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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

 

			1955-10-25 Locy Type 2 1955
			Category

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			1959-10-27 Locy Type 2 1958
			Navy Day

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			1962-05-16 Locy Type 2t(n+u) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. F-39
			Category

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No Image			1963-05-20 Locy Type 7tnu
			Cape Canaveral Parade

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			1964-02-06 Locy Type 7tnu
			Category

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			1965-02-25 Locy Type 7tnu
			Category

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			1965-09-19 Locy Type 2(n+) (CVA,USS)
			Category

Cachet Maker: Howard Tiffner

 

			1965-10-15 Locy Type 7tnu
			10th Anniversary

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			1968-09-02 Locy Type 7t(n+u) (USS)
			Labor Day 1968

USCS Chapter 3 Cachet

 

			1970-10-01 Locy Type 2t(n+u) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. F-39a
			15th Anniversary

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			1971-10-18 Locy Type 7dit(n+u) (USS,"POW/MIA")
			Category

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			1976-07-04 Locy Type 2t(n+u) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. F-39c
			International Naval Review 1976

Cachet Maker: Colorano Silk Cachets.

 

			1976-07-04 Locy Type 2t(n+u) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. F-39c
			International Naval Review 1976

Cachet Maker: Colorano Silk Cachets.
Save cover as above only showing postmark and second cachet.

 

			1977-09-17 Locy Type 2t(n+u) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. F-39c
			Welcome to Norfolk

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			1982-12-25 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (D1,USS)
			Ship's Crest

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No Image			1983-07-15
			Shipmate Reunion

Cachet Maker: Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

No Image			1983-07-16
			Shipmate Reunion

Cachet Maker: Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

No Image		No Image	1985-10-13 Locy Type 2-1(n) (USS)
			Navy Day

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

No Image		No Image	1987-11-21 Locy Type 9-1(n+) (USS)
			Dependent's Cruise

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

No Image		No Image	1990-10-01 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS) Locy Type 9-1(n+) (USS)
			35th Anniversary

Cachet Maker: Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

			1990-12-25 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS,"CV")
			Christmas Day

Cachet Maker: Gary R Rogak

 

			1992-02-04 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (AVT,USS) Locy Type 9-1(n+u) (A,USS,CV) Locy Type 9-1(n+u) (USS,AVT)
			First day this cachet

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No Image			1993-09-11 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS)
			Inactivation Ceremony

Cachet Maker: Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

No Image		No Image	1993-09-30 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS) Locy Type 9-1(n+) (USS)
			Decommissioning

Cachet Maker: Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

No Image		No Image	1998-09-14
			Transferred to Newport RI

Cachet Maker: Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

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