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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 Ship --------- Category

N/A]]		N/A	1970-10-01 USPO Machine Cancel New Castle NH
			Collector’s request

From the Richard F. Hoffner collection.

N/A]]		N/A	1974-08-06 USPS Machine Cancel New Castle NH
			Collector’s request

Signed by CO. Cachet by Martin W. Longseth. From the Richard F. Hoffner collection.

N/A]]		N/A	1975-02-05 USPS Machine Cancel New Castle NH
			Collector’s request

Signed by CO. Typed cachet. From the Richard F. Hoffner collection.

N/A]]		N/A	1976-07-23 USPS Machine Cancel Brockton MA
			USCG Flight Cover

Cacheted. From the Richard F. Hoffner collection.

N/A]]		N/A	1976-12-27 USPS 4-bar Cancel New Castle NH
			Collector’s Request

Signed by the CO. Typed cachet. From the Richard F. Hoffner collection.

N/A]]		N/A	1977-04-12 Locy Type 2 USS Constitution
			Collector’s Request

Rubber stamp cachet. From the Richard F. Hoffner collection.

N/A]]		N/A	1979-01-17 USPS 4-bar Cancel Otis Air Force Base FL
			Collector’s Request

Signed by the CO. Typed cachet. From the Richard F. Hoffner collection.

N/A]]			1979-05-28 Locy Type 2(n+) USS L. Y. Spear AS-36
			Memorial Day

Rubber stamp cachets. Cachet by George H. Wilson. From the Richard F. Hoffner collection.

N/A]]		N/A	1980-05-31 USPS Slogan Machine Cancel Boston MA
			OP SAIL ‘80

Ships cachets. From the Richard F. Hoffner collection.

N/A]]			1980-06-04 Locy Type F USS Manitowoc LST-1180
			OP SAIL ‘80

Ships cachets. Cachet by the Old Ironsides Chapter No. 1, USCS. From the Richard F. Hoffner collection.

N/A]]		N/A	1981-01-27 USPS 4-bar Cancel New Castle NH
			Collector’s request

Signed by the CO. Typed cachet. From the Richard F. Hoffner collection.

N/A]]			1981-11-30 USPS Type 9 Cancel ”Port Everglades Sta.” Ft. Lauderdale FL
			Collector’s request

Cachet by George H. Wilson. From the Richard F. Hoffner collection.

N/A]]		N/A	1981-12-02 USPS Machine Cancel Fort Lauderdale FL
			Collector’s request

Cachet by George H. Wilson. From the Richard F. Hoffner collection.

N/A]]		N/A	1982-07-13 USPS Machine Cancel Saint Petersburg FL
			Collector’s request

Ships Cachet. From the Richard F. Hoffner collection.

N/A]]		N/A	1982-10-26 USPS Machine Cancel Saint Petersburg FL
			Collector’s request

Ships Cachet. From the Richard F. Hoffner collection.

N/A]]		N/A	1989-01-18 USPS Machine Cancel Saint Petersburg FL
			Collector’s request

Ships Cachet. From the Richard F. Hoffner collection.

N/A]]		N/A	1989-01-18
			Stuffer Card

Signed by the CO. Ships Cachet. From the Richard F. Hoffner collection.

N/A]]		N/A	1989-01-18 USPS Machine Cancel Saint Petersburg FL
			Collector’s request

Cacheted. From the Richard F. Hoffner collection.

			1993-08-14 USPS Machine Cancel Tampa FL
			Collector’s request

Signed by the CO. Business cards from the CO & XO. From the Richard F. Hoffner collection.

N/A			1993-11-24 USPS Type 9 Cancel ”Open Air Sta.” Saint Petersburg FL
			Collector’s request

“First Day This Cachet” ships cachet. Serviced by Walter Grabowy. From the Richard F. Hoffner collection.

N/A		N/A	1994-03-10 USPS Machine Cancel Saint Petersburg FL
			Collector’s request

Ships cachet. Signed by the CO. From the Richard F. Hoffner collection.

N/A			1994-03-19 USPS Machine Cancel Saint Petersburg FL
			Collector’s request

Ships cachet. Signed by the CO. Blue cachet by Dr. Chien L. Tsai, MD. From the Richard F. Hoffner collection.

N/A			1998-10-09 USPS Type 9 Cancel ”Brooklyn-Curtis Bay” Baltimore MD
			Recommissioning

Ships cachet. Serviced by John Young (JPY). From the Richard F. Hoffner collection.

N/A			2010-02-08 USPS Ink-Jet Sprayed Marking Mobile AL
			Collector’s request

“First Day of Use, New Cachet” ships cachet. Sponsored by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS. From the Richard F. Hoffner collection.

N/A			2016-10-28 USPS MPP Cancel Mobile AL
			Port Visit & Open House at GULF QUEST National Maritime Museum

Cachet by Richard F. Hoffner. From the Richard F. Hoffner collection.

			c 1989
			Season’s Greetings, card & envelope

From the Richard F. Hoffner collection.

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