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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	1965-03-20 USPO Machine Cancel Groton CT
			Keel Laying

Cachet by Morris W. Beck

 

N/A		N/A	1966-07-21 USPO Slogan Machine Cancel "Borough Sta." Groton CT
			Launching

Cachet by Dynamic Philatelic Society

 

N/A		N/A	1966-07-21 USPO Slogan Machine Cancel "Borough Sta." Groton CT
			Launching

Cachet by Dynamic Philatelic Society. Signed by the ships sponsor, Mrs. Hubert H. (Muriel) Humphrey.

 

N/A		N/A	1967-04-01 USPO Machine Cancel New London CT
			Commissioning

Cachet by Dynamic Philatelic Society.

 

N/A		N/A	1967-04-11 USPO Slogan Machine Cancel "Submarine Base Sta." Groton CT
			Collectors request

Official Ships cachet

 

N/A		N/A	1967-07-31 USPO Machine Cancel Cape Canaveral FL
			Missile Launch (Gold)

Official Ships cachet

 

N/A		N/A	1967-08-01 USPO Machine Cancel Cape Canaveral FL
			Missile Launch (Gold)

Cachet by R. Bob Whitney

 

N/A		N/A	1974-05-15 USPS Pictorial Machine Cancel Kennedy Space Center FL
			Poseidon Launch (Gold)

Cachet by R. Bob Whitney

 

N/A		N/A	1977-04-10 USPS Slogan Machine Cancel Fort Lauderdale FL
			Port Visit

Official ships cachet. "Port Everglades" marking by George H. Wilson

 

N/A		N/A	1982-04-01 USPS 4-bar "Submarine Base Sta." New Haven CT
			15th Anniversary

Cachet by Robert D. Rawlins, sponsored by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

N/A		N/A	1987-07-17 Locy Types 2t(nu)(USS) & 9-1(nu) USS Fulton AS-11
			Change of Command

Cachet by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

N/A		N/A	1988-04-01 USPS Machine Cancel New Haven CT
			21st Anniversary

Official ships cachet. Additional cachet by Gary R. Rogak

 

N/A		N/A	1988-10-20 Locy Types 2t(nu)(USS) USS Fulton AS-11
			Change of Command (Blue)

Cachet by Robert D. Rawlins, sponsored by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

N/A		N/A	1989-04-01 USPS 4-bar Groton CT
			22nd Anniversary

Cachet by Gary R. Rogak

 

N/A		N/A	1989-05-18 USPS Machine cancel New Haven CT
			Collectors request

Official ships cachet

 

N/A		N/A	1992-10-17 USPS Type 9 "Naval Base Branch" Bremerton WA
			Scrapping program is started.

Scrapping program is started for the USS Alexander Hamilton SSBN-617, USS Henry L. Stimson SSBN-655, USS George Washington Carver SSBN-656
and USS Will Rogers SSBN-659 at the Puget Sound Navy Yard Bremerton WA
Cover by Tom Armstrong

 

N/A		N/A	1992-10-23 USPS 4-bar Silverdale, Bangor, WA
			Inactivation Ceremony

Cachet by Tom Armstrong

 

N/A		N/A	1992-10-23 USPS 4-bar Silverdale, Bangor, WA
			Inactivation Ceremony

Cachet by Tom Armstrong, Signed by the Commanding Officer.

 

N/A		N/A	1992-10-23 Locy Type Meter OFR2 (#520280) ZIP 96629 USS Carl Vinson CVN-70
			Inactivation Ceremony

Cachet by Tom Armstrong,

 

N/A		N/A	1992-11-04 USPS Type 9 "Naval Base Branch" Bremerton WA
			At Puget Sound Navy Yard

USS Will Rogers SSBN-659 at the Puget Sound Navy Yard Bremerton WA.
Cover is postmarked from the USS Carl Vinson CVN-70 (Official meter), USS California CGN-36 T-2, USS Texas CGN-39 T-2.
Cover by Tom Armstrong

 

N/A		N/A	1993-04-01 USPS Type 9 "Naval Base Station" Bremerton WA
			26th Anniversary

USS Will Rogers SSBN-659 celebrates her 26th Anniversary at the Puget Sound Navy Yard Bremerton WA.
Cover by Tom Armstrong

 

N/A		N/A	1993-04-12 USPS Type 9 "Naval Base Branch" Bremerton WA
			Decommissioned

USS Will Rogers SSBN-659 is Decommissioned at the Puget Sound Navy Yard Bremerton WA. The cover is autographed by the Commanding Officer.
Cover by Tom Armstrong

 

N/A		N/A	1993-04-12 Official PB Meter USS Carl Vinson CVN-70
			Decommissioned

USS Will Rogers SSBN-659 is Decommissioned at the Puget Sound Navy Yard Bremerton WA. Also postmarked at "Naval Base Branch", Bremerton WA
Cover by Tom Armstrong

 

N/A		N/A	1993-04-12 Official PB Meter USS Carl Vinson CVN-70
			Decommissioned

Back of the previous cover. USS Will Rogers SSBN-659 Official Ship Cachet, Puget Sound Navy Yard marking in green, a "Will Rogers Memorial" meter strip from Claremore OK
and another USS Carl Vinson meter strip completes the cover.
Cover by Tom Armstrong

 

N/A		N/A	1993-04-12 USPS Type 9 "Naval Base Station" Bremerton WA
			Decommissioning Ceremony Booklet

Serviced by Tom Armstrong,

 

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