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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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January - June 1955 (1955 is complete as per Ludo Janssens catalog checklist)
 

N/A		N/A	1955-00-00
			HNLMS Zeehond (S809)

Note: In Ludo Janssens Nicholson catalog, he lists a "Welcome to Norfolk" cover for the HrMs ZEEHOND with no corresponding information in 1955. This entry is in error as the ZEEHOND had her Keel Laying on 30 December 1954 and Commissioning on 16 March 1961. So, there is no way she could have visited Norfolk in 1955. However, ZEEHOND did visit Norfolk in 1966 and there is a Nicholson cover for that visit. I put this here in case somebody starts to look for a 1955 cover for this submarine. Greg Ciesielski, Curator (2026).

 

N/A		N/A	1955-01-09 Locy Type 2 USS Aldebaran AF-10
			Welcome to Norfolk - Minesweeper NOCE (Italy)

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N/A		N/A	1955-01-09 Locy Type 2 USS Botetourt APA-136
			Welcome to Norfolk - Minesweeper BOXTEL (Netherlands)

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N/A		N/A	1955-01-09 Locy Type 2 USS Thomaston LSD-28
			Welcome to Norfolk - Minesweeper PIOPPO (Italy)

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N/A		N/A	1955-01-16 Locy Type 2 USS Canisteo AO-99
			Welcome to Norfolk - Minesweeper ONTANO (Italy)

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N/A		N/A	1955-01-29 Locy Type 2 USS Muliphen AKA-61
			Welcome to Norfolk - Frigate VOS (Netherlands)

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N/A		N/A	1955-01-29 Locy Type 2 USS Sarasota APA-204
			Welcome to Norfolk - Minesweeper ONVERDROTEN (Netherlands)

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N/A		N/A	1955-01-29 Locy Type 2 USS Ticonderoga CVA-14
			Welcome to Norfolk - Minesweeper S. PEDRO (Portugal)

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N/A		N/A	1955-02-01 Locy Type 2 USS Liddle APD-60
			Last Day Postal Service / Another Ship Placed in "Mothballs"

LDPS is shown as 5 October 1955 in USCS Postmark Catalog.

 

N/A		N/A	1955-02-07 Locy Type 2 USS Kleinsmith APD-134
			Welcome to Norfolk - Minesweeper ONBEVREESD (Netherlands)

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N/A		N/A	1955-02-20 Locy Type 2(n) USS Wyandot AKA-92
			Welcome to Norfolk - Minesweeper AAROESUND (Denmark)

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N/A		N/A	1955-03-16 Locy Type LDPS 2 USS Mellette APA-156
			Last Day Postal Service / Another Ship Placed in "Mothballs"

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N/A		N/A	1955-04-01 Locy Type 2 USS Valley Forge CVA-45
			Welcome to Norfolk - Minesweeper PLATANO (Italy)

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N/A		N/A	1955-04-04 Locy Type 2 USS Kula Gulf CVE-108
			Welcome to Norfolk - Minesweeper LLOBREGAT (Spain)

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N/A		N/A	1955-04-05 Locy Type LDPS 2 USS Rockwall APA-230
			Last Day Postal Service / Another Ship Placed in "Mothballs"

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N/A		N/A	1955-04-09 Locy Type LDPS 2 USS Fort Snelling LSD-30
			Welcome to Norfolk - Minesweeper BROUWERSHAVEN (Netherlands)

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N/A		N/A	1955-04-13 Locy Type FDPS 2(n+) USS Mauna Loa AE-8
			First Day Postal Service - Recalled to Duty

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N/A		N/A	1955-05-07 Locy Type 2(n) USS Arneb AKA-56
			Welcome to Norfolk - Minesweeper QUERCIA (Italy)

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N/A		N/A	1955-05-14 Locy Type 2 USS Oglethorpe AKA-100
			Welcome to Norfolk - Frigate CAPT. TONO (Colombia)

ARC Capt. Tono was the former USS Bisbee PF-46

 

N/A		N/A	1955-05-21 Locy Type 2 USS Plymouth Rock LSD-29
			Welcome to Norfolk - Frigate ALMIRANTE BRION (Colombia)

ARC Almirante Brion was the former USS Burlington PF-51

 

N/A		N/A	1955-05-31 Locy Type LDPS 2 Locy Type LDPS 9efu USS Bottineau APA-235
			Last Day Postal Service / Another Ship Placed in "Mothballs"

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N/A		N/A	1955-06-02 Locy Type LDPS 2 USS Briareus AR-12
			Last Day Postal Service / Another Ship Placed in "Mothballs"

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N/A		N/A	1955-06-19 Locy Type 2t(nu) USS Mercury AKS-20
			Welcome to Norfolk - Minesweeper ONVERVAARD (Netherlands)

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N/A		N/A	1955-06-29 Locy Type 2 USS Menelaus ARL-13
			Last Day Postal Service / Another Ship Placed in "Mothballs"

LDPS is shown as 5 July 1955 in USCS Postmark Catalog.

 

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