6c Post Office, Diagonal Half Used as 3c on Cover (O50a). Bottom left diagonal half well-tied across the cut by quartered cork cancel, "Rockland Me. Jan 6" circular datestamp on yellow "Money Order Business" cover to postmaster of New York City, piece missing from tip of stamp at upper left

FINE. ONE OF TEN RECORDED 6-CENT POST OFFICE BISECTS ON FULL COVERS, OF WHICH ONLY SEVEN ARE AVAILABLE TO COLLECTORS.

We record the following ten covers with the 6c Post Office bisect (all diagonal halves, as noted): C1) TR, Rockland Me. Jan. 6, to NYC, marked "British", ex Gibson, Starnes; C2) TR, Rockland Me. Jan. 10, to NYC, marked "British", 1953 PFC, ex Ackerman, Ehrenberg, Markovits; C3) BL, Rockland Me. Jan. 10, to NYC, marked "British", 2003 PFC, ex Markovits; C4) BR, New York Mills NY Apr. 10, to Concord Mass, 1993 PFC, ex Hughes, Ward, Markovits; C5) TL, Galveston Tex. May 19 (1883?), intra-city address, 1978 PFC, ex Markovits; C6) TR, Rockland Me. Jan. 10, to NYC, Miller collection NYPL; C7) BR, Lockport NY Sep. 30, on 3c UO7 entire to Elmira NY, Miller collection NYPL; C8) TR, Shenandoah Va. Apr. 2, to NYC, Miller collection NYPL; C9) BL, Rockland Me. Jan. 7, to NYC, ex Ehrenberg; and C10) BL, Rockland, Me. Jan. 6, to NYC, the cover offered here. In addition to complete covers, there are two pieces: P1) TL (see No. P2 for other half), Niagara Falls NY, Jun. 18, on 3c UO7 cut square, ex Markovits; P2) BR (see No. P1 for other half), Niagara Falls NY, Jun. 18, with 3c O49 on 6c UO12 cut square, ex Markovits. The Miller collection at The New York Public Library also contains two 3c UO7 cut squares with bisects of the 12c Post Office (both used from Lockport N.Y. on Nov. 28).

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