Cachet Maker USCS Chapter 74 USS Puget Sound

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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.


 

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04/27/1968 - 01/27/1996

USS Puget Sound AD-38

USCS Chapter #74 serving the Seattle/Tacoma area


 

1978-08-01
USS Eagle WIX-327

Seafair Fleet

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1981-08-06
Locy Type 2-2et (FPO SF 96663) "OCEANOGRAPHIC UNIT TWO"
Locy Type 9-2e (FPO SF 96663) "OCEANOGRAPHIC UNIT TWO"
Oceanographic Unit 2

Category

Note: Cachet also mentions USNS Dutton T-AGS-22


 

1982-03-26

Launching - HMAS Darwin FFG-44

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N/A

N/A

1982-06-14
USPS 4-bar Cancel
Westport WA

USCG Station Grays Harbor

Cachet by Don Abrahamson, sponsored by the USS Puget Sound Chapter No. 74, USCS. From the Tom Kean collection.


 

N/A

1982-09-18
Locy Type 2-1(n+) (D1,USS)

Port Visit - USS Dixon AS-37

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1984-08-03
Locy Type 2-1n+ (D1,USS)
USS Fife DD-991

Fleet Week
Port Visit - Seattle

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N/A

N/A

1985-01-08
USPS Slogan Machine Cancel
Baltimore MD
USCGC Northland WMEC-904

Collectors request

Signed by the CO. Cachet artist is Don Abrahamson. Contributed by Tom Kean.


 

N/A

1985-02-09
FDC 9-1(nu) (USS)
USS Whidbey Island LSD-41

Commissioning

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N/A

N/A

1985-05-30
Locy Type 9-1(n+u) (USS)
USS Vandegrift FFG-48

First Missile Shot

Contributed by Tom Kean.


 

N/A

N/A

1986-03-17
Locy Type 2-1(n+)(USS)
USS Germantown LSD-42

Departing Seattle

Contributed by Tom Kean.


 

N/A

1988-09-14
USPS 4-bar Cancel
"Bangor Br."
Bremerton WA

Deactivation of -
USS John Adams SSBN-620

Cachet printed by Robert Clark and sponsored by the USS Puget Sound Chapter No. 74, USCS. From the Neal Mills collection.


 

N/A

1988-12-02
USPS Type 9 cancel
"Naval Base Sta."
Bremerton WA

Decommissioning of -
USS Dace SSN-607

Cachet printed by Robert Clark, serviced by Tom Armstrong and sponsored by the USS Puget Sound Chapter No. 74, USCS. From the George Marcincin collection.


 

N/A

N/A

1989-03-24
USPS Type 9
"Naval Base Sta."
Bremerton WA

Decommissioning of -
USS John Adams SSBN-620

Cachet printed by Robert Clark and sponsored by the USS Puget Sound Chapter No. 74, USCS. From the Neal Mills collection.


 

1989-10-23

First Day Cachet Used -
USCGC Hudson WLIC-801

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N/A

1989-11-17
USPS Machine Cancel
Red Bank NJ

Commissioning -
USCGC Adak WPB-1333

Signed by the CO & XO. From the John Young collection.


 

N/A

1989-12-19
USPS Machine Cancel
Portsmouth NH

First Day Cachet Used -
USCGC Wrangell WPB-1332

Signed by the CO & XO. From the John Young collection.


 

N/A

1990-08-04
Locy Type 9fy (USCGC / NEW YORK NY USPO)
USCGC Polar Star WAGB-10

200th Anniversary of the USCG

Cachet by Richard J. (Dick) Weber.


 

1991-07-04
Locy Type 9-1(n+) (USS)
Locy Type Meter OFR2 (#520280) ZIP 96629
USS Carl Vinson CVN-70

Category

Cachet by Charles B. Hall and sponsored by the USS Puget Sound Chapter No. 74, USCS


 

N/A

1991-08-18
Locy Type F
USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. N-35e
USS Nimitz CVN-68

Homebound from the Arabian Gulf

Cachet by Tom Armstrong and sponsored by the USS Puget Sound Chapter No. 74, USCS


 

N/A

N/A

1991-08-21
USPS Machine Cancel
Portsmouth NH

Collector request -
USCGC Wrangell WPB-1332

Signed by the CO. From the John Young collection.


 

N/A

N/A

1993-08-04
USPS 4-bar Cancel
South Portland ME

Collector request -
USCGC Wrangell WPB-1332

Signed by the CO. From the John Young collection.


 

1999-07-01
Locy Type 2-2mtn+(USS APO AP 96635-2780)
USS Constellation CV-64

Category

Note:


 

1999-12-25
Locy Type 2-2mt(n+) (USS,FPO AP 96661-3040)
USS Bridge AOE-10

Christmas Day

Cachet by Tom Armstrong, and sponsored by the USS Puget Sound Chapter No. 74, USCS
Cover has postmarks from USS Bridge AOE-10, USS Camden AOE-2, USS Rainier AOE-7, USS Sacramento AOE-1, USS Carl Vinson CVN-70, and USS Fife DD-991.


 

N/A

2002-07-04
Locy Type 2(n) (USS)

Independence Day

Serviced by Dave Richardson, sponsored by the USS Puget Sound Chapter No. 74, USCS. From the Denny Gill collection.
 

N/A

2002-08-16
USPS CDS
Seattle WA

Seattle port call and first day circular cachet used
Dutch Barque EUROPA

Serviced by Dave Richardson, sponsored by the USS Puget Sound Chapter No. 74, USCS. From the Denny Gill collection.


 

N/A

2020-04-28
USPS Pictorial Postmark
"Keel Laying Station"
Panama City FL

Keel Laying of the -
USCGC Argus WMSM-915

Cachet by Dennis W. Gill


 

N/A

N/A

2020-09-02
USPS Pictorial Postmark
"Surrender Station"
Honolulu HI

75th Anniversary of end of WWII aboard the -
USS Missouri BB-63

Cachet by Dennis W. Gill


 

N/A

N/A

2021-11-13
USPS Type 12 Cancel
"Mobile Main Office"
Mobile AL

Christening of -
USNS Apalachicola T-EPF-13

Cachet by Dennis W. Gill, sponsored by the USS Puget Sound Chapter No. 74, USCS.


 

N/A

N/A

2022-01-28
USPS Double 4-bar Cancel
"Flagship City Br."
Pascagoula MS

Keel Authentication of -
USS Harrisburg LPD-30

Cachet by Dennis W. Gill, sponsored by the USS Puget Sound Chapter No. 74, USCS.

 


 

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