This Artmaster cacheted First Day Cover features the 5¢ Civil War Centennial stamp honoring the surrender at Appomattox, postmarked on the exact centennial date of April 9, 1965, in Appomattox, Virginia.
The 1865 surrender of Confederate General Robert E. Lee to Union General Ulysses S. Grant effectively ended the American Civil War. The stamp's design, showing a silhouetted soldier beside stacked rifles beneath the quote "With Malice Toward None...," commemorates the war's conclusion and Lincoln's vision of reconciliation.
The cachet depicts the historic McLean House where the surrender took place, with Lee and Grant on horseback, along with crossed flags and the inscription "Lee Surrenders to Grant."
The cover is addressed to Murray Lummer in Wood-Ridge, New Jersey, a small Bergen County borough that developed as a suburban community in the early 20th century.
A strong addition for Civil War or Artmaster collectors, this cover is in excellent condition with a crisp postmark and attractive dual-stamp franking.
