This First Day Cover features the 13¢ Colorado commemorative stamp issued by the United States Postal Service, postmarked in Denver, Colorado on May 21, 1977. The stamp depicts the Rocky Mountains and the Colorado columbine, the state flower, with the inscription “THE CENTENNIAL STATE.”
Colorado entered the Union on August 1, 1876, exactly one hundred years after the Declaration of Independence, earning its official nickname. The 1977 stamp celebrates that heritage and the state’s dramatic natural landscape during America’s bicentennial era.
The cover carries a clean, official-style cachet with the bold “FIRST DAY OF ISSUE” handstamp directly beneath the stamp, a classic presentation favored by collectors of statehood topicals.
Addressed to John W. Terkats at 4904 North Front Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the cover reflects the active network of East-Coast collectors who routinely ordered new-issue FDCs from western first-day cities in the 1970s.
A crisp, well-centered example that makes an attractive addition to any U.S. state or flower topical collection.
