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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			1945-10-13 USPO Slogan Machine Cancel "Navy Yard Sta." Brooklyn NY
			Launching

Cachet by Airport Historical Society. From the John Young collection.

			1951-03-07 Locy Type 2 USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. O-12 Locy Type 9efu
			Ship's photo

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			1953-05-05 Locy Type 2 USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. O-12a
			Category

Note:

			1962-04-19 Locy Type 7t(n+u) Locy Type 9fu
			U.S. Navy

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N/A		N/A	1967-10-26 Locy Type 2(n+) (USS)
			Memorial

Memorial cachet by Owen R. Murray

N/A		N/A	1968-09-03 Locy Type 2t(nu)
			Labor Day

Add-on Cachet by Wolfgang Hechler

N/A		N/A	1971-12-19 Locy Type 7dit(n+u) ("POW/MIA")
			Vietnam Deployment

Add-on Cachet by Wolfgang Hechler

No Image			1974-11-11 Locy Type 2t(n+u) (USS)
			Veteran's Day 1974

Cachet by Morris W. Beck

N/A		N/A	2006-05-17 USPS CDS Pensacola, FL
			SINK-EX 2006

Cachet by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

No Image			2006-05-20 Locy Type 2-2n+ (USS, FPO AE 09543-2810) USS Enterprise CVN-65
			Ship Commemorative - USS Oriskany CV-34

Cachet Maker: Douglas Ebert.
Cachet commemorates the sinking of the USS Oriskany CV-34 off the Florida coast in order to create an artificial reef.
Contributed by Douglas Ebert.

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