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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	Primary Date Postmark Type Killer Bar Text --------- Cachet Category

No Image		No Image	1972-05-13 USPS Slogan "CHRISTENING OF / THE USS NIMITZ"
			Launching

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			1972-05-13 USPS Slogan CHRISTENING OF / THE USS NIMITZ
			Ship Launching

Notes: Cachet Makers: USCS Chapter 61 Nuclear Ships and Bernhard M Vesper.

No Image			1975-03-03 Locy Type 2-1(n) (CVAN,USS)
			Sea Trials

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			1975-05-03 Locy Type FDC 2-2t(n)
			First Day in Commission

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			1975-05-03 Locy Type FDC 2-2t(n)
			First Day in Commission

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No Image			1975-08-18 Locy Type P [2-2t(n) with "A" cut out]
			Category

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No Image			1975-09-02 Locy Type 2-2t(n) (CVAN,USS,FPO NEW YORK 09501)
			30th Anniversary of V-J Day

Note: Cachet Maker: Richard F. Hoffner and Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

			1978-06-28 Locy Type 2-2t(n) (CVN,USS,FPO NEW YORK 09501)
			Port Visit Wilhelmshaven, Germany

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			1980-05-26 Locy Type 2-1n+ (USS)
			Welcome Home

Nicholson Cachet

No Image		No Image	1985-02-22
			FDOI - Nimitz stamp

Note: Cachet Maker: Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

			1987-07-02 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS) USCS Catalog Illustration N-35
			New Homeport

USCS Chapter 4 Cachet

			1989-05-03 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS) USCS Catalog Illustration N-35a
			Ship Birthday

Rogak Cachet

			1992-05-21 Locy Type Meter OFR2 (#520272) ZIP 98780
			Ship Birthday - USS John Marshall SSN-611

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No Image			1992-06-03 Locy Type Meter OFR3 (#504246) ZIP 96697
			Category

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			1993-08-01 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS) USCS Catalog Illustration N-35b Locy Type 2-1p(n+) USS TRUXTUN CGN-35
			Port Visit

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			1993-12-25 Locy Type 9-1(n+) (USS) USS Nimitz CVN-68 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS) USS Truxtun CGN-35 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS) USS Roanoke AOR-7 Locy Type 9-1(n+) (USS) USS California CGN-36 Locy Type 2n+ USS Sacramento AOE-1
			Merry Christmas

Note: Cachet Maker: Tom Armstrong

No Image			1994-01-10 Locy Type Meter FR2 (#8014019) ZIP 98780
			Category

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			1994-11-28 Locy Type 2-2mt(n+) (USS,FPO AP 96697-2820)
			Category

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No Image			1996-05-20 Locy Type 2-2mt(n+) (USS,FPO AP 96697-2820)
			Returning to Home Port

Note: Cachet Maker: Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

No Image			1997-07-01 Locy Type 9-1e(n+) (USS)
			At the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton WA, SCRAPPING is completed on the USS Seawolf SSN-575, USS Snook SSN-592, USS Patrick Henry SSN-599, USS Henry Clay SSBN-625 and the USS Baton Rouge SSN-689

Note: Cachet Maker: Tom Armstrong

No Image			2008-09-08 Locy Type F [CD-10]
			Category

Notes: Contributed by Bill Payden.

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