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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	1952-12-16 Locy Type 2 USS Van Valkenburgh DD-656
			Keel Laying

Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson

No Image		No Image	1955-10-08 Locy Type 2 USS Haynsworth DD-700
			Launching

Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson

No Image			1956-04-14
			Ship Commissioning

Notes: Cachet Maker: USCS Chapter 3 Admiral Farragut.
The cachet is used as the postmark.

			1956-04-14 Locy Type FDC 2(n)
			Ship Commissioning

Notes: Cachet Makers: USCS Chapter 3 Admiral Farragut and Walter Czubay.

			1957-06-10 Locy Type 7dity (USCS Illustration S-23b) FIRST DAY OF ISSUE
			Category

Notes: Cachet Maker: Art Craft Company.

No Image		No Image	1957-06-10 Locy Type 7dity USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. S-23b "FIRST DAY OF ISSUE"
			First Day of Issue, Sc. 1091

Cachet Maker: Artmaster

No Image			1962-02-25 Locy Type 2t(n+u)
			Category

Note:

			1968-03-17 Locy Type 7t(n+u) USCS Catalog Illustration S-23g
			St. Patrick's Day 1968

PEEJAY / USCS Chapter 3 Cachet

			1971-11-11 Locy Type 7dit(n+u) (POW/MIA)
			Category

Official Business

No Image			1972-05-19 Locy Type 7dit(n+u) (POW/MIA)
			Category

Notes:

No Image			1980-10-06 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (D2,USS) Locy Type 9-1(n+u) USCS Catalog Illustration S-23i
			Category

Note:

No Image			1982-06-17 Locy Type F [CD-8]
			Tall Ships 1982

Cachet by Rich Hoffner, sponsored by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

No Image			1982-06-17 Locy Type F [CD-8]
			Tall Ships 1982

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

			1988-10-27 Locy Type 2-1(n) (USS)
			Navy Day 1988

Rogak Cachet

No Image		No Image	1992-07-04 Locy Type 2
			4th of July

Note: Cachet Maker: Gary R. Rogak

			1993-03-24 Locy Type 2-1(n+) USCS Catalog Illustration S-23e
			Category

Notes: Cachet Maker: Roger A Wentworth

No Image			1994-08-20 Locy Type F (USCS Illustration S-23l)
			Deactivation

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

No Image		No Image	1994-09-30
			Decommissioning

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

			1994-09-30 USPS Pictorial Cancel
			Ship Decommissioning

Notes: Cachet Makers: USCS Chapter 97 USS Los Angeles and Charles B Hall.

			1994-09-30 Locy Type LDC 2-1(n+) (USS) Locy Type LDC 9-1(n+) (USS)
			Ship Decommissioning

Notes: Cachet Maker: Charles B Hall.

			1994-09-30 Locy Type LDC 2-1(n+) (USS) Locy Type LDC 9-1(n+) (USS)
			Ship Decommissioning

Notes: Cachet Maker: Charles B Hall.
Same cover as above only showing postmarks instead of cachets.

No Image		No Image	1995-06-07
			Arrival at Philadelphia ISMF

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

No Image		No Image	1998-08-03
			Transferring to Newport, RI

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

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