This 1965 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 stamp commemorates the end of the American Civil War, depicting a Union soldier at the site with Lincoln’s famous words “With Malice Toward None…” The April 9 postmark marks the 100th anniversary of General Robert E. Lee’s surrender to Ulysses S. Grant, closing the bloodiest chapter in U.S. history.
A notable detail is the precise centennial timing of the first-day cancel, linking the philatelic event directly to the historic date. The cover bears a typed address to Sayre, Pennsylvania, a railroad town whose Lincoln Street address adds a quiet thematic echo to the Civil War subject.
A clean, well-centered example ideal for Civil War or U.S. commemorative collections.
