Lot
1690 
(Crystal Palace) Bills, Thayer & Usher, Manufacturers of Crystal Palace Mills Extra Fancy & Superfine Flour, embossed cameo corner card in red showing design of the New York Crystal Palace Building, franked with 1857, 3¢ dull red tied by grid handstamp, matching "Troy, N.Y., Dec 4" cds alongside; minor cover scuff and small opening tears at top with one slightly affecting cameo, otherwise Very Fine. Scott No. 26 Estimate $400 - 600.
A similar design (earlier Bills & Thayer company) from the same correspondence with green cameo, sold in our Washington 2006 sale for $4,250, plus buyer's premium.
Realized: $675