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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	1963-03-05 USPO Duplex "US Navy Base Sta." Philadelphia PA
			Launching

Cachet by Morris W. Beck, #B313

 

			1966-07-21 Locy Type 2(n+) (USS)
			Gemini 10 Recovery Force

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N/A		N/A	1968-12-21 Locy Type 2(n+) (USS)
			Project Apollo 8

Cachet by Morris W. Beck

 

N/A		N/A	1968-12-21 Locy Type 2(n+) (USS)
			Project Apollo 8

Cachet by Morris W. Beck

 

			1969-03-13 Locy Type 2(n+) (USS)
			Apollo 9 Recovery Force

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			1969-03-13 Locy Type 2t(n+u) (USS)
			Apollo 9 Recovery Force

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N/A		N/A	1974-06-17 Locy Type 2t(n+u) (USS)
			Citizenship Day

Cachet by Morris W. Beck

 

			1979-09-18 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. G-45
			Ship's crest

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		No Image	1984-03-20 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. G-45a Locy Type 9-1(n+u) (USS) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. G-45d
			Ship's crest

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N/A		N/A	1987-12-17 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. G-45b
			"Welcome Home"

Cachet by Taz Nicholson

 

N/A		N/A	1992-06-04 Locy Type 9-1(n+u) (LHP-7)
			Remembering the Battle of Midway

Cachet by Richard Hall

 

N/A		N/A	1992-08-17 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS) USCS Catalog Illus. G-45c
			50th Anniversary of the Battle of Guadalcanal

Cachet by Richard Hall

 

N/A		N/A	1993-07-20 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS) USCS Catalog Illus. G-45c
			30th Anniversary

Cacheted. Courtesy of Laurie Bernstein.

 

N/A		N/A	1993-11-22 Locy Type 2-1p(n+) (USS)
			"Operation RESTORE HOPE"

Official Ship's Cachet

 

			1994-01-17 USS BOONE FFG-28 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS,USN) Locy Type 9-1(n+u) (USS,USN)
			USS AMERICA CV-66 Battle Group USS ALEXANDRIA SSN-757 - USS ASHLAND LSD-48 - USS BOONE FFG-28 - USS BUTTE AE-27 USS GROTON SSN-694 - USS GUADALCANAL LPH-7 - USS MONTEREY CG-61 - USS NORMANDY CG-60 USS SAVANNAH AOR-4 - USS SHREVEPORT LPD-12 - USS SCOTT DDG-995 - USS SIMPSON FFG-56 USS THORN DD-988

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N/A		N/A	1994-08-31 Locy Type LDC 2-1(n+)(USS)
			Last Day in Commission

Cachet by the USS Los Angeles Chapter No. 97, USCS

 

			1994-08-31 Locy Type LDC 9-1(n+u) (LHP-7)
			Last Day in Commission

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