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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

		No Image	1964-02-01 Newport News VA Machine
			Launching

Beck Cachet

No Image		No Image	1964-02-01 USPO Machine Cancel Newport News VA
			Launching

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			1965-01-23 Locy Type FDC 2(n)
			First Day in Commission

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No Image		No Image	1965-01-23 Locy Type FDC 7t(n+u)
			Commissioning

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No Image		No Image	1965-01-23 Locy Type FDC 7t(n+u)
			Commissioning

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			1965-01-29 Locy Type 7t(n+u) CVA
			Category

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No Image		No Image	1966-06-08 Locy Type 2(n+) (USS) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. A-76
			Collectors Request

R/S OSC

			1969-03-05 Locy Type 10(n+) (USS)
			Category

Rubber stamp of Charles B Hall on the back of the cover but not sure what role, if any, he had in creating the cachet.

			1971-07-10 Locy Type 2(n+) (USS) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. A-76a
			Category

Pasted picture showing Schooner America and Carrier

No Image		No Image	1971-07-10 Locy Type 2(n+) (USS) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. A-76a
			Collectors Request

"AMERICA" cachet serviced by PM1 Chas. W. Birdy, USN

			1974-08-03 Locy Type 2(n+) (USS) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. A-76
			Home Port

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			1974-08-03 Locy Type 2(n+) (USS) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. A-76
			Home Port

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No Image		No Image	1978-12-16 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS)
			Commissioning of USS Birmingham SSN-695

Cachet by Tazewell Nicholson

No Image		No Image	1979-01-23 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS)
			14th Anniversary of Commissioning

R/S OSC

No Image		No Image	1979-01-23 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS)
			14th Anniversary of Commissioning

R/S OSC

		No Image	1982-12-09 Locy Type 7-2tn+ (USS,FPO/09531) Locy Type 9-1 (n+u) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus A-76g
			Ship's Crest

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			1982-12-25 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS)
			Ship's Crest

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		No Image	1983-05-05 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS) Locy Type 9-1(n+u) (USS) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. A-76g
			Ship's Crest

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No Image		No Image	1983-11-28 Locy Type 7-2tn+ (USS,FPO/09531) Locy Type 9-1(n+u) (USS) 1983 USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. A-76h
			Collectors Request

R/S OSC

			1984-11-26 Locy Type 2-1t(n+)y (D1, USS, 09531)
			Welcome to Norfolk USS DANIEL BOONE SSBN-629

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			1985-09-02 Locy Type 2-2t(n+)y (USN,USS,FPO 09531-2790) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. A-76e
			Category

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			1985-11-25 Locy Type 2-2t(n+)y (USN,USS,FPO NY 09531) Locy Type 9-1(n+u) (USS) 1983 USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. A-76h
			Welcome to Norfolk - SS KEYSTONE STATE T-ACS-1

Cachet by Tazewell Nicholson

No Image		No Image	1985-12-16 Locy Type 2-2t(n+)y (USN,USS,FPO NY 09531)
			Collectors Request

R/S OSC

			1989-12-26 Locy Type 2-2t(n+)y (USS,USN,FPO NY 09531) Locy Type 9-1u(n+) (USS) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. A-76h
			Christmas Day

Cachet Maker: Gary R Rogak

			1990-09-26 Locy Type 2-2t(n+)y (USN,USS,FPO NY 09531) Locy Type 9-1(n+u) (USS) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. A-76i
			Ship's Crest

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			1992-02-22 Locy Type 2-2t(n+)y (USS,USN,FPO NY 09531)
			Washington's Birthday

Roger A Wentworth Cachet

			1992-04-24 Locy Type 2-2t(n+)y (USS,USN,FPO NY 09531)
			Statue of Liberty

Artopage Cachet

			1994-01-17 USS BOONE FFG-28 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS,USN) Locy Type 9-1(n+u) (USS,USN)
			USS AMERICA CV-66 Battle Group USS ALEXANDRIA SSN-757 - USS ASHLAND LSD-48 - USS BOONE FFG-28 - USS BUTTE AE-27 USS GROTON SSN-694 - USS GUADALCANAL LPH-7 - USS MONTEREY CG-61 - USS NORMANDY CG-60 USS SAVANNAH AOR-4 - USS SHREVEPORT LPD-12 - USS SCOTT DDG-995 - USS SIMPSON FFG-56 USS THORN DD-988

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No Image		No Image	1996-03-07 Locy Type 2-2t(n+)y (USN,USS,FPO NY 09531)
			Collectors Request

R/S OSC

No Image			1996-04-29 Locy Type Meter FR2 (#9005331) ZIP 09531
			Category

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			1996-08-09 Locy Type LDC 2-2t(n+)y (USS,FPO AE 09531,"USN")
			Decommissioning

Cachet Maker - Roger A Wentworth
Cachet says it is for Last Day in Commission. August 9 was the decommissioning ceremony but the last deck log entry date is September 30.

No Image			1996-09-30
			Decommissioning

Cachet Maker - Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

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