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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	1962-08-18 USPO Machine Cancel Groton CT
			Launching

Cachet by the Dynamic Philatelic Society. Scheduled launch of 4 August 1962 delayed due to strike. Rescheduled for 18 August 1962.

 

N/A		N/A	1962-08-18 USPO Machine Cancel Groton CT
			Launching

Cachet by Morris W. Beck.

 

N/A		N/A	1962-08-18 USPO Machine Cancel Groton CT
			Launching

Rubber stamp cachet. From the Neal J. Mills collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1963-06-27 USPO Duplex Groton CT
			Commissioning

Cachet by Morris W. Beck.

 

N/A		N/A	1963-06-27 USPO Machine Cancel Groton CT
			Commissioning

Cachet by Morris W. Beck.

 

N/A		N/A	1963-06-27 USPO Machine Cancel Groton CT
			Commissioning

Cachet by the Dynamic Philatelic Society.

 

N/A		N/A	1963-06-27 USPO Slogan Machine Cancel "Submarine Base Sta." Groton CT
			Commissioning

Rubber Stamp Cachet

 

N/A		N/A	1963-06-27 USPO Slogan Machine Cancel "Submarine Base Sta." Groton CT
			Commissioning

Ships Cachet. From the Neal J. Mills collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1963-07-20 Locy Type 2(n) (USS) USS Lawrence DDG-4
			Welcome to Norfolk

Ships Cachet. From the Neal J. Mills collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1963-08-10 USPO Machine Cancel Cocoa Beach FL
			1st Missile Firing - Blue

Ships Cachet. From the Neal J. Mills collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1963-09-19 USPO Slogan Machine Cancel New London CT
			1st Missile Firing - Gold

Ships Cachet. From the Neal J. Mills collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1964-05-12 Locy Type 2(n+) USS Holland AS-32
			1st Polaris Patrol (Blue)

Rubber Stamp Cachet

 

N/A		N/A	1964-06-29 USPO Slogan Machine Cancel Charleston SC
			1st Anniversary

Ships Cachet. From the Neal J. Mills collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1964-08-03 Locy Type 2(n+) USS Holland AS-32
			1st Polaris Patrol - Gold

Ships Cachet. From the Neal J. Mills collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1964-08-03 Locy Type 2(n+) USS Holland AS-32
			1st Polaris Patrol - Gold

Cachet by George H. Goldey (Goldcraft Cachets). From the Neal J. Mills collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1967-01-12 USPO Slogan Machine Cancel Charleston SC
			Collectors request

Rubber Stamp Cachet

 

N/A		N/A	1968-09-10 USPO Machine Cancel Cape Canaveral FL
			Test Fires A-2 Polaris - Blue

Cacheted. From the Neal J. Mills collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1968-09-11 USPO Machine Cancel Patrick AFB FL
			Collectors Request

Ships cachet. From the Neal J. Mills collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1968-09-26 USPO Machine Cancel Cape Canaveral FL
			Test Fires A-2 Polaris - Gold

Cacheted. From the Neal J. Mills collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1975-05-28 USPO Machine Cancel Patrick AFB FL
			Test Fires Poseidon C-3

Cachet by George H. Goldey (Goldcraft Cachets). From the Neal J. Mills collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1983-06-27 USPS CDS "Submarine Base Br." Groton CT
			20th Anniversary of Commissioning

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

 

N/A		N/A	1992-10-17 USPS Type 9 "Naval Base Sta." Bremerton WA
			Scrapping

Cachet by Tom Armstrong. 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.

 

N/A		N/A	1993-02-23 USPS Type 9 "Naval Base Sta." Bremerton WA Locy Type 2-1n USS Texas CGN-39
			Decommissioning

Cachet by Tom Armstrong.

 

N/A		N/A	1993-02-23 Locy Type Meter USS Carl Vinson CVN-70
			Decommissioning

Cachet by Tom Armstrong.

 

N/A		N/A	2013-05-27 USPS 4-bar Norfolk VA
			50th Anniversary

Cachet by Leonhard Venne

 

N/A		N/A	C 1962
			Christening postcard

From the David Kent collection.

 

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