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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	1946-04-05 Locy Type FDC F USCS Catalog Illustration N-6
			First Day in Commission

Used with permission from Rick Palmer, [1]

 

N/A		N/A	1946-04-05 Locy Type FDC F USCS Catalog Illustration N-6
			First Day in Commission

Used with permission from Rick Palmer, [2]

 

N/A		N/A	1946-04-05 Locy Type FDC F USCS Catalog Illustration N-6 1946-09-23 Locy Type 9ef(nu) USCS Catalog Illustration N-6c
			First Day in Commission

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N/A			1946-05-01 Locy Type F USCS Catalog Illustration N-6
			Category

Back Blue pen notation "A430"...Purple rubberstamp Donald Graf return address...Partial machine cancel...Pencil notations ship/cancel type

 

			1947-01-01 Locy Type 2(n) USCS Catalog Illustration N-6a
			New Years Day 1947

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N/A		N/A	1947-03-04 Locy Type 2(n) USCS Catalog Illustration N-6a
			Fleet Maneuvers

Used with permission from Rick Palmer, [3]

 

N/A			1949-04-20 Locy Type Fa USCS Catalog Illustration (N-6 without bars)
			Category

Add on cachet by Michael F. Hebert

 

N/A		N/A	1950-05-20 Locy Type 2(n) USCS Catalog Illustration N-6b
			Armed Forces Day

Cachet by Spaulding

 

			1952-02-09 Locy Type 2r
			Category

Add on cachet by Michael F. Hebert

 

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

Used with permission from Rick Palmer, [4]

 

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, [5]

 

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

Used with permission from Rick Palmer, [6]

 

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

Used with permission from Rick Palmer, [7]

 

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

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

Used with permission from Rick Palmer, [8]

 

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

Used with permission from Rick Palmer, [9]

 

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, [10]

 

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