This is a 1963 5¢ West Virginia Statehood First Day Cover featuring an Art Craft cachet. The stamp was issued June 20, 1963, in Wheeling, West Virginia, and is postmarked with the official first-day cancel.
The stamp commemorates the centennial of West Virginia’s admission to the Union on June 20, 1863, during the Civil War. The design shows the outline of the state with the capitol dome at Charleston and the dates 1863-1963.
The cachet illustrates the West Virginia State Capitol in Charleston, the state seal, and the inscription “100th Anniversary West Virginia 1863 Statehood 1963.”
The cover is addressed to Mrs. Karl Greene in Nutley, New Jersey, a common practice for collectors receiving FDCs in the 1960s.
A clean, well-centered example ideal for collectors of U.S. statehood issues or Art Craft cachets.
