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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 --------- Cachet Category

		N/A	1975-06-16 USPO Meter Pascagoula MS
			Keel Laying

R&G Cachet by Ron Reeves & George Newman. Back is clean.

N/A		N/A	1976-10-23 USPS Machine Cancel Pascagoula MS
			Christening

R&G Cachet by Ron Reeves & George Newman.

			1978-03-11 Locy Type FDC 2 (n+)(USS) Locy Type FDC 9-1 (n+u)
			Commissioning

R&G Cachet by Ron Reeves & George Newman. Back is clean.

			1978-03-11 Locy Type FDC 2 (n+)
			Commissioning

Cachet by Frederick Karcher Commissioning cachet...Back pencil notations ship/cancel type

N/A		N/A	1978-03-11 Locy Type FDC 2 (n+)(USS) Locy Type FDC 9-1 (n+u)
			Commissioning

Cachet by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

N/A		N/A	1978-03-11 Locy Type FDC 2 (n+)(USS) Locy Type FDC 9-1 (n+u)
			Commissioning

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

			1982-09-24 Locy Type 2 (n+) USPS Slogan Long Beach, CA. "ALWAYS / USE ZIP CODE"
			Ship's Crest

Note:

N/A			1989-08-11 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS) 1988 Locy Type 9-1(n+u) (USS) 1988
			Category

Front red rubberstamp ship's crest
Back type 9 cancel...USPS routing marks (R8,E3,C6)...Black rubberstamp "AUG 16 1989"

N/A			1993-03-11 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS)
			Category

Rogak Cachet

No Image			1998-03-26 Locy Type LDC F
			Decommissioning

Cachet by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

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