Cachet Maker USCS Chapter 4 Stephen Decatur Page 2C1

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.

Chapter Covers

The Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4 is very prolific and has created many covers since their organization on September 9, 1933. Cachets for this chapter have been created by various artists and efforts are made to identify them. To speed up the time for a page to fully load, they have been separated into smaller year increments starting with the year 1980. This Chapter is based out of Philadelphia, PA and they create covers for US Navy vessels, US Coast Guard vessels and other maritime entities. Please enjoy these covers that show our maritime history.

Cachet Artist and Director is Rich Hoffner unless otherwise stated.

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N/A		N/A	1979-07-04 Polish Ship Marking S/S DAR POMORZA
			Freedom Week 1979

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N/A		N/A	1979-07-04 USPS Pictorial Cancel ”Birthplace of Liberty Sta.” Philadelphia PA
			Freedom Week 1979 Polish Ship Marking - S/S DAR POMORZA

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N/A		N/A	1979-07-04 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS) USS Decatur DDG-31
			Independence Day

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N/A		N/A	1979-07-04 Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-6 USS John Hancock DD-981
			Independence Day

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N/A		N/A	1979-07-04 Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-6 USS John Hancock DD-981
			Independence Day

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N/A		N/A	1979-07-04 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS) USS Mount Whitney LCC-20
			Independence Day

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N/A		N/A	1979-07-04 Locy Type 2-1(n+)(USS) USS Mount Whitney LCC-20
			Independence Day

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		N/A	1979-07-04 Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-6
			First Day of Use - New Cachet

Coast Guard LORAN station at Kure Island in the Pacific (FPO San Francisco 96619).

 

N/A		N/A	1979-07-07 Locy Type FDC F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-6 USS Emory S. Land AS-39
			First Day in Commission

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N/A		N/A	1979-07-12 USPS Machine Cancel South Jersey NJ USCGC Red Oak WLM-689
			Freedom Week 1979

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N/A		N/A	1979-07-14 Locy Type FDC 2-1(n+) (USS) USS John Rodgers DD-983
			First Day in Commission

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		N/A	1979-07-14 Locy Type 9f(n+u) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. M-68b USS McCloy FF-1038
			Launching of the USS Samuel Eliot Morison FFG-13

Hoffner Cachet #H154. Cachet by Rich Hoffner.

 

N/A		N/A	1979-07-16 USPS CDS Cape Canaveral FL
			10th Anniversary of Apollo 11

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N/A		N/A	1979-07-20 USPS Pictorial Postmark Wapakoneta OH
			10th Anniversary of the First Moon Landing

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N/A		N/A	1979-07-20 USPS Pictorial Postmark Downey CA
			10th Anniversary of the First Moon Landing

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N/A		N/A	1979-07-20 USPS Pictorial Postmark Apollo PA
			10th Anniversary of the First Moon Landing

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N/A		N/A	1979-07-21 USPS Meter Pascagoula MS
			Dual Christening – USS Fife DD-991 USS Fletcher DD-992

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N/A		N/A	1979-07-24 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (D2,USS) USS Goldsborough DDG-20
			Apollo 11 – Splashdown in the Pacific

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N/A		N/A	1979-07-24 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (D2,USS) USS Goldsborough DDG-20
			First Day of Use - New Cachet

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N/A		N/A	1979-07-29 Locy Type 2-1(n+)(D1,USS,FF) USS Hepburn FF-1055
			First Day of Use - New Cachet

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N/A		N/A	1979-08-07 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS) USS Somers DDG-34
			First Day of Use - New Cachet

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N/A		N/A	1979-08-11 USPS Machine Cancel Groton CT
			Launching – USS La Jolla SSN-701

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N/A		N/A	1979-08-11 USPS CDS Canal Zone
			Canal Transit – USS New York City SSN-696

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N/A		N/A	1979-08-15 Locy Type 2t(n+u) ("FFG") USS Ramsey FFG-2
			First Day of Use - New Cachet

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N/A		N/A	1979-08-21 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (D2,USS) USS Blakely FF-1072
			First Day of Use - New Cachet

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N/A		N/A	1979-08-25 Locy Type FDC F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-6 USS Leftwich DD-984
			First Day of Commissioning

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N/A		N/A	1979-09-03 USPS Pictorial Postmark ”B Free Franklin Sta.” Philadelphia PA
			Welcome to Philadelphia – HMS GALATEA F18

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N/A		N/A	1979-09-03 USPS Slogan Machine Cancel Philadelphia PA
			Welcome to Philadelphia – HMS ALACRITY F174

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N/A		N/A	1979-09-04 USPS Machine Cancel Philadelphia PA
			Welcome to Philadelphia – HMS PHOEBE F42

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N/A		N/A	1979-09-05 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (D2,USS) USS San Bernardino LST-1189
			First Day of Use - New Cachet for USS Florikan ASR-9

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N/A		N/A	1979-09-05 Locy Type 2t(n+u) (USS,"FF") USS Roark FF-1053
			First Day of Use - New Cachet

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