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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 --------- Cachet Category

 

N/A		N/A	1964-02-01 USPO Machine Cancel Newport News VA
			Launching

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N/A		N/A	1965-01-23 Locy Type FDC 7t(n+u) ("CVA")
			Commissioning

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N/A		N/A	1965-01-23 Locy Type FDC 7t(n+u) ("CVA")
			Commissioning

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			1965-01-29 Locy Type 7t(n+u) CVA
			Category

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N/A		N/A	1966-06-08 Locy Type 2(n+) (USS) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. A-76
			Collectors Request

R/S OSC

 

			1969-03-05 Locy Type 10(n+) (USS)
			Category

Notes: Rubber stamp of Charles B Hall on the back of the cover but not sure what role, if any, he had in creating the cachet.

 

			1971-07-10 Locy Type 2(n+) (USS) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. A-76a
			Category

Pasted picture showing Schooner America and Carrier

 

N/A		N/A	1971-07-10 Locy Type 2(n+) (USS) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. A-76a
			Collectors Request

"AMERICA" cachet serviced by PM1 Chas. W. Birdy, USN

 

			1974-08-03 Locy Type 2(n+) (USS) USCS Catalog Illustration A-76
			Home Port

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N/A		N/A	1978-12-16 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS)
			Commissioning of USS Birmingham SSN-695

Cachet by Tazewell Nicholson

 

N/A		N/A	1979-01-23 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS)
			14th Anniversary of Commissioning

R/S OSC

 

N/A		N/A	1979-01-23 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS)
			14th Anniversary of Commissioning

R/S OSC

 

			1982-12-25 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS)
			Ship's Crest

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N/A		N/A	1983-11-28 Locy Type 7-2tn+ (USS,FPO/09531) Locy Type 9-1(n+u) (USS) 1983 USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. A-76h
			Collectors Request

R/S OSC

 

			1985-09-02 Locy Type 2-2t(n+)y (USN,USS,FPO 09531-2790) USCS Catalog Illustration A-76e
			Category

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N/A		N/A	1985-11-25 Locy Type 2-2t(n+)y (USN,USS,FPO NY 09531) Locy Type 9-1(n+u) (USS) 1983 USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. A-76h
			Welcome to Norfolk - SS Keystone State T-ACS-1

Cachet by Tazewell Nicholson

 

N/A		N/A	1985-12-16 Locy Type 2-2t(n+)y (USN,USS,FPO NY 09531)
			Collectors Request

R/S OSC

 

			1989-12-26 Locy Type 2-2t(n+)y (USS,USN,FPO NY 09531) Locy Type 9-1u(n+) (USS) USCS Catalog Illustration A-76i
			Christmas Day

Notes: Cachet Maker: Gary R Rogak

 

			1992-02-22 Locy Type 2-2t(n+)y (USS,USN,FPO NY 09531)
			Washington's Birthday

Roger A Wentworth Cachet

 

			1992-04-24 Locy Type 2-2t(n+)y (USS,USN,FPO NY 09531)
			Statue of Liberty

Artopage Cachet

 

N/A		N/A	1996-03-07 Locy Type 2-2t(n+)y (USN,USS,FPO NY 09531)
			Collectors Request

R/S OSC

 

No Image			1996-04-29 Locy Type Meter FR2 (#9005331) ZIP 09531
			Category

Notes:

 

			1996-08-09 Locy Type LDC 2-2t(n+)y (USS,FPO AE 09531,"USN")
			Decommissioning

Cachet Maker - Roger A Wentworth
Cachet says it is for Last Day in Commission. August 9 was the decommissioning ceremony but the last deck log entry date is September 30.

No Image			1996-09-30
			Decommissioning

Cachet Maker - Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

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