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Revision as of 18:06, 18 December 2019

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

    Nimitz Class Nuclear Powered Aircraft Carrier
    Keel Laid 25 August 1986 - Christened & Launched 21 July 1990

  1. USS GEORGE WASHINGTON CVN 73
    Commissioned 4 July 1992

Naval Covers

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  1. USS George Washington CVN-73 Covers Page 1    (1986-2019)

 

Postmarks

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A postmark should not be included unless accompanied by a close-up image and/or an image of a cover showing that postmark. Date ranges MUST be based ONLY ON COVERS IN THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.
 
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Postmark Type
---
Killer Bar Text

Postmark
Date
Thumbnail Link To
Postmark Image
Thumbnail Link
To
Cover Image

NOTE - "Post office opened for business Apr 15, 1992. The box of postmarks was misrouted to a ship in the Indian Ocean and did not arrive until May 25. FDPS covers are backdated."
USCS Postmark Catalog 1997.



 

Locy Type
FDPS 2-2t (USS,FPO
AE 09550-2873)

1992-04-15

First Day Postal Service


 

Locy Type
FDC F

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. G-24

1992-07-04

Commissioning. Cachet by the Aircraft Carrier Study Group


 

Locy Type
FDC 9-2 (USS,
FPO AE 09550-2873)

1992-07-04

Commissioning, cachet by USS North Carolina Chapter No. 99, USCS


 

Locy Type
2-2t
(USS,FPO AE
09550-2873)

1992-06-02

Official Ship's Cachet, Acceptance Trials


 

Locy Type
9-2 (USS,FPO
AE 09550-2873)

1997-12-11

Ships cachet, collectors request by Elgin E. Sink


 

Locy Type
11-2
(USS, FPO AE
09550-2873)

1997-12-11

Ships cachet, collectors request by Elgin E. Sink


 

Locy Type
11-2n
(USS,FPO AP /
09550-2873)

2005-03-17

St. Patrick's Day. Cachet by Taze Nicholson Chapter No. 104, USCS


 

Locy Type
11-2n
(USS,FPO
96650-2801)

2011-10-31

Ships Cachet. Halloween. From the Thad Kaczkowski collection.


 

Locy Type
11-2n
(USS,FPO AP
96650-2801)

2012-02-22

Washington's Birthday. Cachet by Mike Brock


 

Locy Type
11-2ny
(USS,FPO AP 96650)
(UNIT 100148)

2015-07-11

Official Ships Cachet. "Combined Exercise Talisman Sabre 15".
"This postmark reflects the change in the Naval Postal System by adding Unit Number." Greg C.


 

Locy Type
11-2
(USS,FPO AE
09550)

2016-04-08

Official ships cachet, requested by Robert Jank


 

Locy Type
12-2c(n+u)
(USS, FPO AE
09550-2873)

2002-10-06

Ships cachet, from the Thad Kaczkowski collection.


 

Locy Type
12-2cny
(USS, FPO AE
09550-2873)
(USPS)

2003-04-25

Cachet by Roger A. Wentworth


 

Locy Type
12-2n
(USS, FPO AP
96650-2801)

Damaged (?)

2011-03-21

Cachet by Bill Payden


 

Locy Type
13-2(n+u)
(USS, FPO AE
09550-2873)

2002-09-03

Operation Enduring Freedom 2002, cachet by Alexander Magda


 

Locy Type F

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. CD-10

2008-06-04

100th Anniversary of the Great White Fleet. Ship's cachet, serviced by Thad Kaczkowski


 

Locy Type F

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. CD-11

2011-05-08

Centennial of Naval Aviation. Contributed by Elgin E. Sink


 

Locy Type F

(USS,FPO AP
96650-2801)

2012-07-04

20th Anniversary of Commissioning. Cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS


 

Locy Type F

(USS,FPO AP
96650-2801)

2014-04-30

225th Anniversary of the Inauguration of George Washington as the 1st President of the United States. Cachet by Mike Brock


 

Locy Type F

2015-12-19

Official Ships Cachet. Confusing postmark; US Navy is a "-1" variation, "FPO" and a ZIP Code is a "-2" variation. However, there is no ship name in the postmark either. So for now, it is classified as a Type F. Greg C.


 

Locy Type
Meter OFR2 (#520194)
ZIP 09550

1993-07-21

Notes:


 

Locy Type
Meter E1 (#071V00507126)
ZIP 09550

2006-06-26

"E" = ENDICIA. From the Richard F. Hoffner collection.



USPS Pictorial Postmarks


 

USPS Slogan
Machine Cancel

"Christening of The
USS George Washington"

Newport News, VA

1990-07-21

Christening


 

USPS
Pictorial Postmark

"VAPEX Station"

Virginia Beach, VA

1992-11-13

70th Anniversary of Aircraft Carriers. VAPEX '92 Show Cachet.


 

USPS
Pictorial Postmark

"VAPEX Station"

Virginia Beach, VA

1992-11-14

70th Anniversary of Aircraft Carriers. VAPEX '92 Show Cachet.


 

USPS
Pictorial Postmark

"15th Anniversary
Station"

Norfolk, VA

2007-07-04

15th Anniversary of Commissioning. Cachet by the Taze Nicholson Chapter No. 104, USCS


 

USPS
Pictorial Postmark

"20th Anniversary
Station"

Norfolk, VA

2012-07-04

20th Anniversary of Commissioning. Cachet by Greytcovers


 

USPS
Pictorial Postmark

"25th Anniversary
Station"

Norfolk, VA

2017-07-04

25th Anniversary of Commissioning. Cachet by Robert Jank

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - George Washington, (February 22, 1732 – December 14, 1799), 1st President of the United States of America (1789-1797).

Four ships of the United States Navy have been named in honor of George Washington - USS George Washington (1798), USS George Washington ID-3018,
USS George Washington SSBN-598 and USS George Washington CVN-73.

The ships sponsor is First Lady Barbara Bush, wife of George H. W. Bush, the 41st President of the United States.

 


 

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