USS PORTLAND LSD-37 Covers Page 1

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

			1969-12-20 USPO Machine Cancel Quincy MA
			Launching

Cachet sponsored by Malcolm C. Walker and the Old Ironsides Chapter No. 1, USCS. Insert courtesy of William Pepe.

			1970-10-03 Locy Type FDC 2(n)(USS)
			First Day in Commission

Cachet sponsored by Malcolm C. Walker and the Old Ironsides Chapter No. 1, USCS

			1976-02-07 Locy Type 2(n) (USS) Locy Type 9ef(nu) (USS)
			Category

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			1976-08-26 Locy Type 2t(n+u) (USS) Locy Type 9ef(n+u) (USS)
			Ship's crest

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			1990-02-14 Locy Type 2t(n+u) (USS)
			Ship's crest

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			1998-10-29 Locy Type 2t(n+u) (USS)
			Collect Covers

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No Image			2003-08-04 Locy Type LDC F
			Decommissioning

Cachet by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

No Image			2003-08-04 USPS Pictorial Postmark "Decommissioning Station" Norfolk VA
			Decommissioning

Cachet by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

			2003-08-04 USPS Pictorial Postmark "Decommissioning Station" Norfolk VA
			Decommissioning

Cachet by David A Kent

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