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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	Postmark Date Postmark Type Killer Bar Text Ship --------- Category

N/A		N/A	1977-06-09 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS) USS Fulton AS-11
			Keel Laying

Cachet by William J. Everett

N/A		N/A	1981-11-14 USPS Machine cancel Groton, CT
			Christening

Cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

N/A		N/A	1981-11-14 USPS Machine cancel Groton, CT
			Christening

Cachet by Richard F. Hoffner, sponsored by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

N/A		N/A	1983-01-30 USPS Machine cancel Orlando FL
			Sea Trials

R/S Ship's cachet

N/A		N/A	1983-02-24 USPS Machine cancel Groton, CT
			Sea Trials

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

N/A		N/A	1983-02-24 USPS Machine cancel Groton, CT
			Sea Trials

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

N/A		N/A	1983-06-18 Locy Type F "FIRST DAY / IN / COMMISSION" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. F-53
			Commissioning

Cachet by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

N/A		N/A	1983-06-18 Locy Type F "FIRST DAY / IN / COMMISSION" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. F-53
			Commissioning

Cachet by Alton M. (Budd) Arrington, sponsored by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS.

N/A		N/A	1983-06-18 Locy Type F "FIRST DAY / IN / COMMISSION" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. F-53
			Commissioning

Commissioning Invitation cachet by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS.

N/A		N/A	1983-06-18 USPS CDS Groton CT
			Commissioning

Cachet by Alton M. (Budd) Arrington.

N/A		N/A	1983-06-18 Locy Type F "FIRST DAY / IN / COMMISSION" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. F-53
			Commissioning

Cachet by Alton M. (Budd) Arrington.

N/A		N/A	1983-06-18 Locy Type F "FIRST DAY / IN / COMMISSION" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. F-53
			Commissioning

Commissioning Invitation with postmark applied.

N/A			1983-06-18 Locy Type F "FIRST DAY / IN / COMMISSION" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. F-53
			Commissioning

Cachet by Rich Hoffner, sponsored by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS. Cover created by using old nautical maps, this cover is #56 of 100.

N/A			1983-06-18 Locy Type F "FIRST DAY / IN / COMMISSION" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. F-53
			Commissioning

Cachet by Rich Hoffner, sponsored by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS. Cover created by using old nautical maps, this cover is #28 of 100.

N/A		N/A	1983-06-18 Locy Type F "FIRST DAY / IN / COMMISSION" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. F-53
			Commissioning

Cachet by Robert D. Rawlins & Rich Hoffner, sponsored by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS.

N/A		N/A	1984-02-21 USAF 4-bar (Panama)
			Panama Canal Transit

Cachet by the USS Puget Sound Chapter No. 74, USCS.

N/A		N/A	1984-03-25 USPS 4-bar "Bangor Br." Bremerton WA
			Welcome to Trident Base Bangor

Cachet by the USS Puget Sound Chapter No. 74, USCS.

N/A		N/A	1984-05-21 USPS 4-bar "Bangor Br." Bremerton WA
			Change of Command (Gold)

Cachet by the USS Puget Sound Chapter No. 74, USCS.

N/A		N/A	1988-08-21 USPS 4-bar Patrick AFB, FL
			Missile Firing

Cachet by Donald R. Wilson

N/A		N/A	2003-06-18 USPS Pictorial "20th Anniversary Station" Groton CT
			20th Anniversary

Cachet by Roger Wentworth

N/A		N/A	2003-06-18 USPS Pictorial "20th Anniversary Station" Groton CT
			20th Anniversary

Cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

N/A		N/A	2003-06-18 USPS Pictorial "20th Anniversary Station" Groton CT
			20th Anniversary

Cachet by Alvin Eckert

N/A		N/A	2004-04-16 Locy Type 2 USS Kearsarge LHD-3
			Change of Command

Cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

N/A		N/A	2006-04-03 USPS 4-bar Norfolk, VA
			Returning to the Fleet Following Conversion

Cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

N/A		N/A	2008-06-16 USPS Pictorial "25th Anniversary Station" Groton CT
			25th Anniversary

Cachet by Wolfgang Hechler. The date on the pictorial postmark was incorrect by two days. To correct the error, the post office used their Type 9 postmark to reflect the actual date of anniversary.

N/A		N/A	2008-06-16 USPS Pictorial "25th Anniversary Station" Groton CT
			25th Anniversary

Cachet by Dieter Lange. The date on the pictorial postmark was incorrect by two days. To correct the error, the post office used their Type 9 postmark to reflect the actual date of anniversary.

N/A		N/A	2008-06-18 USPS Pictorial "25th Anniversary Station" Groton CT
			25th Anniversary

Cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS.

N/A		N/A	2013-06-18 USPS Pictorial "30th Anniversary Station" Groton CT
			30th Anniversary

Cachet by Dieter Lange.

N/A		N/A	2013-06-18 USPS Pictorial "30th Anniversary Station" Groton CT
			30th Anniversary

Cachet by Leonhard Venne.

N/A		N/A	2013-06-18 USPS Pictorial "30th Anniversary Station" Groton CT
			30th Anniversary

Cachet by Leonhard Venne.

N/A		N/A	2018-06-18 USPS Pictorial Postmark "35th Anniversary Sta." Groton CT
			35th Anniversary

Cachet by Greytcovers.

N/A			2018-06-19 Locy Type 3z FPO AP 96595
			Collectors SASE and reply from Sub

SASE has Ships cachet and CO's signature. From the Tom Kean collection.

N/A		N/A	2018-06-18 USPS Pictorial Postmark "35th Anniversary Sta." Groton CT
			35th Anniversary

Cachet by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS.

 

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