This Official First Day Cover bears the 13¢ Connecticut state flag stamp issued during the Bicentennial Era, cancelled in Washington, DC on February 23, 1976.
The stamp commemorates Connecticut’s role in the American founding, highlighting the state’s ratification of the U.S. Constitution on January 9, 1788 as the fifth state to do so. The cachet centers on Roger Sherman (1721–1793), the only Founding Father to sign the Continental Association, Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation, and Constitution.
The striking black-and-white cachet reproduces the statue of Sherman that stands in the National Statuary Hall Collection, paired with the Connecticut state flag and the inscription noting his unique distinction among the signers of the nation’s four great state papers.
A fine addition to any Bicentennial, Connecticut, or signer-of-the-Constitution collection, this cover is in excellent condition with a crisp first-day cancel and attractive cachet artwork.
