This 1963 Artmaster First Day Cover features the 5¢ Civil War Centennial Gettysburg stamp, postmarked on July 1, 1963, in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania—the official first-day city.
The Battle of Gettysburg, fought July 1–3, 1863, marked a decisive turning point in the American Civil War. Union forces repelled Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s invasion of the North, ending the Confederacy’s most ambitious offensive and shifting momentum toward eventual Union victory.
The striking black-and-white cachet depicts a cannon behind a stone wall, flanked by crossed American flags and the exact battle dates, capturing the solemnity of the 100th anniversary commemoration.
The cover is addressed to Murray Lubner in Wood-Ridge, New Jersey, a small Bergen County borough whose post-war suburban growth paralleled the national interest in Civil War centennial collecting.
A clean, well-centered example ideal for Civil War topical or Artmaster cachet collections.
