A Groton, Connecticut, first-day cover for the 33-cent Los Angeles-class stamp (Scott 3373) from the U.S. Navy Submarines booklet, issued March 27, 2000. Carl Herrman designed the five-stamp series and James Griffiths illustrated it. Gerry Adlman's blue-and-teal GAMM cachet shows a surfaced submarine marked SSN-688 and another submerged, while its text traces the Navy's undersea force from the 1900 purchase of Holland through the S, Gato, Los Angeles, and Ohio classes.
Claude
The cachet features a blue and teal illustrated design celebrating the U.S. Navy's Submarine Centennial with '100 Years' prominently displayed. The artwork depicts two submarines — a surface-running submarine (numbered 368) and an underwater submerged submarine — rendered in a detailed engraving style. Descriptive text explains the history of the U.S. Navy's undersea force from the 1900 purchase of the 'Holland' through the S, Gato, Los Angeles, and Ohio class designs. The stamp depicts a Los Angeles Class submarine running on the surface with waves breaking over its hull, and the postmark is a standard machine cancel from Groton, CT dated March 27, 2000 with ZIP 06340, accompanied by a 'First Day of Issue' printed label.
Mistral
This First Day Cover celebrates the U.S. Navy's Submarine Centennial, featuring a detailed cachet with blue and teal artwork of a Los Angeles Class submarine (numbered 688) alongside an underwater submarine. The cachet includes text describing the evolution of U.S. submarines from the 1900 Holland to modern designs. The stamp depicts a Los Angeles Class submarine and is postmarked with a circular cancellation from Groton, CT, dated March 27, 2000. The cover is in excellent condition.
(The automatic summaries sometimes misidentify the postmark as part of the cachet artwork.)
