This 1963 Carolina Charter First Day Cover features the 5¢ U.S. commemorative stamp issued April 6, 1963, in Edenton, North Carolina. The Art Craft cachet depicts King Charles II in an ornate oval frame with the 1663–1963 anniversary dates and three sailing ships below.
The stamp marks the 300th anniversary of the Carolina Charter, the royal grant by which King Charles II conveyed the vast Carolina territory to eight Lords Proprietors, laying the foundation for the future states of North Carolina and South Carolina.
A notable detail is the cachet’s faithful reproduction of the 1663 charter document itself, shown alongside a quill pen—an elegant nod to the legal instrument that shaped colonial America.
The cover is addressed to Hugh H. Connolly in Billings, Montana, a growing western city that was itself expanding rapidly in the early 1960s.
A clean, well-centered Art Craft FDC, this piece offers strong appeal for collectors of U.S. colonial history, Art Craft cachets, or North Carolina postal history.
