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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	1961-06-20 USPO Slogan Machine Cancel Seattle WA
			Collector's request

WAGL-212. From the John Young collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1962-07-11 USPO Machine Cancel "Terminal Annex" Seattle WA
			Collector's request

WAGL-212. From the John Young collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1964-10-19 USPO Slogan Machine Cancel Seattle WA
			Collector's request

WAGL-212.

 

N/A		N/A	1974-09-05 USPS Slogan Machine Cancel Seattle WA
			Collector's request

WLM-212. Embossed with the cutters seal.

 

N/A		N/A	1975-05-16 USPS Slogan Machine Cancel Seattle WA
			Collector's mail

WLM-212. Signed by the Commanding Officer

 

N/A		N/A	1977-01-12 USPS Machine Cancel Seattle WA
			Collector's mail

WLM-212. Signed by the Commanding Officer

 

N/A		N/A	1978-05-02 USPS Slogan Machine Cancel Seattle WA
			Collector's mail

WLM-212. Signed by the Commanding Officer

 

N/A		N/A	1980-07-10
			Change of Command Invitation

WLM-212.

 

N/A		N/A	1980-07-10 Locy Type 2(n+) ("USCGC") USCGC Polar Sea WAGB-11
			Change of Command

WLM-212. Signed by both CO's. From the John Young collection.

 

N/A			1981-06-12 Locy Type 2-1t(n+u) (D2,USS,"CG") USS Fox CG-33
			Rose Festival '81

WLM-212. Embossed with the cutter's seal. Cachet by the USS Oregon Chapter No. 79, USCS. From the John Young collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1982-02-24 USPS Machine Cancel Tacoma WA
			Decommissioning

WLM-212. Typed and rubber stamp cachet. From the John Young collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1982-03-10 USPS Machine Cancel Seattle WA
			Decommissioning

WLM-212. Hand drawn cachet by John Young. From the John Young collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1982-06-06 Locy Type 2-1n+ ("US COAST GUARD", "Cutter" omitted) USCGC Polar Star WAGB-10
			Last Transit of Puget Sound

WLM-212.

 

N/A		N/A	1982-06-09 USPS CDS Astoria OR
			1982 Portland Rose Festival

WLM-212.

 

N/A		N/A	1982-06-14 USPS CDS Portland OR
			Changing Homeport

WLM-212.

 

N/A		N/A	1982-06-31 Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. G-51b USCGC Glacier WAGB-4
			Change of Command

WLM-212.

 

N/A		N/A	1982-06-31 Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. G-51b USCGC Glacier WAGB-4
			Decommissioning of USCGC Walnut WLM-252 and Transfer of Crew to USCGC Fir WLM-212

WLM-212. Cachet by the USS Puget Sound Chapter No. 74, USCS. From the Tom Kean collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1982-07-01
			US Coast Guard Invitation for the - Decommissioning of USCGC Walnut WLM-252 Change of Command USCGCG Fir WLM-212

WLM-212.

 

N/A		N/A	1983-05-09 Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. G-51b USCGC Glacier WAGB-4
			New cachet - First Day of Use

WLM-212.

 

N/A		N/A	1983-05-09 Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. G-51b USCGC Glacier WAGB-4
			New cachet - First Day of Use

WLM-212.

 

N/A		N/A	1983-05-09 Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. G-51b USCGC Glacier WAGB-4
			New cachet - First Day of Use

WLM-212.

 

N/A		N/A	1983-09-16 Locy Type 2(n+) ("USCGC") USCGC Polar Sea WAGB-11
			Changing Homeports

WLM-212.

 

N/A		N/A	1985-05-11 USPS CDS Seattle WA
			Dependent's Cruise

WLM-212.

 

N/A		N/A	1986-07-26 USPS Pictorial Seattle WA
			USCS National Convention

WLM-212. Cachet by the USS Puget Sound Chapter No. 74, USCS

 

N/A		N/A	1987-07-17 USPS CDS Seattle WA
			Change of Command

WLM-212.

 

N/A		N/A	1988-05-31 USPS CDS Seattle WA
			"Golden 212" Painting Ceremony

WLM-212. Today the US's Oldest Coast Guard Cutter

 

N/A		N/A	1988-07-04 Locy Type 9-1(n+u) ("U.S. COAST GUARD","Cutter" omitted) USCGC Polar Sea WAGB-11
			Independence Day

WLM-212.

 

N/A		N/A	1990-10-01 Locy Type 9fy ("USCGC/NEW YORK NY", "USPO") USCGC Polar Star WAGB-10
			50th Anniversary of Commissioning

WLM-212.

 

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