ROBERT E LEE SSBN 601 Covers Page 1

 
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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	1959-12-18 Locy Type 2 USS Richard E. Kraus DD-849
			Launching

Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson

 

N/A		N/A	1960-09-16 USPO Slogan Machine Cancel Newport News VA
			First Day in Commission

Signed by CO Commander Reuben F. Woodall (Blue Crew)

 

N/A		N/A	1961-01-02 USPO Slogan Machine Cancel Cocoa FL
			First Successful Launching of their POLARIS missile.

The first launch (Blue Crew) was actually on Dec. 22; this was mailed while she was back at the Cape changing crews for the Gold Crew's first launch on Jan. 11. Cocoa (Beach) Fla. was the nearest post office before they put one at Cape Canaveral.

 

N/A		N/A	1964-09-15 Locy Type 2(n+) USS HUNLEY AS-31
			Collector request

Official Ships Cachet and boxed "Free World" slogan.

 

N/A		N/A	1965-02-11 Panama Machine Cancel "PAQUEBOT" Balboa Canal Zone
			Panama Canal E-W Transit

Rubber stamp cachet

 

N/A		N/A	1965-07-04 USPO 1-bar Postmark Mare Island CA
			Independence Day

Cacheted

 

N/A		N/A	1965-09-16 USPO 1-bar Mare Island CA
			5th Anniversary of Commissioning

Cacheted

 

N/A		N/A	1966-10-23 Locy Type 2(n)(USS) USS Telfair APA-210
			Welcome to Norfolk

Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson

 

N/A		N/A	1972-10-05 USPS Machine Cancel Patrick AFB, FL
			Polaris A3 Launch cover.

Cachet by George H. Goldey

 

N/A		N/A	1974-02-10 Locy Type 2t(nu) USS PROTEUS AS-19
			Collector request

Official Ship's Cachet

 

N/A		N/A	1975-02-06 Locy Type 2(n+) USS PROTEUS AS-19
			Collector request

Official Ship's Cachet

 

N/A		N/A	1977-01-19 USPS CDS Vallejo CA
			Collectors request

Ships cachet

 

N/A		N/A	1978-12-31 USPS 4-bar Port Everglades FL
			New Years Eve in Florida

"In Port - Port Everglades" cachet by George H. Wilson

 

N/A			1978-12-31 USPS Machine Cancel Fort Lauderdale FL
			New Years Eve in Florida

"In Port - Port Everglades" cachet by George H. Wilson

 

N/A			1980-09-16 USPS 4-bar Newport News VA
			20th Anniversary

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

 

N/A		N/A	1982-10-06 USPS Machine Cancel Honolulu HI
			Collector request

Official Ship's Cachet

 

N/A		N/A	1983-11-30 USPS Type 9 "Naval Base Sta." Bremerton WA
			Last Day of Commission

Cachet by Tom Armstrong, sponsored by USS Puget Sound Chapter No. 74, USCS

 

N/A		N/A	1983-12-01 Locy Type 2-1(n)(USS) USS SPRUANCE DD-963
			Last Day of Commission +1

Cachet by Duane Rosendale

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N/A		N/A	c 1960's
			Honorary Membership Card

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N/A		N/A	1983-11-30
			Last Day of Commission Invitation

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