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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 | Primary Date Postmark Type Killer Bar Text --------- Cachet Category |
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No Image |
1941-01-25 |
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Keel Laying |
Cachet by Dr. S. E. Hutnick
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N/A |
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N/A |
1943-12-07 |
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Launching |
Cacheted
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N/A |
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N/A |
1943-12-07 |
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Launching |
Cachet by Ralph P. Werve
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1944-09-09 |
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Official Business |
Note:
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1945-05-02 |
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Category |
Censored wartime (WWII) use
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1945-05-24 |
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Category |
Censored wartime (WWII) use
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1945-09-16 |
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Category |
Additional "TOKYO BAY" sl added
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1945-09-19 |
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Category |
Additional "TOKYO BAY" sl added
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1946-02-03 |
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Official Business |
Note:
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N/A |
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N/A |
1946-11-29 |
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Collectors request |
Add-on cachet by Stewart Milstein
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No Image |
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1947-05-16 |
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Battleship |
Note:
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1947-06-20 |
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Midshipman's Cruise |
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1947-11-11 |
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Armistice Day 1947 |
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No Image |
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1948-06-15 |
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Category |
Note:
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1948-06-15 |
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Last Day Postal Service |
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1948-06-15 |
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Last Day Postal Service |
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1951-03-03 |
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First Day Postal Service |
Nicholson Cachet
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No Image |
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1951-06-14 |
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Midshipmen Cruise |
Back blue "GUARD MAIL"
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1951-06-24 |
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Category |
Note:
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1951-08-15 |
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Category |
Postcard use
Memorial Tower, North West Arm, Halifax Nova Scotia
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No Image |
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1955-11-18 |
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Category |
Note:
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N/A |
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N/A |
1955-11-18 |
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Collectors request |
Add-on cachet by Stewart Milstein
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N/A |
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N/A |
1986-08-01 |
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"OPERATION TOWEX '86" |
Cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS
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1988-10-22 |
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First Day in Commission |
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1988-10-22 |
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1988-10-22 |
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Richard W DeRosset.
Same cover as above only showing postmarks.
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1988-12-16 |
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Welcome to Norfolk |
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N/A |
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N/A |
1990-09-20 |
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4 Battleship cover |
Created by Tom Armstrong
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1991-03-28 |
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Welcome Home |
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1991-03-28 |
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Welcome Home |
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1991-09-30 |
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Last Day in Commission |
USCS Chapter 98 cachet
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1991-09-30 |
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Last Day in Commission |
Note:
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N/A |
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N/A |
1991-10-05 |
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Transfer to the 16th Fleet |
Cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS
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N/A |
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N/A |
1995-01-12 |
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Stricken from the Naval Register |
Cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS
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N/A |
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N/A |
1996-10-15 |
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Transfer to Norfolk Virginia |
Cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS
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N/A |
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N/A |
2004-04-16 |
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60th Anniversary |
Cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS
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N/A |
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N/A |
2004-04-16 |
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60th Anniversary |
Cachet by Greytcovers
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N/A |
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N/A |
2004-04-16 |
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60th Anniversary |
Cacheted
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N/A |
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N/A |
2005-10-27 |
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60th Anniversary of Navy Day |
Cover illustrates replica postmarks from the USS Wisconsin and USS Midway CV-41. Cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS
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N/A |
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N/A |
2005-10-27 |
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60th Anniversary of Navy Day |
Cover illustrates replica postmark from the USS Wisconsin. Cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS
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