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Covers should be listed in chronological order. Use the postmark date or best guess. This applies to covers with add-on cachets as well.

Universal Ship Cancellation Society Chapter - NS Savannah Chapter No. 109, USCS

Number in ( ) from "Catalogue of NS Savannah Events, Port Itinerary & Covers". Third Edition 2016

(DISCLAIMER) There may be discrepancies in the dates of various port visits between the lists used. Until covers are discovered, there is no accurate proof of port visitations.


1. NS SAVANNAH, Die Hub Markings & Launching Memorabilia
2. NS SAVANNAH, Keel Laid, Launching, Sea Trials & In Service
3. NS SAVANNAH, Port Visits 1962 and 1963
4. NS SAVANNAH, Port Visits 1964
5. NS SAVANNAH, Port Visits 1965
6. NS SAVANNAH, Port Visits 1966
7. NS SAVANNAH, Port Visits 1967
8. NS SAVANNAH, Port Visits 1968
9. NS SAVANNAH, Port Visits 1969
10. NS SAVANNAH, Port Visits 1970-1972
11. NS SAVANNAH, Meters, Stamps & Misc.
12. NS SAVANNAH, Picture Postcards
13. NS SAVANNAH, Modern Covers 2014 -

 

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N/A		N/A	1962-08-27 USPO Pictorial Machine Cancel Savannah GA
			Maiden Voyage

(6c) Unknown cachetmaker. From the Jimmy Jordan collection.

 

(Example)			1962-08-27 USPO Pictorial Machine Cancel Savannah GA On the Back - USPO Machine Cancel Norfolk VA
			Maiden Voyage State Marine Lines envelope w/ pointed flap

(6e) Carried on Board (COB) cachet. From the Art Cole collection.

 

(Example)			1962-08-27 USPO Pictorial Machine Cancel Savannah GA On the Back - USPO Machine Cancel Norfolk VA
			Maiden Voyage State Marine Lines envelope w/ rounded flap

(6e) Carried on Board (COB) cachet. From the Art Cole collection.

 

N/A			1962-08-27 USPO Pictorial Machine Cancel Savannah GA 1962-08-30 USPO Machine Cancel Norfolk VA
			Maiden Voyage cachet on the back

(6e) Carried On Board (COB) cachet. From the Jimmy Jordan collection.

 

N/A			1962-08-27 USPO Pictorial Machine Cancel Savannah GA
			Maiden Voyage States Marine Lines envelope

(6e) Carried On Board (COB) cachet. From the Jimmy Jordan collection.

 

N/A			1962-08-28 USPO Machine Cancel (Inverted) Savannah GA
			Maiden Voyage Red Handstamp on the back

(6f) GENUINE The Propeller Club of the United States cachet. From the Jimmy Jordan collection.

 

N/A			1962-08-28 USPO Commemorative Machine Cancel Savannah GA On the Back - USPO Machine Cancel Norfolk VA
			Maiden Voyage

(6f) GENUINE The Propeller Club of the United States cachet. From the Art Cole collection.

 

N/A			1962-08-27 USPO Commemorative Machine Cancel Savannah GA On the Back - USPO Machine Cancel Norfolk VA
			Maiden Voyage

(6g) Unknown cachetmaker. From the Art Cole collection.

 

N/A		N/A	c 1962
			Maiden Voyage

(6h) Unknown cachetmaker. From the Jimmy Jordan collection.

 

N/A			1962-08-28 USPO Commemorative Machine Cancel Savannah GA On the Back - USPO Machine Cancel Norfolk VA
			Maiden Voyage

(6 UNLISTED) Hand drawn cachet by NRT - Nicholas R. Tanchuk. From the Art Cole collection. New addition to the Catalog Nov 2018.

 

N/A		N/A	1962-08-28 USPO Commemorative Machine Cancel Savannah GA
			Maiden Voyage

(6 UNLISTED) Hand drawn cachet by NRTanchuk - Nicholas R. Tanchuk. From the Art Cole collection. New addition to the Catalog Nov 2018.

 

N/A			1962-08-27 Savannah Commemorative Slogan Machine Cancel On the Back - 1962-08-30 Norfolk roller cancel (dial only)
			Maiden Voyage

(6 UNLISTED) Signed by the 1st Captain. From the Art Cole collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1962-09-11 USPO Machine Cancel Yorktown VA
			Office Stationary

(7b) 1st Nuclear Merchant Vessel.

 

N/A		N/A	1962-09-15 Ship Date Cancel (SDC) "MAIDEN VOYAGE"
			Maiden Voyage

(8a) Cachetmaker Unknown

 

N/A		N/A	1962-09-19 PAQUEBOT Balboa Machine Cancel Balboa Cancel Zone Ship Date Cancel (SDC) MAIDEN VOYAGE
			First Passage Through Panama Canal 15 September 1962 - 16 September 1962

(8b) Cachet by the Nuclear Ships Chapter No. 61, USCS. Cachet #M-2. Scan courtesy of Owen R. Murray. http://www.beck.ormurray.com/

 

N/A		N/A	1962-10-12 Seattle Machine Cancel Ship Date Cancel (SDC)
			Port visit to Seattle WA - 01 October 1962 - 16 November 1962

(9e) Cachet by the Nuclear Ships Chapter No. 61, USCS. Cachet #M-1. Scan courtesy of Owen R. Murray. http://www.beck.ormurray.com/

 

N/A		N/A	1962-10-10 USPO Slogan Machine Cancel "America's Space Age / World's Fair / Seattle USA 1962" Seattle WA
			Port visit to Seattle WA - 01 October 1962 - 16 November 1962

(9d) GENUINE The Propeller Club of the United States cachet. From the Jimmy Jordan collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1962-10-10 USPO Machine Cancel Seattle (10) WA
			Port visit to Seattle WA - 01 October 1962 - 16 November 1962

(9d) GENUINE The Propeller Club of the United States cachet. From the Jimmy Jordan collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1962-10-17 USPO Slogan Machine Cancel "America's Space Age / World's Fair / Seattle U.S.A. 1962" Space Needle WA
			Port visit to Seattle WA - 01 October 1962 - 16 November 1962

(9g) Cachet by Chief Yeoman James Jones, USN with the USS Sculpin SSN-590

 

N/A		N/A	1962-10-02 USPO 4-bar Cancel Space Needle WA
			Port visit to Seattle WA - 01 October 1962 - 16 November 1962

(9h) GENUINE The Propeller Club of the United States cachet with Insert. From the Jimmy Jordan collection.

 

N/A			1962-10-02 USPO 4-bar Cancel Space Needle WA
			Port visit to Seattle WA - 01 October 1962 - 16 November 1962

(9h) Insert with the Cachet by The Propeller Club of the United States . From the Jimmy Jordan collection.

 

N/A			1962-10-16 USPO Slogan Machine Cancel "America's Space Age / World's Fair / Seattle USA 1962" Space Needle WA
			Port visit to Seattle WA - 01 October 1962 - 16 November 1962

(9k) FAKE The Propeller Club of the United States cachet. From the Jimmy Jordan collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1962-10-01 Ship Date Cancel (SDC)
			Port visit to Seattle WA - 01 October 1962 - 16 November 1962

(9 Unlisted) Separate dater used to postmark the stamp.

 

N/A			1962-10-11 USPO Slogan Machine Cancel "America's Space Age / World's Fair / Seattle USA 1962" Space Needle WA
			Port visit to Seattle WA - 01 October 1962 - 16 November 1962

(9 Unlisted) FAKE The Propeller Club of the United States cachet. From the Art Cole collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1962-10-20 Space Needle Slogan machine cancel
			Port visit to Seattle WA - 01 October 1962 - 16 November 1962

(9 Unlisted) GENUINE The Propeller Club of the United States cachet. From the Art Cole collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1962-10-21 Space Needle hand cancel
			Port visit to Seattle WA - 01 October 1962 - 16 November 1962

(9 Unlisted) GENUINE The Propeller Club of the United States cachet. "Posted / On / Board Ship" boxed marking. "Seattle / [Paquebot] / Washington" marking. From the Art Cole collection.

 

N/A			1962-11-19 San Francisco hand cancel On The Back 1962-11-18 Ship Date Cancel (SDC)
			Port visit to San Francisco CA - 18 November 1962 - 26 November 1962

(10b) Cachet by the Nuclear Ships Chapter No. 61, USCS. Cachet #M-3. From the Jimmy Jordan collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1962-11-28 Long Beach Slogan Machine Cancel
			Visit to Long Beach CA - 27 November 1962 - 03 December 1962

(11 UNLISTED) Cachet by the Nuclear Ships Chapter No. 61, USCS. Cachet #M-4. From the Jimmy Jordan collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1962-11-28 Long Beach Slogan Machine Cancel
			Visit to Long Beach CA - 27 November 1962 - 03 December 1962

(11 UNLISTED) FAKE The Propeller Club of the United States cachet.

 

N/A			1962-11-28 Long Beach Slogan Machine Cancel On The Back 1962-11-27 Ship Date Cancel (SDC)
			Visit to Long Beach CA - 27 November 1962 - 03 December 1962

(11 UNLISTED) FAKE The Propeller Club of the United States cachet. From the Art Cole collection.

 

N/A			1962-12-14 USPO Slogan Machine Cancel "Fight TB / Support Your / TB Association" Wilmington CA On The Back - 1962-12-13 NS Savannah SDC
			Los Angeles CA 11-17 Dec 1962

(12a) GENUINE The Propeller Club of the United States cachet. From the Art Cole collection. Vol. 3 of the Catalog stated "No Known Covers", this cover added to the database, Nov. 2018.

 

N/A		N/A	1962-12-22 USPO 4-bar Cancel Honolulu Hawaii
			Visit to Hawai'i

(13 UNLISTED) FAKE The Propeller Club of the United States cachet. Scan from Art Cole.

 

N/A		N/A	1962-12-25 Ship Date Cancel (SDC)
			Visit to Hawai'i

(13c) Cachetmaker Unknown

 

N/A			1962-12-26 USPO Slogan Machine Cancel "Fight TB / Support Your / TB Association" Honolulu HI 1962-12-22 Ship Date Cancel (SDC) (on back)
			Visit to Hawai'i

(13d) Cachet by the Nuclear Ships Chapter No. 61, USCS. Cachet #M-5. From the Jimmy Jordan collection.

 

N/A			1962-12-24 USPO Machine Cancel Honolulu HI 1962-12-16 Ship Date Cancel (SDC) (on back)
			Visit to Hawai'i

(13 Unlisted) Cachet by The Propeller Club of the United States . From the Jimmy Jordan collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1963-01-05 Portland Machine Cancel
			Port Visit Portland OR - 04 January 1963 - 10 January 1963

(14a) Cachet by the Nuclear Ships Chapter No. 61, USCS. Cachet #M-6. Scan courtesy of Owen R. Murray. http://www.beck.ormurray.com/

 

N/A		N/A	1963-01-04 Portland Machine Cancel
			Port Visit Portland OR - 04 January 1963 - 10 January 1963

(14d) Mailed on Board (MOB) cachet. From the Jimmy Jordan collection.

 

N/A			1963-01-05 Portland Machine Cancel Portland Roller Cancel (Dial only)
			Port Visit Portland OR - 04 January 1963 - 10 January 1963

(14 Unlisted) Ship Date Cancel (SDC) 1963-01-04. Edward G. Heim marking on the back. From the Jimmy Jordan collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1963-01-04 Portland Machine Cancel
			Port Visit Portland OR - 04 January 1963 - 10 January 1963

(14 Unlisted) Ship Date Cancel (SDC) cachet. Autographed by Capt. David B. McMichael. From the Jimmy Jordan collection.

 

N/A			1963-01-05 Portland Slogan Machine Cancel Ship Date Cancel (SDC)(on back)
			Port Visit Portland OR - 04 January 1963 - 10 January 1963

(14 UNLISTED) Cachet by the Nuclear Ships Chapter No. 61, USCS. Cachet #M-6. From the Jimmy Jordan collection.

 

N/A			1963-01-05 Portland Machine Cancel Portland Slogan Machine Cancel Ship Date Cancel (SDC) (on back)
			Port Visit Portland OR - 04 January 1963 - 10 January 1963

(14 UNLISTED) Cachet by the Nuclear Ships Chapter No. 61, USCS. Cachet #M-6. From the Art Cole collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1963-01-12
			Port Visit San Francisco CA - 12 January 1963

(UNLISTED)

 

N/A			1963-01-16 San Diego Machine Cancel On The Back - Ship Date Cancel (SDC)
			Port visit to San Diego CA - 14 January 1963 - 22 January 1963

(15b) Cachet by the Nuclear Ships Chapter No. 61, USCS. Cachet #M-7. From the Jimmy Jordan collection.

 

N/A			1963-01-16 San Diego Slogan Machine Cancel
			Port visit to San Diego CA - 14 January 1963 - 22 January 1963

(15 UNLISTED) Ship Date Cancel (SDC) cachet & Mailed on Board (MOB) cachet with insert. From the Jimmy Jordan collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1963-01-31 Balboa Paquebot Machine Cancel Balboa Panama
			Panama Canal visit - 28 January 1963 - 31 January 1963

(16c) Mailed on Board (MOB) cachet.

 

N/A		N/A	1963-01-01 Balboa Paquebot Machine Cancel Balboa Canal Zone
			Panama Canal visit - 28 January 1963 - 31 January 1963

(16 UNLISTED) Ship Date Cancel (SDC) cachet dated Jan 28 1963. Unlisted in the 3rd edition Catalog. Signed by Gaston R. De Groote. From the Art Cole collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1963-01-31 Paquebot Mail SL
			Panama Canal visit - 28 January 1963 - 31 January 1963

(16 UNLISTED) Cachet by the Nuclear Ships Chapter No. 61, USCS. Cachet #M-8. Unlisted in the 3rd edition Catalog. From the Art Cole collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1963-02-15 Galveston Machine Cancel
			Port visit to Galveston TX - 05 February 1963 - 05 May 1964

(17c) Cachet by the Nuclear Ships Chapter No. 61, USCS. Cachet #M-9. From the Jimmy Jordan collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1963-02-22 Galveston Machine Cancel
			Port visit to Galveston TX - 05 February 1963 - 05 May 1964

(17d) From the Jimmy Jordan collection. This cover updates the catalog that gave no day of visit but this cover clearly shows it was the 22nd of February.

 

N/A			1963-04-17 Galveston Machine Cancel
			Port visit to Galveston TX - 05 February 1963 - 05 May 1964

(17 Unlisted) Ship Date Cancel (SDC) on USS Bainbridge DLGN-25 postcard. From the Jimmy Jordan collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1963-02-05
			Port visit to Galveston TX - 05 February 1963 - 05 May 1964

(HISTORICAL NOTE)

 

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