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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	1968 June - July
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Rubber Stamp Cachet, unknown creator. All of these ships were not involved in the search for SCORPION so the reason behind all of these covers is unclear. Interesting set though.

N/A		N/A	1968-06-01 Locy Type 2(n+)(USS,"DEG") USS Julius A. Furer DEG-6
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R/S cachet for USS Argonaut SS-475

N/A		N/A	1968-06-10 Locy Type 7tn+ USS Orion AS-18
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R/S cachet for USS Argonaut SS-475

N/A		N/A	1968-06-10 Locy Type 2(n+) (USS) USS Aucilla AO-56
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R/S cachet

N/A		N/A	1968-06-11 USPO Machine Cancel ”Naval Submarine Base / Centennial / 1868-1968” Groton CT
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R/S return address for USS Jallao SS-368

N/A		N/A	1968-06-11 USPO Machine Cancel ”Naval Submarine Base / Centennial / 1868-1968” Groton CT
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R/S return address & cachet for USS Tench SS-417

N/A		N/A	1968-06-12 USPO Machine Cancel ”Naval Submarine Base / Centennial / 1868-1968” Groton CT
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R/S cachet for USS Sea Robin SS-407

N/A		N/A	1968-06-12 USPO Machine Cancel New London CT
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R/S return address for USS Skylark ASR-20

N/A		N/A	1968-06-13 Locy Type 2(n+) USS Douglas H. Fox DD-779
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R/S cachet

N/A		N/A	1968-06-14 Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. E-28d USS Eugene A. Greene DD-711
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R/S cachet

N/A		N/A	1968-06-16 Locy Type 7t(nu) (USS) USS Bushnell AS-15
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R/S cachet

N/A		N/A	1968-06-16 Locy Type 7tn+ USS Orion AS-18
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R/S return address & cachet for USS Sea Leopard SS-483

N/A		N/A	1968-06-17 Army & Air Force Postal Service Machine Cancel APO 09406
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R/S return address for USS Kittiwake ASR-13

N/A		N/A	1968-06-17 USPO Machine Cancel ”Always Use / Zip Code” Portsmouth VA
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R/S return address for USS Picuda SS-382

N/A		N/A	1968-06-17 USPO Machine Cancel ”Naval Submarine Base / Centennial / 1868-1968” Groton CT
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R/S return address & cachet for USS Sailfish SS-572

N/A		N/A	1968-06-17 Locy Type 2t(n+u) (USS) USS Allen M. Sumner DD-692
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R/S cachet

N/A		N/A	1968-06-19 Locy Type 2(n+) (USS) USS Chikaskia AO-54
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R/S cachet

N/A		N/A	1968-06-19 Locy Type 2t(nu) (USS) USS Luce DLG-7
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R/S return address w/ signature

N/A			1968-06-21 Locy Type 2(n+) (USS) USS Ozark MCS-2
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R/S return address for USNS Mizar T-AGOR-11. R/S cachet for USS Ozark.

N/A		N/A	1968-06-24 Locy Type 2(n+) USS Allen M. Sumner DD-692
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R/S return address. Overstruck with a Charleston SC machine cancel.

N/A		N/A	1968-06-24 Locy Type 2(n+) (A,USS) USS Hyades AF-28
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R/S cachet.

N/A		N/A	1968-06-25 Locy Type P [2(n) with "E" removed, but center cross bar left as a hyphen] USS Beale DD-471
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R/S cachet.

N/A		N/A	1968-06-25 Locy 2(n+) (USS) USS Howard W. Gilmore AS-16
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R/S return address for USS Chivo SS-341.

N/A			1968-06-25 Locy 2tnu USS Hugh Purvis DD-709
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R/S return address & cachet w/ signature.

N/A		N/A	1968-06-26 Locy Type 2t(nu) USS John King DDG-3
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R/S cachet. Courtesy of Kay Neuthor.

N/A		N/A	1968-06-26 Locy Type P [2t(n+u) with E removed] USS Robert L. Wilson DD-847
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R/S return address.

N/A			1968-06-26 Locy Type 2(n+) USS Holland AS-32
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Ships cachet for the USS Simon Bolivar SSBN-641

N/A			1968-06-27 Locy Type 2(n+) (USS) USS New DD-818
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R/S cachet w/ signature.

N/A		N/A	1968-06-27 Locy Type 2(n+) USS Purdy DD-734
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R/S return address w/ signature.

N/A		N/A	1968-06-28 Locy Type P [2(n) with "E" removed, but center cross bar left as a hyphen] USS Beale DD-471
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R/S cachet

N/A			1968-06-28 Locy Type 2(n) (A,USS) USS Fulton AS-11
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R/S cachet for USS Gato SSN-615

N/A		N/A	1968-06-28 Locy Type 2(n) (A,USS) USS Fulton AS-11
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R/S return address for USS Skylark ASR-20

N/A		N/A	1968-07-01 Locy Type 7tn+uy (FPO 09501) USS Simon Lake AS-33
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R/S return address for USS Kittiwake ASR-13

N/A			1968-07-02 USPO Machine Cancel ”Always Use / Zip Code” Portsmouth VA
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R/S cachet for USS Shark SSN-591

N/A		N/A	1968-07-05 Locy Type 2(n+) (USS) Locy Type 9ef(n+u) (USS) USS Monrovia APA-31
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Note:

N/A			1968-07-08 Locy Type 2t(n+u) (USS) USS Robert A. Owens DD-827
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R/S return address & cachet w/ signature.

N/A		N/A	1968-07-10 Army & Air Force Postal Service 4-bar APO 09159
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R/S return address for USNS Bowditch T-AGS-21

N/A			1968-07-10 Locy Type 2(n+) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. H-74a USS Holland AS-32
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R/S cachet and signature – Robert Dache Steele, Captain, US Navy. (CO 7 Oct 67 – 31 Mar 69). Ships return address is on the back.

N/A		N/A	1968-07-15 USPO Machine Cancel ”ABCD Mail For / Better Business Service” Portsmouth VA
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R/S cachet w/ signature for USS Grampus SS-523

N/A		N/A	1968-07-15 Locy Type 2(n+) (USS) USS Soley DD-707
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R/S CO’s return address w/ signature. (Capt. Theodore Wesley Pstrak 28 Oct 1967 – 8 May 1969)

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