SAM HOUSTON SSN 609 Covers Page 1

 
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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	1962-03-06 USPO Slogan Machine Cancel Newport News VA
			Commissioning

Contributed by Jennifer Hoffman.

 

		N/A	1962-03-06 USPO Slogan Machine Cancel Newport News VA
			Commissioning

Cover by Newport Shipbuilder Assoc.

 

N/A		N/A	1962-03-06 USPO Slogan Machine Cancel Newport News VA
			Commissioning

Ships cachet, cover by Joachim Dill. From the George Marcincin collection.

 

		N/A	1966-03-22 USPO Slogan Machine Cancel "Submarine Base Sta. Groton, CT
			Collectors request

Ships cachet

 

N/A		N/A	1975-04-26 USPS Machine Cancel Patrick Air Force Base FL
			Polaris A-3 Missile Test

Cachet by George H. Goldey. From the George Marcincin collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1975-04-26 USPS 4-bar Cancel Cape Canaveral FL
			Polaris A-3 Missile Test

Cachet by George H. Goldey. From the George Marcincin collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1975-04-26 USPS Machine Cancel Cape Canaveral FL
			Polaris A-3 Missile Test

Cachet by George H. Goldey. From the George Marcincin collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1975-04-26 Locy Type 2(n+) (USS,"AG-153") USS Compass Island AG-153
			Polaris A-3 Missile Test

Cachet by Robert D. Rawlins. From the George Marcincin collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1976-10-31 Locy Type 2t(n+u) USS Proteus AS-19
			Collectors request

Ships cachet

 

N/A		N/A	1984-01-11 USPS Machine Cancel Tacoma WA
			Collectors request

Ships cachet. From the George Marcincin collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1985-10-17 USPS Type 9 "Submarine Base Station" Honolulu, HI
			Collectors request

Cachet by Alton (Budd) M. Arrington

 

N/A		N/A	1991-02-01 USPS Type 9 "Submarine Base Station" Honolulu, HI
			Deactivation

Cacheted

 

N/A		N/A	1991-09-20 USPS Type 9 cancel "Naval Base Sta." Bremerton WA
			Decommissioning

Cachet by Tom Armstrong. From the George Marcincin collection.

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SAM HOUSTON First Day Cover

 

N/A		N/A	1964-01-10 USPO FDOI Houston TX
			First Day of Issue, Sc.1242

Cachet by Alton (Budd) M. Arrington

 

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