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
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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

1965-10-22
USPO Slogan Machine Cancel
Groton CT

Commissioning

Rubber stamp cachet


 

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

1972-06-16
USPS Pictorial Machine Cancel
Kennedy Space Center FL

Poseidon Launch

Stamped cachet


 

N/A

N/A

1972-06-16
USPS CDS
Kennedy Space Center FL

Poseidon Launch

Stamped cachet


 

N/A

N/A

1972-06-17
USPS 4-bar
Patrick AFB FL

Poseidon Launch (06/16/72)

Stamped cachet


 

N/A

N/A

1972-06-17
USPS Machine Cancel
Cape Canaveral FL

Poseidon Launch (06/16/72)

Stamped cachet


 

N/A

N/A

1972-06-17
USPS 4-bar
Cape Canaveral FL

Poseidon Launch (06/16/72)

Stamped cachet


 

N/A

1975-10-22
USPS Slogan Machine Cancel
Groton CT

10th Anniversary

Cachet by the Rear Admiral Byrd Chapter No. 11, USCS


 

N/A

N/A

1977-03-03
USPS Pictorial
"B Free Franklin Sta."
Philadelphia PA

Stamp issue

Cachet by Alton M. (Budd) Arrington


 

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

1981-11-15
USPS CDS
Cape Canaveral FL

Trident Launch (TERMINATED)

Stamped cachet


 

N/A

N/A

1981-11-16
USPS 4-bar
Patrick AFB FL

Trident C-4 Launch (TERMINATED)

Stamped cachet


 

N/A

N/A

1981-11-16
USPS Machine Cancel
Patrick AFB FL

Trident C-4 Launch (TERMINATED)

Stamped cachet


 

N/A

N/A

1985-10-16
Locy 2-1(n)(USS)
USS South Carolina CGN-37

Welcome to Norfolk

Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson


 

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

1985-10-22
USPS CDS
"Submarine Base Br."
Groton CT

20th Anniversary

Masonic cachet by Frank Cochrane III


 

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

1993-11-23
USPS Pictorial
Mare Island CA

Inactivation

Cachet by Robert D. Rawlins, sponsored by the USS Saginaw Chapter No. 59, USCS


 

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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