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Covers should be listed in chronological order. Use the postmark date or best guess.

Each entry provides a link to the image of the front of the cover. There is also the option to have a link to the image of the back of the cover if there is anything of significance there. Finally, there is the primary date for the cover and the classification types for all postmarks based on the Locy System.

Thumbnail Link To Cachet Close-Up Image	Thumbnail Link To Full Cover Front Image	Thumbnail Link To Postmark or Back Image	Postmark Date Postmark Type Killer Bar Text --------- Cachet Category

N/A		N/A	1964-08-22 USPO Duplex Postmark U.S. Naval Base Sta. Philadelphia PA
			Launching

Cachet by Morris W. Beck

			1965-01-16 Locy Type FDC 2(n+)(USS)
			Commissioning

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N/A		N/A	1965-05-30 Locy Type 2(n+)(USS)
			Memorial Day

Cachet by Admiral Farragut Chapter No. 3, USCS. Contributed by Tom Kean.

N/A		N/A	1969-11-30 Locy Type 2(n+)(USS)
			Welcomed to Norfolk USS ACCOKEEK ATA-181

Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson

			1971-02-08 Locy Type 2t(n+u) (USS)
			Ship's crest

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			1972-01-08 Locy Type 2(n+) (USS) Locy Type 9ef(n+u)
			Keel Laying USS LOS ANGELES SSN-688

Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson

N/A		N/A	1972-10-13 Locy Type 2(n+)(USS) USPS Slogan Machine Cancel Norfolk VA
			Testing of the USS GUAM as a SCS ship

Cachet by the USS America Chapter No. 71, USCS.
SCS was "Sea Control Ship", a test program conducted by the US Navy from 18 January 1972 to 1 July 1974.

No Image			1976-06-12 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. G-60
			Port visit Port Everglades

Cachet by George H. Wilson

			1980-02-26 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS,USN) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. G-60a
			Builder's Trials USS BELKNAP CG-26

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N/A		N/A	1985-01-16 Locy Type 2-1(n+)(D2,USN,USS)
			20th Anniversary of the Commissioning of USS Guam LPH-9

Cachet by Ronald Reeves

			1991-04-20 Locy Type 2-1(n+)(USN,USS) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. G-60b Locy Type 9-1(n+u) (USN,USS)
			Welcome Home

Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson

No Image			1992-11-03 Locy Type Meter OFR1 (#520385) ZIP 09563
			Official Business

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			1998-08-25 USPS Pictorial Postmark LAST DAY IN / COMISSSION / STATION Norfolk, VA 23511
			Decommissioning

Back of the cover has rubber stamp of Charles B Hall but not sure what role, if any, he had in creating the cachet.

N/A		N/A	1965-01-16
			Commissioning Invitation

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N/A		N/A	25 August 1998
			USS Guam's Ribbon Rack

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