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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

DD-818, June 1962 to July 1976

 

		N/A	1965-08-29 Locy Type P [2(n+),"E" removed]
			Gemini 5 Recovery Force

Used with permission from Rick Palmer, [1]

 

N/A		N/A	1966-08-25 USPO Slogan Machine Cancel "PRAY / FOR / PEACE"
			Category

Ship's stationary with ship's patch as a cachet. Used with permission from Rick Palmer, [2]

 

N/A		N/A	1967-11-06 Locy Type P [2(n+),"E" removed]
			Category

Used with permission from Rick Palmer, [3]

 

N/A		N/A	1968-06-27 Locy Type 2(n+) (USS)
			Searching for USS SCORPION SSN-589

Used with permission from Rick Palmer, [4]

 

			1969-07-24 Locy Type 2(n+) (USS)
			Apollo 11 Recovery Force

Note:

 

		N/A	1970-04-17 Locy Type 2(n+) (USS)
			Apollo 13 Recovery Force

Used with permission from Rick Palmer, [5]

 

N/A		N/A	1970-08-18 Locy Type 2(n+) (USS)
			Category

Used with permission from Rick Palmer, [6]

 

N/A		N/A	1973-12-01 Locy Type 2(n+) (USS)
			Homeport Arrival

Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicolson. Used with permission from Rick Palmer, [7]

 

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