Laswabie, Does This Make You Homesick??

Sneeky,
Awesome collection. There is a guy in my stamp club that collects ship cancels, maybe I can get you guys in touch. Do you have any USS Abraham Lincoln or USS Illinois?

Stamperdude

Yep I've got a couple of covers from the Big Abe, will look and see what I can spare.
Not into the newer carriers as much as the older Essex Class and before them.
Lot of the newer carrier covers around and not quite as in demand as those from the WWII carriers and before.


Alan

I'll post some more of my collection later, just don't want it to look like I'm hogging the forum.

Stamperdude
Okay found this Abe Lincoln commissioning cover I'll sell, if your interested. $3.00 plus postage

Absolutely outstanding collection Sneeky! It just gets etter and better.

LASwabie & Alan

Promise I'll put more of my collection up later, as we all like to show what we have from time to time, just don't want to take up the whole forum with my collection.
But right now I've got to get my Legion Finance reports done, had the summer off, but we start up again next week. This is a post i've held for about 18yrs. sure would like to pass it along to someone else, but no body but me is fool enough to take. Keep wondering why I just don't say NO one of these years, guess the only way I'll get out of it, is when I take my Eternal Patrol.

Sneeky,
That's a good looking cover. I even like the stamp used, it was one of my favorites as a kid. Was there a Abraham Lincoln ship before 1989? I do not know anything about naval ships and covers.

Ahoy Dude

USS Abraham Lincoln (SSBN-602), a George Washington-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the 16th President of the United States
SSBN602 was Decommissioned in '81

Sneeky - I was stationed on the USS Midway and USS Ranger at one time or another as an Electronics Technician. Do you have any covers from either of them?

I was also stationed on the USS Downes (FF), USS Capadono (FF) and USS Saginaw (LST).

Ahoy LASwabie
you remember how good the chow was, here is a Christmas menu from the VALLEY FORGE

Does anyone have any covers from the U.S.S. Forestall (sp) That John McCain served on?

Sure do, what year are you looking for??

rlorenz
Do you have any special year you want the Forrestal cover from??
Have a number of them in my collection, probably can part with one

LASwabie
Got a bunch of Midway covers, but don't think I have any extra Ranger covers, but probabbly can come up with one from one of my fellow Naval cover collectors.