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1. USS Nautilus SSN-571 Covers Page 1    (1960-2018)
2. USS Nautilus SSN-571 Covers Page 2    (Stamps & FDC's)

 

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	1954-01-21 USPO Machine Cancel Groton, Conn
			Launching

Notes:

 

N/A		N/A	1954-01-21 USPO Machine Cancel Groton, Conn
			Launching

From the Neal Mills collection

 

N/A		N/A	1954-01-21 USPO Duplex Cancel Groton, Conn
			Launching

From the Neal Mills collection

 

N/A		N/A	1954-09-30 USPO Machine Cancel Groton CT
			Commissioning

Cachetmaker Unknown. From the Adam Francis collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1955-02-05 USPO Machine Cancel Groton CT
			Collectors Request

Note: Straight-line marking on the cover also.

 

N/A		N/A	1959-08-03 USPO Machine Cancel Groton CT
			1st Anniversary of Polar Transit

Note: Looks like an Artcraft cachet.

 

		N/A	1961-03-27 U.S. Navy Br. #10864 Machine
			Collectors Request

Notes:

N/A		N/A	1963-09-30 Locy Type 2(n)(A,USS) USS Fulton AS-11
			9th Anniversary of Commissioning

Cachet by J. F. McMahon

N/A		N/A	1964-01-21 USPO Machine Cancel Groton CT
			10th Anniversary of Launching

Cachet by Dynamic Philatelic Society

N/A		N/A	1965-01-17 USPO Duplex Cancel Groton CT
			10th Anniversary of Underway

Cachet by Dynamic Philatelic Society. From the Richard F. Hoffner collection.

N/A		N/A	1966-01-17 USPO Machine Cancel Portsmouth NH
			11th Anniversary of Underway

Cacheted

N/A		N/A	1967-04-07 Locy Type 2(n) (A,USS) USS Fulton AS-11
			Official Business.

From the Richard F. Hoffner collection.

N/A		N/A	1974-09-30 USPS Machine Cancel Groton, CT
			20th Anniversary of Commissioning

Redirected mail to VAdm Eugene P. Wilkinson.

N/A		N/A	1975-03-19 Locy Type 2t(n+u) (USS) USS Sarsfield DD-837
			Port Visit

Ships cachet. Port Everglade cachets by George H. Wilson

N/A		N/A	1976-09-30 USPS 4-bar cancel "Submarine Base Br." Groton, CT
			22nd Anniversary of Commissioning

Printed cachet

N/A		N/A	1978-06-14 USPS 4-bar "Submarine Base Br." Groton CT
			Collectors Request

Rubber Stamp Cachet

N/A		N/A	1978-08-03 USPS 4-bar North Pole AK
			20th Anniversary of the North Pole Transit

Cachet by Astro Covers

N/A		N/A	1979-04-09 USPO 4-bar "Submarine Base Station" Groton, CT
			Changing Homeport

USS Saginaw Chapter No. 59, USCS

N/A		N/A	1979-04-16 Locy Type 2 "FPO 09593" Guantanamo Bay Cuba
			Changing Homeport

USS Saginaw Chapter No. 59, USCS

N/A		N/A	1979-04-25 Colombia CDS Cartagena Colombia
			Changing Homeport

USS Saginaw Chapter No. 59, USCS

N/A		N/A	1979-04-30 Canal Zone Paquebot Duplex Balboa Canal Zone
			Changing Homeport

USS Saginaw Chapter No. 59, USCS

N/A		N/A	1979-05-14 Locy Type 2 USS Dixon AS 37 San Diego CA
			Changing Homeport

USS Saginaw Chapter No. 59, USCS

N/A		N/A	1979-05-24 USPO Type 9 "Naval Air Station Br." Alameda CA
			Changing Homeport

USS Saginaw Chapter No. 59, USCS

N/A		N/A	1979-05-25 USPO 1-bar Mare Island CA
			Changing Homeport

USS Saginaw Chapter No. 59, USCS

 

		No Image	1980-03-03
			Ship Decommissioning

Notes: Cachet Maker: Electric Boat Company

 

N/A			1980-03-03 USPS 1-bar Cancel Mare Island CA
			Decommissioning

Cachet by Patricia M. Stevens. from the Dave Kent collection.

N/A		N/A	1985-05-28 USPS 1-bar Cancel Mare Island CA
			Departing Mare Island

Cachet by Mike Benedicto and sponsored by the USS Saginaw Chapter No. 59, USCS

N/A		N/A	1985-07-06 USPS CDS "Submarine Base Br." Groton CT
			Arrival at Groton CT

Cachet by Mike Benedicto and sponsored by the USS Saginaw Chapter No. 59, USCS

N/A		N/A	1985-07-06 USPS Slogan Machine Cancel "Submarine Base Sta." Groton CT
			Arrival at Groton CT

Cachet by Donald R. Wilson

N/A		N/A	1985-07-06 USPS Slogan Machine cancel "Submarine Base Station" Groton, CT
			Homecoming

Cachet by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

N/A		N/A	1994-09-30 USPS Pictorial Postmark "Naval Submarine Base Station" Groton, CT
			40th Anniversary of Commissioning

Cachet by Jim Hanson

N/A		N/A	1994-09-30 USPS Pictorial Postmark "Naval Submarine Base Station" Groton, CT
			40th Anniversary of Commissioning

Cachet by Jim Hanson

N/A		N/A	2002-06-14 USPS Pictorial "50th Anniversary Station" Groton, CT
			Keel Laying

Cachet by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

N/A		N/A	2018-01-16 USPS Type 11 Groton, CT
			Change of Command

Cachet by Neal J. Mills

N/A		N/A	2018-01-16 USPS Type 11 Groton, CT
			Change of Command

Cachet by Richard F. Hoffner

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Foreign Cover from Austria

			1958-12-06 Austrian hand cancel
			"Received In / USS Nautilus SSN-571 / 8 January 1959"

From the Neal Mills collection.

 

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