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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

 

No Image			1960-06-12 Locy Type 2t(n+u) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. I-4 Locy Type 9fu USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. I-4o
			Category

Back ship's crest

 

			1965-05-10 Locy Type 2t(n+u) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. I-4a Locy Type 9fu USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. I-4p
			Farewell to Norfolk

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			1965-10-17 Locy Type 7tn+u USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. I-4i
			Category

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			1967-02-18 Locy Type 7tn+u USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. I-4k
			Category

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No Image			1971-10-20 Locy Type 7ditn+u (POW/MIA, Dial of I-4l)
			Category

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No Image			1972-08-31 Locy Type 7ditn+u (POW/MIA, Dial of I-4j)
			Category

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			1974-06-06 Locy Type 2t(n+u) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. I-4g Locy Type 9eft(nu)
			Category

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			1975-10-11 Locy Type 2tnu (USS)
			Keel Laying USS CARL VINSON CVN-70

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No Image			1977-01-13 Locy Type 7tn+u USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. I-4m
			Category

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N/A		N/A	1978-10-11 Locy Type 7t(n+u)(CV)
			1st Day Use - This Cachet

Cachet by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

No Image			1989-08-03 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (D2,USS) Locy Type 9-1(n+u) (USS) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. I-4r
			Seattle SEAFAIR Fleet Week

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			1990-10-27 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS)
			Navy Day

Cachet Maker: Roger A Wentworth
Cachet is borrowed from a cartoon by Tony Husband.

 

No Image			1991-03-04 Locy Type Meter OFR1 (#520055) ZIP 96618
			Category

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			1991-03-30 Locy Type Meter OFR1 (#520055) Zip 96618
			Official Business

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			1995-09-10 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (D2,USS)
			Category

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No Image			1998-08-07 Type 2-1(n+) (USS)
			Decommissioning of the USS Sand Lance SSN-660

Cachet Maker: Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

No Image			1998-09-30 Type 2-1(n+) (USS)
			Decommissioning

Cachet Maker: Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

No Image			1998-09-30 Type 2-1(n+) (USS)
			Decommissioning

Cachet Maker: Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

No Image			1998-09-30 Type 9-1(n+) (USS)
			Decommissioning

Cachet Maker: Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

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