Cachet Maker Richard F Hoffner Page 2

Cachets should be listed in chronological order based on earliest known usage. Use the postmark date or best guess.
This applies to add-on cachets as well.

See Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS for more of Rich Hoffner's work. He has been the Cachet Director of Chapter No. 4 since 1980.

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			1976-04-24 Locy Type 2 USS Joseph Hewes FF-1078
			5th Anniversary

Hoffner #H078
Stephen Decatur Chapter No.4, USCS

 

			1976-07-06 Locy Type 2 USS Francis Marion LPA-249
			15th Anniversary

Hoffner #H084
Stephen Decatur Chapter No.4, USCS

 

			1976-09-03 Locy Type 2 USS Shenandoah AD-26
			Mars Landing Today - Viking 2

Hoffner #H089
Stephen Decatur Chapter No.4, USCS

 

			1976-11-22 Locy Type 2 USS WILLIAM M WOOD DD-715
			Last Day of Postal Service

Hoffner #H093
Stephen Decatur Chapter No.4, USCS

 

			1977-04-08 Locy Type 2 USS Harlan County LST-1196
			5th Anniversary

Hoffner #H100
Stephen Decatur Chapter No.4, USCS

 

			1977-05-02 Locy Type 2 USS Dwight D. Eisenhower CVN-69
			First Day of Postal Service

Hoffner #H103
Stephen Decatur Chapter No.4, USCS

 

			1977-06-19 Locy Type 2 USS Texas CGN-39
			First Day of Postal Service

Hoffner #H105
Stephen Decatur Chapter No.4, USCS

 

			1977-06-23 Locy Type 2 USS Texas CGN-39
			Sea Trials

Hoffner #H106
Stephen Decatur Chapter No.4, USCS

 

			1977-06-25 USPS Slogan Machine cancel "USS Philadelphia / SSN 690 / Commissioned" Groton, CT USS Philadelphia SSN-690
			Commissioning

Hoffner #H107
Stephen Decatur Chapter No.4, USCS

 

			1977-06-25 USPS Slogan Machine cancel "USS Philadelphia / SSN 690 / Commissioned" Groton, CT USS Philadelphia SSN-690
			Commissioning

Hoffner #H108
Stephen Decatur Chapter No.4, USCS

 

			1977-08-01 Locy Type 2 USS Dwight D. Eisenhower CVN-69
			Sea Trials

Hoffner #H114
Stephen Decatur Chapter No.4, USCS

 

			1977-09-10 Locy Type 2 USS Texas CGN-39
			Commissioning

Hoffner #H116
Stephen Decatur Chapter No.4, USCS

 

			1977-11-04 Locy Type 2 USS William V. Pratt DDG-44
			16th Anniversary

Hoffner #H119
Stephen Decatur Chapter No.4, USCS

 

		N/A	1978-05-15 Locy Type 2 USS Mississippi CGN-40
			First Day of Postal Service

Hoffner #H124
Stephen Decatur Chapter No.4, USCS

 

			1978-06-12 Locy Type 2 USS Mississippi CGN-40
			Sea Trials

Hoffner #H126
Stephen Decatur Chapter No.4, USCS

 

			1978-08-05 Locy Type 2 USS Mississippi CGN-40
			Commissioning

Hoffner #H129
Stephen Decatur Chapter No.4, USCS

 

		N/A	1978-08-05 Locy Type 2 USS Mississippi CGN-40
			Commissioning

Hoffner #H130
Stephen Decatur Chapter No.4, USCS

 

			1978-08-17 USPS Machine postmark Newport News, VA USS Atlanta SSN-712
			Keel Laying

Hoffner #H131
Stephen Decatur Chapter No.4, USCS

 

			1978-09-23 Locy Type 2 USS Belleau Wood LHA-3
			Commissioning

Hoffner #H132
Stephen Decatur Chapter No.4, USCS

 

			1978-09-23 Locy Type 2 USS Belleau Wood LHA-3
			Commissioning

Hoffner #H133
Stephen Decatur Chapter No.4, USCS

 

			1978-10-14 Locy Type 9 USS Conolly DD-979
			Commissioning

Hoffner #H135
Stephen Decatur Chapter No.4, USCS

 

			1978-10-14 Locy Type 2 USS Conolly DD-979
			Commissioning

Hoffner #H136
Stephen Decatur Chapter No.4, USCS

 

			1978-10-14 Locy Type 2 USS Conolly DD-979
			Commissioning

Hoffner #H137
Stephen Decatur Chapter No.4, USCS

 

			1978-10-14 Locy Type 2 USS Conolly DD-979
			Commissioning

Hoffner #H138
Stephen Decatur Chapter No.4, USCS

 

			1978-10-21 Locy Type 9 USS McCloy FF-1038
			15th Anniversary

Hoffner #H139
Stephen Decatur Chapter No.4, USCS

 

			1978-10-21 USPS Slogan Machine postmark "Christening of / The U.S.S. / Arkansas" Newport News, VA USS Arkansas CGN-41
			Christening

Hoffner #H140
Stephen Decatur Chapter No.4, USCS

 

			1978-10-14 Locy Type 9 USS McCloy FF-1038
			Launching USS George Philip FFG-12

Hoffner #H144
Stephen Decatur Chapter No.4, USCS

 

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