UNITED STATES

UNITED STATES.

100th Anniversary of West Virginia Statehood.
Stylized map of the West Virginia State.
Stamp issued on 20.06.1963.
Face value: 5 cents of US dollar.
Design: Dwight Mutchler (1903-1976).
Engraving: C. A, Brooks.
Printing: Recess.
Print: 137,540,000 copies.
Size: 40 x 25 mm.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 842.
- Scott No. 1232.
- StampWorld No. 1014.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 1214.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 746.

West Virginia became a state after the Wheeling Conventions of 1861, at the beginning of the American Civil War. Delegates from the unionist counties of northwestern Virginia decided to secede from Virginia, which also included secessionist counties in the new state. West Virginia was admitted to the Union on June 20, 1863. It was the only state that was formed by separating from a confederate state. The state legislature abolished slavery in the state and, at the same time, ratified the Thirteenth Amendment abolishing slavery nationwide on February 3, 1865.

The total area of the State is 62,755 km² (24,230 sq mi). Its population, in 2019, was 1,792,147 inhabitants.