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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.


 

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Cachet Close-Up Image 		Thumbnail Link To
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Postmark or Back Image 		Postmark Date
Postmark Type
Killer Bar Text
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Cachet Category


 

N/A

N/A

1968-06-22
USPO Machine Cancel
Newport News VA

Keel Laying

Note:


 

N/A

N/A

1972-05-13
Locy Type 2
USS Hermitage LSD-34

Launching

Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson


 

No Image

No Image

1972-05-13
USPS Slogan
"CHRISTENING OF / THE USS NIMITZ"

Launching

Note:


 

No Image

No Image

1972-05-13
USPS Slogan
"CHRISTENING OF / THE USS NIMITZ"

Launching

Note:


 

No Image

No Image

1972-05-13
USPS Slogan
"CHRISTENING OF / THE USS NIMITZ"

Launching

Note:


 

1972-05-13
USPS Slogan
CHRISTENING OF / THE USS NIMITZ

Ship Launching

Notes: Cachet Makers: USCS Chapter 61 Nuclear Ships and Bernhard M Vesper.


 

No Image

1975-03-03
Locy Type 2-1(n) (CVAN,USS)

Sea Trials

Note:


 

N/A

1975-03-03
Locy Type 2-1(n) (CVAN,USS)

Sea Trials

Cachet by Richard Hoffner, sponsored by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS. From the Tom Kean collection.


 

1975-05-03
Locy Type FDC 2-2t(n)

First Day in Commission

Note:


 

1975-05-03
Locy Type FDC 2-2t(n)

First Day in Commission

Note:


 

N/A

N/A

1975-05-03
Locy Type FDC 2-2t(n) (USS,"CVAN",FPO NEW YORK 09501)

Commissioning

Official Ship's Cachet


 

N/A

N/A

1975-05-03
Locy Type FDC 2-2t(n) (USS,"CVAN",FPO NEW YORK 09501)

Commissioning

Cachet by Morris W. Beck


 

N/A

N/A

1975-05-03
Locy Type FDC 2-2t(n) (USS,"CVAN",FPO NEW YORK 09501)

Commissioning

Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson


 

N/A

N/A

1975-05-03
Locy Type FDC 2-2t(n) (USS,"CVAN",FPO NEW YORK 09501)

Commissioning

Official Ship's Cachet


 

N/A

N/A

1975-05-03
Locy Type FDC 2-2t(n) (USS,"CVAN",FPO NEW YORK 09501)

Commissioning

Cachet by the USS America Chapter No. 71, USCS


 

N/A

N/A

1975-06-07
Locy Type 2-2t(n) (USS,"CVAN",FPO NEW YORK 09501)

Port visit, Port Everglades

Official Ship's Cachet. From the Neal J. Mills collection.


 

N/A

N/A

1975-07-10
Locy Type 2-2t(n) (USS,"CVAN",FPO NEW YORK 09501)

Collector request

Official Ship's Cachet


 

No Image

1975-08-18
Locy Type P
[2-2t(n) with "A" cut out]

Category

Note:


 

No Image

1975-09-02
Locy Type 2-2t(n)
(CVAN,USS,FPO NEW YORK 09501)

30th Anniversary of V-J Day

Cachet Maker: Richard F. Hoffner and Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS


 

N/A

N/A

1975-09-10
Locy Type P [2-2t(n) with "A" cut out]

Collector request

Official Ship's Cachet


 

N/A

N/A

1975-10-13
Locy Type 2-2t(n) (USS,"CVN",FPO NEW YORK 09501)

Collector request

USN Bicentennial


 

N/A

N/A

1976-02-10
Locy Type 2-2t(n) (USS,"CVN",FPO NEW YORK 09501)

Collector request

Official ship's cachet


 

N/A

N/A

1976-03-18
Locy Type 2-2t(n) (USS,"CVN",FPO NEW YORK 09501)

Collector request

Official ship's cachet


 

N/A

N/A

1976-04-06
Locy Type 2-2t(n) (USS,"CVN",FPO NEW YORK 09501)

Collector request

Official ship's cachet


 

N/A

N/A

1976-06-14
Locy Type 2-2t(n) (USS,"CVN",FPO NEW YORK 09501)

Collector request

Official ship's cachet


 

N/A

N/A

1976-07-04
Locy Type 2-2t(n) (USS,"CVN",FPO NEW YORK 09501)

Collector's Request

Independence Day


 

N/A

N/A

1978-01-11
Locy Type 2-2t(n) (USS,"CVAN",FPO NEW YORK 09501)

Collector's Request

Official Ship's Cachet


 

1978-06-28
Locy Type 2-2t(n)
(CVN,USS,FPO NEW YORK 09501)

Port Visit
Wilhelmshaven, Germany

Note:


 

N/A

N/A

1978-06-28
Locy Type 2-2t(n+) (USS,"CVN",FPO NEW YORK 09501)

Port Visit Wilhelmshaven, Germany

Official Ship's Cachet


 

N/A

N/A

1978-06-28
Locy Type 2-2t(n+) (USS,"CVN",FPO NEW YORK 09501)

Port Visit Wilhelmshaven, Germany

Official Ship's Cachet


 

N/A

N/A

1978-06-28
Locy Type 2-2t(n+) (USS,"CVN",FPO NEW YORK 09501)

Port Visit Wilhelmshaven, Germany

Official Ship's Cachet


 

N/A

N/A

1978-06-28
Locy Type 7-2tn+ (09501)

Port Visit Wilhelmshaven, Germany

Official Ship's Cachet


 

N/A

N/A

1979-05-03
Locy Type 2-2t(n) (USS,"CVN",FPO NEW YORK 09501)

Collector's Request

Official Ship's Cachet


 

N/A

N/A

1980-05-19
Locy Type 2-1n+ (USS)

Collector's Request

Official Ship's Cachet


 

1980-05-26
Locy Type 2-1n+ (USS)

Welcome Home

Nicholson Cachet


 

N/A

N/A

1980-10-01
Locy Type 7-2t(n+) (FPO 09542)

Port Visit Wilhelmshaven, Germany

Official Ship's Cachet


 

N/A

N/A

1983-03-03
Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS) (N-35) 1980

Collector's Request

Official Ship's Cachet


 

N/A

N/A

1984-12-08
Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS) (N-35) 1980

Collector's Request

Official Ship's Cachet


 

N/A

N/A

1984-12-17
Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS) (N-35) 1980

Collector's Request

Official Ship's Cachet


 

No Image

No Image

1985-02-22

FDOI - Nimitz stamp

Note: Cachet Maker: Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS


 

N/A

N/A

1986-01-29
USPS Pictorial
"Philatelic Center"
Newport News VA

Collector's Request

Unsure if this is the NIMITZ silhouette but it could be, plus the stamp is Nimitz. So it is included as a novelty.


 

1987-07-02
Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS)
USCS Postmark Catalog Illustration N-35

New Homeport

USCS Chapter 4 Cachet


 

1989-05-03
Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS)
USCS Catalog Illustration N-35a

14th Birthday

Cachet by Gary R. Rogak.


 

N/A

1990-05-03
Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS)
USCS Catalog Illustration N-35a

15th Birthday

Cachet by Tom Armstrong. From the Neal J. Mills collection.


 

1992-05-21
Locy Type Meter OFR2 (#520272) ZIP 98780

Ship Birthday - USS John Marshall SSN-611

Notes:


 

No Image

1992-06-03
Locy Type Meter OFR3 (#504246) ZIP 96697

Category

Notes:


 

N/A

N/A

1992-12-25
2-1(n+) (USS) (N-35b)

Collector's Request

Merry Christmas


 

1993-08-01
Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS)
USCS Postmark Catalog Illustration N-35b
Locy Type 2-1p(n+)
USS TRUXTUN CGN-35

Port Visit

Note:


 

N/A

N/A

1993-08-01
Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS)
USCS Postmark Catalog Illustration N-35b
Locy Type 2-1p(n+)
USS TRUXTUN CGN-35

Port Visit

Cachet by USS Puget Sound Chapter No. 74, USCS


 

N/A

N/A

1993-09-19
Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS)
USCS Postmark Catalog Illustration N-35b

Collector's request

Official Ships Cachet


 

N/A

N/A

1993-11-13
Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS)
USCS Postmark Catalog Illustration N-35b

Collector's request

Official Ships Cachet


 

1993-12-25
Locy Type 9-1(n+) (USS)    USS Nimitz CVN-68
Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS)    USS Truxtun CGN-35
Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS)    USS Roanoke AOR-7
Locy Type 9-1(n+) (USS)   USS California CGN-36
Locy Type 2n+    USS Sacramento AOE-1

Merry Christmas

Note: Cachet Maker: Tom Armstrong


 

No Image

1994-01-10
Locy Type Meter FR2 (#8014019) ZIP 98780

Category

Notes:


 

1994-11-28
Locy Type 2-2mt(n+)
(USS,FPO AP 96697-2820)

Category

Note:


 

No Image

1995-02-02
Locy Type 2-2mt(n+)
(USS,FPO AP 96697-2820)

Collectors request

Cachet by Walter H. Bryant. From the Tom Kean collection. Signed on the back by a crewmember.


 

No Image

1996-05-20
Locy Type 2-2mt(n+)
(USS,FPO AP 96697-2820)

Returning to Home Port

Note: Cachet Maker: Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS


 

No Image

1997-07-01
Locy Type 9-1e(n+) (USS)

At the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton WA, SCRAPPING is completed on the USS Seawolf SSN-575, USS Snook SSN-592, USS Patrick Henry SSN-599, USS Henry Clay SSBN-625 and the USS Baton Rouge SSN-689

Note: Cachet Maker: Tom Armstrong


 

N/A

N/A

2000-01-01
Locy Type 2-2n+(USS,FPO AE 09521-2820)

New Years Day

Rubber stamp cachet


 

No Image

2008-09-08
Locy Type F  [CD-10]

Category

Notes: Contributed by Bill Payden.


 

No Image

N/A

2010-05-03
Locy Type F

35th Anniversary of Commissioning

cachet originally created for the Commissioning by Frederick L. Karcher


 

No Image

N/A

2010-05-03
Locy Type F

35th Anniversary of Commissioning

Cachet by Michael F. Hebert


 

No Image

N/A

2015-05-03
USPS Pictorial
Norfolk VA

40th Anniversary of Commissioning

Cachet by Michael F. Hebert


 

No Image

N/A

2015-05-03
Locy Type F

40th Anniversary of Commissioning

Cachet by Robert Jank


 

No Image

N/A

2015-05-03
USPS Pictorial
Norfolk VA

40th Anniversary of Commissioning

Cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS


 

N/A

2015-12-25
Locy Type 11-2n(USS,FPO AP 96620-2820)

Christmas Day

Cachet by Neal J. Mills


 

N/A

2016-01-01
Locy Type 11-2n(USS,FPO AP 96620-2820)

New Years Day

Cachet by Neal J. Mills


 

N/A

2016-03-17
Locy Type 11-2n(USS,FPO AP 96620-2820)

St Patrick's Day

Cachet by Neal J. Mills


 

N/A

N/A

2017-06-08
Locy Type 2-2n (USS, 96620)

Collectors request

Ships cachet, requested by Robert Jank


 

N/A

N/A

2017-10-27
Locy Type 2-2n (USS, 96620)

Navy Day

Cachet by Neal J. Mills


 

N/A

N/A

2017-10-31
Locy Type 2-2n (USS, 96620)

Halloween

Cachet by Neal J. Mills


 

N/A

N/A

2017-11-23
Locy Type 2-2n (USS, 96620)

Thanksgiving

Cachet by Neal J. Mills


 

N/A

N/A

2017-12-25
Locy Type 2-2n (USS, 96620)

Christmas

Cachet by Neal J. Mills


 

N/A

N/A

2018-10-27
Locy Type 2-2n (USS, 96620)

Navy Day

Cachet by Dennis W. Gill


 

N/A

N/A

2019-08-01
Locy Type 2-2n (USS, 96620)

Change of Command

Cachet by Neal J. Mills


 

N/A

N/A

2020-05-03
Locy Type 12-2n (USS, FPO AP 96620)

Collectors request

Requested by Elgin E. Sink


 

N/A

N/A

2020-05-03
Locy Type 11-2n (USS, 96620)

45th Anniversary

Cachet by Neal J. Mills


 

N/A

N/A

2020-05-03
USPS Pictorial Postmark
"45th Anniversary Sta."
Newport News VA

45th Anniversary

Cachet by Neal J. Mills


 

N/A

N/A

2020-05-03
USPS Pictorial Postmark
"45th Anniversary Sta."
Newport News VA

45th Anniversary

Cachet by Greytcovers


 

N/A

N/A

2020-05-03
USPS Pictorial Postmark
"45th Anniversary Sta."
Newport News VA

45th Anniversary

Cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS


 

N/A

N/A

2020-06-08
Locy Type 11-2n (USS, 96620)

Leaving on Deployment

Cachet by Neal J. Mills

 

 

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