1978 15c American Trees: White Oak

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U.S. #1766
1978 15¢ White Oak
American Trees

 

 

Issue Date: October 9, 1978
City: Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas
Quantity: 43,034,000
Printed By: Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Printing Method: Photogravure
Perforations: 11
Color: Multicolored

 

 

This stamp is part of a set of four highlighting trees native to the U.S., issued during the annual convention of the American Forestry Association. The set pictures the giant Sequoia, one of the tallest and oldest trees, the eastern white pine, the white oak, and the grey birch.
 

Connecticut’s Charter Oak

1935 3¢ Connecticut Tercentenary stamp
US #772 – The Connecticut Tercentenary stamp pictures the Charter Oak.

On August 21, 1856, Connecticut’s famed Charter Oak Tree was struck down in a thunderstorm.  The tree had become a legend in the state’s history, reportedly hiding the colonial charter two centuries earlier.

1978 15¢ American Trees: White Oak stamp
US #1766 – The Charter Oak was estimated to be 1,000 years old.

Connecticut’s most famous tree, the “Charter Oak,” was revered by Native Americans who pleaded with an early settler not to cut it down.  They told him, “It has been the guide of our ancestors for centuries as to the time of planting our corn; when the leaves are the size of a mouse’s ears, then is the time to put the seed into the ground.”

2008 42¢ Flags of Our Nation, Connecticut stamp
US #4281 – The Connecticut state flag includes oak leaves in honor of the Charter Oak.

The Connecticut colony enjoyed a large degree of autonomy in its early years under the reign of British King Charles II.  However, his successor, James II, wanted to consolidate power in the New World.  Sir Edmund Andros was appointed governor-general by James and insisted that his appointment made all previous colony charters invalid.

1987 22¢ Bicentenary Statehood: Connecticut stamp
US #2340 – The Charter Oak had been considered for this Connecticut Statehood Bicentenary stamp.

In 1687, Andros traveled with an armed guard to Hartford to take control of the colony.   He appeared at a legislative meeting and demanded that the charter be turned over to him.  Members of the legislature debated with Andros, and then suddenly, the candles went out.  When they were lit again, the charter had vanished.  According to tradition, the Connecticut Colony Charter was passed out a window to Joseph Wadsworth, who fled with it to keep it safe.  He stashed the charter in a hollow bowl on a great oak tree, where the British soldiers could not find it.

Andros’ rule as governor ended in 1689, after James II’s fall from power.  The charter remained the supreme law of Connecticut until a new constitution was adopted in 1818.  As the hiding place of Connecticut’s charter – it’s early legal identity – the Charter Oak became a beloved symbol of the state.

1999 Connecticut State Quarter, P Mint
Item #CNCT25P – The Charter Oak was featured on the Connecticut State Quarter.

Unfortunately, a violent thunderstorm struck Hartford on August 21, 1856, and blew the tree down.  Lumber from the tree was used to make chairs for the state’s speaker of the House and president of the Senate, as well as the governor’s desk.  These are on display at the Hartford Capitol Building.  Artist Frederic Church also made a chair that is displayed at his former home, the Olana State Historic Site in New York.  Additionally, a wooden baseball was made and given to the Charter Oak Base Ball Club of Brooklyn.  In 1868, supporters of Andrew Johnson gave him a cane made of wood from the Charter Oak.

2014 Hudson River School Paintings:
US #4919 – Artist Frederic Church made a chair from the wood of the Charter Oak after it was blown down.

In 1905, a granite monument was placed at the corner of Charter Oak Avenue and Charter Oak Place.  It is inscribed, “Near this spot stood the Charter Oak, memorable in the history of the colony of Connecticut as the hiding place of the charter October 31, 1687.  The tree fell August 21, 1856.”  Because of its history, the Charter Oak (White Oak) was adopted as the Connecticut state tree on April 16, 1947.

 

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U.S. #1766
1978 15¢ White Oak
American Trees

 

 

Issue Date: October 9, 1978
City: Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas
Quantity: 43,034,000
Printed By: Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Printing Method: Photogravure
Perforations: 11
Color: Multicolored

 

 

This stamp is part of a set of four highlighting trees native to the U.S., issued during the annual convention of the American Forestry Association. The set pictures the giant Sequoia, one of the tallest and oldest trees, the eastern white pine, the white oak, and the grey birch.
 

Connecticut’s Charter Oak

1935 3¢ Connecticut Tercentenary stamp
US #772 – The Connecticut Tercentenary stamp pictures the Charter Oak.

On August 21, 1856, Connecticut’s famed Charter Oak Tree was struck down in a thunderstorm.  The tree had become a legend in the state’s history, reportedly hiding the colonial charter two centuries earlier.

1978 15¢ American Trees: White Oak stamp
US #1766 – The Charter Oak was estimated to be 1,000 years old.

Connecticut’s most famous tree, the “Charter Oak,” was revered by Native Americans who pleaded with an early settler not to cut it down.  They told him, “It has been the guide of our ancestors for centuries as to the time of planting our corn; when the leaves are the size of a mouse’s ears, then is the time to put the seed into the ground.”

2008 42¢ Flags of Our Nation, Connecticut stamp
US #4281 – The Connecticut state flag includes oak leaves in honor of the Charter Oak.

The Connecticut colony enjoyed a large degree of autonomy in its early years under the reign of British King Charles II.  However, his successor, James II, wanted to consolidate power in the New World.  Sir Edmund Andros was appointed governor-general by James and insisted that his appointment made all previous colony charters invalid.

1987 22¢ Bicentenary Statehood: Connecticut stamp
US #2340 – The Charter Oak had been considered for this Connecticut Statehood Bicentenary stamp.

In 1687, Andros traveled with an armed guard to Hartford to take control of the colony.   He appeared at a legislative meeting and demanded that the charter be turned over to him.  Members of the legislature debated with Andros, and then suddenly, the candles went out.  When they were lit again, the charter had vanished.  According to tradition, the Connecticut Colony Charter was passed out a window to Joseph Wadsworth, who fled with it to keep it safe.  He stashed the charter in a hollow bowl on a great oak tree, where the British soldiers could not find it.

Andros’ rule as governor ended in 1689, after James II’s fall from power.  The charter remained the supreme law of Connecticut until a new constitution was adopted in 1818.  As the hiding place of Connecticut’s charter – it’s early legal identity – the Charter Oak became a beloved symbol of the state.

1999 Connecticut State Quarter, P Mint
Item #CNCT25P – The Charter Oak was featured on the Connecticut State Quarter.

Unfortunately, a violent thunderstorm struck Hartford on August 21, 1856, and blew the tree down.  Lumber from the tree was used to make chairs for the state’s speaker of the House and president of the Senate, as well as the governor’s desk.  These are on display at the Hartford Capitol Building.  Artist Frederic Church also made a chair that is displayed at his former home, the Olana State Historic Site in New York.  Additionally, a wooden baseball was made and given to the Charter Oak Base Ball Club of Brooklyn.  In 1868, supporters of Andrew Johnson gave him a cane made of wood from the Charter Oak.

2014 Hudson River School Paintings:
US #4919 – Artist Frederic Church made a chair from the wood of the Charter Oak after it was blown down.

In 1905, a granite monument was placed at the corner of Charter Oak Avenue and Charter Oak Place.  It is inscribed, “Near this spot stood the Charter Oak, memorable in the history of the colony of Connecticut as the hiding place of the charter October 31, 1687.  The tree fell August 21, 1856.”  Because of its history, the Charter Oak (White Oak) was adopted as the Connecticut state tree on April 16, 1947.