3c Dull Red, Type II, Diagonal Half Used as 1c (11d). Bottom left diagonal half, well tied by "Philadelphia Pa. Dec. 8" circular datestamp on large part of blue ruled wrapper to street address in Boston, paying the 1c newspaper or circular rate, portion of wrapper missing at bottom leaving the address and markings intact, faint pencil notice at top to keep stamp on this wrapper

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, one is the strip of four bisects used from Milton, Massachusetts, seven were bisected for use as 1c stamps to pay part of the 10c transcontinental rate and eight were bisected to pay the 1c circular rate.

Ex Piller. With 1976 P.F. certificate

Image Magnifier / Download

Power Search for Comparables