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1. USCGC Munro WHEC-724 Covers Page 1    (1971-1986)
2. USCGC Munro WHEC-724 Covers Page 2    (1989-2010)
3. USCGC Munro WHEC-724 Covers Page 3    (Munro Tributes)

 

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

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Homeport - BOSTON MA 1971-1973

 

N/A		N/A	1971-09-27 USPS Slogan Machine Cancel New Orleans LA
			Commissioning

Embossed seal applied, lower left corner. Return Address - BOSTON MA. USCG cachet by Don S. Dimpsey

 

N/A		N/A	1971-09-27 USPS Slogan Machine Cancel New Orleans LA
			Commissioning

Embossed seal applied, lower left corner. From the John Young collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1971-11-18 USPS Slogan Machine Cancel Baltimore MD
			Acceptance Day

Embossed seal applied, lower left corner. Return Address - BOSTON MA. USCG cachet by Don S. Dimpsey

 

N/A		N/A	1971-12-11 USPS Machine Cancel Boston MA
			Collector’s request

Embossed seal applied, signed by the CO, Capt. John T. Rouse. From the John Young collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1972-01-14 USPS Slogan Machine Cancel Baltimore MD
			Collector’s request

Embossed seal applied. From the John Young collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1972-02-14 USPS Machine Cancel Baltimore MD
			Return Address - BOSTON MA

Note: Embossed seal applied, lower left corner.

 

N/A		N/A	1972-04-16 USPS Machine Cancel Boston MA
			Placed "IN COMMISSION" 15 April 1972

Embossed seal applied, lower left corner.

 

N/A		N/A	1972-04-18 USPS Machine Cancel Boston MA
			Placed "IN COMMISSION" 15 April 1972

Signed by the Honorable John A. Volpe, Secretary of Transportation. From the John Young collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1973-07-23 USPS Slogan Machine Cancel Boston MA
			Departing Boston MA for Seattle WA

Embossed seal applied, left side. R/S Cachet by Joe Hogan

 

N/A		N/A	1973-08-17 USPS Machine Cancel Green Harbor MA
			Panama Canal Transit

Embossed seal applied, left side. R/S Cachet by Joe Hogan

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Homeport - SEATTLE WA 1973-1981

 

N/A		N/A	1973-09-05 USPS Machine Cancel Seattle WA
			Arrives New Homeport SEATTLE

Embossed seal applied, left side. R/S Cachet by Joe Hogan

 

N/A		N/A	1973-09-05 USPS Machine Cancel Seattle WA
			Arrives New Homeport SEATTLE

Embossed seal applied, center. USCG cachet by Don S. Dimpsey, red R/S cachet by Richard Hoffner

 

N/A		N/A	1973-11-05 Locy Type 7 USS Coral Sea CVA-43
			FPO SEATTLE WA Return Address

Embossed seal applied, upper left. Add-on cachet by Michael Hebert.

 

N/A		N/A	1973-11-05 Locy Type 7 USS Coral Sea CVA-43
			FPO SEATTLE WA Return Address

Embossed seal applied, left. Signed by CO and cacheted by Martin W. Longseth

 

N/A		N/A	1974-01-23 USPS Machine Cancel Kodiak AK
			First Voyage to Alaska

USCG cachet by Don S. Dimpsey, from the John Young collection.

 

N/A			1974-05-30 Locy Type 2t(n+u) (USS) USS Wichita AOR-1
			Memorial Day

Cachet by Richard F. Hoffner, from the John Young collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1974-08-06 USPS Machine Cancel SEA-TAC AMF 980-985 (Washington)
			FPO SEATTLE WA Return Address

Note:

 

N/A		N/A	1975-01-16 USPS Machine Cancel Juneau AK
			WINTER ALPAT Jan/Feb 75

Rubber stamp cachet. FPO SEATTLE WA Return Address. (ALPAT = ALASKA PATROL). Cachet by the USS Puget Sound Chapter No. 74, USCS

 

N/A		N/A	1975-01-21 USPS Machine Cancel Anchorage AK
			WINTER ALPAT Jan/Feb 75

Rubber stamp cachet. FPO SEATTLE WA Return Address. Cachet by the USS Puget Sound Chapter No. 74, USCS

 

N/A		N/A	1976-08-04 Locy Type 9ef(n+u) (DD,USS) USS Higbee DD-806
			USN Salutes USCG's 186th Anniversary

Rubber stamp cachet. FPO SEATTLE WA Return Address. Cachet by the USS Puget Sound Chapter No. 74, USCS

 

N/A		N/A	1976-08-04 Locy Type 9ef(n+u) (DD,USS) USS Higbee DD-806
			USN Salutes USCG's 186th Anniversary

Rubber stamp cachet. Cachet by the USS Puget Sound Chapter No. 74, USCS

 

N/A		N/A	1978-03-17 Locy Type 2 FPO 98791
			Collector’s Request

Cacheted and signed. From the John Young collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1978-05-13 USPS Slogan Machine Cancel Seattle WA
			Collectors Request

Cachet by the USS Puget Sound Chapter No. 74, USCS

 

N/A		N/A	1979-06-07 Locy Type 2-1(n) (USN,USS) USS Roanoke AOR-7
			1979 Rose Festival

Rubber stamp cachets, sponsored by the USS Oregon Chapter No. 79, USCS

 

N/A		N/A	1979-06-07 Locy Type 2-1(n) (USN,USS) USS Roanoke AOR-7
			1979 Rose Festival

Rubber stamp cachets, sponsored by the USS Oregon Chapter No. 79, USCS

 

N/A		N/A	1980-02-08 USPS Machine Cancel Seattle WA
			Collector's Request

Typed cachet by Joe Hogan, signed by the CO, Captain Richard E. Sardeson.

 

N/A		N/A	1980-06-13 Locy Type 2-1(n) (USS) USS Elliot DD-967
			1980 Rose Festival

Rubber stamp cachets, sponsored by the USS Oregon Chapter No. 79, USCS

 

N/A		N/A	1980-08-11 USPS Type 9 Seattle WA
			Change of Duty Stations

USCGC Mellon WHEC-717 leaves Honolulu and goes to Seattle. USCGC Munro leaves Seattle and goes to Honolulu.
Cachet by the USS Puget Sound Chapter No. 74, USCS

 

N/A			1980-08-26 USPS Machine Cancel Anchorage AK
			Collector's Request

Rubber stamp cachet. Interesting notes written on the back.

 

N/A		N/A	1980-11-04 USPS 4-bar cancel Honolulu HI
			Collector's Request

Cacheted and signed.

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Homeport - HONOLULU HI 1981-1986

 

N/A		N/A	1981-05-13 USPS Machine Cancel Honolulu HI
			Collector's Request

Rubber stamp cachet. FPO San Francisco CA return Address.

 

N/A		N/A	1981-10-27 USPS Machine Cancel Anchorage AK
			Collector's Request

Rubber stamp cachet. From the John Young collection.

 

N/A			1982-06-29 USPS Machine Cancel Anchorage AK
			Collector's Request

Rubber stamp cachet. From the John Young collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1983-05-20 USPS Machine Cancel Honolulu HI
			Collector's Request

Rubber stamp cachet. FPO San Francisco CA return Address.

 

N/A		N/A	1983-10-03 USAF Machine Cancel
			Collector's Request

Rubber stamp cachet. FPO San Francisco CA return Address.

 

N/A			1983-10-11 Locy Type 2-1(n+)(USS) USS Wichita AOR-1
			KAL Flight 007 Search (Pencil annotation)

Rubber stamp cachet. FPO San Francisco CA return Address.

 

N/A		N/A	1985-12-04 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USN,USS) USS Sample FF-1048
			Collector's Request

Rubber stamp cachet. FPO San Francisco CA return Address.

 

N/A		N/A	1986-03-11 USPS Machine Cancel Honolulu HI
			Collector's Request

Rubber stamp cachet. FPO San Francisco CA return Address.

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FRAM PROGRAM - DECOMMISSIONED - 1986-1989

 

N/A		N/A	1986-12-10 Locy Type 2-1n+ ("US COAST GUARD", "Cutter" omitted) USCGC Polar Star WAGB-10
			DECOMMISSIONED

Rubber stamp cachet over printed cachet by the USS Puget Sound Chapter No. 74, USCS. FPO San Francisco CA return Address.

 

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