USS UHLMANN philatelic NYC branch three times $2.75

USS UMPQUA (AT-25) at Charleston South Carolina, bold strike 12 / 20 / 39 $5.00

    USS UMPQUA (AT-25) at Pensacola Florida July 4 1937, autographed by mail clerk, extraordinarily attractive $7.50 (nf)+

Clear FEB 1 1970 USS FURSE (DD-882) hand cancel ties 6-c Harnett painting stamp franking #6 cover to Pennsylvania, large cachet & corner card of the USS UMPQUA (ATA 209) at Norfolk, neatly addressed, never sealed. $2.25 n(f)n(u) NEW / NOUVEAU / NOV

USS UNION (AKA-106) front from #10 cover, official business, 3 / 22 / ?? $1.75

USS UNION (AKA-106) multicolor patriotic cachet, 4 / 22 / 4? on firemen commemorative. $4.75

    USS UNION clear 2 / 12 / 52 hand cancel on 3-c Red Cross stamp, generic ships cachet, slight browning of the paper with age, paper bend along one short edge. $4.25 (nr)

USS UNION 4 / 13 / 52 $3.75

USS UNION 4 / 13 / 52 on Indiana commemorative. $3.75

USS UPSHUR (T-AP 198). Wanted to buy. Covers from that ship. Please offer us some, priced in US dollars or Euros! *c!

    Clear 13 APR 1970 USS FORT SNELLING (LSD-30) hand cancel on 6-c Daniel Webster stamp with bottom tab franking #6 cover to Texas, black USS UTINA (ATF-163) return address, fancy well-struck cachet for the fleet tug UTINA at Norfolk Virginia, never sealed. $2.75 n(f)n(u)v

Clear 13 APR 1970 USS FORT SNELLING (LSD-30) hand cancel on 6-c Herman Melville postal stationery sent to Pennsylvania, black USS UTINA (ATF-163) return address, fancy well-struck cachet for the fleet tug UTINA at Norfolk, never sealed. $2.75 n(f)n(u)

USS UVALDE (AKA-88) 1 / 6 / 47 ship name in killer bars, doubled strike but rare $5.00

USS UVALDE (AKA-88) 8 / 11 / 51 bent corners $3.00

USS UVALDE (AKA-88) bold strike 6 / 26 / 51 $4.00

USS UVALDE (AKA-88) violet cachet, Oakland California cancel over it, $4.25

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USS VALCOUR (AGF-1) 6 / 8 / ?? year omitted on Transpo stationery $3.25

    USS VALDEZ (DE-1096 later FF-1096) two different JUN 30 1975 cancels, well struck cachet, attractive. Served with the Middle East Force off Djibouti, Abu Dhabi & Kuwait. $4.25

USS VALIANT (WMEC-621) Coast Guard cutter cachet 4 / 15 / 74 $3.75

USS VALLEJO, MARIANO G. (SSBN-658) cacheted 3 / 2 / 73 $3.75

USS VALLEY FORGE (CV-45) Bold cancel 5 / 16 / 49 $4.25

USS VALLEY FORGE (CV-45) on teacher's commemorative 7 / 24 / 57 $3.75

USS VALLEY FORGE (CV-45) One corner missing 11 / 6 / 50 $3.50

USS VALLEY FORGE (LPH-6) 12 / 16 / 67 from FPO San Francisco 96601, front only of #10 cover sent "POSTAGE AND FEES PAID / NAVY DEPARTMENT" by the Commanding Officer to the Chief of Naval Personnel in Washington DC. $2.00 n(v)%

    USS VALLEY FORGE (LPH-8) 7 / 4 / 66 multicolor Independence Day cachet. Cover sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg (143m412 bytes) or .tif format. (n)

USS VALLEY FORGE (LPH-8). Wanted to buy--other covers from this ship that we do not already list. Please offer us some, priced in US dollars or Euros! *c

USS VAMMEN (DE 644) two different cancels 9 / 3 / 57, cacheted $4.25

USS VAMMEN (DE-644) two different cancels 9 / 23 / 52, during her West Coast reactivation service during the Korean War. $4.25

USS VAN VOORHIS (DE 1028). Wanted to buy--covers from that ship, so that we may restock. Please offer us some, priced in US dollars or Euros! *c

Wanted to buy--covers from USS VANCE & USCGC VANCE (DE387, DER387, and WDE 487). Please offer us some, priced in US dollars. *c

See also Vance Association for USS VANCE & USCGC VANCE artifacts & history.

    USS VANCOUVER (LPD-2) 11 / 11 / 75 two different cancels & violet cachet  Franking is the 10-c Apollo-Soyuz stamp. $4.00 ns

USS VANCOUVER (LPD-2) 8 / 12 / 68 attractive red embossed seal & 3 newspaper clippings $4.50

USS VANCOUVER (LPD-2) 8 / 19 / 74 Labor Day $3.50

USS VANCOUVER (LPD-2) 8 / 6 / 73 on Truman commemorative $3.00

USS VANVALKENBURGH First day mistake (3 / 8 / 51 instead of 5 / 8 / 51) $4.50

USS VEGA (definitely AF-59) 1 / 16 / 75 Two different cancels & violet cachet, bent corner, tennis stationery $3.75

    USS VEGA (definitely AF-59) 2 / 29 / 72 two different cancels & violet cachet $4.00

USS VEGA (AF-59 or AK-17) 3 / 26 / 73, violet cachet $3.25

USS VEGA at Portsmouth Virginia, 7 / 6 / 37 SALE IN PROGRESS

USS VERMILION (AKA-107) 3 / 30 / 68 Navy Department business, #10 front only $2.00

USS VERMILION (LKA-107) 6 / 16 / 65 $3.25 (n)

USS VERMILION (LKA-107) two different cancels 2 / 20 / 69 $3.75 (n)

USS VESOLE (DD / DDR-878) 10 / 22 / 73 Defense Hemisferica & destroyerman's mail cachets $4.00

USS VESOLE (DD / DDR-878) 3 / 7 / ?? No year, destroyerman's mail, commanding officer's corner card $3.50

USS VESOLE (DD?DDR-878) 6 / 14 / 74 Flag day multicolor cachet, during 11 months duty off Charleston. $3.50

USS VESOLE (DD / DDR-878) 8x11 photostat of photo, framing suggested, $3.00

    USS VESOLE (DD / DDR-878) bold Navy Day cachet 10 / 27 / 48 cancel during its overhaul at the Boston Naval Shipyard, brownish paper. $4.50 (nm)

Somewhat light APR 10 1929 USS VESTAL (AR-4) hand cancel ties 2-c civil aeronautics conference airmail stamp franking a small envelope to the Naval Hospital at League Island, Pennsylvania. A few small spots of yellowish toning on front, neatly addressed, never opened. The ship was serving with the Pacific fleet at the time. SALE IN PROGRESS n

USS VESTAL (Fleet Repair Ship) 7 / 26 / 37 $5.00 n%

USS VESTAL at San Pedro California 5 / 5 / 38 $5.00 n%

USS VESTAL at SAN PEDRO / CALIF., bold cancel 2 / 22 / 38 $5.25 n%

    USS VESTAL at SAN PEDRO CALIFORNIA, clear 9 / 10 / 38 cancel on vertical pair of 1-1 / 2-c Martha Washington Stamps, neatly addressed, decorative ship & anchors border. Cover sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 %

USS VESUVIUS (?E-15) cacheted, 10 / 12 / 71 $3.50

USS VIREO (MSC-205) at Mare Island California, 7 / 11 / 37 $5.25

USS VIREO (MSC-205) at San Pedro California 8 / 2 / 37 SOLD RECENTLY

USS VIREO (MSC-205) at San Pedro California, 2 / 21 / 38 $5.25

    USS VIREO (MSC-205) at San Pedro California, 9 / 11 / 38 Cover sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg (195,038 bytes) or .tif format. $1.50

USS VIREO (MSC-205) at Seattle, officer in charge corner card, 2 / 25 / 72 $3.00

USS VIRGINIA (CGN-38) 9 / 11 / 76 Bold cachet $3.75

USS VIRGINIA (CGN-38) commissioning of nuclear missile cruiser cachet 9 / 11 / 76 $4.25

    USS VIRGINIA (DLGN-38) keel laying 8 / 19 / 72 at Newport News Virginia, large cachet, address label removed neatly. $4.00 nv

USS VIRGINIA (DLGN-38) keel laying 8 / 19 / 72 uscs cachet $4.00

USS VIRGINIA (DLGN-38) keel laying cachet 8 / 19 / 72, USS LITTLE ROCK (CLG-4) cancel $4.00

USS VIRGINIA (DLGN-38) launched 12 / 14 / 74, cancel by USS Milwaukee (AOR-2) cacheted $4.25

USS VIRGINIA (DLGN-38) launching 12 / 14 / 74 small cachet, Newport News christening slogan $4.00

USS VIRGINIA (DLGN-38) launching 12 / 14 / 74, Newport News commemorative slogan $4.00 &

USS VIRGINIA (DLGN-38) multicolor keel laid cachet, 8 / 19 / 72 $4.25

    USS VOGE (DE-1047) commissioning, three-color cachet, 11 / 25 / 66. Built by Defoe Shipbuilding Company in Bay City Michigan, its first operations were off Guantanamo Bay. Cover sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg (128,121 bytes) or .tif format. $1.50 (nm)

USS VOGE (DE-1047) 11 / 10 / 71 violet cachet $3.75

USS VOGE (DE-1047) 6 / 12 / 72, violet cachet $3.25

USS VOGE (DE-1047) 4 / 9 / 75 black cachet $3.75

USS VOGE (DE-1047) 8 / 7 / 75 blue cachet $3.50

    USS VOGELGESANG (DD-862) 10 / 13 / 74 multicolor Navy Day cachet, nice $3.75 (n)%

USS VOGELGESANG (DD-862) 3 / 1 / 74 farewell to Norfolk cachet $3.50 (n)%

USS VOGELGESANG (DD-862) 5 / 17 / 74 two cents postage due in Ohio (incorrectly assessed). Two different, each franked by a different stamp. $3.00 each, or both for $5.00 (n)%

    USS VREELAND (DE-1068 later FF-1068) commissioning, three-color cachet, 6 / 13 / 70, nice. Following this event, she went on shakedown training in the West Indies. Later to serve in the Middle East Force. $4.50 (n)

USS VREELAND (DE-1068 later FF-1068) two different cancels 7 / 11 / 72 and a USPS cancel, during her preparations for another cruise in the Mediterranean. $3.00

USS VREELAND (FF-1068) Interphil '76 cachet, FDC for Bicentennial stamp, USCS cachet on back, nice $4.00

USS VREELAND (FF-1068) Two different cancels 11 / 12 / 75 Nice $3.50

USS VULCAN (AR-5) 8 / 1 // 72 Two different cancels $3.50

    USS VULCAN 9 / 18 / 57 Andrew Johnson cachet, bold cancel $4.00

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    JUL 7 1976 USS Wainwright (CG-2) cancel ties US 13-c Ohio flag stamp franking International Naval Review cacheted cover from N. R. P. Sagres (violet handstamp) to Worthington Ohio, neatly addressed, small US VC & I2 routing marks on back. Sagres was a Portuguese tall ship participating in the review. $2.50 pn

USS WALTER B. COBB fairly clear MAY 12 1951 cancel on 3-c California statehood stamp, large black cachet for Maj. Gen. Claire L. Chennault, envelope glue show-through both sides. SOLD RECENTLY n

USS WARD (DD-139). Wanted to buy--covers from this ship, especially early ones. Please offer us some, priced in US dollars or Euros! *c

    Doubled-up but readable JUN 14 1938 USS FOX hand cancel ties 3-c Washington vertical coil franking #6 cover to Illinois, multicolor hand-tinted cachet for the keel laying of the USS WASHINGTON (BB56) incorporates a map of Washington State, neatly addressed, never sealed, a little envelope glue show-through on back. The keel laying occurred at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. $4.00 n(w)n(f)p NEW / NOUVEAU / NOV

MAY 15 1941 USS WASHINGTON with FIRST DAY IN / COMMISSION in killer bars on 2-c defense stamp (tiny scrape) franking unaddressed #6 cover, multicolor Minkus cachet shows Statue of Liberty with flag background over "WITHOUT FREEDOM / LIBERTY DIES", small paper adherences on back. $3.50 pn

USS W. C. WOOD. Wanted to buy--covers from that ship mailed during 1940. Please offer us some, priced in US dollars or Euros! *c

    MAY 5 1940 USS WEST VIRGINIA cancel (at San Pedro according to return address on backflap) ties 20-c trans-Pacific airmail stamp to #6 cover to Pasadena California, violet 'POSTAGE DUE ___ CENTS' filled in 20 in pencil, block of four 5-c pre-cancelled postage due stamps affixed, dark envelope glue show-through at lower sides, lower right corner torn in opening, small piece of upper left corner gone. Cover sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 !

CLEAR 15 OCT 1934 USS WM. B. PRESTON hand cancel in green with LAST DAY IN / COMMISSION in the killer bars ties strip of three 1-c Yosemite stamps franking tan #6 cover to Missouri, large cachet also in green is well struck, neatly addressed, glue stains on back do not go through. $3.75 n

USS WITEK. Wanted to buy--please offer us some, priced in US dollars or Euros! *c

Mostly clear AUG 5 1935 USS WORDEN with BREMERTON / WN in killer bars on pair of 1-1 / 2-c George Washington stamps franking #6 cover to Oregon, large yellow-green cachet for the official shakedown cruise depicts the captain at the helm, two backstamps, light cancel runs through most of address area, long corner crease misses cachet art. $4.00 n!

Clear JUL 28 1937 USS WORDEN with SAN DIEGO / CALIFORNIA in killer bars ties 1-c Washington / Greene & 2-c Jackson Scott stamps franking #6 cover to Illinois, generic brown ship cachet & blue anchor border all around, paper bends at lower & center right suggest ironing, neatly addressed, never sealed. $3.75 n!%

Clear SEP 17 1938 USS WORDEN with SAN DIEGO / CALIFORNIA in killer bars ties 1-c Franklin & 2-c Washington to #6 cover to Illinois, generic brown ship cachet & blue anchor border all around, neatly addressed, never sealer. $3.75 n!%

Wanted to buy--covers for the Leahy class Guided Missile Frigate USS Worden (DLG/CG-18). Please offer us some, priced in US dollars or Euros! *c

Clear FEB 22 1932 USS WYOMING hand cancel with HAVANA / BAY, CUBA in the killer bars ties 1/2-c Hale & 1-1/2-c Harding stamps franking #6 envelope to Pennsylvania, return address was in Texas. $7.50 cn

Bold JAN 17 1933 USS WYOMING hand cancel with GUANTANAMO / BAY, CUBA in the killer bars ties 3-c Washington franking #6 envelope to New Jersey, neat handwritten address. $7.00 cn

USS WYOMING. Clear NOV 30 1933 with CUBAN WATERS in killer bars ties 3-c Washington at Newburgh stamp franking #6 cover to California, browning paper. $6.50 cn

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    USS YANCEY. Bold DEC 29 1950 hand cancel ties 3-c Supreme Court stamp franking #6 cover to North Carolina, neatly addressed, light browning of paper with age. $2.75 nl+

USS YANCEY. Clear Jan 25 1952 hand cancel ties 2-c prexy franking #6 cover to North Carolina, neatly addressed, never sealed, small paper bend at one lower corner. $2.25 n

USS YARNALL (DD143). Light DEC 30 1936 with NAVY ... / PHILA. in killer bars ties 3-c Susan B. Anthony franking #6 cover to Illinois, neatly addressed, never sealed. On this date she was placed out of commission & berthed with the reserve fleet there. $3.50 np

USS YARNELL (DLG-17). Light but complete SEP 23 1970 hand cancel on 6-c Roosevelt coil franking #6 cover from Robert L. Krinsky RM2 to New Mexico, small tear shows on back only from opening. Operating in the North Atlantic at this time prior to her reclassification. $1.75 n%

USS YARNELL (DLG-17). Bold 1 OCT 1975 cancel ties pair of 1-c Jefferson & 8-c Ludington stamps franking #6 cover to Ohio, neatly addressed, never sealed. $1.75 n%

    Shenandoah Class Destroyer Tender USS YELLOWSTONE (AD-27). Almost complete MAR 28 1948 hand cancel ties 2-c Army and Navy stamp franking #6 cover to New York, well struck black cachet for the Easter observance, Possibly on one of her many deployments to the Mediterranean. $2.50 ne NEW / NOUVEAU / NOV

Shenandoah Class Destroyer Tender USS YELLOWSTONE (AD-27). Mostly clear DEC 16 1957 cancel ties 3-c International Naval Review stamp franking #6 cover to California, very light George Washington cachet does not show well on cover's dark yellow-brown paper. Possibly on one of her many deployments to the Mediterranean. $2.00 n NEW / NOUVEAU / NOV

Shenandoah Class Destroyer Tender USS YELLOWSTONE (AD-27). Mostly clear JUN 11 1973 hand cancel on 8-c 'Rise of the Spirit of Independence' stamp franking #6 cover to Ohio, also almost complete JUN 11 1973 double-ring branch cancel for the ship in return address area, neatly addressed, stiffener inside. Probably when it was in port at Charleston. $1.75 n NEW / NOUVEAU / NOV

    Shenandoah Class Destroyer Tender USS YELLOWSTONE (AD-27). Well struck MAY 27 1974 cancel ties two 1-c Jefferson stamps franking 11-c airmail postal stationery cover to Ohio, 3-color cachet for Memorial Day depicts Pearl Harbor monument, neatly addressed, never sealed, exceptionally colorful. $2.25 nu(p)

York County (LST-1175). Clear JUN 15 1972 hand cancel ties 8-c flag over White House stamp franking #6 cover to Ohio, large well-struck 'LAST DAY POSTAL SERVICE / ... / Michael S. Garner PC3 - Postal Clerk' cachet in blue. Decommissioned the next month, she was transferred to the Italian government and became Nave Caorle (L-8991), $2.00 n

Clear MAR 31 1939 USS YORKTOWN hand cancel with GONAIVES HAITI in the killer bars ties 3-c Washington stamp franking #6 cover to Illinois, neatly addressed, never sealed. $10.00 hn

Gompers Class Destroyer Tender USS YOSEMITE (AD-41). Almost complete 27 JAN 1979 San Diego machine cancel ties 15-c flag 'home of the brave' stamp franking #6 cover to Ohio, black cachet for its launching & the simultaneous keel laying of AD-43, small E6 & P7 routing marks on back. $2.00 nc

    USS YOSEMITE (AD-19). Clear FEB 22 1948 hand cancel ties vertical pair of 1-c prexies franking #6 cover to New York, large green cachet in honor of George Washington's birthday, cover glue show-through mostly on back. $2.75 nw+ NEW / NOUVEAU / NOV

USS YOSEMITE (AD-19). 15 October 1948 US FORCES IN JAPAN #10 airmail cover to Pennsylvania from Navy ship USS Yosemite at Sasebo, US Navy dial cancel with location in killer bars, bold violet cachet also for location, lightly toned back, attractive. $8.00

USS YOSEMITE (AD-19). Bold JAN 1 1952 hand cancel ties block of four 1 / 2-c prexies franking #6 cover to North Carolina, neatly addressed, never sealed. During her service as flagship for the Commander, Destroyers, Atlantic Fleet. $2.50 n NEW / NOUVEAU / NOV

USS YOSEMITE (AD-19). Clear cancel on 10-c tennis centenary #6 postal stationery cover to Ohio, corner card handstamp of the Commanding Officer, fancy violet cachet honoring her 30 years service anniversary in 1974, neatly addressed, never sealed. $2.25 nu(p)s NEW / NOUVEAU / NOV

USS YORKTOWN. Clear Portsmouth VA APR 18 1943 machine cancel on #6 cover sent free by Richard E. Megenhardt aboard the ship (FPO NY return address), considerable glue-show through on back, penciled addressing & wrinkling contribute to lack of freshness. As is. $1.00 n

USS ZANE. Somewhat light AUG 19 1937 hand cancel with SAN DIEGO / CALIF. in killer bars ties 3-cOrnance of 1787 stamp franking #6 cover to Illinois, neatly addressed, never sealed, decorative blue-anchor border all around. SALE IN PROGRESS nc

USS ZANE. Somewhat light SEP 4 1937 hand cancel with SAN DIEGO / CALIF. in killer bars ties 1-c Washington-Green & 2-c Decatur-Macdonough stamps franking #6 cover to Illinois, neatly addressed, never sealed, cover glue show-through on back. $3.00 nc NEW / NOUVEAU / NOV

USS ZANE. Somewhat light OCT 9 1937 hand cancel with SAN DIEGO / CALIF. in killer bars ties 3-c Texas centennial stamp franking #6 cover to Illinois, neatly addressed, never sealed, cover glue show-through on both sides. $3.00 nc

USS ZANE. Somewhat light OCT 29 1937 hand cancel with SAN DIEGO / CALIF. in killer bars ties 3-c Constitution stamp franking #6 cover to Illinois, generic but attractive blue ship cachet, neatly addressed, never sealed, just a bit of cover glue show-through starting on both sides. $3.50 nc NEW / NOUVEAU / NOV

USS ZANE. Light but legible NOV 24 1937 hand cancel with MARE ISLAND / CALIF. in killer bars ties 3-c Constitution stamp franking #6 cover to Illinois, generic but attractive brown ship cachet & blue anchor border all around, neatly addressed, never sealed. Clearly  backstamped same day at Vallejo's Mare Island Station. $3.75 nc NEW / NOUVEAU / NOV

USS ZANE. Somewhat light DEC 11 1937 hand cancel with MARE ISLAND / CALIF. in killer bars ties 3-c Hawaii stamp franking #6 cover to Illinois, generic but attractive brown ship cachet & blue anchor border all around, neatly addressed, never sealed. $3.75 nc

USS ZANE. Somewhat light DEC 25 1937 hand cancel with MARE ISLAND / CALIF. in killer bars ties 3-c Hawaii stamp franking #6 cover to Illinois, attractive blue anchor border all around, neatly addressed, never sealed. Crisply backstamped previous day at Vallejo's Mare Island Station. $3.75 nc

USS ZANE. Somewhat light JAN 10 1938 hand cancel with MARE ISLAND / CALIF. in killer bars ties 3-c Hawaii stamp franking #6 cover to Illinois, generic but attractive brown ship cachet & blue anchor border all around, neatly addressed, never sealed. Clearly  backstamped same day at Vallejo's Mare Island Station. $3.75 nc NEW / NOUVEAU / NOV

    USS ZANE. Mostly clear FEB 11 1938 hand cancel with SAN DIEGO / CALIF. in killer bars ties 3-c Virgin Islands stamp franking #6 cover to Illinois, generic but attractive blue ship cachet & blue anchor border all around, neatly addressed, paper bend at one lower corner. Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (about 771% of original print area) & enhanced 200-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $2.00 nc

USS ZELLARS (DD 777). Almost complete MAR 25 1959 hand cancel ties 7-c airmail stamp franking #6 cover from John E. Worthington aboard the ship (FPO NY return address) to Ohio, typed address, backflap torn in opening. $2.25 n

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