3c Dull Red, Ty. II (11A). Ample margins to just barely in, small and inconsequential tear at top left, tied by single bold strike of "Brooklyn N.Y. May 24" (1855) circular datestamp on "The Industry of All Nations" 1853 Crystal Palace Exhibition cover to Poughkeepsie N.Y. with woodcut illustration of the building, steamship at upper left, eagle and shield with "Liberty" and "N. York Crystal Palace" in ribbons, the engraver Albert H. Jocelyn cleverly placed his imprint on a sign in front of the building and at the bottom of the eagle and shield, backflap with imprint of stationers "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1851, by D. FELT & HOSFORD, Stationers, N.Y., in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Southern District of New York", sender's embossed seal on flap "Lawrence's Photographs, 381 Broadway, Cor. White St., New York", minor edgewear and tiny tears

VERY FINE. THIS COVER WITH THE EXPANDED CRYSTAL PALACE ENGRAVING BY JOCELYN IS CONSIDERED TO BE THE FINEST OF ALL CRYSTAL PALACE EXHIBITION COVERS BEARING THE 1851 ISSUE.

The sender, Martin M. Lawrence, who had won first prize at the Crystal Palace for daguerreotype photographs, mailed this on May 24, 1855, from Brooklyn. The addressee, Philip Sidney Post, was a law student at Poughkeepsie who went on to a distinguished career in military service and national politics.

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