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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	1977-04-04 USPS 4-bar "Submarine Base Br." Groton CT
			Keel Laying

Cachet by R & R Smith

N/A		N/A	1977-04-04 USPS Machine Cancel Groton CT
			Keel Laying

Cachet by USS Nathan Hale Chapter No. 68, USCS

N/A		N/A	1977-04-04 USPS Machine Cancel Groton CT
			Keel Laying

Cachet by Sir George H. Newman & Ronald Reeves

N/A		N/A	1977-04-04 USPS Machine Cancel Groton CT
			Keel Laying

Cachet by Ken Bieda

N/A		N/A	1980-04-26 USPS Machine Cancel Groton CT
			Christening

Cachet by USS Nathan Hale Chapter No. 68, USCS

N/A		N/A	1980-04-26 USPS Machine Cancel Groton CT
			Christening

Cachet by Ken Bieda

N/A			1980-04-26 USPS 4-bar Cancel Groton CT
			Christening

Cachet by Patricia M. Stevens. From the Dave Kent collection.

N/A		N/A	1982-05-24 USPS Machine Cancel Groton CT
			Sea Trials

Cachet by Alton (Budd) M. Arrington

N/A		N/A	1982-05-24 USPS Machine Cancel Groton CT
			Sea Trials

Cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

N/A			1982-09-11 Locy Type F "FIRST DAY / IN / COMMISSION" USCS Catalog Illustration M-78
			Commissioning

Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

			1982-09-11 Locy Type F "FIRST DAY / IN / COMMISSION" USCS Catalog Illustration M-78
			Commissioning

Note:

No Image		No Image	1982-09-11 Locy Type F "FIRST DAY / IN / COMMISSION" USCS Catalog Illustration M-78
			Commissioning

Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

No Image		No Image	Locy Type F "FIRST DAY / IN / COMMISSION" USCS Catalog Illustration M-78
			Commissioning

Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

No Image			1983-03-01 Locy Type F "PANAMA // CANAL // TRANSIT" USCS Catalog Illustration M-78a
			Panama Canal Transit - Atlantic To Pacific

Cachet by Alton (Budd) M. Arrington

No Image			1983-03-01 Locy Type F "PANAMA // CANAL // TRANSIT" USCS Catalog Illustration M-78a
			Panama Canal Transit - Atlantic To Pacific

Cachet by Richard F. Hoffner, sponsored by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

N/A		N/A	1983-03-16 Locy Type F "ARRIVAL // HOMEPORT // BANGOR" USCS Catalog Illustration M-78b
			Homeport Arrival

Cachet by USS Michigan Chapter No. 80, USCS

N/A		N/A	1983-03-17 USPS Type 9 "Naval Base Sta." Bremerton WA
			Homeport Arrival

Cachet by USS Puget Sound Chapter No. 74, USCS

N/A		N/A	1983-09-11 USPS Type 13 "NavSubBase Bangor" Bremerton WA
			1st Anniversary

Cachet by USS Michigan Chapter No. 80, USCS

N/A		N/A	1983-10-29 USPS 4-bar "Bangor Br." Bremerton WA
			First Patrol (Gold)

Cachet by USS Michigan Chapter No. 80, USCS

N/A		N/A	1984-02-05 USPS 4-bar "Bangor Br." Bremerton WA
			First Patrol (Blue)

Cachet by USS Michigan Chapter No. 80, USCS

N/A		N/A	1984-05-24 USPS 4-bar Bremerton WA
			Ship's mail

Cachet by

 

N/A		N/A	1988-09-11 USPS 4-bar "Bangor Br." Bremerton WA
			6th Anniversary

Cachet Maker: USS Michigan Chapter No. 80, USCS

N/A		N/A	1994-09-11 USPS 4-bar Groton CT
			12th Anniversary

Cachet by USS Michigan Chapter No. 80, USCS

N/A		N/A	1995-09-11 USPS 4-bar Groton CT
			13th Anniversary

Cachet by USS Michigan Chapter No. 80, USCS

N/A		N/A	1996-09-11 USPS 4-bar Groton CT
			14th Anniversary

Cachet by USS Michigan Chapter No. 80, USCS

N/A		N/A	2002-09-11 USPS Pictorial "20th Anniversary Station" Groton CT
			20th Anniversary

Cachet by Michael Hebert

 

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