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GREYTCOVERS NAVAL COVER USS GEORGE H.W. BUSH CVN-77 KEEL LAYING 6 SEPT 2003

$ 1.97

Availability: 57 in stock
  • Year of Issue: 2003
  • Grade: F (Fine)
  • Quality: Used
  • Place of Origin: United States
  • Certification: Uncertified

    Description

    You are bidding on a computer designed/printed Greytcovers by W.J. Wladyka (USCS #9915) naval cover (design #148)(#9 of 12 ) commemorating the Keel Laying of the USS George H.W. Bush CVN-77, a NIMITZ-class supercarrier on 6 Sept. 2003..
    USS
    George H.W. Bush
    (CVN-77) is the tenth and final
    Nimitz
    -class
    supercarrier
    of the
    United States Navy
    . She is named for the 41st
    President of the United States
    and former
    Director of Central Intelligence
    George H. W. Bush
    , who was a
    naval aviator
    during World War II.
    Bush
    '
    s
    call sign
    is
    Avenger
    , after the
    TBM Avenger
    aircraft
    flown by then-Lieutenant George Bush in
    World War II
    . Construction began in 2003 at the
    Northrop Grumman Newport News
    shipyard's
    Dry Dock 12
    (the largest in the western hemisphere) and was completed in 2009 at a cost of .2 billion. She is homeported at
    Naval Station Norfolk
    , Virginia.
    The cover is cancelled with a pictorial postmark on 6 Sept. 2003 at Newport News, VA 23607 and is franked with a 37c Flag stamp.
    Overall cover condition is very good. The cover is a standard No. 6-3/4, 3-5/8 x 6-1/2". The blue around the edge is part of the background, not part of the cover.
    I accept PAYPAL.
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