Cachet Maker USCS Chapter 59 USS Saginaw

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.

 

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 Ship --------- Category

 

			1960-10-08 USPO Slogan Machine cancel "Mare Island Station" Vallejo, CA
			Launching - USS Scamp SSN-588

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N/A		N/A	1964-07-07 USPO 1-bar cancel Mare Island CA
			Keel Laying - USS Mariano G. Vallejo SSBN-658

Cachet #7

 

		No Image	1965-01-16
			Ship Launching - USS Kamehameha SSN-642

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			1965-10-23 USPO 1-bar cancel Mare Island CA
			Launching - USS Mariano G. Vallejo SSBN-658

Cachet #7

 

			1965-12-10 USPO 1-bar cancel Mare Island CA
			Commissioning - USS Kamehameha SSBN-642

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N/A		N/A	1966-12-16 USPO 1-bar cancel Mare Island CA
			Commissioning - USS Mariano G. Vallejo SSBN-658

Cachet #11

 

			1967-05-20 USPO 1-bar cancel Mare Island CA
			Launching - USS Gurnard SSN-662

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N/A		N/A	1968-07-27 USPO 1-bar cancel Mare Island CA
			Launching - USS Guitarro SSN-665

Cachet #15

 

			1968-08-20 USPO 1-bar cancel Mare Island CA
			Keel Laying - USS Drum SSN-677

Cachet #16

 

			1968-12-06 USPO 1-bar cancel Mare Island CA
			Commissioning - USS Gurnard SSN-662

Cachet #18

 

			1969-04-12 USPO 1-bar cancel Mare Island CA
			Launching - USS Hawkbill SSN-666

Cachet #19

 

			1969-08-16 USPO 1-bar cancel Mare Island CA
			Launching - USS Pintado SSN-672

Cachet #21

 

		No Image	1969-12-20 USPO Machine Cancel Tacoma WA
			Ship Launching - USS Benicia PG-96

Cachet #22

 

			1970-05-23 USPO 1-bar cancel Mare Island CA
			Launching - USS Drum SSN-677

Cachet #23

 

			1972-09-09 USPO 1-bar cancel Mare Island CA
			Commissioning - USS Guitarro SSN-665

Cachet #27. Contributed by Jennifer Hoffman.

 

No Image			1973-06-23 USPS Pictorial "USCS Convention Station" Madison, WI
			40th Anniversary - USS Macon ZRS-5

Note: 17th USCS Convention

N/A		N/A	1979-04-09 USPO 4-bar "Submarine Base Station" Groton, CT
			USS Nautilus SSN 571 - Changing Homeport

USS Saginaw Chapter No. 59, USCS

N/A		N/A	1979-04-16 Locy Type 2 "FPO 09593" Guantanamo Bay Cuba
			USS Nautilus SSN 571 - Changing Homeport

USS Saginaw Chapter No. 59, USCS

N/A		N/A	1979-04-25 Colombia CDS Cartagena Colombia
			USS Nautilus SSN 571 - Changing Homeport

USS Saginaw Chapter No. 59, USCS

N/A		N/A	1979-04-30 Canal Zone Paquebot Duplex Balboa Canal Zone
			USS Nautilus SSN 571 - Changing Homeport

USS Saginaw Chapter No. 59, USCS

N/A		N/A	1979-05-14 Locy Type 2 USS Dixon AS 37 San Diego CA
			USS Nautilus SSN 571 - Changing Homeport

USS Saginaw Chapter No. 59, USCS

N/A		N/A	1979-05-24 USPO Type 9 "Naval Air Station Br." Alameda CA
			USS Nautilus SSN 571 - Changing Homeport

USS Saginaw Chapter No. 59, USCS

N/A		N/A	1979-05-25 USPO 1-bar Mare Island CA
			USS Nautilus SSN 571 - Changing Homeport

USS Saginaw Chapter No. 59, USCS

 

N/A		N/A	1981-01-04 USPO 1-bar cancel Mare Island CA
			10th Anniversary - USS Hawkbill SSN-666

Cachet #38. Cachet Artist - Robert D. Rawlins

 

N/A		N/A	1981-12-16 USPO 1-bar cancel Mare Island CA
			15th Anniversary of Commissioning - USS Mariano G. Vallejo SSBN-658

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N/A		N/A	1982-05-29 USPO 1-bar cancel Mare Island CA
			20th Anniversary - USS Permit SSN-594

Cachet #44. Cachet Artist - Robert D. Rawlins

 

N/A		N/A	1982-11-21 USPO 1-bar cancel Mare Island CA
			20th Anniversary - USS Plunger SSN-595

Cachet #46. Cachet Artist - Robert D. Rawlins

 

			1983-10-01 USPO 1-bar cancel Mare Island CA
			Ship Birthday - USS Sargo SSN-583

Cachet #48. Cachet by Robert D. Rawlins and sponsored by the USS Saginaw Chapter No. 59, USCS.

 

N/A		N/A	1985-02-13 USPS 1-bar cancel Mare Island CA
			Overhaul Complete - USS Flasher SSN-613

Cachet #53. Cachet by Mike Benedicto and sponsored by the USS Saginaw Chapter No. 59, USCS.

 

N/A		N/A	1985-03-10 USPS 4-bar cancel Minneapolis MN
			1st Anniversary - USS Minneapolis-St. Paul SSN-708

Cachet #54. Cachet by Mike Benedicto and sponsored by the USS Saginaw Chapter No. 59, USCS.

 

N/A		N/A	1985-05-28 USPS 1-bar cancel Mare Island CA
			Departing Mare Island - USS Nautilus SSN-571

Cachet by Mike Benedicto and sponsored by the USS Saginaw Chapter No. 59, USCS.

 

N/A		N/A	1985-07-06 USPS 4-bar cancel "Submarine Base Br." Groton CT
			Arrival at Groton CT - USS Nautilus SSN-571

Cachet by Mike Benedicto and sponsored by the USS Saginaw Chapter No. 59, USCS.

 

N/A		N/A	1985-07-21 USPS Type 9 Groton CT
			1st Anniversary - USS Hyman G. Rickover SSN-709

Cachet by Mike Benedicto and sponsored by the USS Saginaw Chapter No. 59, USCS.

 

N/A		N/A	1986-01-19 USPS 4-bar Augusta GA
			1th Anniversary of USS Augusta SSN-710

Cachet #65. Cachet by Robert D. Rawlins and sponsored by the USS Saginaw Chapter No. 59, USCS.

 

N/A		N/A	1986-05-16 USPS 4-bar Mare Island CA
			Overhaul Complete of USS Guitarro SSN-665

Cachet #69. Cachet by Robert D. Rawlins and sponsored by the USS Saginaw Chapter No. 59, USCS.

 

			1986-06-05 USPS 4-bar Mare Island, CA
			25th Anniversary of USS Scamp SSN-588

Cachet #70. Cachet by Robert D. Rawlins and sponsored by the USS Saginaw Chapter No. 59, USCS.

 

			1987-03-30 USPS Pictorial Postmark "DECOMMISSIONED / MARCH 30, 1987" Mare Island CA
			Ship Decommissioning - USS Seawolf SSN-575

Cachet #72. Cachet by Robert D. Rawlins and sponsored by the USS Saginaw Chapter No. 59, USCS.
Back of the cover has signature of John E. London (USCS 4430).

 

N/A		N/A	1987-04-15 USPS 4-bar Mare Island CA
			15th Anniversary of USS Drum SSN-677

Cachet #75. Cachet by Robert D. Rawlins and sponsored by the USS Saginaw Chapter No. 59, USCS.

 

N/A		N/A	1987-05-04 USPS 4-bar Mare Island CA 1987-05-11 USPS Type 9 Bremerton WA
			Final Voyage of USS Seawolf SSN-575

Cachet #72A. Cachet by Robert D. Rawlins and sponsored by the USS Saginaw Chapter No. 59, USCS.

 

N/A		N/A	1987-05-29 USPS 4-bar Mare Island CA
			25th Anniversary of USS Permit SSN-594

Cachet #76. Cachet by Robert D. Rawlins and sponsored by the USS Saginaw Chapter No. 59, USCS.

 

N/A		N/A	1987-09-09 USPO 4-bar cancel Mare Island CA
			15th Anniversary - USS Guitarro SSN-665

Cachet #77. Cachet by Robert D. Rawlins and sponsored by the USS Saginaw Chapter No. 59, USCS.

 

N/A		N/A	1987-11-21 USPS 4-bar cancel Mare Island CA
			25th Anniversary - USS Plunger SSN-595

Cachet #78. Cachet by Robert D. Rawlins and sponsored by the USS Saginaw Chapter No. 59, USCS.

 

N/A		N/A	1990-12-10 USPS 4-bar cancel Mare Island CA
			25th Anniversary - USS Kamehameha SSBN-642

Cachet #91. Cachet by Robert D. Rawlins and sponsored by the USS Saginaw Chapter No. 59, USCS.

 

N/A		N/A	1991-07-21 Locy Type 2t(n+)(USS) USS Sacramento AOE-1
			USCS 35th National Convention

Original cachet by Walter (East Coast Lefty) Lupton (1941) and duel sponsored by the USS Saginaw Chapter No. 59, USCS and the USS Sacramento Chapter No. 91, USCS

 

N/A		N/A	1991-07-22 USPS 4-bar cancel Mare Island CA
			Decommissioning - USS Permit SSN-594

Cachet #95. Cachet by Robert D. Rawlins and sponsored by the USS Saginaw Chapter No. 59, USCS.

 

N/A		N/A	1991-12-30 USPS Pictorial Postmark "Marina Station" San Francisco CA
			50 Years of Liberty Ships - SS Jeremiah O'Brien

Cachet #96. Cachet by Robert D. Rawlins and sponsored by Alvin Eckert and the USS Saginaw Chapter No. 59, USCS.

 

N/A		N/A	1992-05-29 USPS 4-bar Mare Island CA
			Decommissioning of USS Guitarro SSN-665

Cachet #98. Cachet by Robert D. Rawlins and sponsored by the USS Saginaw Chapter No. 59, USCS.

 

N/A		N/A	1993-07-21 USPS 4-bar cancel Mare Island CA
			Conversion Completed - USS Kamehameha SSN-642

Cachet #101. Cachet by Robert D. Rawlins and sponsored by the USS Saginaw Chapter No. 59, USCS.

 

			1993-07-10 Locy Type 9-1(n+) (USS) USS Frank Cable AS-40
			Deactivation - USS Daniel Boone SSBN-629

Cachet #102. Cachet by Robert D. Rawlins and sponsored by the USS Saginaw Chapter No. 59, USCS.

 

N/A		N/A	1994-06-06 French Postmark
			50th Anniversary of D-Day

Cachet #105. Cachet by Robert D. Rawlins and sponsored by the USS Saginaw Chapter No. 59, USCS.

 

N/A		N/A	1994-06-24 USPS Pictorial Postmark "USS Richard B. Russell Sta." Mare Island CA
			Decommissioning of USS Richard B. Russell SSN-687

Cachet #106. Cachet by Robert D. Rawlins and sponsored by the USS Saginaw Chapter No. 59, USCS.

 

No Image			1996-03-31 USPS Pictorial "Conversion Station" Mare Island, CA
			The Conversion of Mare Island

Note: Actually, this is not a Saginaw Chapter cachet. Although the creator, Alvin Eckert, is a Saginaw Chapter member, the cachet was not sponsored by the Chapter.

 

N/A			2000-04-11 USPS Pictorial Postmark "Anniversary Sta." Mare Island CA
			100th Anniversary of US Navy Submarines

Cachet #161. Cachet by Alvin Eckert and sponsored by the USS Saginaw Chapter No. 59, USCS.

 

N/A			2000-04-11 USPS Pictorial Postmark "Anniversary Sta." Mare Island CA
			100th Anniversary of US Navy Submarines

Cachet by Alvin Eckert and sponsored by the USS Saginaw Chapter No. 59, USCS.

 

			2001-09-04 USPS Machine cancel Oakland, CA
			Port Visit pending Decommissioning of USS Kamehameha SSN-642

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			2002-10-14 Locy Type 2-2(n+) (USS,FPO AP 96661-1663) USS Boxer LHD-4
			Fleet Week

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		No Image	2003-04-25 USPS CDS "Rincon Station" San Francisco CA
			USCS National Convention Ship Commemorative - USS San Francisco CM-2

Cachet by the USS Saginaw Chapter No. 59, USCS and the USS Sacramento Chapter No. 91, USCS

 

		No Image	2003-04-26 USPS CDS "Rincon Station" San Francisco CA
			USCS National Convention Ship Commemorative - USS San Francisco SSN-711

Cachet by the USS Saginaw Chapter No. 59, USCS and the USS Sacramento Chapter No. 91, USCS

 

		No Image	2003-04-26 USPS CDS "Rincon Station" San Francisco CA
			USCS National Convention Ship Commemorative - USS San Francisco SSN-711

Cachet by the USS Saginaw Chapter No. 59, USCS and the USS Sacramento Chapter No. 91, USCS

 

		N/A	2003-04-27 USPS CDS "Rincon Station" San Francisco CA
			USCS National Convention Ship Commemorative - USS San Francisco CA-38

Cachet by the USS Saginaw Chapter No. 59, USCS and the USS Sacramento Chapter No. 91, USCS

 

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