Newseyletters
The “Newseyletters” were started by Richard Hoffner somewhere around 2010, a few years after the Decatur Chapter began allowing collectors to place a deposit toward toward future covers. Originally, a plain band of paper was wrapped and taped around the covers, along with an annotation of the balance owed. It was only later that the idea was born to make that paper into a newsletter. Rich says that “ I suspect that I’ll never be able to pinpoint when I started issuing the Newseyletters. There was no subscription or did I number them. It just seemed like a good idea to share news with collectors.” They were not mailed at regular intervals, just when it was appropriate for the cachets being produced.
Besides information on Chapter covers, the newsletters often mention upcoming ship events, especially Coast Guard, as well as short news items from press releases. New pictorial cancels in the works are also shown. Although these newsletters were done for practical purposes, this compilation now provides a good resource, especially if researching the background on certain cachets and pictorials.
There is no comprehensive listing of the Newseyletters, but there are some gaps in this collection. Most are just one page. They were sent to us in various formats and quality; they have now been converted to searchable PDF format. To assist research, we have listed the main topics found in each issue.
Issue Date – Topics
2021
2021 December Decatur Chapter changes
2021 mid Sept Korean and Vietnamese Submarines
2021 July-2021 Manta Ray Project, Harpoon Missiles
2021 early January New pictorials
2020
2020 late November French sub PERLE, new US subs and frigates
2020 late October Sub memorial, Karcher cachets, private markings
2020 mid October VN sub, RV Mayflower, new pictorials
2020 early October Russian ship fire, Naval/CG contracts
2020 mid September New pictorials, China aircraft carrier, Russian sub
2020 early August CG Birthday
2020 mid July Egyptian Navy, Triton submarine
2020 early July Japanese, French & Australian subs
2020 mid June PO delays, Japanese ship, US subs
2020 early May Fires on carrier, subs Delaware & Vermont
2020 April (Poor Copy) – same content as June 2020
2019
2019 mid December Cancel updates, CG cutter, Russian sub
2019 early December #2 List of 2020 anniversaries, New navy Squadron
2019 early December #1 New CG and Navy vessels
2019 late November USS Columbia, Russian/French ships
2019 mid November New Navy ships, Israeli & China ships
2019 mid August US and Canadian CG ships
2019 mid June Fast frigates, USNS Navajo
2019 mid April Viet Nam CG, new CG icebreaker, new sub class
2019 mid March New subs, CG cutters, Iran sub
2019 early March #2 Barracks ships, fast frigates, new pictorials
2019 early March #1 Argentine sub sunk, oil platform ship
2019 mid January Canadian warships, Russian sub and drydock
2019 early January Remains of sub Explorer in Panama, new pictorial
2018
2018 late November Coast Guard Birthday
2018 early October New ship construction, Polish navy
2018 late July New pictorials, Chinese and Italian navy
2018 mid July Trump summit, China CG, Russian ship
2018 mid June USS Michael Monsoor, Training ship, Saudi vessel
2018 early May Thresher pictorial, Kuwaiti boat, Russian navy
2018 early March New proposed ships, Indian & Israeli ship
2018 mid February British & Russian navy, USS Dallas cover
2018 late January Various foreign navy ships
2017
2017 late December New pictorials, Hurricane ships, USS Corpus Christi
2017 mid October Polish, Danish, Russian, N Korean ships, USCG
2017 early October Services for USS Fitzgerald & McCain, USNS Puller
2017 late September Recent USPS issues Russian DSRV
2017 mid September USS Ling, Hurricane ships, HMS Queen Elizabeth
2015
2015 late October SS United States, USS Gerald Ford
2015 mid October USS Zumwalt, French ship, new pictorial
2015 early October CG North Pole, Glomar Explorer, new pictorial
2015 late September Russian spy ship, Renaming sub classifications
2015 mid September New pictorials, Chinese warships
2015 early September Various foreign ships
2015 late August CG seizures, foreign submersibles, CG Study Group
2015 mid August Iranian frigate, USS Gerald Ford
2015 early August #2 CG pictorials, Boing sub
2015 early August #1 New pictorial, BRP Sierra Madre
2015 early July New pictorials/rules, Taiwan CG
2015 mid June USS Arizona Memorial struck, foreign ships
2015 early June CGC Rush transferred, Russian ship
2015 late May PIPEX cancel, CGC Sweetbriar, new pictorial
2015 early May New pictorials
2015 late April Navy ship assignments, Navy drone subs
2015 mid April Various foreign navy ships
2015 mid March CG icebreakers, new navy ships, new pictorial
2015 early March Russian ships, USS Peleiu pictorial
2015 late January New pictorial, CGC’s Sherman, Rush, USS Norfolk
2015 mid January Navy search for aircraft, new pictorials
2015 early January Shipyard spy, new navy ships, USS Norfol
Issue Date – Topics
2014
2014 late December HMAS Canberra, USS Anchorage, new pictorials
2014 late November Civilian ships, CGC Trump, MV Arctic Sunrise
2014 mid November Israeli sub, Constellation, CGC’s Sapelo/Sea Hawk
2014 early October New Pictorials
2014 early August Viet Nam sub, USPS issues, new pictorials
2014 late July CG ships and news, Brazilian sub
2014 mid July USS Giffords, DSV Alvin, Russian ships
2014 early June New subs to be built, new pictorial
2014 early May CG cutters, Russian sub
2014 mid April USS Ford Christening, Russian subs
2014 late March Coverfest, CG cutters, Russian sub
2014 mid February New CG cutters
2014 early February CG news, foreign icebreakers
2014 mid January CG cutter news, USS Dallas
2014 early January New CG cutters
2013
2013 early December New subs, CG news, new USS Thach pictorial
2013 mid September Greenpeace issues, missile test, new pictorials
2013 early September USS North Dakota, new pictorials
2013 late July USS Fort Worth, USS Pueblo, USS Reagan covers
2013 early July USS Dallas, new pictorials
2013 late June USS Minnesota, USS Guardian, USS Reagan
2013 late May USS Warner, new CG cutter, CGC Joshua James
2013 late April CG cachets, new pictorials
2013 mid April USS Enterprise caches, new pictorials
2013 early March Coverfest, USS Guardian, new pictorials
2013 mid February New pictorials, CGC Morro Bay
2013 early February USS Guardian
2013 early January Sub fire, Argentine training ship, new pictorials
2012
2012 mid December RV Kikuliaq, USS Warner
2012 early December USS Key West, USS North Dakota, CGC Jarvis
2012 mid October USS Iowa, new anniversary pictorials
2012 late September Iran operations, USS Enterprise
2012 early September USS Olympia
2012 late August Shell icebreaker, USS Miami, USS Olympia
2012 mid August CG in arctic
2012 early August USS Zumwalt, USS Decatur pictorial
2012 late July CGC Polar Sea, USS Miami, Israeli sub
2012 mid July CGC Etheridge, USS Miami
2012 early July CGC Etheridge, USS New Jersey
2012 mid June #2 List of ships planned for decommission
2012 mid June #1 CGC Dallas, USS L.B. Johnson, USS Mississippi
2012 late April CGC Etheridge, USS New Jersey
2012 mid April SS United States, Shell icebreaker, Russian navy
2012 early April USS Mississippi pictorial, Midway museum
2012 early March USS New Mexico, icebreaker funding
2012 mid February USF Constitution, Shell icebreaker, Israeli sub
2012 mid January CG cutters, Constellation Anniv., new pictorials
2012 early January Planned event pictorials
2011
2011 late December Past year event covers
2011 mid December Cover problems, USS Truman
2011 early December Bin Laden, CGC Stratton
2011 early November #2 USS Enterprise
2011 early November #1 USS Enterprise, USS Milwaukee
2011 late October #2 Flag stamps, USF Constitution, cancel issues
2011 late October #1 70th Pearl Harbor Anniv., new pictorials
2011 mid October New pictorials, USS Iowa
2011 late September New cancels/pictorials, new CG cutters
2011 mid September USS Iowa, USNS Spearhead
2011 early September USS Washington error, pictorials, ship changes
2011 late August Wentworth Cachets, new covers/pictorials
2011 mid August New pictorials, issues with covers
2011 early August Various foreign warships
2011 mid July New navy contracts, USS Philadelphia
2011 early July Navy high-speed ships, pictorials
2011 late June USS Kitty Hawk, CGC Healy, Chinese navy
2011 mid June USS Jarrett, Karcher covers
2011 early June Marine aviation, new navy covers/cancels
2011 mid May Norfolk post officer, new CG cutters
2011 late April New pictorials
2011 mid April New navy covers and pictorials
2011 early April CG icebreakers, SS United States, pictorials
2011 early February Submersible platforms, CGC Eagle
2011 mid January Naval aviation, new pictorials
2011 early January New navy ship, US Army vessels
2010
2010 mid March Rickenbacker survives on raft