Morris W. Beck Naval Covers
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Number Ship/Location Hull Number Cachet/ Event Cancel Date Comments

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456 USS Lake Champlain CVS-39 Gemini 2 JAN/19/P.M./1965

Cover 456 was scheduled for USS Holder. Ships name does not appear in the cachet for space issues after Beck cover 79. Only one ever observed with USS Lake Champlain cancel.
Est Value $100

Also see 461
Correct cover for this number. Very hard to find. Only one ever observed by this collector.
(456)
CREW		 USS Lake Champlain CVS-39 Gemini 2 JAN/19/P.M./1965

Very scarce space cover.  This was one of Beck's early space covers. Beck's cover log does not specifically list how many "CREW" covers were printed, but for later space flights he produced about 25 envelopes without the cachet number for each ship or cachet number.  For some flights he knew the names of the ships but for later flights, he was only told how many ships were expected to participate.

We have only seen a few examples of this cover including the one sold on eBay for $47.30 in February 2006.  This was a good price.  We estimate the value at more like $100-125.
CREW
This CREW cover is listed under 456 because 456 was the first number in the series.
Below is the cover sold on eBay in February 2006. 

Scan below courtesy of Steve Durst.
456 USS Lake Champlain CVS-39 Gemini 2 JAN/19/A.M./1965 Scan not available.
AM Cancel reported by Cartier in his book, but not seen.
456 USS Holder DD-819 Gemini 2 JAN/19/A.M./1965
457 USS Charles R Ware DD-865 Gemini 2 19/JAN/1965/A.M.
Correct cover for this number
457 USS Forrest Royal DD-872 Gemini 2 JAN/19/1965/A.M.
 
458 USS Eugene A Greene DD-711 Gemini 2 A.M./19/JAN/1965
Correct cover for this number
458 USS O'Hare DD-889 Gemini 2 JAN/19/A.M./1965
Very Scarce. Previously unlisted. Only a few ever observed by this collector.
459 USS Vogelgesang DD-862 Gemini 2 JAN/19/1965/A.M.
Correct cover for this number
459 USS Vogelgesang DD-862 Gemini 2 FEB/19/1965/A.M.
RARE. FEB in cancel instead of Jan. Only One Observed. ERROR
459 USS Eugene A Greene DD-711 Gemini 2 A.M./19/JAN/1965
460 USS O'Hare DD-889 Gemini 2 JAN/19/A.M./1965
Correct cover for this number
460 USS Holder DD-819 Gemini 2 JAN/19/A.M./1965
461 USS Charles R Ware DD-865 Gemini 2 19/JAN/1965/A.M.
Very Scarce Correct cover for this number. Only a few ever observed by this collector.
461 USS Lake Champlain CVS-39 Gemini 2 JAN/19/P.M./1965
Prime Recovery Ship
461 USS Lake Champlain CVS-39 Gemini 2 JAN/19/A.M./1965
AM Cancel reported by Cartier in his book, but not observed by this collector.
462 USS Forrest Royal DD-872 Gemini 2 JAN/19/1965/A.M.
Correct cover for this number
462 USS Vogelgesang DD-862 Gemini 2 JAN/19/1965/A.M.
463 USS Lake Champlain CVS-39 Gemini 2 JAN/19/P.M./1965
Prime Recovery Ship
463 USS Lake Champlain CVS-39 Gemini 2 JAN/19/A.M./1965
AM Cancel reported by Cartier in his book, but not seen by this collector.
464 USS James Madison SSBN-627 Commission JUL 28/PM/1964
465 USS Navasota AO-106 Recommission A.M./JAN/22/1965
 
466 USS Richmond K Turner DLG-20 1st Anniv of Comm JUN/13/A.M./1965
 
467 USS Sylvania AFS-2 Commission A.M./11/JUL/1964
Ships cachet on reverse in RED
467 USS Sylvania AFS-2 Commission P.M./11/JUL/1964
Ships cachet on reverse in Black
468 USS Waddell DDG-24 Commission AUG/28/1964/  /
 
469 USS Ulysses S Grant SSBN-631 Commission JUL 17 64
Slogan Meter Visit Connecticut
470 USS Benjamin Franklin SSBN-640 Launching DEC 5/AM/1964
Machine Cancel
470 USS Benjamin Franklin SSBN-640 Launching DEC 5/AM/1964
Scarce. Hand cancel only seen on covers with multiple stamps
471 USS Casimir Pulaski SSBN-633 Commission AUG 14/-PM/1964
 
471 USS Casimir Pulaski SSBN-633 Commission AUG 14/PM/1964
Scarce. Hand cancel only seen on covers with multiple stamps
472 USS John C Calhoun SSBN-630 Commission SEP 15/PM/1964
Machine Cancel
472 USS John C Calhoun SSBN-630 Commission SEP 15/PM/1964 Scan not available.
Scarce. Hand cancel only seen on covers with multiple stamps
473 USS Simon Bolivar SSBN-641 Launching AUG 22/AM/1964
Machine Cancel
473 USS Simon Bolivar SSBN-641 Launching AUG 22/AM/1964
Scarce. Hand cancel only seen on covers with multiple stamps
474 USS Guam LPH-9 Launching AUG 22/AM/1964
Hand Cancel
474 USS Guam LPH-9 Launching PM/ / 22 AUG/1964
Machine Cancel
475 USS Norfolk DL-1 Unitas V 1964 SEP/17/A.M./1964
About half of covers observed also have MC of Wash DC.
476 USS John Willis DE-1027 Unitas V 1964 14/NOV/1964/A.M.
 
477 USS De Soto County LST-1171 Great Lakes Visit A.M./23/AUG/1964
All examples reviewed have poor cancels
478 USS Stonewall Jackson SSBN-634
 		 Commission AUG/26/3PM/1964