USS SOUTH CAROLINA DLGN-37 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	Primary Date Postmark Type Killer Bar Text --------- Cachet Category

 

		No Image	1970-12-01 Newport News VA Machine
			Ship Keel Laying

Cachet Makers: USCS Chapter 61 Nuclear Ships and Bernhard M Vesper.
Contributed by Jennifer Hoffman.

 

N/A		N/A	1972-07-01 USPS Slogan Machine Cancel "CHRISTENING OF / THE USS / SOUTH CAROLINA" Newport News VA
			Launching

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			1972-07-01 USPS Slogan Machine Cancel "CHRISTENING OF / THE USS / SOUTH CAROLINA" Newport News VA
			Launching

Cachet Maker: Newport News Shipbuilding.
Contributed by Jennifer Hoffman.

 

			1972-07-01 Newport News VA Slogan CHRISTENING OF / THE USS / SOUTH CAROLINA
			Ship Launching

Contributed by Jennifer Hoffman.

 

No Image			1975-01-25 Locy Type FDC 2-1(n) Locy Type 9-1e(n) (DLGN,USS)
			Commissioning

U.S.C.S. Old Ironsides Chapter Commissioning Cachet...Back pencil notations ship/cancel info
Most (if not all) Karcher (FLK) covers are fakes made with stolen cancels and cachets

 

			1975-01-25 Locy Type FDC 2-1(n)
			First Day in Commission

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			1975-03-31 Locy Type 2-1(n) (DLGN,USS)
			Ship's crest

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N/A		N/A	1975-05-16 Locy Type 2-1(n) (USS, "DLGN")
			Port Visit at Port Everglades.

Official Ship Cachet

 

			1980-12-22 Locy Type 2-1t(nu) (CGN,USS)
			Welcome Home

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N/A		N/A	1999-07-30 Locy Type F "LAST / NUCLEAR / CRUISER"
			Decommissioning

Ships Decal used as a cachet.

 

N/A		N/A	1999-07-30 Locy Type F "LAST / NUCLEAR / CRUISER"
			Decommissioning

Cachet by Artcraft.

 

N/A		N/A	1998-09-04 USPS Pictorial Cancel "Deactivation Ceremony Station" Norfolk, VA
			Deactivation

Cachet by USS Oregon Chapter No. 79, USCS.

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N/A			1998-09-04 USPS Pictorial Cancel "Deactivation Ceremony Station" Norfolk, VA
			Postcard

R/S Ship marking on a USS South Carolina picture postcard

 

USS South Carolina Memorabilia

USS South Carolina photo, crest, Commissioning Booklet and Deactivation Booklet

 

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