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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 |
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1945-11-18 |
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Christening |
Cachet by William Senerchia.
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1946-11-03 |
Cachet Maker: Al Cohen.
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1946-11-03 |
Cachet by Morris W. Beck.
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1946-11-03 |
Serviced by Glenn Dye. From the Richard F. Hoffner collection.
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1946-11-03 |
Cachet by Michael Sanders. From the Richard F. Hoffner collection.
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1946-11-03 |
Cachet by Michael Sanders.
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1946-11-03 |
Cachet by Frank H. Strobel. From the Richard F. Hoffner collection. Notice the position of the date within the dial, this one is positioned in the upper portion of the dial.
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1946-11-03 |
Cachet by Frank H. Strobel.
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1946-11-03 |
Serviced by Donald R. Graf. From the John Young collection.
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1946-11-03 |
Cachet by Elmer Anderson. From the John Young collection.
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1946-11-03 |
Cachet by Neil F. Nielsen, sponsored by Walter Czubay. From the John Young collection.
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1946-11-03 |
Serviced by Glenn Dye. From the Ronald Finger collection.
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1946-11-03 |
Cachet by Glenn Dye.
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1946-11-03 |
Cachet by Glenn Dye.
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1946-11-03 |
From the Ronald Finger collection.
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1946-11-03 |
Cachet by John C. Von Losberg. From the John Young collection.
Notice the date in the cancel, this one is Day/Month/Year. All the others are Month/Day/Year. Different device? Backdated?
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1946-11-03 |
Sticker cachet, signed by the CO, Capt J. W. Harris, USN
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1946-12-07 |
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Christmas cachet |
Cover by Donald R. Graf.
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1946-12-09 |
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Collectors request |
Cacheted
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1947-01-01 |
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Happy New Year |
Cachet sponsored by Selima Quilliams and Glenn Dye (Grey Cover Service).
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1947-02-22 |
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Washington's Birthday |
Cachet sponsored by Glenn Dye (Grey Cover Service).
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1947-03-24 |
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Collectors request |
Cachet by Ted Harrington.
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1947-03-25 |
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Sailors mail |
Note:
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1947-05-20 |
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Seapower Controls the Land |
Note:
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1947-07-04 |
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Independence Day |
Cacheted
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1947-07-04 |
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Independence Day |
Cacheted
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1947-07-04 |
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Independence Day |
Cacheted
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1947-10-31 |
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Collectors request |
Add-on cachet by Michael Brock
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1948-03-25 |
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Visit of the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia |
Add-on cachet by Wolfgang Hechler
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1948-04-01 |
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Pacific Fleet in China |
Cachet by John Coulthard
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1949-04-06 |
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Army Day |
Cacheted
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1949-04-06 |
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Collectors request |
Cacheted
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1949-04-30 |
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Washington's Inauguration |
Cacheted
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1949-06-22 |
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Collectors request |
Note:
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1949-10-27 |
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Navy Day |
Cacheted
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1950-08-10 |
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With Our Pacific Fleet |
Cacheted
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1951-04-04 |
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Essex Philatelic Show cover |
Cachet sponsored by the Essex Philatelic Society
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1952-06-01 |
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Sailors mail |
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1952-06-15 |
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Patriotic War Fund cachet |
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1953-12-14 |
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Collectors request |
Note:
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1955-04-01 |
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Welcome to Norfolk - |
Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson
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1955-08-15 |
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Sailors mail |
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1957-06-12 |
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International Naval Review |
Rubber stamp cachet.
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1959-10-30 |
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U.S. Navy |
Cachet by Frank H. Strobel.
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1964-02-07 |
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Ship's crest |
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1965-03-13 |
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Collectors request |
Note:
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2006-11-03 |
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60th Anniversary of Commissioning |
Cachet by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS
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2006-11-03 |
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60th Anniversary of Commissioning |
Cacheted.
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2006-11-03 |
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60th Anniversary of Commissioning |
Cachet by Michael Brock.
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2006-11-03 |
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60th Anniversary of Commissioning |
Add-on cachet by Michael Hebert (Mh Cachets).
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2006-11-03 |
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60th Anniversary of Commissioning |
Add-on cachet by Joseph Lynch.
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2006-11-03 |
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60th Anniversary of Commissioning |
Cachet by Phil Edwards (The Cover Monster).
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2006-11-03 |
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60th Anniversary of Commissioning |
Cacheted
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