ROBERT E LEE SSBN 601 Covers Page 1
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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 |
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N/A |
N/A |
1959-12-18 | |
Launching |
Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson
N/A |
N/A |
1960-09-16 | |
First Day in Commission |
Signed by CO Commander Reuben F. Woodall (Blue Crew)
N/A |
N/A |
1961-01-02 | |
First Successful Launching of their POLARIS missile. |
The first launch (Blue Crew) was actually on Dec. 22; this was mailed while she was back at the Cape changing crews for the Gold Crew's first launch on Jan. 11. Cocoa (Beach) Fla. was the nearest post office before they put one at Cape Canaveral.
N/A |
N/A |
1964-09-15 | |
Collector request |
Official Ships Cachet and boxed "Free World" slogan.
N/A |
N/A |
1965-02-11 | |
Panama Canal E-W Transit |
Rubber stamp cachet
N/A |
N/A |
1965-07-04 | |
Independence Day |
Cacheted
N/A |
N/A |
1965-09-16 | |
5th Anniversary of Commissioning |
Cacheted
N/A |
N/A |
1966-10-23 | |
Welcome to Norfolk |
Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson
N/A |
N/A |
1972-10-05 | |
Polaris A3 Launch cover. |
Cachet by George H. Goldey
N/A |
N/A |
1974-02-10 | |
Collector request |
Official Ship's Cachet
N/A |
N/A |
1975-02-06 | |
Collector request |
Official Ship's Cachet
N/A |
N/A |
1977-01-19 | |
Collectors request |
Ships cachet
N/A |
N/A |
1978-12-31 | |
New Years Eve in Florida |
"In Port - Port Everglades" cachet by George H. Wilson
N/A |
1978-12-31 | ||
New Years Eve in Florida |
"In Port - Port Everglades" cachet by George H. Wilson
N/A |
1980-09-16 | ||
20th Anniversary |
Cachet by Robert D. Rawlins, sponsored by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS
N/A |
N/A |
1982-10-06 | |
Collector request |
Official Ship's Cachet
N/A |
N/A |
1983-11-30 | |
Last Day of Commission |
Cachet by Tom Armstrong, sponsored by USS Puget Sound Chapter No. 74, USCS
N/A |
N/A |
1983-12-01 | |
Last Day of Commission +1 |
Cachet by Duane Rosendale
N/A |
N/A |
c 1960's | |
Honorary Membership Card |
Note:
N/A |
N/A |
1983-11-30 | |
Last Day of Commission Invitation |
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