This 1966 First Day Cover bears the 5¢ United States Savings Bonds 25th Anniversary stamp, issued October 26, 1966, and postmarked in Sioux City, Iowa. The Art Craft cachet commemorates the program’s silver anniversary with a historic photograph of President Franklin D. Roosevelt purchasing the first Series E bond on May 1, 1941.
Launched to finance national defense during World War II, the Savings Bonds program became one of the most successful public-finance initiatives in U.S. history, allowing millions of Americans to support the war effort while building personal savings. By 1966 the bonds had evolved into a staple of postwar thrift and government funding.
A notable detail is the cachet’s reproduction of the iconic “For Defense—Buy United States Savings Bonds” poster alongside the original 1941 transaction scene, tying the stamp directly to its wartime origins. The cover also displays a block of four stamps with the slogan “We Appreciate Our Servicemen.”
This well-preserved Art Craft FDC makes an attractive addition for collectors of U.S. postal history, WWII finance themes, or Art Craft cachets.
