FRANCIS SCOTT KEY SSBN 657 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	1964-12-05 USPO Machine Cancel Groton CT
			Keel Laying

Cachet by Morris W. Beck

 

N/A		N/A	1965-04-23 USPO Machine Cancel Groton CT
			Launching

Cachet by Morris W. Beck

 

N/A		N/A	1966-04-23 USPO Slogan Machine Cancel "Submarine Base Sta." Groton CT
			Collectors request

Official ships cachet, signed by F.W. Graham, Captain, USN

 

N/A		N/A	1966-12-03 USPO Machine Cancel New London CT
			Commissioning

Cachet by the Dynamic Philatelic Society

 

N/A		N/A	1967-04-03 USPO Machine Cancel Cape Canaveral FL
			Polaris Missile Firing (Blue)

Cachet by R. Bob Whitney

 

N/A		N/A	1967-04-04 USPO Machine Cancel Cape Canaveral FL
			Polaris Missile Firing (Blue)

Cachet by R. Bob Whitney

 

N/A		N/A	1967-10-02 USPO Slogan Machine Cancel "Submarine Base Sta." Groton CT
			Collectors request

Official ships cachet.

 

N/A		N/A	1967-09-16 USPO Machine Cancel Cape Canaveral FL
			Poseidon Missile Firing (Gold)

Cachet by R. Bob Whitney

 

N/A		N/A	1979-04-10 USPS 4-bar Cape Canaveral FL
			Trident Missile Firing TERMINATED

Cachet by R. Bob Whitney

 

N/A		N/A	1979-06-09 USPS 4-bar Patrick AFB FL
			Trident Missile Firing

Cachet by R. Bob Whitney

 

N/A		N/A	1979-06-20 USPS 4-bar Patrick AFB FL
			Trident Missile Firing

Cachet by R. Bob Whitney

 

N/A		N/A	1979-07-15 USPS 4-bar Patrick AFB FL
			Trident Missile Firing

Cachet by R. Bob Whitney

 

N/A		N/A	1979-07-16 USPS Machine Cancel Orlando FL
			Trident Missile Firing

Cachet by R. Bob Whitney

 

N/A		N/A	1979-07-23 USPS 4-bar Patrick AFB FL
			Trident Missile Firing

Cachet by R. Bob Whitney

 

N/A		N/A	1979-07-23 USPS Machine Cancel Patrick AFB FL
			Trident Missile Firing

Cachet by R. Bob Whitney

 

N/A		N/A	1979-07-31 USPS 4-bar Patrick AFB FL
			Trident Missile Firing x2

Cachet by R. Bob Whitney

 

N/A		N/A	1979-07-31 USPS Machine Cancel Patrick AFB FL
			Trident Missile Firing x2

Cachet by R. Bob Whitney

 

N/A		N/A	1979-08-29 USPS 4-bar Patrick AFB FL
			Trident Missile Firing

Cachet by R. Bob Whitney

 

N/A		N/A	1979-08-29 USPS Machine Cancel Patrick AFB FL
			Trident Missile Firing

Cachet by R. Bob Whitney

 

N/A		N/A	1979-08-29 USPS 4-bar Cape Canaveral FL
			Trident Missile Firing

Cachet by R. Bob Whitney

 

N/A		N/A	1979-08-29 USPS Machine Cancel Cape Canaveral FL
			Trident Missile Firing

Cachet by R. Bob Whitney

 

N/A		N/A	1994-10-18 USPS Type 9 "Naval Base Branch" Bremerton WA
			Scrapping program is 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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