This 1891 postal cover was mailed from Sanford to T. L. Mead in Oviedo on February 6. It features a carmine two-cent George Washington stamp and a 5 AM Sanford postmark. The envelope includes a printed corner card for the Rev. Lyman Phelps, a significant figure in Florida's early agricultural and religious history. Phelps served as the first rector of the Episcopal Church of the Holy Cross in Sanford and was a renowned citrus pioneer. He was famously known for his work in hybridizing citrus and for his "Phelps" nursery, which contributed to the development of the Florida orange industry. Given that both Phelps and Mead were deeply involved in horticultural experimentation, this correspondence likely involved their shared interest in the botanical sciences.
No backstamp.