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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	1968-01-17 USPO Slogan Machine Cancel "Naval Station" Key West FL
			Collectors request

Postage Due, Airmail. From the John P. Young collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1969-10-20 USPO Machine Cancel Honolulu HI
			Collectors request

From the John P. Young collection.

 

N/A		N/A	c 1970 Locy Type 2# Br# 17078 (damaged) Da Nang Vietnam
			Collectors request

From the John P. Young collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1970-06-23 USN 4-bar Cancel Br# 13934 Vietnam
			Collectors request

From the John P. Young collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1970-10-19 USPO Slogan Machine Cancel Honolulu HI
			Collectors request

Add-on cachet by Michael Hebert (Mh Cachets)

 

N/A		N/A	1970-12-20 USN 4-bar Cancel Br# 13760 Yokosuka Japan
			Collectors request

From the John P. Young collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1971-12-08 USPS Machine Cancel USPS HI
			Collectors request

From the John P. Young collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1972-01-15 USPS 4-bar Cancel Honolulu HI
			Last Day on "Ocean Station Victor"

Cachet by Joseph E. Hogan. From the John P. Young collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1972-04-29 USPS Slogan Machine Cancel Honolulu HI
			Returning from Alaska Patrol

Cachet by Joseph E. Hogan. From the John P. Young collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1972-05-15 USPS Machine Cancel HI 967
			Collectors request

Add-on cachet by Tom Morrissey. From the John P. Young collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1977-05-05 USPS Machine Cancel Honolulu HI
			Collectors request

Ships cachet. Signed by the CO. From the John P. Young collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1977-08-27 USPS Machine Cancel Seattle WA
			Collectors request

Ships cachet. Signed by the CO. From the John P. Young collection.

 

N/A			1980-08-11 USPS Type 9 "Rec'd Office P.M." Seattle WA
			Change of Duty Stations / and Exchange of Crews / CGC Munro to CGC Mellon / Honolulu to Seattle

Cachet by the USS Puget Sound Chapter No. 74, USCS. From the John P. Young collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1980-09-23 Locy Type 2-1n+ ("U.S. COAST GUARD", "Cutter" omitted) USCGC Polar Star WAGB-10
			First Day Use This Cachet

Cachet by the USS Puget Sound Chapter No. 74, USCS. From the John P. Young collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1980-11-06 Locy Type 2# FPO 98791 Adak AK
			Alaska Patrol

From the John P. Young collection.

 

N/A			1985-10-24 USPS Type 9 Cancel Seattle WA
			Decommissioning

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

 

N/A		N/A	1985-10-25 USPS Machine Cancel Seattle WA
			In Commission, Reserve for FRAM

Cachet by the USS Puget Sound Chapter No. 74, USCS. From the John P. Young collection.

 

N/A			1989-03-03 Locy Type 9fy ("USCGC/NEW YORK NY", "USPO") USCGC Polar Star WAGB-10
			Recommissioned

Cachet by the USS Puget Sound Chapter No. 74, USCS. From the John P. Young collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1989-03-03 USPS Machine Cancel Seattle WA Locy Type 9fy ("USCGC/NEW YORK NY", "USPO") USCGC Polar Star WAGB-10
			Recommissioned

Cutters cachet. From the John P. Young collection.

 

N/A			1989-07-28 USPS Pictorial Postmark Seattle WA
			Change of Command

Cachet by the USS Puget Sound Chapter No. 74, USCS. From the John P. Young collection.

 

N/A			1989-08-04 Locy Type 9-1(n+u) ("U.S. COAST GUARD","Cutter" omitted) USCGC Polar Sea WAGB-11
			USCG's 199th Birthday

Cachet by the USS Puget Sound Chapter No. 74, USCS. From the John P. Young collection.

 

N/A			1990-01-19 USPS Machine Cancel San Diego CA
			First Firing of the Harpoon Missile

Cachet by the USS Puget Sound Chapter No. 74, USCS. From the John P. Young collection.

 

N/A			1992-07-30 Locy Type 9fy ("USCGC/NEW YORK NY", "USPO") USCGC Polar Star WAGB-10
			1992 SEAFAIR / Fleet Week

Cachet by the USS Puget Sound Chapter No. 74, USCS. From the John P. Young collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1994-04-02 USPS Machine Cancel Seattle WA
			Collectors request

Cutters cachet. From the John P. Young collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1995-08-01 USPS Machine Cancel Seattle WA
			Collectors request

Cutters cachet. From the John P. Young collection.

 

N/A		N/A	2002-08-13 USPS Machine Cancel Portland OR
			Collectors request

Cutters cachet. From the John P. Young collection.

 

N/A		N/A	2020-08-20 USPS CDS Cancel Seattle WA
			Decommissioning

Cachet by Rich Hoffner.

 

N/A		N/A	2020-08-20 USPS CDS Cancel Seattle WA
			Decommissioning

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

 

N/A		N/A	2020-08-20 USPS Ink Jet Sprayed Cancel Seattle WA
			Decommissioning

From the Richard F. Hoffner collection.

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N/A		N/A	c 2020
			USCGC Mellon's Awards

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