Cachet Maker USCS Akron-Macon Study Group

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AKRON-MACON Study Group

Composition: members interested in Lighter Than Air (LTA) covers.
Organized: May 1984 (USCS Log August 1985, page 85)
Organizing members: Bernhard M Vesper, Bill Boss, T. Michael Weddle, Wesley Clarke
The AMSG was devoted to the study of U.S. Navy rigid dirigibles. AMSG issued regular bulletins titled "ZR(S) Posts" from 1985 to 1990 with information about early zeppelins and sponsored covers.
The group sponsored a number of commemorative covers, some of which were issued with different colored envelopes and different postmarks. Sketches of various LTAs, drawn by Bernhard Vesper were also offered to members.
Cachet director: Wesley Clarke; 1987 Bernhard Vesper.
Cachet artists: T. Michael Weddle, Wesley Clarke, B.M Vesper.

Sponsor identification: Akron/Macon Study Group with cachet.

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N/A		N/A	1986-08-10 USPS CDS Cancel Washington DC
			65th Anniversary of the flight of Airship "C-7" First Use of Helium Gas in USN Airships

Cachet by Bernhard M. Vesper

 

N/A		N/A	1986-10-22 USPS CDS Cancel "Naval Air Sta." Lakehurst NJ
			55th Anniversary of the Delivery flight of USS AKRON ZRS-4 Akron OH to Lakehurst NJ 21-22 October 1931

Cachet by Bernhard M. Vesper

 

N/A		N/A	1986-10-27 USPS CDS Cancel "Naval Air Sta." Lakehurst NJ
			55th Anniversary of the Commissioning of USS AKRON ZRS-4

Cachet by Bernhard M. Vesper

 

N/A		N/A	1986-10-31 USPS CDS Cancel "Naval Air Sta." Lakehurst NJ
			25th Anniversary of the End of the Lighter-Than-Air Era

Cachet by Bernhard M. Vesper

 

N/A		N/A	1986-12-01 USPS CDS Cancel Washington DC
			65th Anniversary of the flight of Airship "C-7" First Use of Helium Gas in USN Airships

Cachet by Bernhard M. Vesper

 

N/A		N/A	1986-12-01 USPS CDS Cancel "Naval Air Sta." Lakehurst NJ
			65th Anniversary of the flight of Airship "C-7" First Use of Helium Gas in USN Airships

Cachet by Bernhard M. Vesper

 

N/A		N/A	1986-12-01 USPS 4-bar Cancel "NASC" Lakehurst NJ
			65th Anniversary of the flight of Airship "C-7" First Use of Helium Gas in USN Airships

Cachet by Bernhard M. Vesper

 

N/A		N/A	1987-05-06 USPS 4-bar Cancel "Naval Air Sta." Lakehurst NJ
			50th Anniversary of the Hindenburg LZ-129 crash

Cachet by Bernhard M. Vesper

 

N/A		N/A	1987-05-06 USPS CDS Cancel "Naval Air Sta." Lakehurst NJ
			50th Anniversary of the Hindenburg LZ-129 crash

No. 10 Envelope. Cachet by Bernhard M. Vesper

 

N/A		N/A	1987-06-09 USPS Type 9 Cancel "Naval Air Sta." Ewa Beach HI
			Dirigible Base at Ewa, Hawaii

Cachet by Bernhard M. Vesper.

 

N/A		N/A	1987-06-09 USPS 4-bar Cancel Ewa Beach HI
			Dirigible Base at Ewa, Hawaii

Cachet by Bernhard M. Vesper.

 

N/A		N/A	1987-06-11 USPS 4-bar Cancel Moffett Field CA
			First Hawaiian Cruise (Cancelled) USS AKRON ZRS-4

Cachet by Bernhard M. Vesper.

 

N/A		N/A	1987-06-11 USPS Type 9 Cancel "Naval Air Sta." Ewa Beach HI
			First Hawaiian Cruise (Cancelled) USS AKRON ZRS-4

Cachet by Bernhard M. Vesper.

 

N/A		N/A	1988-04-04 USPS Type 9 Cancel "Ship Bottom Br." Beach Haven NJ
			55th Anniversary of the Last Flight & Crash of USS AKRON ZRS-4

Cachet by Bernhard M. Vesper. From the Michael F. Hebert collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1988-04-04 USPS CDS Cancel "Naval Air Sta." Lakehurst NJ
			55th Anniversary of the Last Flight & Crash of USS AKRON ZRS-4

Cachet by Bernhard M. Vesper. From the Michael F. Hebert collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1988-04-04 USPS CDS Cancel Akron OH
			55th Anniversary of the Last Flight & Crash of USS AKRON ZRS-4

Cachet by Bernhard M. Vesper. From the Michael F. Hebert collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1988-04-12 Unused
			55th Anniversary of the Commissioning of NAS Sunnyvale CA

Black cachet by Bernhard M. Vesper. Not on the list of sponsored covers in the Naval Cover Cachet Maker' Catalog Vol. II.

 

N/A		N/A	1988-04-12 USPS 4-bar Cancel Moffett Field CA
			55th Anniversary of the Commissioning of NAS Sunnyvale CA

Blue cachet by Bernhard M. Vesper.

 

N/A		N/A	1988-04-12 USPS 4-bar Cancel Sunnyvale CA
			55th Anniversary of the Commissioning of NAS Sunnyvale CA

Blue cachet by Bernhard M. Vesper.

 

N/A		N/A	1988-06-23 USPS CDS Cancel Akron OH
			55th Anniversary of the Commissioning of USS MACON ZRS-5

Blue cachet by Bernhard M. Vesper.

 

N/A		N/A	1988-06-23 USPS 4-bar Cancel Akron OH
			55th Anniversary of the Commissioning of USS MACON ZRS-5

Red cachet by Bernhard M. Vesper. From the Michael F. Hebert collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1988-10-10 USPS CDS Cancel "Naval Air Sta." Lakehurst NJ
			65th Anniversary of the Commissioning of USS SHENANDOAH ZR-1

Cachet by Bernhard M. Vesper.

 

N/A		N/A	1988-10-12 USPS CDS Cancel "Naval Air Sta." Lakehurst NJ
			First Transcontinental Flight of USS MACON ZRS-5

Cachet by Bernhard M. Vesper. From the Michael F. Hebert collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1988-10-15 USPS Type 9 Cancel "Moffett Field Br." Mtn View CA
			First Transcontinental Flight of USS MACON ZRS-5

Cachet by Bernhard M. Vesper. From the Michael F. Hebert collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1989-10-15 USPS CDS Cancel "Naval Air Sta." Lakehurst NJ
			65th Anniversary of the Delivery Flight of USS LOS ANGELES ZR-3

Cachet by Bernhard M. Vesper.

 

N/A		N/A	1989-11-07 USPS CDS Cancel Akron OH
			60th Anniversary of the Ring Laying of USS AKRON ZRS-4

Cachet by Bernhard M. Vesper. From the Michael F. Hebert collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1989-11-25 USPS Pictorial Postmark "World Stamp Expo '89 Station" Washington DC
			65th Anniversary of the Commissioning of USS LOS ANGELES ZR-3

Cachet by Bernhard M. Vesper.

 

N/A		N/A	1989-11-25 USPS CDS Cancel Washington DC
			65th Anniversary of the Commissioning of USS LOS ANGELES ZR-3

Cachet by Bernhard M. Vesper.

 

N/A		N/A	1989-11-26 USPS CDS Cancel Washington DC
			65th Anniversary of the Commissioning of USS LOS ANGELES ZR-3

Cachet by Bernhard M. Vesper.

 

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