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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

 

			1960-03-16 USPO Machine Cancel Newport News VA
			Launching

The cover included both a launch ticket and an information card related to the launch ceremony. Contributed by Jennifer Hoffman.

 

N/A		N/A	1961-11-14 Locy Type 7tn+ USS Orion AS-18
			Collectors request

Ships cachet.

 

N/A		N/A	1962-03-30 British Machine Cancel London England
			Goodwill Visit

Ships cachet. Signed by the CO.

 

N/A		N/A	1963-01-20 Locy Type 2r USS Murray DD-576
			Collectors request

Ships cachet. CO's return address.

 

N/A		N/A	1963-04-26 USPO Machine Cancel Portsmouth VA
			Collectors request

Ships cachet.

 

N/A		N/A	1963-11-13 USPO Machine Cancel Norfolk VA
			Collectors request

Ships cachet. CO's return address and signature.

 

N/A		N/A	1963-11-26 USPO Machine Cancel Portsmouth VA
			Collectors request

Ships cachet. CO's return address.

 

N/A		N/A	1964-01-01 Locy Type 2t(n+u) (USS) USS Waller DD-466
			New Years Day

Ships cachet.

 

N/A		N/A	1964-12-10 USPO Machine Cancel Charleston SC
			Collectors request.

Ships cachet. CO's return address and signature.

 

N/A		N/A	1964-12-29 USPO Slogan Machine Cancel Charleston SC
			Collectors request.

Ships cachet.

 

N/A		N/A	1971-11-07 Locy Type 7dit(nu) ("POW/MIA","USS" omitted) USS L. Y. Spear AS-36
			10th Anniversary

Ships cachet.

 

N/A		N/A	1976-02-09 USPS Machine Cancel Newport News VA
			15th Anniversary of Commissioning

Cachet by the Admiral Byrd Chapter No. 11, USCS

 

N/A		N/A	1986-09-02 USPS Machine Cancel New Haven CT
			Collectors request

Ships cachet.

 

N/A		N/A	1990-09-28 USPS 4-bar Mare Island CA
			Decommissioning

Cachet by Ronald Reeves. Postmarked 13 days after her actual decommissioning date of September 15 1990.

 

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