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Covers should be listed in chronological order. Use the postmark date or best guess. This applies to covers with add-on cachets as well.

Universal Ship Cancellation Society Chapter - NS Savannah Chapter No. 109, USCS

Number in ( ) from "Catalogue of NS Savannah Events, Port Itinerary & Covers". Third Edition 2016

(DISCLAIMER) There may be discrepancies in the dates of various port visits between the lists used. Until covers are discovered, there is no accurate proof of port visitations.


1. NS SAVANNAH, Die Hub Markings & Launching Memorabilia
2. NS SAVANNAH, Keel Laid, Launching, Sea Trials & In Service
3. NS SAVANNAH, Port Visits 1962 and 1963
4. NS SAVANNAH, Port Visits 1964
5. NS SAVANNAH, Port Visits 1965
6. NS SAVANNAH, Port Visits 1966
7. NS SAVANNAH, Port Visits 1967
8. NS SAVANNAH, Port Visits 1968
9. NS SAVANNAH, Port Visits 1969
10. NS SAVANNAH, Port Visits 1970-1972
11. NS SAVANNAH, Meters, Stamps & Misc.
12. NS SAVANNAH, Picture Postcards
13. NS SAVANNAH, Modern Covers 2014 -

 

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N/A		N/A	1962-08-27 USPO Pictorial Machine Cancel Savannah GA
			Maiden Voyage

(6c) Unknown cachetmaker. From the Jimmy Jordan collection.

 

(Example)			1962-08-27 USPO Pictorial Machine Cancel Savannah GA On the Back - USPO Machine Cancel Norfolk VA
			Maiden Voyage State Marine Lines envelope w/ pointed flap

(6e) Carried on Board (COB) cachet. From the Art Cole collection.

 

(Example)			1962-08-27 USPO Pictorial Machine Cancel Savannah GA On the Back - USPO Machine Cancel Norfolk VA
			Maiden Voyage State Marine Lines envelope w/ rounded flap

(6e) Carried on Board (COB) cachet. From the Art Cole collection.

 

N/A			1962-08-27 USPO Pictorial Machine Cancel Savannah GA 1962-08-30 USPO Machine Cancel Norfolk VA
			Maiden Voyage cachet on the back

(6e) Carried On Board (COB) cachet. From the Jimmy Jordan collection.

 

N/A			1962-08-27 USPO Pictorial Machine Cancel Savannah GA
			Maiden Voyage States Marine Lines envelope

(6e) Carried On Board (COB) cachet. From the Jimmy Jordan collection.

 

N/A			1962-08-28 USPO Machine Cancel (Inverted) Savannah GA
			Maiden Voyage Red Handstamp on the back

(6f) Propeller Club cachet. From the Jimmy Jordan collection.

 

N/A			1962-08-28 USPO Commemorative Machine Cancel Savannah GA On the Back - USPO Machine Cancel Norfolk VA
			Maiden Voyage

(6f) Propeller Club cachet. From the Art Cole collection.

 

N/A			1962-08-27 USPO Commemorative Machine Cancel Savannah GA On the Back - USPO Machine Cancel Norfolk VA
			Maiden Voyage

(6g) Unknown cachetmaker. From the Art Cole collection.

 

N/A		N/A	c 1962
			Maiden Voyage

(6h) Unknown cachetmaker. From the Jimmy Jordan collection.

 

N/A			1962-08-28 USPO Commemorative Machine Cancel Savannah GA On the Back - USPO Machine Cancel Norfolk VA
			Maiden Voyage

(6 UNLISTED) Hand drawn cachet, Unknown cachetmaker (initials NRT). From the Art Cole collection. New addition to the Catalog Nov 2018.

 

N/A		N/A	1962-09-11 USPO Machine Cancel Yorktown VA
			Office Stationary

(7b) 1st Nuclear Merchant Vessel.

 

N/A		N/A	1962-09-15 Ship Date Cancel (SDC) "MAIDEN VOYAGE"
			Maiden Voyage

(8a) Cachetmaker Unknown

 

N/A		N/A	1962-09-19 PAQUEBOT Balboa Machine Cancel Balboa Cancel Zone Ship Date Cancel (SDC) MAIDEN VOYAGE
			First Passage Through Panama Canal

(8b) Cachet by the Nuclear Ships Chapter No. 61, USCS. Cachet #M-2. Scan courtesy of Owen R. Murray. http://www.beck.ormurray.com/

 

N/A		N/A	1962-10-12 USPO Machine Cancel Seattle WA Ship Date Cancel (SDC)
			Visits Seattle WA & World's Fair

(9e) Cachet by the Nuclear Ships Chapter No. 61, USCS. Cachet #M-1. Scan courtesy of Owen R. Murray. http://www.beck.ormurray.com/

 

N/A		N/A	1962-10-10 USPO Slogan Machine Cancel "America's Space Age / World's Fair / Seattle USA 1962" Seattle WA
			Visit to Seattle WA

(9d) Cachet by the Propeller Club. From the Jimmy Jordan collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1962-10-10 USPO Machine Cancel Seattle (10) WA
			Visit to Seattle WA

(9d) Cachet by the Propeller Club. From the Jimmy Jordan collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1962-10-17 USPO Slogan Machine Cancel "America's Space Age / World's Fair / Seattle U.S.A. 1962" Space Needle WA
			Visit to Seattle WA with USS Sculpin SSN-590

(9g) Cachet by Chief Yeoman James Jones, USN

 

N/A		N/A	1962-10-02 USPO 4-bar Cancel Space Needle WA
			Visit to Seattle WA

(9h) Cachet by the Propeller Club with Insert. From the Jimmy Jordan collection.

 

N/A			1962-10-02 USPO 4-bar Cancel Space Needle WA
			Visit to Seattle WA

(9h) Insert with the Cachet by the Propeller Club. From the Jimmy Jordan collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1962-10-16 USPO Slogan Machine Cancel "America's Space Age / World's Fair / Seattle USA 1962" Space Needle WA
			Visit to Seattle WA

(9k) Cachet by the Propeller Club. From the Jimmy Jordan collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1962-10-01 Ship Date Cancel (SDC)
			Seattle WA

(9 Unlisted) Separate dater used to postmark the stamp.

 

N/A			1962-11-19 USPO 4-bar San Francisco CA 1962-11-18 Ship Date Cancel (SDC) (on back)
			Port visit to San Francisco CA

(10b) Cachet by the Nuclear Ships Chapter No. 61, USCS. Cachet #M-3. From the Jimmy Jordan collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1962-11-28 USPO Slogan Machine Cancel "Ability Counts" Long Beach CA
			Port visit to Long Beach & Los Angeles CA

(11a) Cachet by the Nuclear Ships Chapter No. 61, USCS. Cachet #M-4. From the Jimmy Jordan collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1962-11-28 USPO Slogan Machine Cancel "Fight TB / Support Your / TB Association" Long Beach CA
			Visit to Long Beach & Los Angeles CA

(11b) Cachet by the Propeller Club.

 

N/A			1962-12-14 USPO Slogan Machine Cancel "Fight TB / Support Your / TB Association" Wilmington CA On The Back - 1962-12-13 NS Savannah SDC
			Los Angeles CA 11-17 Dec 1962

(12a) Cachet by the Propeller Club. From the Art Cole collection. Vol. 3 of the Catalog stated "No Known Covers", this cover added to the database, Nov. 2018.

 

N/A		N/A	1962-12-25 Ship Date Cancel (SDC)
			Visit to Hawai'i

(13c) Cachetmaker Unknown

 

N/A			1962-12-26 USPO Slogan Machine Cancel "Fight TB / Support Your / TB Association" Honolulu HI 1962-12-22 Ship Date Cancel (SDC) (on back)
			Visit to Hawai'i

(13d) Cachet by the Nuclear Ships Chapter No. 61, USCS. Cachet #M-5. From the Jimmy Jordan collection.

 

N/A			1962-12-24 USPO Machine Cancel Honolulu HI 1962-12-16 Ship Date Cancel (SDC) (on back)
			Visit to Hawai'i

(13 Unlisted) Cachet by the Propeller Club. From the Jimmy Jordan collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1963-01-05 USPO Machine Cancel Portland OR
			Visits Portland OR

(14a) Cachet by the Nuclear Ships Chapter No. 61, USCS. Cachet #M-6. Scan courtesy of Owen R. Murray. http://www.beck.ormurray.com/

 

N/A		N/A	1963-01-04 USPO Machine Cancel Portland (1A) OR
			Port visit to Portland OR

(14d) Mailed on Board (MOB) cachet. From the Jimmy Jordan collection.

 

N/A			1963-01-05 USPO Machine Cancel Portland (2B) OR USPO Hand Cancel (double ring) Portland OR
			Port visit to Portland OR

(14 Unlisted) Ship Date Cancel (SDC) 1963-01-04. Edward G. Heim marking on the back. From the Jimmy Jordan collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1963-01-04 USPO Machine Cancel Portland (7) OR 1963-01-04 Ship Date Cancel (SDC)
			Port visit to Portland OR

(14 Unlisted) Autographed by Capt. David B. McMichael. From the Jimmy Jordan collection.

 

N/A			1963-01-05 USPO Slogan Machine Cancel Portland (1A) OR 1963-01-04 Ship Date Cancel (SDC)(on back)
			Port visit to Portland OR

(14 UNLISTED) Cachet by the Nuclear Ships Chapter No. 61, USCS. Cachet #M-6. From the Jimmy Jordan collection.

 

N/A			1963-01-16 USPO Machine Cancel San Diego (5) CA 1963-01-14 Ship Date Cancel (SDC)(on back)
			Port visit to San Diego CA

(15b) Cachet by the Nuclear Ships Chapter No. 61, USCS. Cachet #M-7. From the Jimmy Jordan collection.

 

N/A			1963-01-16 USPO Slogan Machine Cancel "Aliens Must Report / Their Address / During January" San Diego (1) CA 1963-01-12 Ship Date Cancel (SDC)
			Port visit to San Diego CA

(15c) Mailed on Board (MOB) cachet with insert. From the Jimmy Jordan collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1963-01-31 Balboa Paquebot Machine Cancel Balboa Panama
			PAQUEBOT postmark

(16c) Mailed on Board (MOB) cachet.

 

N/A		N/A	1963-01-01 Balboa Paquebot Machine Cancel Balboa Canal Zone
			PAQUEBOT postmark

(16 UNLISTED) Ship Date Cancel (SDC) cachet dated Jan 28 1963. Unlisted in the 3rd edition Catalog. Signed by Gaston R. De Groote. From the Art Cole collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1963-01-31 Paquebot Mail SL
			No Postmark

(16 UNLISTED) Cachet by the Nuclear Ships Chapter No. 61, USCS. Cachet #M-8. Unlisted in the 3rd edition Catalog. From the Art Cole collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1963-02-15 USPO Machine Cancel Galveston TX
			Port visit to Galveston TX

(17c) Cachet by the Nuclear Ships Chapter No. 61, USCS. Cachet #M-9. From the Jimmy Jordan collection.

 

N/A			1963-04-17 USPO Machine Cancel Galveston TX 1963-04-12 Ship Date Cancel (SDC)
			Port visit to Galveston TX

(17 Unlisted) Ship Date Cancel (SDC) on USS Bainbridge DLGN-25 postcard. From the Jimmy Jordan collection.

 

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