COONTZ DDG-40 Covers Page 1

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 Ship --------- Category

N/A		N/A	1958-12-06 USPO Slogan Machine Cancel "Pray For Peace" Bremerton WA
			Christening

Joint Christening/Launching with USS King DLG-10

No Image			1961-12-05 Locy Type 2tnu (USS)
			Category

Note:

			1966-04-22 Locy Type 2tnu (USS) Locy Type 9fu (USS)
			Category

Note:

N/A		N/A	1969-03-03 Locy Type 2(n+) (USS)
			Tonkin Gulf

Rubber stamp cachet. From the Thad Kaczkowski collection.

			1969-03-10 Locy Type 2(n+) (USS)
			Category

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			1972-03-18 Locy Type FDR 2(n+)
			First Day Recommissioning

Karcher Cachet
Most (if not all) Karcher covers are fakes, made with stolen devices

No Image			1972-09-11 Locy Type 2(n+) (USS)
			Category

Note:

N/A		N/A	1972-12-29 Locy Type 2(n+) (USS)
			Collectors request

Add-on cachet by Stewart Milstein

			1975-07-29 Locy Type 2t(n+u) (USS)
			Ship's crest

Note:

N/A		N/A	1979-03-25 Locy Type 2t(n+u) (USS)
			Port visit

Serviced by Wolfgang Hechler

			1986-08-25 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS)
			Keel Laying USS GEORGE WASHINGTON CVN-73

Cachet note "CVN-72" in error

N/A		N/A	2005-07-22 USPS Pictorial Postmark "Crew Member Reunion 2005 Station" Norfolk, VA.
			Crewmembers Reunion

Crewmembers Reunion Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

N/A		N/A	2005-07-22 USPS Pictorial Postmark "Crew Member Reunion 2005 Station" Norfolk, VA.
			Crewmembers Reunion

Cachet by Wolfgang Hechler

If you have images to add to this page, then either contact the Curator or edit this page yourself and add them. See Editing Ship Cover Pages for detailed information on editing this page.

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