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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 Ship --------- Category

N/A		N/A	1963-01-12 USPO Slogan Machine Cancel "Naval Base Br." Portsmouth NH
			Launching

Signed by Cdr Lando C. Zeck Jr., PCO Blue Crew of the USS John Adams SSBN-620. From the Neal Mills collection.

N/A		N/A	1963-01-12 USPO Slogan Machine Cancel "Naval Base Br." Portsmouth NH
			Launching

Signed by Cdr Lando C. Zeck Jr., PCO Blue Crew of the USS John Adams SSBN-620. Cachet sponsored by the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Development Association. From the Neal Mills collection.

N/A		N/A	1964-04-05 USPO Slogan Machine Cancel "Naval Base Br." Portsmouth NH
			Sea Trials

Signed by Cdr Lando C. Zeck Jr., PCO Blue Crew and Cdr Paul John Early, PCO Gold Crew of the USS John Adams SSBN-620. Cachet sponsored by the Nuclear Ships Chapter No. 61, USCS. From the Neal Mills collection.

N/A		N/A	1964-05-12 USPO Slogan Machine Cancel "Naval Base Br." Portsmouth NH
			Commissioning

Cachet by William F. Luckett. Cachet celebrates the Commissioning of the USS John Adams, the Launching of USS Nathanael Greene SSBN-636 and the Keel Laying of USS Grayling SSN-646.

N/A		N/A	1964-05-12 USPO Slogan Machine Cancel "Naval Base Br." Portsmouth NH
			Commissioning

Cachet by Morris W. Beck. From the Neal Mills collection.

		N/A	1964-06-23 USPO Machine Cancel Cape Canaveral, FLA
			Missile Test

Note:

N/A		N/A	1964-06-23 USPO Machine Cancel Cape Canaveral, FL
			First Missile Test (Blue)

Cachet by Clyde J. Sarzin. From the Neal Mills collection.

N/A		N/A	1964-06-23 USPO Machine Cancel Cape Canaveral, FL
			First Missile Test (Blue)

Official ships cachet. From the Neal Mills collection.

N/A		N/A	1964-07-08 USPO Machine Cancel Cape Canaveral, FL
			First Missile Test (Gold)

Official ships cachet. Signed by Cdr Paul John Early, CO Gold Crew. From the Neal Mills collection.

		N/A	1964-08-24 USPO Slogan Machine Cancel "Naval Base Br." Portsmouth NH
			Collectors request

Note:

N/A		N/A	1964-09-26 USPO Machine Cancel Portsmouth NH
			Shakedown Completed

Cachet by Dan Goodwin. From the Neal Mills collection.

N/A		N/A	1965-01-04 Locy Type 2(n+) USS Hunley AS-31
			First Patrol

Official ships cachet. From the Neal Mills collection.

		N/A	1966-06-05 Locy Type 2(n+) USS Hunley AS-31
			Collectors request

Note:

N/A		N/A	1967-03-20 USPO Slogan Machine Cancel "Always Use / Zip Code" Charleston SC
			Collectors request

Official ships cachet. From the Neal Mills collection.

N/A		N/A	1968-10-21 USPO Machine Cancel Bremerton WA
			Canal Transit

Rubber stamp cachet. From the Neal Mills collection.

N/A		N/A	1969-12-02 USPO Machine Cancel Cape Canaveral FL
			Missile Test (Blue)

Cacheted. From the Neal Mills collection.

N/A		N/A	1969-12-02 USPO Machine Cancel Cape Canaveral FL
			Missile Test (Blue)

Cacheted. From the Neal Mills collection.

N/A		N/A	1969-12-02 USPO Machine Cancel Cape Canaveral FL
			Missile Test (Blue)

Cacheted. From the Neal Mills collection.

N/A		N/A	1972-05-23 USPS Machine Cancel Hawaii
			Collectors request

Official ships cachet. From the Neal Mills collection.

N/A		N/A	1974-05-12 USPS Machine Cancel Portsmouth NH
			10th Anniversary

Cacheted. From the Neal Mills collection.

N/A		N/A	1974-05-12 USPS Slogan Machine Cancel "Navy Base Br." Portsmouth NH
			10th Anniversary

Cacheted. From the Neal Mills collection.

N/A		N/A	1976-05-25 USPS Machine Cancel Cape Canaveral FL
			Missile Test

Bob Whitney cachet (launch date/time added to bottom of cachet). From the Neal Mills collection.

N/A		N/A	1976-05-25 USPS 4-bar Cancel Patrick AFB FL
			Missile Test

Bob Whitney cachet. From the Neal Mills collection.

N/A		N/A	1976-05-25 USPS Machine Cancel Cape Canaveral FL
			Missile Test

Cacheted. From the Neal Mills collection.

N/A		N/A	1984-05-12 USPS CDS Cancel "Navy Base Br." Portsmouth NH
			20th Anniversary

Add-on cachet by Richard F. Hoffner. From the Neal Mills collection.

N/A		N/A	1988-09-14 USPS 4-bar Cancel "Bangor Br." Bremerton WA
			Deactivation

Cachet by the USS Puget Sound Chapter No. 74, USCS. From the Neal Mills collection.

N/A		N/A	1989-03-24 USPS Type 9 "Naval Base Sta." Bremerton WA FAKE Postmark
			Decommissioning

Cachet by Ronald Reeves

N/A			1989-03-24 USPS Type 9 "Naval Base Sta." Bremerton WA
			Decommissioning

Cachet by Tom Armstrong. From the Neal Mills collection.

N/A		N/A	1989-03-24 USPS Type 9 "Naval Base Sta." Bremerton WA
			Decommissioning

Cachet by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS. From the Neal Mills collection.

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

Cachet by the USS Puget Sound Chapter No. 74, USCS. From the Neal Mills collection.

			1964-05-12 Newspaper Clipping 1964-05-12 Newspaper Clipping 1988-09-09 Newspaper Clipping
			Commissioning / Deactivation

From the Neal Mills collection.

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