS #4496
If you have a Naval cover addressed to W R Skelley that we do not show below, please send us a scan for this site.
Last updated 2/2025
Scan courtesy of Jeff Mills
Scan courtesy of Jeff Mills
Article from Boy's Life Scouting Magazine
Scan of article courtesy of Tony O'brien
Click to make the Linn's article larger
Covers below shown in date order
This is NOT a Beck cover. Skelley served aboard this
ship
Scan courtesy of Andre Gutmann. FYI-This
is not a Beck printed cover
B456 CREW GT2
B456 CREW GT2
B461
B515 CREW
It sold
for $90 on eBay in 2009
B515 CREW
B515 CREW
Sold for $77.77 on eBay Reverse of
cover is stamped with RS
Skelley
B540 CREW Sold for $105.00
B540 CREW Sold for $228.00 2013
B561 CREW
B561 CREW
B584 CREW
B584 CREW
The B603 covers are three different covers
Another B603 added to this site.
Another Wasp GT7 B603 addressed to Skelley $19 sold on eBay
The above four B603 covers are different.
$362.50
Beck B610 addressed to W Skelley sold on eBay for $282.35
Sold for
$93
Skelley cover B612 Sold on eBay for $169.85 Added 7/23
est. $100
Addressed to same K Becker as above. Sold for $57.00
Probably handled by Skelley
We think this has Skelley back stamp
Sold on eBay
Sept 2020 for $93.50
$78.50
$213.50
Sold for $153.75
Added May 2022
Added 12/2021
We have observed Beck covers from
several space flights addressed to Chief Skelley where his
address label appears to cover up another address.
In the above example, Skelley's label covers up the address for Clyde Sarzin. See the larger version below.
Above and directly below Scans are courtesy of Andre Gutmann.
Close up section of the B761 cover directly above. This
is similar to the cover shown for GT12 B710
Another example courtesy of Charlie Hamilton
Skelley's label covers up
the address for Clyde Sarzin
Sold on eBay $86.50. March 2022 B705