First Day Cover featuring the 5-cent Carolina Charter commemorative stamp (Scott 1230) postmarked June 1, 1964, on the Charlotte & Kingstree Highway Post Office route. The Artmaster cachet presents a detailed illustration of a U.S. Mail Highway Post Office bus traveling through rural terrain with period architectural elements, capturing the unique mobile postal service that operated on American highways. Addressed to Warren F. Kimball, Jr., in Pleasantville, New York.
Claude
The Artmaster cachet features a detailed black-and-white illustration of a United States Mail Highway Post Office bus traveling along a rural road with trees, hills, and a church steeple in the background. A shield-shaped logo in the upper left reads 'U.S. Mail Highway Post Office.' The stamp is the 5-cent Carolina Charter 1663-1963 commemorative issue in red/crimson, depicting a quill pen and document. The postmark is a circular machine cancel from the Charlotte & Kingstree HPO (Highway Post Office) dated June 1, 1964.
Mistral
This First Day Cover features a red 5-cent Carolina Charter commemorative stamp (Scott 1230) with a circular black postmark. The cachet artwork, created by Artmaster, depicts a detailed black-and-white illustration of a U.S. Mail Highway Post Office bus traveling through a rural landscape with period buildings in the background. The postmark is legible with the date 'JUN 1 1964' and the location 'Charlotte & Kingstree HPO.' The cover is addressed to Warren F. Kimball Jr. in Pleasantville, New York.
(The automatic summaries sometimes misidentify the postmark as part of the cachet artwork.)
