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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 --------- Cachet Category |
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N/A |
N/A |
1959-06-09 | |
Launching |
Cachet by George H. Goldey (Goldcraft)
N/A |
N/A |
1960-02-12 | |
Collectors Request |
Autographed by Cdr. J. B. Osborn, USN; Commanding Officer (Blue) (1st CO June 1959-May 1962)
N/A |
N/A |
1960-07-20 | |
First Polaris missile launch from a submerged submarine |
Typed cachet. (Blue Crew)
N/A |
N/A |
1960-07-20 | |
First Polaris missile launch from a submerged submarine |
Official Ships Cachet & Typed cachet. (Blue Crew)
N/A |
N/A |
1960-07-20 | |
First Polaris missile launch from a submerged submarine |
Printed and Typed Cachets. (Blue Crew)
N/A |
N/A |
1960-07-30 | |
Second Polaris missile launch from a submerged submarine |
Printed Cachet. (Gold Crew)
N/A |
N/A |
1960-08-01 | |
Third Polaris missile launch from a submerged submarine |
Printed Cachet. (Gold Crew)
N/A |
N/A |
1961-01-23 | |
First Polaris Patrol, Nov. 1960-Jan. 1961 |
Printed Cachet. (Blue Crew)
N/A |
1961-04-26 | ||
Collectors Request |
Official Ships Cachet. Launching postcard.
N/A |
N/A |
1961-04-27 | |
Collectors Request |
Official Ships Cachet.
N/A |
N/A |
1961-05-04 | |
Port Visit to Holy Loch, Scotland |
Official Ships Cachet.
N/A |
N/A |
1961-05-19 | |
Port Visit to Holy Loch, Scotland |
Cachet by Joachim Dill
N/A |
N/A |
1961-07-25 | |
Collectors Request |
Official Ships Cachet.
N/A |
N/A |
1961-08-05 | |
3rd Polaris Patrol, May 1961-Aug 1961 |
Typed Cachet.
N/A |
N/A |
1961-11-08 | |
Collectors Request |
Official Ships Cachet.
N/A |
N/A |
1962-08-06 | |
Collectors Request |
Official Ships Cachet.
N/A |
N/A |
1963-01-28 | |
Collectors Request |
Official Ships Cachet. Autographed by Cdr. E. W. Cooke, USN. (2nd Commanding Officer, Blue) (May 62-Jun 66)
N/A |
N/A |
1966-01-13 | |
Collectors Request |
Official Ships Cachet
N/A |
N/A |
1966-03-31 | |
Missile Testing |
Rubber stamp cachet
N/A |
N/A |
1966-04-14 | |
Polaris Missile Firing |
Official Ships Cachet on Cachet by Hans J. Mueller
N/A |
N/A |
1966-04-14 | |
Polaris Missile Firing |
Rubber stamp cachet with typed notation. "Refitted A-1 to A-3 Missiles, 1st A-3 Firing" (Gold Crew)
N/A |
N/A |
1966-04-15 | |
Polaris Missile Firing |
Official Ships Cachet
N/A |
N/A |
1966-08-30 | |
First Patrol after R & R |
Official Ships Cachet
N/A |
N/A |
1968-01-05 | |
Collectors Request |
Official Ships Cachet. Autographed by Cdr. G. C. Merritt, USN. (3rd Commanding Officer, Gold Crew)(Jun 65-May 70)
N/A |
N/A |
1969-10-30 | |
Collectors Request |
Official Ships Cachet.
N/A |
N/A |
1970-07-20 | |
10th Anniversary, 1st POLARIS Firing |
Cachet by Bernhard M Vesper, sponsored by the Nuclear Ships Chapter No. 61, USCS.
N/A |
N/A |
1970-11-15 | |
10th Anniversary, 1st POLARIS Patrol |
Cachet by Bernhard M Vesper, sponsored by the Nuclear Ships Chapter No. 61, USCS. Contributed by Jennifer Hoffman.
N/A |
N/A |
1984-12-30 | |
25th Anniversary of Commissioning |
Cachet by Robert D. Rawlins, sponsored by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS
N/A |
N/A |
1985-01-24 | |
Decommissioning |
Cachet by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS
N/A |
N/A |
1985-01-24 | |
Decommissioning of the USS George Washington SSBN-598 and |
Cachet by the USS Puget Sound Chapter No. 74, USCS
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