Sale 1224 — 2020 Rarities of the World

Sale Date — Tuesday-Wednesday, 30 June-1 July, 2020

Category — 1853 Crystal Palace Exhibition from the Ken Lawrence Collection

Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
40
c
Sale 1224, Lot 40, 1853 Crystal Palace Exhibition from the Ken Lawrence CollectionExhibition of the Industry of all Nations, New York, Office, No. 6. Charing Cross, London. Printed letterhead with March 5, 1852 dateline ("185" printed), letter signed by Wylie Barrow, secretary at the London office of the New York Exhibition, enclosing a list of the corporation's committee members (no longer present), addressed to Colonel Thomas Aspinwall, U.S. Consul General for the United Kingdom, Great Britain 1841 2p Blue (4) tied by numeral oval cancel, red Mar. 5, 1852 backstamp, Very Fine, this is the earliest postally used item related to the 1853 Crystal Palace Exhibition located by Ken Lawrence

E. 400-500
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