GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER SSBN 656 Covers Page 1

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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
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Cachet Category


 

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1964-06-15
Locy Type 2(n+)(USS,"AGTR")
USS Oxford AGTR-1

Keel Laying

Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson


 

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N/A

1964-06-15
USPO Machine Cancel
Newport News VA

Keel Laying

Cachet by Morris W. Beck


 

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N/A

1965-08-14
USPO Machine Cancel
Newport News VA

Launching

Cachet by Morris W. Beck


 

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N/A

1965-08-14
USPO Duplex Cancel
Newport News VA

Launching

Cachet by Morris W. Beck with shipyard cachet added to the cover.


 

N/A

N/A

1966-06-15
USPO Machine Cancel
Newport News VA

Commissioning

Rubber stamp cachet


 

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N/A

1966-09-02
Locy Type 2(n+)(USS)
USS Observation Island EAG-154

Polaris Missile Test (Blue)

Rubber stamp cachet by R. Bob Whitney. Cover is marked "Gold Crew" but the testing was actually by the "Blue Crew".


 

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N/A

1966-09-02
Locy Type 2(n+)(USS)
USS Observation Island EAG-154

Polaris Missile Test (Blue)

Rubber stamp cachet by R. Bob Whitney.


 

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1966-09-02
Locy Type 2(n+)(USS)
USS Observation Island EAG-154

Polaris Missile Test (Blue)

Rubber stamp cachet by R. Bob Whitney.


 

N/A

N/A

1966-11-26
Locy Type 2(n)(USS)
USS Arcturus AF-52

Welcome to Norfolk

Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson


 

N/A

N/A

1970-10-27
USPO Slogan Machine Cancel
"Submarine Base Sta."
Groton CT

Collectors request / Navy Day

Official ships cachet


 

N/A

N/A

1981-03-19
German hand cancel
Wilhelmshaven, Germany

Port Visit

Official ships cachet


 

N/A

N/A

1981-06-15
USPS 4-bar
Newport News VA

15th Anniversary

Cachet by Robert D. Rawlins, sponsored by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS


 

N/A

N/A

1986-06-15
USPS CDS
Newport News VA

20th Anniversary

Cachet by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS


 

N/A

N/A

1986-06-15
USPS CDS
Newport News VA

20th Anniversary

Cachet by Alton M. (Budd) Arrington


 

N/A

N/A

1992-10-17
USPS Type 9
"Naval Base Branch"
Bremerton WA

Scrapping program is started

Scrapping program is started for the USS Alexander Hamilton SSBN-617, USS Henry L. Stimson SSBN-655, USS George Washington Carver SSBN-656
and USS Will Rogers SSBN-659 at the Puget Sound Navy Yard Bremerton WA.
Cachet by Tom Armstrong


 

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N/A

1992-10-21
USPS 4-bar
Silverdale, Bangor, WA

Deactivation Ceremony

Cachet by Tom Armstrong


 

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N/A

1992-10-21
USPS 4-bar
Silverdale, Bangor, WA

Deactivation Ceremony

Cachet by Tom Armstrong


 

N/A

N/A

1992-10-21
USPS 4-bar
Silverdale, Bangor, WA

Deactivation Ceremony

Cachet by Tom Armstrong


 

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N/A

1993-03-18
Locy Type Meter OFR2 (#520280) ZIP 96629
USS Carl Vinson CVN-70

Decommissioning

Cachet by Tom Armstrong


 

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N/A

1993-03-18
Locy Type Meter OFR2 (#520280) ZIP 96629
USS Carl Vinson CVN-70

Decommissioning

Cachet by Tom Armstrong


 

N/A

N/A

1993-03-18
USPS Type 9
"Naval Base Sta."
Bremerton, WA

Decommissioning

Cachet by Tom Armstrong


 

N/A

N/A

2016-06-15
USPS Pictorial Postmark
"50th Anniversary Station"
Norfolk, VA

50th Anniversary of Commissioning

Cachet by Robert Jank

 


 

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