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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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1989
 

N/A		N/A	1989-01-31 Locy Type 2-2t(n+)y (USN,USS,FPO 09531-2790) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. A-76f USS America CV-66
			Welcome to Norfolk PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH Visiting USS AMERICA (CV-66) At Naval Base Norfolk, VA.

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N/A		N/A	1989-02-01 Locy Type 2-2(n+) (USN,USS) USS John F. Kennedy CV-67
			Welcome Home USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67) From Mediterranean Deployment (and encounter with two Libyan aircraft) USN Guardian of Our Country

Note: USS John F. Kennedy launched two F-14 Tomcats from VF-32 "Fighting Swordsmen" to intercept two MiG-23 Flogger fighter aircraft. The U.S. planes were sent to escort the MiGs away from the task force. During the course of the intercept, the MiGs were determined to be hostile and were both shot down.

 

N/A		N/A	1989-04-15 Locy Type 2-2(n+)(USS) USS Briscoe DD-977
			Welcome to Norfolk TCG FATIH F-242 Turkey's Newest Frigate CAPT. Murat Tuncer, Commanding Attending NATO Sponsored International Azalea Festival Oya Soley Turkman, Turkey, Azalea Queen

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N/A		N/A	1989-04-15 Locy Type 2-2(n+)(USS) USS Hunley AS-31
			USS SCRANTON Nuclear Submarine SSN-756 Christened Today At Newport News, VA.

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N/A		N/A	1989-05-23 Locy Type 2-2(n+)(USS) USS L. Y. Spear AS-36
			Fiftieth Anniversary Foundering of USS SQUALUS (SS-192) Off Coast of New Hampshire May 23, 1939

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N/A		N/A	1989-08-07 Locy Type FDPS F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. A-15 "FIRST DAY OF / POSTAL SERVICE" Locy Type FDPS 9-1(n+u) (USS) USS Abraham Lincoln CVN-72
			First Day Postal Service United States Naval Ship ABRAHAM LINCOLN CVN-72 Gerald E. Smith, Chief Postal Clerk

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N/A		N/A	1989-09-11 Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. A-15 "BUILDERS / TRIALS" USS Abraham Lincoln CVN-72
			USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN Aircraft Carrier (CVN-72) On Builders Trials Gerald E. Smith, Chief Postal Clerk

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