Cachet Maker Alvin Eckert

Cachets should be listed in chronological order based on earliest known usage. Use the postmark date or best guess. This applies to add-on cachets as well.

 

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	1991-12-30 USPS Pictorial Postmark "Marina Station" San Francisco CA
			Ship Commemorative - WWII Liberty Ship SS Jeremiah O'Brien

Cachet by Robert D. Rawlins and Alvin Eckert and sponsored by the USS Saginaw Chapter No. 59, USCS

 

N/A		N/A	1995-12-20 USPS 4-bar Cancel Norfolk VA
			50th Anniversary of Decommissioning - USS Reading PF-66

From the Richard F. Hoffner collection.

 

N/A			1996-03-31 USPS Pictorial Postmark "Conversion Station" Mare Island CA
			Mare Island Naval Shipyard

Note: From Al Eckert: "When the shipyard closed we were looking for a good cachet design and I suggested the USS Scamp design with the long row of industrial buildings, just like it appears in real life from across the Napa River. We left room for the pictorial postmark on the upper left."
From Bob Rawlins: "[The cachet] was not sponsored by Saginaw Chapter. The Saginaw Chapter cover is #116 on the master list and is different from the [one on this cover]."
Ray Costa's name is on the back of the cover but I am not sure what, if any, significance this has.

 

N/A		N/A	1996-05-28 USPS Type 9 Gulfport MS
			50th Anniversary of Decommissioning USS Gulfport PF 20

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N/A			2000-01-01 USPS Pictorial Postmark "St. Louis Station" St. Louis MO
			Ship Commemorative - WWII Liberty Ship SS Sacajawea

Note: The postmark commemorates the release of the Sacajawea dollar.

 

N/A			2001-10-06 USPS Pictorial Postmark "Stamp Show Station" Mobile AL
			Naval History - Civil War Ship Commemorative - CSS Hunley

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N/A			2001-11-11 USPS Pictorial Postmark "20th Anniversary Station" Groton CT
			20th Anniversary - USS Ohio SSBN-726

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N/A			2001-12-07 USPS Pictorial Postmark "60 Years Ago Station" Brookneal VA
			Remember Pearl Harbor Ship Commemorative - USS Oklahoma BB-37

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N/A			2002-02-28 USPS Type 9 Lapwai ID
			Ship Commemorative - WWII Liberty Ship SS Sacajawea

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N/A			2002-04-18 USPS Pictorial Postmark "60th Anniversary Station" Halifax VA
			Ship Commemorative - USS Hornet CV-8 60th Anniversary of Doolittle Raid

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N/A			2002-04-23 USPS Pictorial Postmark "Centennial Station" Dallas TX
			Ship Commemorative - USS Dallas SSN-700

Note: The postmark commemorates the 100th anniversary of the Texas Library Association.

 

N/A			2002-05-02 USPS 4-bar Cancel Pascagoula MS
			10th Anniversary - USS Anzio CG-68

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N/A			2002-06-13 USPS Pictorial Postmark "10th Anniversary Station" Groton CT
			10th Anniversary - USS Maryland SSBN-738

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N/A			2002-06-14 USPS Pictorial Postmark "Flag Day Station" Orange CT
			Flag Day Ship Commemorative - USS Abraham Lincoln CVN-72

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N/A			2002-08-11 USPS Pictorial Postmark "46th USCS Convention Station" Cromwell CT
			100 Years of Destroyers Ship Commemorative - Slice

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N/A		N/A	2005-05-27 USPS Pictorial Postmark "2005 Convention Station" Clackamas OR
			2005 USCS Convention in Portland, Oregon Ship Commemorative - USS Oregon IX-22

Note: At the very top of the cachet, in faint letters that do not appear in the scanned image, is "Cachet by Al Eckert #9964"

 

N/A		N/A	2005-05-28 USPS Pictorial Postmark "2005 Convention Station" Clackamas OR
			2005 USCS Convention in Portland, Oregon Ship Commemorative - USS Portland CA-33

Note: At the very top of the cachet, in faint letters that do not appear in the scanned image, is "Cachet by Al Eckert #9964"

 

N/A		N/A	2016-12-07 USPS Type 9 "Naval Sta MOU No 1" Pearl Harbor HI
			Ship Commemorative - Geronimo YT-119

Note: This is one of a several cachet covers from small Pearl Harbor ships that Al Eckert has done.

 

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