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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	1960-09-24 USPO Slogan Machine Cancel "Pray for Peace" Newport News VA
			Ship Christening

Cachet by Dan Lowry. Contributed by Jennifer Hoffman.

No Image			1961-11-25 Locy Type FDC 2(n) (USS,"CVA(N)") USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. E-33a
			Ship Commissioning

Cachet by William F Luckett

			1961-11-25 Locy Type FDC 2(n) (USS,"CVA(N)") USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. E-33a
			Delivery to the Navy/Commissioning

Note:

N/A			1961-11-25 Locy Type FDC 2(n) (USS,"CVA(N)") USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. E-33a
			Commissioning

Statistics card

N/A		N/A	1961-11-25 Locy Type FDC 2(n) (USS,"CVA(N)") USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. E-33a
			Commissioning

Note:

N/A			1961-11-25 Locy Type FDC 2(n) (USS,"CVA(N)") USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. E-33a
			Commissioning

Cachet by Joachim Dill

N/A		N/A	1962-02-20 Locy Type 2(n) (USS,"CVA(N)") USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. E-33a
			Project Mercury

Stamped Cachets

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

Note:

N/A		N/A	1962-04-14 Locy Type 2(n) (USS,"CVA(N)") USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. E-33a
			Presidential Cruise

Note:

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

Note: Recovery of Astronaut Scott Carpenter

N/A		N/A	1962-07-04 Locy Type 2(n) (USS,"CVA(N)") USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. E-33a
			Independence Day

Cachet by Morris W. Beck

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

Note:

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

Note:

			1962-10-27 Locy Type F "NAVY / DAY" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. E-33
			Category

Note:

			1962-10-27 Locy Type F "NAVY / DAY" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. E-33
			Navy Day

Cachet by Morris W Beck.

N/A		N/A	1962-11-20 Locy Type 2(n) (USS,"CVA(N)") USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. E-33a
			Quarantine of Cuba

Stamped Cachet

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

Cachet by Howard Tiffner

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

Cachet by Taz Nicholson

N/A		N/A	1964-02-08 Locy Type 7qt(nu)(CVA(N)) Locy Type 2(n)(USS,"CVA(N)") USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. E-33a
			Farewell to Norfolk

Cachet by Taz Nicholson

			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

Cachet by the Nuclear Ships Chapter 61, USCS

N/A		N/A	1964-09-09 Locy Type 2(n)(USS,"CVA(N)") USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. E-33a
			Round the World Cruise 1964

Stamped cachet

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

Note:

N/A		N/A	1965-11-21 Locy Type 2(n)(USS,"CVA(N)") USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. E-33a
			Joins the Pacific Fleet

Printed cachet

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

Note:

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

Note:

N/A		N/A	1968-01-19 Japanese Hand Cancel Sasebo Japan
			Port Visit

Note:

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

Note:

N/A		N/A	1971-11-25 USPS Machine Cancel Newport News VA
			Ship's Tenth Birthday

Cachet by Bernhard M. Vesper, sponsored by the Nuclear Ships Chapter No. 61, USCS

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

Note:

N/A			1983-12-07 Locy Type 2-1(n+)(B,D1,USN,USS)
			Pearl Harbor Day

Cachet by Duane Rosendale

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

Cachet by 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)
			Official Business

Notes:

			1997-08-12 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS)
			Collectors request

Official ships cachet

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

Cachet by Gary R. Rogak

N/A		N/A	2005-02-14 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS,USN)
			Valentines Day

Cachet by Taze Nicholson Chapter No. 104, USCS

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

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

Cachet by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

No Image			2006-11-25 Locy Type 2-2n+(USS,FPO AE 09543-2810)
			45th Anniversary

Cachet by the Taze Nicholson Chapter No. 104, USCS

N/A			2011-08-17 Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-11
			Change of Command

Cachet by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

N/A		N/A	2011-11-25 Locy Type F
			50th Anniversary

Cachet by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

N/A		N/A	2011-11-25 Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-11
			50th Anniversary

Cachet by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

No Image			2011-11-25 Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-11
			50th Anniversary

Cachet by Michael Hebert (Mh Cachets)

N/A			2012-11-30 Locy Type LDPS 13-2n+ (USS, FPO AE 09543-2810)
			Last Day of Postal Service

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

Cachet by Richard Hall

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

Cachet by Michael Hebert (Mh Cachets)

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

N/A		N/A	2014-04-25 USPS FDOI "First Day of Issue" San Francisco CA
			First Day of Issue for this stamp

Cachet by -

N/A		N/A	2017-01-01 Locy Type 11-2n+ (USS,FPO AE 09543-2810) Locy Type 12-2cn+ (USS,FPO AE 09543-2810)
			New Years Day

Cachet by Ronald Reeves

N/A		N/A	2017-02-03 Locy Type 11-2n+ (USS,FPO AE 09543-2810) Locy Type 12-2cn+ (USS,FPO AE 09543-2810)
			Decommissioning

Cachet by Ronald Reeves

N/A		N/A	2017-02-03 Locy Type F
			Decommissioning

Cachet by Ronald Reeves

N/A		N/A	2017-02-03 USPS Pictorial Postmark "Decommissioning Station" Newport News VA
			Decommissioning

Cachet by Donald Lawson

N/A		N/A	2017-02-03 USPS Pictorial Postmark "Decommissioning Station" Newport News VA
			Decommissioning

Cachet by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

N/A		N/A	2017-02-03 USPS Pictorial Postmark "Decommissioning Station" Newport News VA
			Decommissioning

Cachet by John Lyding

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