| Ship | Type | Designation | Covers |
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Atlantic |
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USS Guamii |
PRS - Amphibious Assault Shipiii |
LPH-9 |
Y |
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SRS - Destroyer |
DD-872 |
Y |
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|
SRS - Destroyer |
DD-803 |
Y |
|
|
SRS - Anti-Sub Destroyer |
DD-860 |
Y |
|
|
SRS - Fleet Ocean Tug |
ATF-157 |
Xv |
|
|
SRS - Oiler |
AO-61 |
Y - Hard to Find |
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|
Pacific |
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|
SRS - Destroyer |
DD-717 |
Y |
|
|
SRS - Oiler |
AO-146 |
Y |
|
|
SRS - Destroyer |
DD-728 |
Y |
|
|
SRS - Destroyer |
DD-450 |
Y |
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Tracking & Communications Ships |
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TS - West Atlantic, near Sao Tome, Brazil |
T-AGM 14 |
Y |
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TS - Pacific - NE of the Philippines |
T-AGM 15 |
Y |
|
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TS - Pacific - east of Hawaii |
T-AGM 8 |
Y |
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Other |
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USNS Kingsport |
Communications Relay Ship - Stationed in San Francisco in a ready reserve status |
T-AG 164 |
N |
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Cachet |
Description of Cachet |
Colours | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Navy Recovery Force Cachet GT-11 - Atlantic |
Designed by Morris Beck it shows several ships and Gemini cachet on parachute |
Maroon, Black, Bluei | Rubber Stamp |
| Navy Recovery Force Cachet GT-11 - Pacific |
Designed by Morris Beck it shows several ships and Gemini cachet on parachute |
Maroon | Rubber Stamp |
| Beck Cachet - Atlantic | Same as Navy Cachet | Blue-Red | Printed |
| Beck Cachet - Pacific | Same as Navy Cachet | Blue-Orange | Printed |
| GT-11 Cachet | A small circular text cachet usually appears as an extra cachet. Produced by Morris Beck or Harry Gordon | Black, Red | Rubber Stamp |
| Goldcraft cachet3 | Is a copy of an earlier Project Mercury cachet by Donald Schultz. Shows a Mercury capsule inside a circle of rope plus text | Various | Printed |
| Orbit Cachet | Complex Printed Cachet showing Astronauts and Rocket etc - Navy Cachet usually on Back | Green | Printed |
| Boerger Cachet | Navy Recovery Ship cachet | Blue | Printed |
| Unknowniv | Splashdown and Recovery Operation cachet shows capsule orbiting the Earth | Black | Printed |
| Sokolsky Cachet? | Two Man Spacecraft cachet | Green | Rubber Stamp |
| Gordon Cachet | GT-11 COMPUTER LANDS etc. | Purple | Rubber Stamp |
|
Ship |
Description of Postmark |
Scarcity |
|---|---|---|
| US Navy Hand Cachet - Sept 29 | U/K | |
| US Navy Machine Cachet - Sept 21 | U/K |
|
Ship |
Known Cachet Colours |
Beck Numbers |
| USS Guam | Maroon, Blue, Black (rare) | 683, 687 |
| USS Forest Royal | Maroon, Black | 684 |
| USS Wallace L Lind | Maroon, Black | 685 |
| USS McCaffery | Maroon, Black | 686 |
| USS Severn | Maroon | None |
| USS Kawishiwi | Maroon | 679 |
| USS Mansfield | Maroon | 682 |
| USS Theodore E Chandler | Maroon | 680 |
| USS O'Bannon | Maroon | 681 |
|
Cachet |
Description of Cachet |
Colours | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| USS Guam | Navy Cachet on USS Guam stationary. Also known on stampless cover. | Blue / Black | Rubber Stamp / Printed |
| USS Kawishiwi | Navy cachet on Polish FDC | Multicolour | Printed |
| USNS Wheeling | Green Gemini cachet in adition to usual MSTS cachet | Green / Black | Rubber Stamps |
| USS Guam | Late postmark (Sep 29) on Boerger Gemini 10 Recovery Ship cover with 10 changed to 11. | Blue | Printed |
| Markdork, Germany | Navy cachet plus a J J Goer cachet with a German meter cancel | Red | Rubber Stamp |
| USS Guam1 | Late postmark (Sep 27) on unusual Gemini 11 Recovery cover | Greyscale | Printed |
| USS Guam1 | Another late postmark (Sep 23 or 25) on Navy cacheted cover | Blue | Rubber Stamp |
| USS Guam2a | An interesting Official envelope from the Commander Manned Spacecraft Recovery Force to the Commanding Office of the USS Guam | N/A | Printed |
| USS Guam6 | Interesting cover with Gemini 10 Navy cachet on the front and Gemini 11 Navy cachet on the back. Postmarked for Gemini 11. | Maroon / Maroon | Rubber Stamp |
|
Postmark |
Description of Cover |
Postmark Date |
|---|---|---|
| USS Guam | Signed by the ship's Commanding Officer | None |
| Signed by the Swim Team Leader | 15 September 1966 | |
| USS Guam4 | Beck B684 cover signed by Conrad and Gordon as well as the Commanding Officer of the USS Wasp plus the Recovery Team Leader and a member of the Recovery Team | 15 September 1966 |
| USS Guam5 | Very nice crew signed 'Orbit' cover plus signed on the back by the Commanding Officer | 15 September 1966 |
Notes General:
i) Blue is seen on USS Guam covers only
ii) Most USS Guam postmarks for this mission are poorm with this one being corrected. An exception is this one.
iii) Often described as a Helicopter Carrier
iv) Used on a number of ship covers. It is unknown which ship covers these cachets were used on.
v) Only one 'leave from port' cover is known
Notes Other:
1) From the collection of Tom Steiner
2) Sold on eBay April 2010 7a) 2011
3) From Steve Durst's CD book
4) Sold in RR Auction January 2011
5) From the collection of Timothy Preston
6) From the collection of Randy Constantin
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