Lot 90013 – 3c Dull Red, Type II, bisected vertical half used as 1c, well tied by grid to cover

3c Dull Red, Type II, bisected vertical half used as 1c, well tied by grid and “THIBODAUX LA APR.6” circular datestamp alongside on printed matter wrapper (only one vertical and one horizontal flap missing) to New Orleans, paying the 1c newspaper or circular rate.

FINE AND RARE DIAGONAL BISECT OF THE 3-CENT 1851 ISSUE, PAYING THE ONE-CENT NEWSPAPER RATE.

The census of 3c 1851 bisects, published by David Beals in Chronicle 76 and updated by Stanley M. Piller, contains a total of 16 covers. Of these only eight were bisected to pay the 1c circular rate.

Expertise: Cert. P.F. (2024).

Price on request.