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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	1979-01-29 USPS Machine Cancel Newport News VA
			Keel Laying

Cachet by Ken Bieda

 

N/A		N/A	1981-03-29 USPS Slogan Machine Cancel "CHRISTENING / OF THE USS / HOUSTON" Newport News VA
			Christening & Launch

Cachet by Richard Hoffner, sponsored by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

N/A		N/A	1981-03-29 USPS Slogan Machine Cancel "CHRISTENING / OF THE USS / HOUSTON" Newport News VA
			Christening & Launch

Cachet by Richard Hoffner, sponsored by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

N/A		N/A	1981-03-29 USPS Slogan Machine Cancel "CHRISTENING / OF THE USS / HOUSTON" Newport News VA
			Christening & Launch

Cachet by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

N/A		N/A	1981-03-29 USPS Slogan Machine Cancel "CHRISTENING / OF THE USS / HOUSTON" Newport News VA
			Christening & Launch

Cachet by the USS Nathan Hall Chapter No. 68, USCS

 

N/A		N/A	1981-03-29 USPS Slogan Machine Cancel "CHRISTENING / OF THE USS / HOUSTON" Newport News VA
			Christening & Launch

Cachet by Kenneth Bieda

 

N/A		N/A	1981-03-29 Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-6 USS Emory S. Land AS-39
			Christening & Launch

Cachet by Taz Nicholson

 

N/A		N/A	1982-07-28 USPS Machine Cancel Newport News VA
			Sea Trials

Cachet by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

N/A		N/A	1982-09-25 USPS Slogan Machine Cancel "Remember only you can / PREVENT / FOREST FIRES" Norfolk VA
			First Day in Commission

Cachet by the USS Nathan Hall Chapter No. 68, USCS

 

N/A		N/A	1982-09-25 USPS Slogan Machine Cancel "Remember only you can / PREVENT / FOREST FIRES" Norfolk VA
			First Day in Commission

Cachet by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

N/A		N/A	1982-09-25 USPS 4-bar Norfolk VA
			First Day in Commission

Cachet by KMC Venture

 

N/A		N/A	1983-10-10 Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. H-49
			Columbus Day

Cachet by George H. Wilson

 

N/A		N/A	1989-10-18 USPS Slogan Machine Cancel San Diego CA
			Collectors request

Rubber stamp cachet

 

N/A		N/A	2001-09-18 Locy Type 11-2an+ (USS,FPO AP 96612-2872) Locy Type 13-1(n+)u (USS) USS Abraham Lincoln CVN-72
			Overhaul (Refueling) starts

Cachet by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

N/A		N/A	2002-09-25 USPS Pictorial Cancel Norfolk VA
			20th Anniversary of Commissioning

Cachet by

 

N/A		N/A	2002-09-25 USPS Pictorial Cancel Norfolk VA
			20th Anniversary of Commissioning

Cachet by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

N/A		N/A	2004-06-21 Locy Type 11 USS Sacramento AOE-1
			Overhaul (Refueling) completed

Cachet by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

N/A		N/A	2007-09-25 USPS Pictorial Cancel "25th Anniversary Station" Norfolk VA
			25th Anniversary of Commissioning

Cachet by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

N/A		N/A	2012-09-25 USPS Pictorial Cancel "30th Anniversary Station" Norfolk VA
			30th Anniversary of Commissioning

Cachet by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

N/A		N/A	2012-09-25 USPS Pictorial Cancel "30th Anniversary Station" Norfolk VA
			30th Anniversary of Commissioning

Cachet by Greytcovers

 

N/A		N/A	2012-09-25 USPS Pictorial Cancel "30th Anniversary Station" Norfolk VA
			30th Anniversary of Commissioning

Cachet by Rich Hall

 

N/A		N/A	2012-09-25 USPS Pictorial Cancel "30th Anniversary Station" Norfolk VA
			30th Anniversary of Commissioning

Cachet by Rich Hoffner

 

N/A		N/A	2016-08-26 USPS Pictorial Cancel "Inactivation Station" Bremerton WA
			Inactivation

Cachet by Neal J. Mills

 

N/A		N/A	2016-08-26 USPS Pictorial Cancel "Inactivation Station" Bremerton WA
			Inactivation

Cachet by Neal J. Mills

 

N/A		N/A	2016-11-04 USPS 4-bar Cancel Bremerton WA
			Final Change of Command

Cachet by Richard F. Hoffner

 

N/A		N/A	2017-08-24 Locy Type LDC F
			Decommissioning

Cachet by CDR Andrew H. Ring, USN. USS Houston's final CO.

 

N/A		N/A	2017-08-24 USPS Type 12 Bremerton WA
			Decommissioning

Cachet by CDR Andrew H. Ring, USN. USS Houston's final CO.

 

N/A		N/A	2017-08-24 Locy Type LDC F
			Decommissioning

Cachet by CDR Andrew H. Ring, USN. USS Houston's final CO.

 

N/A		N/A	2017-08-24 USPS Type 12 Bremerton WA
			Decommissioning

Cachet by CDR Andrew H. Ring, USN. USS Houston's final CO.

 

N/A		N/A	2017-08-24 Locy Type LDC F
			Decommissioning

Cachet by CDR Andrew H. Ring, USN. USS Houston's final CO.

 

N/A		N/A	2017-08-24 USPS Type 12 Bremerton WA
			Decommissioning

Cachet by CDR Andrew H. Ring, USN. USS Houston's final CO.

 

N/A		N/A	2017-08-24 Locy Type LDC F
			Decommissioning

Cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

N/A		N/A	2017-08-24 Locy Type LDC F
			Decommissioning

Cachet by Philip R. Edwards (The Cover Monster)

 

N/A		N/A	2017-08-24 Locy Type LDC F
			Decommissioning

Cachet by Philip R. Edwards (The Cover Monster)

 

N/A		N/A	2017-08-24 Locy Type LDC F
			Decommissioning

Cachet by Philip R. Edwards (The Cover Monster)

 

N/A		N/A	2017-08-26 USPS 4-bar cancel Bremerton WA
			Decommissioning +2

Cachet by Robert Jank

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N/A			2017-08-24
			Challenge Coin

CDR Andrew H. Ring, USN, USS Houston's final CO.

 

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