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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	Primary Date Postmark Type Killer Bar Text --------- Cachet Category

 

			1973-08-18 USPS Machine cancel Newport News, VA
			Keel Laying of the USS Texas DLGN-39

Cachet Makers Bernhard M Vesper, sponsored by the USCS Chapter 61 Nuclear Ships

 

No Image			1973-08-18 USPS Machine cancel Newport News, VA
			Keel Laying

USS America Chapter No. 71, USCS

 

			1975-08-09 USPS Slogan Machine cancel ”Christening Of / The USS / Texas” Newport News, VA
			Launching of the USS Texas CGN-39

Rear Admiral Byrd Chapter No. 11, USCS

 

			1975-08-09 USPS Slogan
			Launching

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No Image			1975-08-09 USS Denebola AF-56 Locy Type 2(n+) (USS) Locy Type LDC 2-1n
			Launching of the USS Texas CGN-39 Decommissioning

Tazewell G. Nicholson

 

			1977-06-19 Locy Type FDPS 2-1(n)
			First Day of Postal Service of the USS Texas CGN-39

Rich Hoffner
Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

			1977-06-19 Locy Type FDPS 2-1(n)
			First Day Postal Service

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No Image			1977-06-23 Locy Type 2-1(n) (USS)
			Sea Trials of the USS Texas CGN-39

Sponsored by the USCS Chapter 61 Nuclear Ships

 

			1977-06-23 Locy Type 2-1(n) (USS)
			Sea Trials of the USS Texas CGN-39

Rich Hoffner
Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

			1977-06-23 Locy Type 2-1(n) (USS)
			Sea Trials

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No Image			1977-09-10 Locy Type 2-1(n) (USS)
			Commissioning of the USS Texas CGN-39

Kenneth Bieda. Sponsored by the USCS Chapter 61 Nuclear Ships

 

			1977-09-10 Locy Type 2-1(n) (USS)
			Commissioning of the USS Texas CGN-39

Rich Hoffner
Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

No Image		No Image	1977-09-10 Locy Type LDC 2-1n Locy Type LDC 9-1nu USPS Bremerton, WA Naval Base Sta.
			Commissioning Booklet of the USS Texas CGN-39

Tom Armstrong had this booklet postmarked on July 16, 1993 for the Decommissioning of the USS Texas CGN-39

 

No Image			1979-02-12 Locy Type 2-1(n) (USS)
			Sailor’s Mail with the Official Ship Cachet

Tom Armstrong

 

			1982-05-12 Locy Type 2-1(n) (USS) Locy Type 9-1(nu) (USS)
			Port Visit Port Everglades, FL

Wilson Cachet

 

No Image			1983-05-06 Locy Type 2-1(n) (USS)
			Sailor’s Mail

Tom Armstrong

 

No Image			1983-05-06 Locy Type 2-1(n) (USS)
			Sailor’s Mail

Rich Hoffner

 

No Image			1985-09-19 Locy Type 2-1n USCS Catalog Illustration T-39a Locy Type 2-1n USCS Catalog Illustration T-39
			Overhaul begins

Tom Armstrong

 

			1987-01-21 Locy Type 2-1n USCS Catalog Illustration T-39a 1987-01-23 USPS Machine Tacoma, WA
			Category

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No Image			1988-10-27 Locy Type 2-1n USCS Catalog Illustration T-39a Locy Type 2-1n USCS Catalog Illustration T-39
			Navy Day

Gary R. Rogak

 

No Image			1989-06-21 Locy Type 2-1n  (USCS Illustration T-39a)
			Category

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			1991-11-11 Locy Type 2-1n USCS Catalog Illustration T-39 Locy Type 9-1nu (USS,USN)
			Veteran’s Day

Leroy Middleton
USS Puget Sound Chapter No. 74, USCS

 

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