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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

 

N/A		N/A	1971-04-10 Locy Type FDC 2(n+)(USS)
			Commissioning

Cachet by Morris W. Beck

 

N/A		N/A	1971-04-10 Locy Type FDC 2(n+)(USS)
			Commissioning

Rubber stamp cachet.

 

N/A		N/A	1971-04-10 Locy Type FDC 2(n+)(USS)
			Commissioning

Cachet by the Admiral Lockwood Chapter No. 70, USCS

 

N/A		N/A	1978-04-30 Locy Type 2tnu USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. M-66
			Open House

Cacheted

 

N/A		N/A	1978-04-30 Locy Type 2tnu USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. M-66 Locy Type 9ftn (FF,USS, NEW YORK,NY at bottom)
			Open House

Cacheted

 

N/A		N/A	1978-06-21 Locy Type 2tnu USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. M-66
			Keel Laying of the USS Antrim FFG 20

Cachet by USS Puget Sound Chapter No. 74, USCS

 

			1980-07-30 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS) 1980-07-31 Locy Type 9-1(n+u) (USS)
			Collectors request

Note:

 

N/A		N/A	1981-04-10 Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. M-66a
			10th Anniversary

Cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

N/A		N/A	1981-04-10 Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. M-66a
			10th Anniversary

Postmarked on a USS Marvin Shields postcard

 

N/A		N/A	1981-04-10 Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. M-66a
			10th Anniversary

Postmarked on a USS Marvin Shields postcard

 

N/A		N/A	1981-04-10 Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. M-66a
			10th Anniversary

Ship Cachet, serviced by Tom Armstrong

 

N/A		N/A	1984-05-19 Locy Type 2tnu USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. M-66
			Port Visit

Official Ship Cachet, serviced by Tom Armstrong

 

N/A		N/A	1985-07-04 Locy Type 2tnu USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. M-66
			Independence Day, Port Visit

Official Ship Cachet, serviced by Tom Armstrong

 

N/A		N/A	1985-07-04 Locy Type 2tnu USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. M-66
			Independence Day, Port Visit

Official Ship Cachet, serviced by Tom Armstrong

 

N/A		N/A	1987-10-10 Locy Type 2tnu USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. M-66
			US Navy's Birthday, Port Visit

Official Ship Cachet, serviced by Tom Armstrong

 

N/A		N/A	1991-03-14 Locy Type 2t(n+u) (USS)
			Operation Desert Storm

Official Ship Cachet.

 

N/A		N/A	1992-07-02 Locy Type LDC F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. M-66b
			Decommissioning

Official Ship Cachet.

 

N/A		N/A	1992-07-02 Locy Type LDC F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. M-66b
			Decommissioning

Official Ship Cachet.

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Memorabilia for Marvin Shields

 

N/A			1971-04-10 Locy Type 2 USS Nimitz CVN 68
			Booklet for the Commissioning of the USS Marvin Shields.

Autographed by Admiral Zumwalt at the dedication of the Marvin Shields Hall on June 14, 1986. Serviced by Tom Armstrong

 

N/A			1996-06-14 Locy Type 2 USS Nimitz CVN 68
			Official photo and Booklet for the Decommissioning of the USS Marvin Shields

Serviced by Tom Armstrong

 

N/A		N/A	1973-07-04 Locy Type 2 M.C.B. 3 (Mobile Construction Battalion)
			Independence Day

Cover from Camp Shields, Okinawa, Japan by NMC Herbert C. Gordon II. Camp Shields was named in honor of CM3 Marvin Shields, USN and was dedicated on December, 16, 1970.
See Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Three page.

 

N/A		N/A	1996-06-14 Locy Type 2 USS Nimitz CVN 68
			Cover for the Dedication of the Marvin Shields Enlisted Barracks.

This cover was created by Tom Armstrong and bears the signature of the keynote speaker; Admiral Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr., USN Ret. Tom also had this postmarked from the USS Abraham Lincoln CVN 72 and the Naval Base Station Bremerton, WA and Port Townsend, WA.

 

N/A			1996-06-14 Locy Type 2 USS Nimitz CVN 68
			Invitation and Booklet for the Dedication of the Marvin G. Shields Hall.

This was serviced by Tom Armstrong and also had this postmarked from the Naval Base Station Bremerton, WA and Port Townsend, WA

 

			1965-06-10
			CM3 Marvin Shields headstone

Note:

 

			1965-06-10
			CM3 Marvin Shields awards

Medal of Honor and Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Medal flank his ribbons.

 

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