Edmond S. Zevely -- Manufacturer of Wood Handstamps for U.S. Post Offices. Free frank "Free E. S. Zevely PM" as postmaster of Pleasant Grove, Maryland, clearly struck "Free Jan. 8 1853" circular datestamp on cover addressed in Zevely's hand to his sister Sophia in Salem N.C., red woodcut advertising design on front and black cameo shield design on backflap, with original autograph letter initialed "E.S.Z.", datelined "Pleasant Grove Ally Co Md. Jan. 6, 1853", regarding family matters, Very Fine, Zevely exhibited his post office stampers at the Crystal Palace Exhibition, his own sketch of the stand is found in one of his letters in the Hirzel collection at the Museum of Communications, Bern, Switzerland (reproduced in an article by Cheryl R. Ganz, Chronicle 221), Lawrence surmises that Zevely brought the 1853 year-dated New York circle to the exhibition and gave it to someone at the Crystal Palace post office, which explains its narrow range of use from July 11 to 25

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