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Cachets should be listed in chronological order based on earliest known usage. Use the postmark date or best guess. This applies to add-on cachets as well.

 

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

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1988
 

N/A		N/A	1988-01-29 Locy Type 2-1(n+)(USS) USS Emory S. Land AS-39
			Welcome to Norfolk USS SUNFISH (SSN-649) World's Greatest Navy

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N/A		N/A	1988-02-13 Locy Type 2-1(n+)(USS) USS John F. Kennedy CV-67
			Commemorating The Christening Of USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN CVN-72 Newport News Shipbuilding Feb. 13, 1998

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N/A		N/A	1988-03-29 Locy Type 2-1(n+)(USS) USS Yorktown CG-48
			Welcome Home USS YORKTOWN (CG-48) From Mediterranean Deployment and Black Sea "BUMP" by USSR Warship USN Guardian of Our Country

Note: On 12 February 1988, while USS Yorktown was exercising the "right of innocent passage" through Soviet territorial waters, the Soviet Burevestnik-class frigate BEZZAVETNYY intentionally collided with USS Yorktown with the intention of pushing her out of Soviet territorial waters.

 

N/A		N/A	1988-05-20 Locy Type 2-1(n+)(USS) USS Briscoe DD-977
			Welcome to Norfolk VICTORIA New Spanish Frigate F-82

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N/A		N/A	1988-06-06 Locy Type 2-1(n+)(USS) USS South Carolina CGN-37
			Welcome to Norfolk Buque Escuela SIMON BOLIVAR Venezuela's Naval Training Ship

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N/A		N/A	1988-06-13 Locy Type 2-1(n+)(USS,"DEGRASSE") USS Comte De Grasse DD-974
			Welcome Home USS BERGALL (SSN-667) From Overhaul - West Coast USN Guardian of Our Country

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N/A		N/A	1988-06-29 Locy Type 2-1(n+)(USS) USS Kidd DDG-993
			Welcome to Norfolk Buque Escuela CUAUHTEMOC Mexico's Naval Training Ship

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N/A		N/A	1988-09-19 Locy Type LDPS 2t(n+u) (USS,"FFG") USS Richard L. Page FFG-5
			Last Day Postal Service USS RICHARD L. PAGE (FFG-5) At Norfolk Naval Base

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N/A		N/A	1988-09-30 Locy Type 2(n+)(USS) USS Caron DD-970
			First Day in Commission USS PAPAGO ATF-160

Note: USS Papago ATF-160 was Commissioned on 3 October 1945. Unsure who's FDC was celebrated with this cover.

 

N/A		N/A	1988-09-30 Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. K-26a USS King DDG-41
			Decommissioned At Norfolk Naval Base USS Richard L. Page FFG-5

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N/A		N/A	1988-11-05 Locy Type 2-1(n+) USS Hunley AS-31
			Welcome Home From Overhaul - Puget Sound CDR. Robert L. Hendricks, Commanding USS FLYING FISH SSN-673

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N/A		N/A	1988-11-14 Locy Type 2-1(n+) USS Harry E. Yarnell CG-17
			Welcome to Norfolk Spanish Aircraft Carrier PRINCIPE DE ASTURIAS R-11

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N/A		N/A	1988-11-14 Locy Type 2-1(n+) USS Mississippi CGN-40
			Welcome to Norfolk SANTA MARIA Spanish Frigate F-81

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N/A		N/A	1988-12-16 Locy Type 2-1(n+) USS Wisconsin BB-64
			Welcome to Norfolk USS WISCONSIN BB-64 Forward For Freedom

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