MISSOURI BB 63 Covers Page 1
Covers should be listed in chronological order. Use the postmark date or best guess.
- Main Page (Ship Information and Postmarks)
- Covers Page 2 (1987 - 1995)
- Covers Page 3 (1996 - 2006)
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 |
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No Image |
1941-01-06 |
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Keel Laying |
Cachet by Dr. S. E. Hutnick
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No Image |
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No Image |
1944-01-29 |
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Launching |
Cachet by George V. Sadworth
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1944-11-06 |
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Category |
Official Business
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1945-09-02 |
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V-J Day |
Censored WWII use
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n/a |
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1945-09-02 |
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V-J Day |
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No Image |
1945-09-10 |
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Person Commemorative - Admiral Chester W Nimitz |
Notes: Cachet Maker: Fluegel.
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1945-09-28 |
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Category |
Note:
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1945-12-24 |
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Category |
Official Business
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No Image |
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1946-02-26 |
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Category |
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1946-03-04 |
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Category |
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No Image |
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1946-04-20 |
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Sailor's Mail |
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No Image |
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1946-05-18 |
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Sailor's Mail |
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N/A |
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N/A |
1946-06-19 |
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Collectors request |
Add-on cachet by Louis C. Bakula. From the Richard F. Hoffner collection.
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No Image |
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1946-09-02 |
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1st Anniversary VJ-Day |
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N/A |
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N/A |
1946-09-07 |
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Collectors request |
Add-on cachet by Stewart Milstein
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1946-10-27 |
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Navy Day 1946 |
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N/A |
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N/A |
1946-10-27 |
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Navy Day 1946 |
Contributed by Tom Kean.
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1947-04-06 |
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N/A |
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N/A |
1948-09-02 |
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3rd Anniversary of VJ Day |
Cachet by George Neumann. From the Tom Kean collection.
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No Image |
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1949-02-16 |
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5th Anniversary of the Battle of Truk Lagoon |
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1950-09-02 |
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5th Anniversary VJ-Day |
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1951-01-22 |
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Category |
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1951-04-20 |
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Category |
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N/A |
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N/A |
1951-08-25 |
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Recommissioning of |
Cachet by Clint Orr. From the Tom Kean collection.
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No Image |
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1952-06-15 |
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Category |
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1954-04-30 |
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Category |
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No Image |
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1954-11-11 |
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Veteran's Day |
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No Image |
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1955-01-11 |
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Sailor's Mail |
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No Image |
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1985-06-28 |
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Official Mail |
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No Image |
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1985-09-02 |
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40th Anniversary of V-J Day |
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No Image |
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1985-09-02 |
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40th Anniversary of V-J Day |
Cachet artist - Alton (Budd) M. Arrington
Cachet sponsor - Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS
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No Image |
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1985-09-02 |
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40th Anniversary of V-J Day |
Cachet artist - Alton (Budd) M. Arrington, Cachet sponsor - Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS
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No Image |
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1986-04-23 |
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Official Mail |
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No Image |
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1986-05-10 |
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Recommissioning of the USS Missouri |
Cachet artist - Alton (Budd) M. Arrington, Cachet sponsor - Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS
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No Image |
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1986-05-10 |
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Recommissioning of the USS Missouri |
Official Ship Cachet
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No Image |
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1986-05-12 |
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3-Battleship cover |
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