United States Coast Guard Category USCG Birthday

Covers should be listed in chronological order. Use the postmark date or best guess. This applies to covers with add-on cachets as well.

 

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"From Aztec Shore to Arctic Zone		To Europe and the Far East"	1790-08-04
			SEMPER PARATUS!

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N/A		N/A	1932-08-04 USPO #4 Duplex Saint Petersburg, FLA
			Cachet by York Briddell

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N/A		N/A	1932-08-04 USPO Slogan Machine Cancel "Air-Mail Saves Time" Saint Petersburg, FLA
			Cachet by York Briddell

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N/A		N/A	1933-08-04 USPO Slogan Machine Cancel "Air-Mail Saves Time" Saint Petersburg, FLA
			Cachet by York Briddell

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N/A		N/A	1940-08-04 Locy Type 3r "PHILADEL / PHIA, PA." USS Bear AG-29
			George Neumann

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N/A		N/A	1940-08-04 USPO Machine Cancel Ketchikan Alaska USCGC Cyane WPC-105
			Walter G. Crosby

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N/A		N/A	1940-08-04 USPO Duplex Cancel Port Townsend WA
			Walter G. Crosby

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			1940-08-04 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "BREMERTON / WASH" USS Lexington CV-2
			George Neumann

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N/A		N/A	1940-08-04 USPO Machine Cancel St. Petersburg FL
			150th Anniversary

Gold foil seal embossed from USCGAS Ft. Lauderdale FL

 

N/A		N/A	1945-06-25 USPO Machine Cancel Camp Maxey TX
			1944 Patriotic Cachet

Cachet by Richard P. Boone

 

N/A		N/A	1945-08-04 USPO 4-bar Cancel Victory VT
			155th Anniversary

Cachet by William S. Linto

 

N/A		N/A	1965-08-04 USPO FDOI Cancel Newburyport MA
			175th Anniversary and First Day of Issue

Add-on cachet by Richard F. Hoffner

 

N/A			1965-08-04 USPO Slogan Machine Cancel Grand Haven MI
			175th Anniversary

Cachet by the Tri-Cities Stamp Club, signed by Miss US Coast Guard. From the Dennis Pack collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1981-08-04 USPS 4-bar Juneau AK USCGC Planetree WLB-307
			Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

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N/A		N/A	1985-08-04 Locy Type 2 USCGC Polar Star WAGB-10
			Cachet by -

From the Tom Kean collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1985-08-04 Locy Type F USCGC Glacier WAGB-4
			Cachet by the USS Oregon Chapter No. 79, USCS.

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N/A			1985-08-04 USPS Type 9 "Governors Island Br." New York NY
			Cachet by Walter Grabowy.

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N/A		N/A	1989-08-04 USPS Pictorial "Birthplace Station" Newburyport, MA USCGC Cape Higgon WPB-95302
			Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

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N/A		N/A	1989-08-04 Locy Type 2 USS Constellation CV-64
			Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

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N/A			1990-05-16 USPS Pictorial Postmark "Bicentennial Station" Rancho Palos Verdes CA
			Cacheted

200th Anniversary. From the Dennis Pack collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1990-06-03 USPS Pictorial Postmark "BUTTPEX STA GA" Atlanta GA
			Cacheted

200th Anniversary

 

N/A			1990-06-03 USPS Pictorial Postmark "BUTTPEX STA GA" Atlanta GA
			Insert for the "BUTTPEX STA" cover

200th Anniversary

 

N/A		N/A	1990-07-04 USPS Pictorial Postmark "USS KENNEDY STATION" Boston MA
			200th Anniversary / Independence Day

Cachet by the Navy League of the United States, Massachusetts Bay Council

 

N/A			1990-08-04 Locy Type 9fy (USCGC / NEW YORK NY USPO) USCGC Polar Star WAGB-10
			Cachet by Dick Weber, Sponsored by the USS Puget Sound Chapter No. 75, USCS

200th Anniversary

 

N/A			1990-08-04 USPS Pictorial Postmark "Bicentennial Station" Salt Lake City UT
			200th Anniversary.

From the Dennis Pack collection.

 

N/A			1990-09-02 USPS Pictorial Postmark "GULFPEX STATION" Biloxi MS
			200th Anniversary

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

 

N/A		N/A	1991-08-04 Locy Type 2(n+)("USCGC") USCGC Polar Sea WAGB-11
			Coast Guard Day

US Coast Guard Museum NW, Seattle WA

 

N/A			1995-08-04 Locy Type 9-1(n+u) ("U.S. COAST GUARD", "Cutter" omitted) USCGC Polar Sea WAGB-11
			205th Anniversary

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

 

N/A		N/A	2018-08-04 USPS Pictorial Postmark "Coast Guard Day / Station" USCGC Eagle WIX-327
			228th Anniversary

Cachet by Michael Brock

 

N/A		N/A	2018-08-04 USPS Pictorial Postmark "Coast Guard Day / Station" USCGC Eagle WIX-327
			228th Anniversary

Cachet by Wolfgang Hechler

 

N/A		N/A	2018-08-04 USPS Pictorial Postmark "Coast Guard Day / Station" USCGC Eagle WIX-327
			228th Anniversary

Cachet by Roger A. Wentworth

 

N/A		N/A	2018-08-04 USPS Pictorial Postmark "Coast Guard Day / Station" USCGC Eagle WIX-327
			228th Anniversary

Cachet by Roger A. Wentworth

 

N/A		N/A	2018-08-04 USPS Pictorial Postmark "Coast Guard Day / Station" USCGC Eagle WIX-327
			228th Anniversary

Cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

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USCG DESIGNATED CITY

 

N/A		N/A	1965-08-06 USPO Slogan Machine Cancel U.S. Coast Guard / 1790-1965 / Always Ready" Grand Haven MI
			Cachet by -

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USCG SPARS

 

N/A		N/A	1985-10-04 Locy Type F USCGC Glacier WAGB-4
			Cachet by USS Puget Sound Chapter No. 74, USCS

43rd Anniversary of the SPARS

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USCG CHANGE OF COMMAND

 

N/A		N/A	1990-05-15 USPS Pictorial "Eleventh Coast Guard District / Change of Command Station" San Pedro CA
			Cachet by American First Day Cover Society (generic cover)

Eleventh Coast Guard District Change of Command

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USCG 70th Anniversary of Aviation

 

N/A		N/A	1986
			Cachet by -

70th Anniversary of USCG Aviation & 196th Anniversary of the USCG blank envelope.

 

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