Lot #856: USA First Day Cover June 24, 1954 - USA 3¢ Liberty (Scott #1035) stamp - Statue of Liberty - Don Willever (Cachet Craft) - Postmarked Albany, N.Y.

1954 USA Commemorative Cacheted First Day Cover - Engraved picture of the "Benjamin Franklin's Plan of the Federal Union", with caption "First American Congress 1754-1954". Cachet by "Cachet Craft - Don Willever". Stamped with 1954 USA Three Cent Cent Deep Purple "Liberty" Stamp (Scott #). Postmarked June 24, 1954 at Albany, N.Y. This 1954 First Day Cover (FDC) celebrates the bicentennial of the Albany Congress, an event often cited as the first formal proposal for a unified colonial government. Produced by Don Willever under his Cachet Craft brand, it serves as a historical bridge between the mid-18th century and the mid-20th century. The Stamp is the USA deep purple 3 Liberty (Scott #1035) issued on June 24, 1954, replaced the 3-cent Jefferson "Presidential" as the standard workhorse for domestic first-class mail. Produced by Rotary Press Intaglio, it features a portrait of the Statue of Liberty from the waist up. Don Willever’s Cachet Craft design on the Envelope focuses on the historical significance of the Albany Plan of Union (1754). The artwork depicts the 1754 meeting in Albany, New York, where Benjamin Franklin proposed a centralized government for the Thirteen Colonies. Accuracy: The caption "First American Congress 1754-1954" highlights the 200-year anniversary. Franklin’s "Join, or Die" woodcut—the famous image of a severed snake—is often the thematic inspiration for these cachets, representing the first call for colonial unity. Dimensions: 10 mm x 17 mm Pickup category timeslot {A}