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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	1964-05-14 USPO Machine Cancel Groton CT
			Launching

Cachet by Morris W. Beck

 

N/A		N/A	1964-05-14 USPO Machine Cancel Groton CT
			Launching

Cachet by Eugene O. Wright, sponsored by the Dynamic Philatelic Society

 

N/A		N/A	1964-05-14 USPO Machine Cancel Groton CT
			Launching

Cachet by George H. Goldey. From the George Marcincin collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1964-05-16 USPO Machine Cancel Quincy MA
			Arrival in Quincy

Cachet by Malcolm C. Walker, sponsored by the Nuclear Ships Chapter No. 61, USCS

 

N/A		N/A	1965-04-30 USPO Machine Cancel Quincy MA
			Re-Launching

Cachet by Malcolm C. Walker, sponsored by the Nuclear Ships Chapter No. 61, USCS

 

N/A		N/A	1967-10-03 USPO Machine Cancel Quincy MA
			Sea Trials

Cachet by Malcolm C. Walker

 

N/A		N/A	1968-01-25 USPO Slogan Machine Cancel "Submarine Base Sta." Groton CT
			Commissioning

Cachet by Truecraft Cachets

 

N/A		N/A	1968-01-25 USPO Slogan Machine Cancel "Submarine Base Sta." Groton CT
			Commissioning

Official ships cachet

 

N/A		N/A	1968-01-25 USPO Slogan Machine Cancel "Submarine Base Sta." Groton CT
			Commissioning

Cachet by Eugene O. Wright, sponsored by the Dynamic Philatelic Society

 

N/A		N/A	1968-01-25 USPO Slogan Machine Cancel "Submarine Base Sta." Groton CT
			Commissioning

Official ships cachet

 

N/A		N/A	1968-01-25 USPO Slogan Machine Cancel "Submarine Base Sta." Groton CT
			Commissioning

Official ships cachet

 

N/A		N/A	1978-01-25 USPS Slogan Machine Cancel Gulfport MS
			10th Anniversary

Official ships cachet

 

N/A		N/A	1980-10-14 USPS Type 9 "Port Everglades Sta." Ft. Lauderdale FL
			Port Visit

Official ships cachet, "IN PORT" sub marking by George H. Wilson

 

N/A		N/A	1981-02-27 USPS Type 9 "Port Everglades Sta." Ft. Lauderdale FL
			Port Visit

Official ships cachet, USS GATO marking by George H. Wilson

 

N/A		N/A	1983-01-25 USPS 4-bar "Submarine Base Sta." Groton CT
			15th Anniversary

Cachet by Robert D. Rawlins, sponsored by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

N/A		N/A	1983-05-06 USPS Type 9 cancel "Port Everglades Sta." Fort Lauderdale FL
			Port Visit

Cachet by George H. Wilson

 

N/A		N/A	1988-08-26 USPS Machine Cancel Portsmouth NH
			"The Goalkeeper"

Cachet by Gary R. Rogak

 

N/A		N/A	1989-10-27 USPS 4-bar Groton CT
			Navy Day

Cachet by Gary R. Rogak

 

N/A		N/A	1993-01-25 USPS 4-bar Groton CT
			25th Anniversary

Cachet by Gary R. Rogak

 

N/A		N/A	1994-11-22 USPS CDS "Submarine Base Br." Groton CT
			Change of Command

Cachet by Don Wilson

 

N/A		N/A	1994-11-22 USPS CDS "Submarine Base Br." Groton CT
			Change of Command

Cachet by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

N/A		N/A	1995-04-07 USPS CDS "Submarine Base Br." Groton CT
			Inactivation Ceremony

Cachet by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

N/A		N/A	1995-04-07 USPS CDS "Submarine Base Br." Groton CT
			Inactivation Ceremony

Cachet by Don Wilson

 

N/A		N/A	1996-04-24 PB Meter Bremerton WA
			Day before Decommissioning

Sticker cachet by Tom Armstrong

 

N/A		N/A	1996-04-24 PB Meter Bremerton WA
			Day before Decommissioning

Sticker cachet by Tom Armstrong

 

N/A		N/A	1996-04-24 Locy Type 2-1(n+)(D2,USS) USS Abraham Lincoln CVN-72
			Day before Decommissioning

Cachet by Tom Armstrong

 

N/A		N/A	1996-04-24 Locy Type 2-1(n+)(D2,USS) USS Abraham Lincoln CVN-72
			Day before Decommissioning

Cachet by Tom Armstrong

 

N/A		N/A	1996-04-25
			Decommissioning Announcement

Note:

 

N/A		N/A	1996-04-25
			Decommissioning Booklet

Note:

 

N/A		N/A	2018-01-25 USPS Type 11 Groton CT
			50th Anniversary of Commissioning

Cachet by Richard F. Hoffner

 

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