GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER SSBN 656 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 |
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N/A |
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N/A |
1964-06-15 |
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Keel Laying |
Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson
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N/A |
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N/A |
1964-06-15 |
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Keel Laying |
Cachet by Morris W. Beck
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N/A |
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N/A |
1965-08-14 |
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Launching |
Cachet by Morris W. Beck
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N/A |
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N/A |
1965-08-14 |
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Launching |
Cachet by Morris W. Beck with shipyard cachet added to the cover.
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N/A |
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N/A |
1966-06-15 |
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Commissioning |
Rubber stamp cachet
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N/A |
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N/A |
1966-09-02 |
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Polaris Missile Test (Blue) |
Rubber stamp cachet by R. Bob Whitney. Cover is marked "Gold Crew" but the testing was actually by the "Blue Crew".
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N/A |
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N/A |
1966-09-02 |
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Polaris Missile Test (Blue) |
Rubber stamp cachet by R. Bob Whitney.
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N/A |
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1966-09-02 |
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Polaris Missile Test (Blue) |
Rubber stamp cachet by R. Bob Whitney.
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N/A |
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N/A |
1966-11-26 |
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Welcome to Norfolk |
Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson
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N/A |
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N/A |
1970-10-27 |
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Collectors request / Navy Day |
Official ships cachet
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N/A |
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N/A |
1981-06-15 |
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15th Anniversary |
Cachet by Robert D. Rawlins, sponsored by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS
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N/A |
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N/A |
1986-06-15 |
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20th Anniversary |
Cachet by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS
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N/A |
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N/A |
1986-06-15 |
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20th Anniversary |
Cachet by Alton M. (Budd) Arrington
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N/A |
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N/A |
USPS Type 9 |
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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.
Cachet by Tom Armstrong
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