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

		No Image	1966-07-21 Quincy MA Machine
			Keel Laying

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		No Image	1967-08-09 USPO Machine cancel Quincy MA
			Twin Launching with USS KILAUEA AE-26

Cachet by Malcolm C. Walker, sponsored by the Old Ironsides Chapter No. 1, USCS

			1968-11-29 Locy Type 2(n+) (USS)
			Ship's Crest

Posted before post office activation

			1968-12-14 Locy Type FDC 2(n+) (USS)
			First Day in Commission

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			1968-12-14 Locy Type FDC 2(n+) (USS)
			First Day in Commission

Cachet by Malcolm C. Walker, sponsored by the Old Ironsides Chapter No. 1, USCS. From the William Pepe collection.

			1969-12-29 Locy Type 2(n+) (USS)
			Welcome to Norfolk

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			1971-04-17 Locy Type 2(n+) (USS) Locy Type 9ef(n+u) (USS)
			Ship's Crest

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			1986-07-04 Locy Type 2t(n+u) (USS) Locy Type 9efn+u (USS) ["NEW YORK, NY" at bottom]
			Ship's crest

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			1991-08-07 Locy Type 2t(n+u) (USS)
			Ship's crest

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			1994-01-17 USS BOONE FFG-28 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS,USN) Locy Type 9-1(n+u) (USS,USN)
			USS AMERICA CV-66 Battle Group USS ALEXANDRIA SSN-757 - USS ASHLAND LSD-48 - USS BOONE FFG-28 - USS BUTTE AE-27 USS GROTON SSN-694 - USS GUADALCANAL LPH-7 - USS MONTEREY CG-61 - USS NORMANDY CG-60 USS SAVANNAH AOR-4 - USS SHREVEPORT LPD-12 - USS SCOTT DDG-995 - USS SIMPSON FFG-56 USS THORN DD-988

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