Morris W. Beck Naval Covers
Reference Catalog and Checklist for Collectors
Compiled and Managed by Owen R. Murray, A member of the USCS #5676, and ATA Space Unit #4500

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   Cover Varieties Oddities  Beck's Messages  Beck's Personal Covers Astronaut Autographs
1943-1970's Events     Nuclear Ships     Foreign    President Series     States Series    First Day Covers   

Numbered Series   About the Series  1-50   51-99 MA-8  S,100-150  151-200  201-250  251-299   300-350 MA-9
  351-402   403-455    456-514 GT-2    515-569 GT-3, GT-4, GT-5    570-621 GTA-6 GT-7    622-687 AS-201, GTA-8, GTA-9, GTA-10, AP-3, GTA-11  
688-769 AS-202, GTA-12, AS-204, AS-501, AS-502, AP-7     770-841 AP-8, AP-9, AP-10, AP-11, AP-12, AP-13, AP-14  
  842-899 AP-14, AP-15, AP-16, AP-17, SL-II, SL-III, SL-IV     900-951   952-1000 ASTP

Articles and Resources:
NEW Small Rubber Stamps on Space Covers  Apollo PRS Postmarked in Hawaii
ASTP USS New Orleans July 25, 1975 onboard Cover
How postage rates affected collecting  Beck Printing Log for Numbered Series 
GTA-8 USS Boxer  Why Different Quantities?  Beck 929 Hawkins
         Join the Space Unit  Join the USCS  Other Collector Links
  Updated Checklists Jan 2012   

Copyright ©2003-2012 Owen R Murray.  All Rights Reserved.      Revised: Wednesday February 01, 2012.

Ship/Location

Hull Number

Cachet/ Event

Cancel Date

Comments

Click on Photos

Number produced:
Not available

eBay Prices Realized
2008 
2009 
2010 
2011 

USS Dixie

AD-14

Independence Day

JUL/4/1962/P.M.

Number produced: 62

eBay Prices Realized
2008 
2009 
2010 
2011 
 

USS Prairie

AD-15

Independence Day

JUL/4/1962/A.M.

Number produced: 42
eBay Prices Realized
2008 
2009 
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60 Years Destroyer RS on reverse

USS Sierra

AD-18

Independence Day

JUL 4/9 30AM/1962

Number produced: 59
eBay Prices Realized
2008 
2009 
2010 
2011 
 

USS Yosemite

AD-19

Independence Day

60 Years Destroyer RS on reverse

USS Isle Royale

AD-29

Independence Day

JUL 4/6-AM/1962

Number produced: 60
eBay Prices Realized
2008 
2009 
2010 
2011 
 

USS Everglades

AD-24

Independence Day

JUL/4/1962/A.M.

Number produced: 38
eBay Prices Realized
2008 
2009 
2010 
2011 
 

USS Yellowstone

AD-27

Independence Day

JUL/4/1962/A.M.

Number produced: 60
eBay Prices Realized
2008 
2009 
2010 
2011 
 

USS Mount Baker

AE-4

Independence Day

JUL/4/1962/  /

Number produced:
Not Available
eBay Prices Realized
2008 
2009 
2010 
2011 
 

Cachet variety. Cancel and cachet are Mt Baker

USS Mount Baker

AE-4

Independence Day

JUL/4/1962/  /

Number produced: 41
eBay Prices Realized
2008 
2009 
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2011 
 

This cachet says USS Mount Baker.  Has Beck number 107 as the cachet number.

USS Shasta

AE-6

Independence Day

4/JUL/1962/A.M.

Number produced: 62
eBay Prices Realized
2008 
2009 
2010 
2011 
 

USS Mauna Loa

AE-8

Independence Day

JUL/4/1962

Number produced: 42
eBay Prices Realized
2008 
2009 
2010 
2011 
 

USS Mazama

AE-9

Independence Day

4/JUL/1962

Number produced: 63
eBay Prices Realized
2008 
2009 
2010 
2011 
 

USS Firedrake

AE-14

Independence Day

JUL/4/A.M./1962

Number produced: 38
eBay Prices Realized
2008 
2009 
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Type 2 Cancel with San Francisco

USS Great Sitkin

AE-17

Independence Day

JUL/4/1962/A.M.

Number produced: 63
eBay Prices Realized
2008 
2009 
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2011 
 

USS Suribachi

AE-21

Independence Day

A.M./JUL/4/1962

Number produced: 39
eBay Prices Realized
2008 
2009 
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AE in cancel upside down

USS Mauna Kea

AE-23

Independence Day

JUL/4/1962/

Number produced: 62
eBay Prices Realized
2008 
2009 
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USS Arcturus

AF-52

Independence Day

JUL/4/A.M./1962

Number produced: 43
eBay Prices Realized
2008 
2009 
2010 
2011 
 

USS Denebola

AF-56

Independence Day

JUL/4/A.M./1962

Number produced: 61
eBay Prices Realized
2008 
2009 
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2011 
 

USS Bellatrix

AF-62

Independence Day

JUL/A.M./4/1962

Number produced: 39
eBay Prices Realized
2008 
2009 
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USS Oxford

AG-159

Independence Day

4/JUL/1962/P.M.

Number produced: 76
eBay Prices Realized
2008 
2009 
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USS Edisto

AGB-2

Independence Day

JUL/9/1962/A.M.

Number produced: 50
eBay Prices Realized
2008 
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1962 Arctic Operations Cachet added Front

USS Staten Island

AGB-5

Independence Day

JUL/4/1962/A.M.

Number produced: 73
eBay Prices Realized
2008 
2009 
2010 
2011  $3.00
 

USS Mount McKinley

AGC-7

Independence Day

JUL/4/1962/A.M.

Number produced: 52
eBay Prices Realized
2008 
2009 
2010 
2011 
 

USS Estes

AGC-12

Independence Day

JUL/4/A.M./1962

Number produced: 68
eBay Prices Realized
2008 
2009 
2010 
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USS Pocono

AGC-16

Independence Day

Number produced: 45

Scan not available

USS Lookout

AGR-2

Independence Day

/  /JUL/4/1962

Number produced: 66
eBay Prices Realized
2008 
2009 
2010 
2011 
 

USS Skywatcher

AGR-3

Independence Day

A.M./26/JUN/1962

Number produced: 46
eBay Prices Realized
2008 
2009 
2010 
2011 
 

USS Searcher

AGR-4

Independence Day

JUL/4/1962/A.M.

Number produced: 64
eBay Prices Realized
2008 
2009 
2010 
2011 
 

USS Picket

AGR-7

Independence Day

JUL/4/1962/A.M.

Number produced: 40
eBay Prices Realized
2008 
2009 
2010 
2011 
 

USS Investigator

AGR-9

Independence Day

JUL/4/1962/A.M.

Number produced: 64
eBay Prices Realized
2008 
2009 
2010 
2011 
 

USS Vigil

AGR-12

Independence Day

JUL/4/1962/A.M.

Number produced: 44
eBay Prices Realized
2008 
2009 
2010 
2011 
 

USS Interdictor

AGR-13

Independence Day

JUL/4/1962/A.M.

Number produced: 65
eBay Prices Realized
2008 
2009 
2010 
2011 
 

USS Maury

AGS-16

Independence Day

JUN/A.M./16/1962

Number produced: 43
eBay Prices Realized
2008 
2009 
2010 
2011 
 

USS San Pablo

AVP-30

Independence Day

JUL/4/1962/  /

Number produced: 63
eBay Prices Realized
2008 
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Below is another example

 

USS Rehoboth

AGS-50

Independence Day

JUL/16/A.M./1962

Number produced: 42
eBay Prices Realized
2008 
2009 
2010 
2011 
 

USS Haven

AH-12

Independence Day

JUL/4/1962/A.M.

Number produced: 79
eBay Prices Realized
2008 
2009 
2010 
2011 
 

USS Alcor

AD-34

Independence Day

Number produced: 48

Scan not available

USS Achernar

AKA-53

Independence Day

JUN/21/P.M./1962

Number produced: 64
eBay Prices Realized
2008 
2009 
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2011 
 

USS Uvalde

AKA-88

Independence Day

JUL/4/A.M./1962
 

Number produced: 39

USS Wyandot

AKA-92

Independence Day

JUN/30/1962

Number produced: 60
eBay Prices Realized
2008 
2009 
2010 
2011 
 

Last Day Postal Service

USS Winston

AKA-94

Independence Day

JUL/4/1962/A.M.

Number produced: 38
eBay Prices Realized
2008 
2009 
2010 
2011 
 

USS Mathews

AKA-96

Independence Day

JUL/19/1962/A.M.

Number produced: 61
eBay Prices Realized
2008 
2009 
2010 
2011 
 

USS Merrick

LKA-97

Independence Day

4/JUL/  /1962

Number produced: 40
eBay Prices Realized
2008 
2009 
2010 
2011 
 

Poor Cancel

USS Washburn

AKA-108

Independence Day

JUL/4/1962/A.M.

Number produced: 60
eBay Prices Realized
2008 
2009 
2010 
2011 
 

USS Pollux

AKS-4

Independence Day

Number produced: 45
 

Scan not available

USS Platte

AO-24

Independence Day

JUL/4/1962

Number produced: 60
eBay Prices Realized
2008 
2009 
2010 
2011 
 

Poor Cancel

USS Sabine

AO-25

Independence Day

A.M./JUL/4/1962

Number produced: 37
eBay Prices Realized
2008 
2009 
2010 
2011 
 

USS Salamonie

AO-26

Independence Day

/  /JUL/24/1962

Number produced: 60
eBay Prices Realized
2008  $2.50
2009 
2010 
2011 
 

Scan not available

USS Kaskaskia

AO-27

Independence Day

JUL/4/1962/A.M.

Number produced: 36
eBay Prices Realized
2008 
2009 
2010 
2011 
 

USS Kennebec

AO-36

Independence Day

4/JUL/1962/A.M.

Number produced: 58
eBay Prices Realized
2008 
2009 
2010 
2011 
 

USS Mattaponi

AO-41

Independence Day

JUL/4/1962

Number produced: 38
eBay Prices Realized
2008 
2009 
2010 
2011 
 

USS Cacapon

AO-52

Independence Day

JUL/4/1962/A.M.

Number produced: 60
eBay Prices Realized
2008 
2009 
2010 
2011  $2.01
 

Home     Morris W. Beck Cover Basics      About this Web Site      Contact
Beck Space Cachet Designs     #6 USS Dace Overprint    #220 USS Lowry
   Cover Varieties Oddities  Beck's Messages  Beck's Personal Covers  Astronaut Autographs
1943-1970's Events     Nuclear Ships     Foreign    President Series     States Series    First Day Covers   

Numbered Series   About the Series  1-50   51-99 MA-8  S,100-150  151-200  201-250  251-299   300-350 MA-9
  351-402   403-455    456-514 GT-2    515-569 GT-3, GT-4, GT-5    570-621 GTA-6 GT-7    622-687 AS-201, GTA-8, GTA-9, GTA-10, AP-3, GTA-11  
688-769 AS-202, GTA-12, AS-204, AS-501, AS-502, AP-7     770-841 AP-8, AP-9, AP-10, AP-11, AP-12, AP-13, AP-14  
  842-899 AP-14, AP-15, AP-16, AP-17, SL-II, SL-III, SL-IV     900-951   952-1000 ASTP

Articles and Resources:
NEW Small Rubber Stamps on Space Covers  Apollo PRS Postmarked in Hawaii
ASTP USS New Orleans July 25, 1975 onboard Cover
How postage rates affected collecting  Beck Printing Log for Numbered Series 
GTA-8 USS Boxer  Why Different Quantities?  Beck 929 Hawkins
         Join the Space Unit  Join the USCS  Other Collector Links
  Updated Checklists Jan 2012   
 

Please note that the naval covers illustrated on this Web site are for reference only and not for sale.
This is a private Web site for the enjoyment of collectors of navy covers. 

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Copyright ©2003-2012 Owen R Murray.  All Rights Reserved        Revised: Wednesday February 01, 2012.