Country France

Cachets should be listed in chronological order based on earliest known usage. Use the postmark date or best guess. This applies to add-on cachets as well.

 

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N/A			Aug. 11 1919 Locy Type Type 3 (AC) USS Harrisburg TT-1163
			FS GUICHEN Protected Cruiser

Picture Postcard
Guichen Protected Cruiser. History of the French protected cruiser Guichen. Built by Soc De la Loire and laid down October 1895 and launched in 1897. and completed for service in 1899. The Guichen had been primarily designed for commerce raiding and had been lightly armed compared to other ships of her size. Photographs will show Guichen with either two or three masts. She was built with two but a third was added for three to four years then removed again. At the outbreak of World War One she was serving with the Channel fleet in the Bay of Biscay and moved to Morocco. In September 1915 she took part in the Armenian rescue, and in 1917 she became a fast transport operating Taranto - Hea route. In 1919 she served in the Black Sea operations. and finally struck from service in 1922.
Displacement: 8151 tons. Speed:23.5 knots, Compliment: 604 crew. Armament: Two 6.4-inch Guns, Quick Firing M1893, Six 5.5 -inch Guns, Ten 3 pounders, Five 1 pounders and Two 18-inch Torpedo tubes AW. (These were later removed}

 

N/A			1943-02-08 USPO Slogan Machine Cancel Philadelphia PA
			In Philadelphia for repairs, February - August 1943

Cachet by "FIRSTDAY COVERS".
Commissioned 15 November 1937 - Decommissioned 1 May 1957

 

N/A		N/A	1957-03-17 Locy Type 2(n)(DDE) USS Cony DDE-508
			Welcome to Norfolk, FS COLMAR M624

Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson. Former USN MSO-514

 

N/A		N/A	1969-10-25 Hand Cancel First Day of Issue Cherbourg
			First Day Cover

Redoutable S611 was Commissioned on 1 December 1971 and Decommissioned on 1 December 1991.

 

N/A		N/A	1979-11-29 Machine Cancel PAQUEBOT Boston MA
			Polar Circle

FS LOIRE A615 was Commissioned on Oct 17 1967 and Decommissioned on Oct 21 2009. She was a Rhin Class Special Purpose Tender.

 

N/A			1961-10-28 Locy Type 2r USS Murray DD-576
			Port Visit of FORBIN D635

Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson

 

N/A			1965-08-08 Locy Type 2tnu USS Hugh Purvis DD-709
			Port Visit of French Submarine DAPHNE S641. Commissioned 1964 - Decommissioned 1989.

Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson. Contributed by Tom Kean.

 

			2009-02-03 Machine Cancel Paris France
			Exercise C2X

BPC TONNERRE (THUNDER) was placed in service (Commissioned) on August 1 2007
Article on the Exercise courtesy of the Universal Ship Cancellation Society (USCS), LOG March 2009

 

		N/A	2009-04-09 Ink Jet Sprayed Marking France
			GEAOM 2008/2009

FASW (Frigate Anti-Submarine Warfare) Georges Leygues D 640 was placed in service (Commissioned) on December 10 1979.

 

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