{"product_id":"1965-christmas-5","title":"1965 Christmas 5¢","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis Art Craft First Day Cover features the 1965 U.S. Christmas 5¢ stamp depicting four angels sounding trumpets. The cover is postmarked Silver Bell, Arizona on November 2, 1965, the official first day of issue, with a block of four stamps.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 1965 Christmas issue continued the U.S. Postal Service’s annual holiday stamp tradition that began in 1962. The angelic design reflected the religious tone of many mid-1960s Christmas stamps and was released in time for holiday mailings during the post-WWII era of expanding seasonal postal volume.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe colorful cachet illustrates the Peoples Methodist Church in Newburyport, Massachusetts, framed by holly and bells—an unexpected New England church scene paired with an Arizona first-day postmark. “Art Craft” appears in the lower left corner, identifying the popular cachet maker.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe cover is addressed to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, the state capital and a longtime center of philatelic activity in the mid-Atlantic region.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA clean, well-centered example ideal for collectors of U.S. Christmas issues, Art Craft cachets, or 1960s postal history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maple Springs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51387970879652,"sku":null,"price":4.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0580\/4713\/5908\/files\/05112025_005_copy.jpg?v=1782192710","url":"https:\/\/maplespringsllc.com\/products\/1965-christmas-5","provider":"Maple Springs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}