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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	Postmark Date Postmark Type Killer Bar Text --------- Cachet Category

N/A		N/A	1952-07-14 Locy Type 2 USS Monrovia APA-31
			Keel Laying of FORRESTAL

Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson, from the Ronald Finger collection.

N/A		N/A	1954-12-11 Locy Type 2r USS Valcour AVP-55
			Launching of FORRESTAL

Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson

N/A		N/A	1955-10-01 Locy Type FDC 2
			Commissioning

Cacheted, from the Ronald Finger collection.

			1955-10-25 Locy Type 2 (1955)
			Category

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			1959-10-27 Locy Type 2 (1958)
			Navy Day

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			1962-05-16 Locy Type 2t(n+u) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. F-39
			Category

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No Image			1963-05-20 Locy Type 7tnu
			Cape Canaveral Parade

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			1964-02-06 Locy Type 7tnu
			Category

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			1965-02-25 Locy Type 7tnu
			Category

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			1965-09-19 Locy Type 2(n+) (CVA,USS)
			Category

Cachet Maker: Howard Tiffner

			1965-10-15 Locy Type 7tnu
			10th Anniversary

Rubber stamp cachet

N/A		N/A	1967-09-15 Locy Type 2(n+)(USS,"CVA")
			Welcome Home From Vietnam Deployment and Disaster at Sea

Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson. Scan provided by Tom Haring.

			1968-09-02 Locy Type 7t(n+u) (USS)
			Labor Day 1968

Cachet by the Admiral Farragut Chapter No. 3, USCS

			1970-10-01 Locy Type 2t(n+u) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. F-39a
			15th Anniversary

Rubber stamp cachet

			1971-10-18 Locy Type 7dit(n+u) (USS,"POW/MIA")
			Category

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			1976-07-04 Locy Type 2t(n+u) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. F-39c
			International Naval Review 1976

Cachet by Colorano Silk Cachets.

			1976-07-04 Locy Type 2t(n+u) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. F-39c
			International Naval Review 1976

Cachet by Colorano Silk Cachets.
Save cover as above only showing postmark and second cachet.

			1977-09-17 Locy Type 2t(n+u) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. F-39c
			Farewell to Norfolk

Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson

			1982-12-25 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (D1,USS)
			Ship's Crest

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No Image			1983-07-15
			Shipmate Reunion

Cachet by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

No Image			1983-07-16
			Shipmate Reunion

Cachet by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

No Image		No Image	1985-10-13 Locy Type 2-1(n) (USS)
			Navy Day

Cachet by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

N/A		N/A	1987-11-21 Locy Type 9-1(n+) (USS)
			Dependent's Cruise

Cachet by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

N/A		N/A	1990-10-01 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS) Locy Type 9-1(n+) (USS)
			35th Anniversary

Cachet by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

			1990-12-25 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS,"CV")
			Christmas Day

Cachet by Gary R. Rogak

			1992-02-04 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (AVT,USS) Locy Type 9-1(n+u) (A,USS,CV) Locy Type 9-1(n+u) (USS,AVT)
			First day this cachet

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No Image			1993-09-11 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS)
			Inactivation Ceremony

Cachet by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

N/A		N/A	1993-09-30 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS) Locy Type 9-1(n+) (USS)
			Decommissioning

Cachet by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

N/A		N/A	1998-09-14 USPS MPP
			Transferred to Newport RI

Cachet by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

N/A		N/A	2017-07-29 USPS Type 12 "Main PO" Arlington VA
			50th Anniversary of Fire

Cachet by Ron Reeves. From the Richard F. Hoffner collection.

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