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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

		No Image	1960-09-24 USPO Slogan Machine Cancel "Pray for Peace" Newport News VA
			Ship Christening

Note: Cachet Maker: Dan Lowry. Contributed by Jennifer Hoffman.

No Image			1961-11-25 Locy Type 2(n) (USS,"CVA(N)") (USCS Illustration E-33a)
			Ship Commissioning

Note: Cachet Maker: William F Luckett

			1961-11-25 Locy Type 2(n) (USS,"CVA(N)") (USCS Illustration E-33a)
			Delivery to the Navy

Notes:

No Image			1962-04-14 Locy Type 2(n) (USS,"CVA(N)") (USCS Illustration E-33a)
			Presidential Cruise

Note:

			1962-05-24 Locy Type 2(n) USCS Catalog Illustration E-33a
			Project Mercury Recovery

Note: Recovery of Astronaut Scott Carpenter

			1962-07-31 Locy Type 7qt(nu) (USS,"CVA(N)")
			Category

Note:

			1962-09-22 Locy Type 2(n) (USS,"CVA(N)") (USCS Illustration E-33a)
			Category

Note:

			1962-10-27 Locy Type F (USCS Illustration E-33) NAVY / DAY
			Category

Note:

			1962-10-27 Locy Type F (USCS Illustration E-33) NAVY / DAY
			Navy Day

Notes: Cachet Maker: Morris W Beck.

			1963-05-23 Locy Type 2(n) (USS,"CVA(N)") (USCS Illustration E-33a)
			Category

Note: Cachet Maker: Howard Tiffner

			1964-02-08 Locy Type 7qt(nu) (CVA(N))
			Farewell to Norfolk

Nicholson Cachet

			1964-05-31 Locy Type 7qt(nu) (USS,"CVA(N)")
			1st Nuclear Task Force: USS Enterprise CVN-65 USS Long Beach CGN-9 USS Bainbridge DLGN-25

Note: Cachet Maker: Nuclear Ships Chapter 61, USCS

			1964-10-02 Locy Type 7qt(nu) (CVA(N))
			Round the World Cruise 1964

Note:

			1966-11-25 Locy Type 2(n) USCS Catalog Illustration E-33b
			Ship's Fifth Birthday

Note:

			1967-03-04 Locy Type 2(n) USCS Catalog Illustration E-33b
			Category

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			1971-11-25 Locy Type 2t(nu) (USS,CVA(N))
			Ship's Tenth Birthday

Note:

			1978-07-29 Locy Type 2-1n+ ("CNV")
			Ship's Crest

Note:

			1985-11-11 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (D2,USS)
			Veteran's Day

Note: Cachet Maker: Ralph G Wilson

			1987-07-30 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (D2,USS)
			Fleet Week 1987

Note:

No Image			1989-08-10 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS)
			Category

Notes:

			1997-08-12 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS)
			Ship's Crest

Note:

No Image			1998-10-27 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS,USN)
			Navy Day 1998

Rogak Cachet

No Image			2005-11-30 Locy Type 2-2n+ (USS, FPO AE 09543-2810)
			Category

Notes: Notice the postage stamp is custom-created and shows the USS Enterprise.

No Image			2006-05-20 Locy Type 2-2n+ (USS, FPO AE 09543-2810)
			Ship Commemorative - USS Oriskany CVA-34

Notes: Cachet Maker: Douglas Ebert.
Cachet commemorates the sinking of the USS Oriskany CV-34 off the Florida coast in order to create an artificial reef.
Contributed by Douglas Ebert.

No Image			2006-11-25 USPS Pictorial The Big "E" Station Norfolk VA
			45th Anniversary

Note: Cachet Maker: Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

N/A			2011-08-17 Locy Type F CD-11 Centennial of Naval Aviation
			Change of Command

Cachet Maker: Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

N/A			2012-12-01 Locy Type 11-2n+ (USS, FPO AE 09543-2810)
			Inactivation Ceremony

Cachet by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

N/A			2012-12-01 Locy Type 12-2cn+ (USS, FPO AE 09543-2810)
			Inactivation Ceremony

Cachet by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

N/A			2012-12-01 Locy Type F
			Incorrectly listed as Decommissioning

Cachet by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

N/A			2012-12-01 Locy Type F
			Inactivation Ceremony

Cachet by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

N/A			2012-12-01 USPS Pictorial "Decommissioning Ceremony Sta." Norfolk VA
			Incorrectly listed as Decommissioning

Cachet by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

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