1935 Charter Oak

This beautiful pinkish purplish 1935 stamp celebrates 300 years (the tercentenary!) of the Connecticut Colony. The stamp features an image of the Charter Oak, an ancient (and long gone) tree, the hiding spot of the Connecticut Royal Charter, which was placed there by colonists to conceal it from British overlords.

The Charter Oak is believed to have been from the 12th or 13th century, living until it fell in 1857 from a storm.

The Charter Oak, oil on canvas, Charles De Wolf Brownell, 1857. Wadsworth Atheneum

If you wanted to style these stamps with others, see how I did it below! The first image is a curated set I have for sale in my shop (see it here) and includes the 2003 Audrey Hepburn, 1977 Sound Recording and 1957 Architects postage stamps.

In Fall of 2020, I styled this stamp with a few others for a North Virginia wedding postage set. Read more about that set here.