BENJAMIN FRANKLIN SSBN 640 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 --------- Cachet Category

 

N/A		N/A	1963-04-27 USPO Machine Cancel Groton CT
			Keel Laying

Cachet by Morris W. Beck

 

N/A		N/A	1964-12-05 USPO Machine Cancel Groton CT
			Launching

Cachet by Morris W. Beck

 

N/A		N/A	1964-12-05 USPO Duplex Postmark Groton CT
			Launching

Cachet by Morris W. Beck

 

N/A		N/A	1964-12-05 USPO Machine Cancel Groton CT
			Launching

Printed cachet

 

N/A		N/A	1964-12-05 USPO Duplex Postmark Groton CT
			Launching

No. 10 envelope, Cachet by the Dynamic Philatelic Society

 

N/A		N/A	1964-12-05 USPO Machine Cancel Groton CT
			Launching

Cachet by the Dynamic Philatelic Society

 

N/A		N/A	1964-12-05 USPO Duplex Postmark Groton CT
			Launching

Cachet by the Dynamic Philatelic Society

 

N/A		N/A	1965-10-22 USPO Slogan Machine Cancel Groton CT
			Commissioning

Cachet by Morris W. Beck

 

N/A		N/A	1965-10-22 USPO Machine Cancel New London CT
			Commissioning

Cachet by the Dynamic Philatelic Society

 

N/A		N/A	1965-10-22 USPO CDS New London CT
			Commissioning

Cachet by the Dynamic Philatelic Society

 

N/A		N/A	1965-12-06 Locy Type 2(n+)(USS) USS Observation Island EAG-154
			1st Polaris Firing - Gold Crew

Cachet by Morris W. Beck

 

N/A		N/A	1965-12-06 USPO Machine Cancel Patrick AFB FL
			1st Polaris Firing - Gold Crew

Rubber stamp cachet

 

N/A		N/A	1965-12-06 USPO Machine Cancel Patrick AFB FL
			1st Polaris Firing - Gold Crew

Rubber stamp cachet

 

N/A		N/A	1965-12-20 Locy Type 2(n+)(USS) USS Observation Island EAG-154
			1st Polaris Firing - Blue Crew

Cachet by Morris W. Beck

 

N/A		N/A	1965-12-20 Locy Type 2(n+)(USS) USS Observation Island EAG-154
			1st Polaris Firing - Blue Crew

Stamped cachet

 

N/A		N/A	1965-12-20 Locy Type 2(n+)(USS) USS Observation Island EAG-154
			1st Polaris Firing - Blue Crew

Stamped cachet

 

N/A		N/A	1966-09-12 USPO 4-bar "Navy Terminal Sta." Honolulu HI
			1st Patrol - Gold Crew

Official ships cachet

 

N/A		N/A	1967-10-16 USPO 4-bar "Navy Terminal Sta." Honolulu HI
			Collectors Request

Official ships cachet

 

N/A		N/A	1972-06-16 USPS Machine Cancel Patrick AFB FL
			Poseidon Launch

Stamped cachet

 

N/A		N/A	1979-03-11 USPS Machine Cancel Fort Lauderdale FL
			Port Visit

Cachet by George H. Wilson

 

N/A		N/A	1980-10-22 USPS 4-bar Groton CT
			15th Anniversary

Cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

N/A		N/A	1981-11-16 USPS 4-bar Patrick AFB FL
			Trident C-4 Launch (TERMINATED)

Stamped cachet

 

N/A		N/A	1985-10-22 USPS 4-bar Groton CT
			20th Anniversary

Cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

N/A		N/A	1989-07-24 USPS Slogan Machine Cancel Charleston SC
			Collectors request

Ships official cachet

 

N/A		N/A	1993-11-23 USPS Type 9 Mare Island CA
			Official Business

Registered mail

 

N/A		N/A	1994-10-18 USPS Type 9 "Naval Base Sta." Bremerton WA
			Scrapping process started.

Scrapping program is started for the USS Swordfish SSN-579, USS Seadragon SSN-584, USS Sturgeon SSN-637, USS Francis Scott Key SSBN-657 and USS Benjamin Franklin SSBN-640 at the Puget Sound Navy Yard Bremerton WA.
Cachet by Tom Armstrong

 

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