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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

 

			1967-09-07 USPO Machine Cancel Quincy MA
			Christening

Christening. Cachet by Malcolm C. Walker, sponsored by the General Dynamics, Quincy Shipbuilding Division. Contributed by Jennifer Hoffman.

			1970-02-28 Locy Type FDC 2(n+)(USS)
			First Day in Commission

Cachet by Morris W. Beck

N/A			1970-02-28 Locy Type FDC 2(n+)(USS)
			First Day in Commission

Cachet sponsored by Malcolm C. Walker, and the Old Ironsides Chapter No. 1, USCS. Insert courtesy of William Pepe.

N/A		N/A	1970-02-28 Locy Type FDC 2(n+)(USS)
			First Day in Commission

Ships Cachet

N/A		N/A	1970-02-28 Locy Type FDC 2(n+)(USS)
			First Day in Commission

Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson

N/A			1970-10-27 Locy Type 2(n+)(USS)
			Navy Day

Cachet by Wayne A. Forester

N/A			1971-03-03 Locy Type 2(n+)(USS) ON THE BACK Locy Type 9f(n+u)(USS)
			Collectors request

Ships Cachet

N/A		N/A	1972-10-12 Locy Type 7t(nu)("USS" omitted)
			Collectors request

Ships Cachet

N/A			1974-10-31 Locy Type 2t(n+u)
			Navy Day

Rubber stamp cachet

N/A		N/A	1976-10-27 Locy Type 2t(n+u)
			Navy Day

Rubber stamp cachets

			1977-01-07 Locy Type 2t(n+u)
			USS Los Angeles SSN-688

Rubber stamp cachet

N/A		N/A	1978-01-04 Locy Type 2t(n+u)
			Collectors request

To Germany

N/A			1979-05-23 Locy Type 2(n+)(USS)
			40th Anniversary of the Loss of USS Squalus SS-192

Cachet by the Old Ironsides Chapter No. 1, USCS. Ships cachet for USS Sunbird ASR-15.

N/A		N/A	1979-05-28 Locy Type 2(n+)(USS) Locy Type 9eft(n+u)(USS)
			Memorial Day in Florida

Cachet by George H. Wilson.

N/A		N/A	1979-05-28 Locy Type 2(n+)(USS)
			Memorial Day in Florida

Cachet by George H. Wilson. Return address for USCGC Decisive WMEC-629

N/A		N/A	1979-05-28 Locy Type 2(n+)(USS)
			Memorial Day in Florida

Cachet by George H. Wilson. Return address for USS Petrel ASR-14

N/A		N/A	1982-12-17 Locy Type 2(n+)(USS)
			Collectors request

Ships Cachet

			1987-09-12 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (D1,USS)
			Commissioning of USS Key West SSN-722

Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson

N/A		N/A	1989-09-25 Locy Type 2-1(n+)(USS)
			Welcome to Norfolk - USS Sculpin SSN-590

Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson

			1992-05-22 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (D1,USS)
			Category

Corner card from USS Clifton Sprague FFG-16. Black rubberstamp New York Skyline cachet

			1994-12-08 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS)
			Inactivation Ceremony

Inactivation Ceremony for the USS Cincinnati SSN-693

N/A		N/A	1995-01-12 Locy Type 2-1(n+)(USS)
			USS Cincinnati SSN-693

Note:

N/A			1996-05-31 Locy Type LDPS 2-1(n+)(USS) Locy Type LDPS 9ft(n+)(USS)
			Last Day of Postal Service

Cachet by Al Banasky

			1996-09-06 USPS Type 9 Norfolk, VA
			Deactivation

Cachet by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

			1996-09-30 USPS 4-bar Portsmouth, VA
			Decommissioning

Cachet by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

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