|
Beck Number |
Mission |
Description of Cachet |
Postmark |
|---|---|---|---|
| B515 | GT-3 | Missing Silver | USS Intrepid (PRS) |
| B5791 | GT-6 |
Plain rather than Textured Background (similar to B610-B613) |
USS Ponchatoula |
| B5811 | GT-6 |
Plain rather than Textured Background (similar to B610-B613) |
USS Cochrane |
| B5821 | GT-6 |
Plain rather than Textured Background (similar to B610-B613) |
USS Rupertus |
| B5831 | GT-6 |
Plain rather than Textured Background (similar to B610-B613) |
USS Renshaw |
| B7871 | Apollo 10 | Plain rather than Textured Background | USS Princeton |
| B7881 | Apollo 10 | Plain rather than Textured Background | USS Chipola |
| B874 | Apollo 15 | Missing Black | USS Kawishiwi |
| B8741 | Apollo 15 | Missing Green - since the Beck number was printed in green, the number is missing from this cover | USS Kawishiwi |
| B8961 | Skylab 3 |
Missing Green |
USS New Orleans |
| B8961 | Skylab 3 |
Missing Red - Note that the B896 number would have been printed in the missing red colour |
USS New Orleans |
|
Assumed Beck Number |
Mission | Postmark |
|---|---|---|
| B319 | MA-9 | USS Mansfield |
| B461 | GT-2 | USS Lake Champlain (PRS) |
| B515 | GT-3 | USS Intrepid (PRS) |
| B561 | GT-5 | USS Lake Champlain (PRS) |
| B5847 | GTA-6 | USS Wasp (PRS) HC |
| B697 | Apollo 202 | USS Robert A. Owens |
| B697 | Apollo 202 | USS Robert A. Owens |
| B840 | Apollo 13 | USS New |
| B861 | Apollo 14 | USS New Orleans (PRS) |
| B863 | Apollo 14 | USS Spiegel Grove |
| B8939 | Skylab 3 | USS New Orleans |
|
Beck Number |
Mission |
Description of Cachet |
Postmark |
|---|---|---|---|
| B515 | GT-3 | Beck printed cachet on back of cover with both a Navy cachet and a Project Gemini cachet on the front | USS Intrepid (PRS) |
| B5614 | GT-5 | Beck printed cachet on back of cover with a Project Gemini cachet on the front | USS Lake Champlain (PRS) |
| B5623 | GT-5 | Beck printed cachet on back of cover with a Project Gemini cachet on the front | USS Manley |
| B7205 | Apollo 4 | Beck printed cachet with additionalred KSC official AS 501 Apollo 4 cachet | Kennedy Space Center |
| B8385 | Apollo 13 | Beck Crew cover on front with Norfolk postmark and TF-140 cachet on the back | Norfolk |
|
Beck Number |
Mission |
Description of Cachet |
Postmark |
|---|---|---|---|
| B317 | MA-9 | Designated for the USS Fletcher it has a USS John W. Thomason postmark. Only two have been recorded. | USS John W. Thomason |
| B4568 | Designated for the USS Holder it has a USS Lake Champlain(PRS) postmark. Only two have been recorded. | USS Lake Champlain | |
| B525 | GT-3 | The postmark on this cover uses brown/gold ink. One of only two know examples. | USS Harold J. Ellison |
| B604 | GT-7 | Designated for the USS Waldron, this cover was postmarked aboard the USS Wasp | USS Wasp |
| B6087 | GT-7 | USS Wasp (PRS) Hand Cancel | USS Wasp |
| B640 | GT-8 | Designated for the USS Goodrich, this cover was postmarked aboard the USS Boxer | USS Boxer |
| B653 | GT-9 | Designated for the USS William C. Law, this cover was postmarked aboard the USS Wasp | USS Wasp |
| B7512 | AS-502 | Designated for the USS York County, the cover was postmarked aboard the USS Chikaskia | USS Chikaskia |
| B7732 | AP-8 | Designated for the USS Sandoval, the cover was postmarked aboard the USS Guadalcanal. Note the 'A.M.' above year - the only copy known | USS Guadalcanal |
| B7842 | AP-9 | Designated for the USNS Vanguard (CC), the cover was postmarked aboard the USS Guadalcanal. | USS Guadalcanal |
| B797 | AP-10 | Designated for the USS Chilton, the cover was postmark aboard the USS Rich | USS Rich |
| B797 | AP-10 | Designated for the USS Chilton, the cover was postmark aboard the USS Rich on an airmail cover | USS Rich |
| B881 | AP-16 | Designated for the USS Ticonderoga, the cover was postmarked aboard the USS Constellation | USS Constellation |
|
Beck Number |
Mission |
Description of Cachet |
Postmark |
|---|---|---|---|
| B515?6 | ASTP on GT-3 | Rather poor fake Beck GT-3 cachet with a Norfolk postmark for ASTP | Norfolk |
Note:
1) From the collection of Tom Steiner
2) These covers are 'from the collection of John H. Dalton the Secretary of the Navy, 1993-1998. These covers have
the "VIP" label that we have seen on some very hard to find covers. We believe that the covers with with
VIP labels were sent to a special list of people and not to collectors. Industry, Navy, Contractors, Space and
Government officials. In 1968-69, Dalton was serving in the Navy and received Navy Nuclear Power training. He served
on USS Blueback SS-581 and USS J C Calhoun SSBN-630'. Source: http://beck.ormurray.com
3) Thanks to Owen Murray's website with a cover from the collection of
Martin Schwebs Rasmussen
4) Thanks to Owen Murray's website
5) From the collection of Randy Constantin
6) The colour is less 'vivid', especially the capsule and the cachet is larger than the genuine version
7) From the collection of Timothy Preston
8) From the collection of Martin Schwebs Rasmussen
9) Sold on eBay during 2012
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