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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 |
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N/A |
N/A |
1965-03-20 | |
Keel Laying |
Cachet by Morris W. Beck
N/A |
N/A |
1966-07-21 | |
Launching |
Cachet by Dynamic Philatelic Society
N/A |
N/A |
1966-07-21 | |
Launching |
Cachet by Dynamic Philatelic Society. Signed by the ships sponsor, Mrs. Hubert H. (Muriel) Humphrey.
N/A |
N/A |
1967-04-01 | |
Commissioning |
Cachet by Dynamic Philatelic Society.
N/A |
N/A |
1967-04-01 | |
Commissioning |
Official ships cachet
N/A |
N/A |
1967-04-01 | |
Commissioning |
Official ships cachet
N/A |
N/A |
1967-04-11 | |
Collectors request |
Official Ships cachet
N/A |
N/A |
1967-07-31 | |
Missile Launch (Gold) |
Official Ships cachet
N/A |
N/A |
1967-08-01 | |
Missile Launch (Gold) |
Cachet by R. Bob Whitney
N/A |
N/A |
1967-11-07 | |
Collectors request |
Official ships cachet
N/A |
N/A |
1974-05-15 | |
Poseidon Launch (Gold) |
Cachet by R. Bob Whitney
N/A |
N/A |
1977-04-10 | |
Port Visit |
Official ships cachet. "Port Everglades" marking by George H. Wilson
N/A |
N/A |
1982-04-01 | |
15th Anniversary |
Cachet by Robert D. Rawlins, sponsored by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS
N/A |
N/A |
1987-07-17 | |
Change of Command |
Cachet by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS
N/A |
N/A |
1987-07-17 | |
Change of Command |
Sticker Cachet
N/A |
N/A |
1988-04-01 | |
21st Anniversary |
Official ships cachet. Additional cachet by Gary R. Rogak
N/A |
N/A |
1988-10-20 | |
Change of Command (Blue) |
Cachet by Robert D. Rawlins, sponsored by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS
N/A |
N/A |
1989-04-01 | |
22nd Anniversary |
Cachet by Gary R. Rogak
N/A |
N/A |
1989-05-18 | |
Collectors request |
Official ships cachet
N/A |
N/A |
1990-05-29 | |
Collectors request |
Official ships cachet
N/A |
N/A |
1992-10-17 | |
Scrapping program is started. |
Scrapping program is started for the USS Alexander Hamilton SSBN-617, USS Henry L. Stimson SSBN-655, USS George Washington Carver SSBN-656
and USS Will Rogers SSBN-659 at the Puget Sound Navy Yard Bremerton WA
Cover by Tom Armstrong
N/A |
N/A |
1992-10-23 | |
Inactivation Ceremony |
Cachet by Tom Armstrong
N/A |
N/A |
1992-10-23 | |
Inactivation Ceremony |
Cachet by Tom Armstrong, Signed by the Commanding Officer.
N/A |
N/A |
1992-10-23 | |
Inactivation Ceremony |
Cachet by Tom Armstrong,
N/A |
1992-10-23 | ||
Inactivation Ceremony |
Cachet by Tom Armstrong,
N/A |
N/A |
1992-10-23 | |
Inactivation Ceremony |
Cachet by Tom Armstrong, signed by the Commanding Officer.
N/A |
1992-10-27 | ||
Navy Day |
Cachet by Roger A. Wentworth
N/A |
N/A |
1992-11-04 | |
Will Rogers Birthday |
USS Will Rogers SSBN-659 at the Puget Sound Navy Yard Bremerton WA.
Cover is postmarked from the USS Carl Vinson CVN-70 (Official meter), USS California CGN-36 T-2, USS Texas CGN-39 T-2.
Cover by Tom Armstrong
N/A |
N/A |
1992-11-04 | |
Will Rogers Birthday |
USS Will Rogers SSBN-659 at the Puget Sound Navy Yard Bremerton WA.
Cover is postmarked from the USS Carl Vinson CVN-70 (Official meter), USS California CGN-36 T-2.
Cover by Tom Armstrong
N/A |
N/A |
1992-11-04 | |
Will Rogers Birthday |
USS Will Rogers SSBN-659 at the Puget Sound Navy Yard Bremerton WA.
Cover is postmarked from the USS Carl Vinson CVN-70 (Official meter), USS California CGN-36 T-2, USS Texas CGN-39 T-2.
Cover by Tom Armstrong
N/A |
N/A |
1993-04-01 | |
26th Anniversary |
USS Will Rogers SSBN-659 celebrates her 26th Anniversary at the Puget Sound Navy Yard Bremerton WA.
Cover by Tom Armstrong
N/A |
N/A |
1993-04-12 | |
Decommissioned |
USS Will Rogers SSBN-659 is Decommissioned at the Puget Sound Navy Yard Bremerton WA. The cover is autographed by the Commanding Officer.
Cover by Tom Armstrong
N/A |
N/A |
1993-04-12 | |
Decommissioned |
USS Will Rogers SSBN-659 is Decommissioned at the Puget Sound Navy Yard Bremerton WA. Also postmarked at "Naval Base Branch", Bremerton WA
Cover by Tom Armstrong
N/A |
N/A |
1993-04-12 | |
Decommissioned |
Back of the previous cover. USS Will Rogers SSBN-659 Official Ship Cachet, Puget Sound Navy Yard marking in green, a "Will Rogers Memorial" meter strip from Claremore OK
and another USS Carl Vinson meter strip completes the cover.
Cover by Tom Armstrong
N/A |
1993-04-12 | ||
Decommissioned |
USS Will Rogers SSBN-659 is Decommissioned at the Puget Sound Navy Yard Bremerton WA. Also postmarked at "Naval Base Branch", Bremerton WA and a "Will Rogers Memorial" meter strip from Claremore OK
Cover by Tom Armstrong
N/A |
N/A |
1993-04-12 | |
Decommissioned |
USS Will Rogers SSBN-659 is Decommissioned at the Puget Sound Navy Yard Bremerton WA. Signed by the Commanding Officer.
Cover by Tom Armstrong
N/A |
N/A |
1948-11-04 | |
First Day of Issue |
Will Rogers first day cover, Sc No. 975.
N/A |
N/A |
1979-11-04 | |
First Day of Issue |
Will Rogers first day cover, Sc No. 1801. Cachet by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS
N/A |
N/A |
c 1990 | |
Dependents Information Booklet |
Courtesy of Tom Armstrong,
N/A |
N/A |
c 1990 | |
Executive Officer's Stationary |
Courtesy of Tom Armstrong,
N/A |
N/A |
c 1990 | |
Commanding Officer's Letter of Commendation Holder |
Courtesy of Tom Armstrong,
N/A |
N/A |
c 1990 | |
Interior diagram of the USS Will Rogers |
Courtesy of Tom Armstrong,
N/A |
N/A |
1993-04-12 | |
Decommissioning Ceremony Booklet |
Serviced by Tom Armstrong,
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