This 1965 Battle of New Orleans First Day Cover features the 5¢ U.S. stamp issued January 8, 1965, in New Orleans, Louisiana, on a handsome Artmaster cachet. The cover bears a crisp first-day cancel and shows a block of four stamps with the dramatic red-and-black design depicting Andrew Jackson leading troops.
The stamp commemorates the sesquicentennial of the Battle of New Orleans, the final major engagement of the War of 1812. Fought two weeks after the Treaty of Ghent had already ended the war, the American victory under General Jackson became a defining moment that helped forge a stronger sense of national identity.
The Artmaster cachet illustrates Jackson beside a cannon with the American flag, a portrait of the general, and the inscription noting 150 years of unbroken peace between England and America—an unexpected historical emphasis on reconciliation rather than conflict.
Addressed to collector Murray Ludmer in Wood-Ridge, New Jersey, the cover carries the quiet provenance typical of mid-century philatelic mail from that suburban community near New York.
A clean, well-centered example ideal for War of 1812, military, or Artmaster topical collections.
