USS OLYMPIA C-6 Spanish-American War Cruiser Photo Cachet Handstamp Mare Island

Description

USS OLYMPIA C-6 United States Navy cruiser cover with a postmark from
Mare Island, CA on February 5, 1995.
A photo of USS Olympia is printed on cachet #109 by Alvin Eckert, USCS #9964 for Saginaw Chapter #59. All proceeds benefit Saginaw Chapter #59 USCS.
USS Olympia: this 544 foot protected cruiser was built in San Francisco
and commissioned 5 February 1895.
She joined the US Asiatic Fleet that year and three years later lead the fleet that destroyed the
Spanish Fleet at sea on 1 May 1898 at Manila Bay.
This proud battleship served in the Northern Atlantic during the First World War
and was decommissioned in 1922. She was made a museum ship in Philadelphia in 1957 and continues to raise funds for needed hull repairs. (see the web pages for details of her design, construction, battles and post-war service history)
Cover prepared on a gummed envelope and franked with 32 cent "G" stamp.
Seller has two other Spanish-American War ship covers (USS Olympia & USS Oregon), plus a cover for Admiral George Dewey, and over 30 other USN battleship covers.
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