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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

			1971-05-22 Locy Type FDC 2(n)
			First Day in Commission

Beck Cachet

			1971-05-22 Locy Type FDC 2(n) Locy Type FDC 9ef(nu)
			First Day in Commission

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		No Image	1971-07-06 Locy Type 2(n) (USS) Locy Type 9ef(nu) (USS)
			Ship's crest

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			1973-02-26 Locy Type 2(n) (USS)
			Ship's Crest

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No Image			1974-06-28 Locy Type 2(n) (USS)
			Category

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No Image			1979-05-19 Locy Type 2-1n+ (D2,USS) Locy Type 9-1n+u (USS)
			Armed Forces Day 1979

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No Image			1979-05-19 Locy Type 2-1n+ (D2,USS) Locy Type 9-1n+u (USS)
			Armed Forces Day 1979

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			1980-10-01 Locy Type 2-1n+ (D2,USS)
			Ship's crest

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No Image		No Image	1986-04-21 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (D1,USS) Locy Type 9-1(n+u) (USS) 1986-04-22 Charleston SC Slogan "ALWAYS USE / ZIP CODE"
			Ship's Crest

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No Image			1984-09-13 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (D1,USS)
			Category

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No Image			1987-07-26 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (D1,USS)
			Category

Front pen signed by Navy Postal Clerk...Violet rubberstamp ship's crest
Back USPS routing marks (M2,KC)...Green rubberstamp "JUL 29 1987"

			1994-06-03 Locy Type LDC 9-1(n+u)
			Last Day in Commission

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No Image			1994-06-03 Locy Type LDC 9-1(n+u)
			Last Day in Commission

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No Image		No Image	1994-06-03 USPS Type 9   Norfolk, VA
			Decommissioning

Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

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