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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	Primary Date Postmark Type Killer Bar Text --------- Cachet Category

N/A		N/A	1973-03-02 Locy Type 2t(n+u)(USS) USS FORT SNELLING LSD-30
			Keel Laying

Cachet by Fredeick L. Karcher

N/A			1978-09-23 Locy Type FDC 2-1(n+)(USS)
			Commissioning Day

Cachet by Rich Hoffner and sponsored by the Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS.

N/A			1978-09-23 Locy Type FDC 2-1(n+)(USS)
			Commissioning Day

Cachet by Rich Hoffner and sponsored by the Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS. Back pencil notations ship/cancel info...Black rubberstamp Hoffner/USCS logo

N/A			1978-09-23 Locy Type FDC 2-1(n+) (USS)
			Commissioning Day

Cachet by Rich Hoffner and sponsored by the Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS.

N/A		N/A	1978-09-23 Locy Type FDC 2-1(n+) (USS)
			Commissioning Day

Cachet by Rich Hoffner and sponsored by the Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS.

N/A		N/A	1978-10-09 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS)
			Homeport Arrival - San Diego, CA

Ship's cachet

N/A		N/A	1978-10-09 Locy Type 2-1(n+)(USS)
			Panama Canal Transit

Cachet by Herbert C. Gordon. Contributed by Tom Kean.

 

N/A			1978-10-27 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS)
			Category

Cachet by the USS San Diego Chapter No. 27, USCS.

N/A		N/A	1979-01-01 Locy Type 2-1(n+)(USS)
			New Years Day

Cachet by Herbert C. Gordon. Contributed by Tom Kean.

N/A		N/A	1980-08-14 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS)
			Collectors request

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No Image		No Image	1984-10-02 USPS Postmark New Britain, CT
			Category

Launching cover reused for some unknown reason. Cachet by Fredeick L. Karcher

N/A		N/A	1986-01-02 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (D1,USS)
			Ship's crest

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N/A		N/A	1988-12-06 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS)
			Ship's Crest

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			1990-07-19 Locy Type Meter OFR2 (#520239) (ZIP 96623) Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS) Locy Type 9-1(n+) (USS) Locy Type 7-2t (FPO 96623)
			Category

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			1990-07-19 Locy Type Meter OFR2 (#520239) (ZIP 96623) Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS) Locy Type 9-1(n+) (USS) Locy Type 7-2t (FPO 96623)
			Category

Same cover as above only showing more postmarks.

No Image			2005-10-28 USPS Pictorial "Decommissioning Station" San Diego, CA
			Ship Decommissioning

Cachet by Greg Ciesielski

No Image			2005-10-28 USPS Pictorial "Decommissioning Station" San Diego, CA
			Ship Decommissioning

Cachet by Greg Ciesielski

No Image			2005-10-28 USPS Pictorial "Decommissioning Station" San Diego, CA
			Ship Decommissioning

Cachet by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No.4, USCS

 

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