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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.

 

Thumbnail Link To Cachet Close-Up Image	Thumbnail Link To Full Cover Front Image	Thumbnail Link To Postmark or Back Image	Postmark Date Postmark Type Killer Bar Text Ship --------- Category

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July - December 1963
 

N/A		N/A	1963-07-13 Locy Type 2(n) (USS) USS Algol AKA-54
			Welcome to Norfolk - Gunboat POTOSI (Mexico)

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N/A		N/A	1963-07-14 Locy Type 2t(n+) USS Muliphen AKA-61
			Welcome to Norfolk - Gunboat QUERETARO (Mexico)

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N/A		N/A	1963-08-03 Locy Type 2t(n) USS Long Beach CG(N)-9
			Greetings - USS Long Beach Nuclear Guided Missile Cruiser

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N/A		N/A	1963-08-10 Locy Type 2t(n) USS John King DDG-3
			Keel Laying of - USS Sturgeon SSN-637 Nuclear Submarine at Groton Conn.

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N/A		N/A	1963-08-10 Locy Type 2(n) USS Sampson DDG-10
			Launching of - USS Sylvania AFS-2 at San Diego Cal.

Note: Ludo Janssens catalog lists the date as 8/15/63 for this cover. Correct date used in the cancel if the 10th was the actual launch date. Multiple sources are not in agreement on the Launching date for this ship.

 

N/A		N/A	1963-08-17 Locy Type 2(n) (USS) USS Mountrail APA-213
			Greetings USS Mountrail - PHIBRON 2, Atlantic Fleet

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N/A		N/A	1963-09-04 Locy Type 2t(n+u) (USS) USS John R. Pierce DD-753
			Welcome Home USS John R. Pierce - Mediterranean Sea Duty, USN Sixth Fleet

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N/A		N/A	1963-09-04 Locy Type 2 USS Soley DD-707
			Welcome Home USS Soley - Mediterranean Sea Duty, USN Sixth Fleet

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N/A		N/A	1963-09-14 Locy Type 2tn+u) 1958 (opening paren doesn't show) USS Alcor AK-259
			Launching USS Sacramento AOE-1 Naval Auxiliary Ship, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard

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N/A		N/A	1963-09-21 Locy Type 2(n) (USS) USS Telfair APA-210
			Greetings USS Telfair APA-210 - PHIBRON 4, Atlantic Fleet

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N/A		N/A	1963-09-28 Locy Type 2t(nu) USS Gainard DD-706
			Welcome to Norfolk USS Gainard DD 706 - Com. Destroyer Div. 122, Newport RI

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N/A		N/A	1963-09-28 Locy Type 2r Locy Type 9efu USS Hyman DD-732
			Welcome to Norfolk USS Hyman DD 732 - Com. Destroyer Div. 122, Newport RI

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N/A		N/A	1963-10-01 Locy Type 2(n+) (USS) USS Orion AS-18
			Commissioning at Norfolk Naval Shipyard - USS Oak Ridge ARDM-1 Polaris Submarine Repair Ship

Note: This was actually a Recommissioning of the ship.

 

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