10c Black, Diagonal Half Used as 5c (2a). Bottom left diagonal half, large margins to clear, crisp impression, tied across the cut by red grid cancel, matching "Portsmouth N.H. Oct. 7" circular datestamp and "PAID" handstamp on blue folded cover to Messrs. Little & Brown in Boston, small manuscript "5" just above the "PAID" handstamp, light vertical file fold barely affects bisect

VERY FINE APPEARANCE. THE ONLY RECORDED 1847 BISECT COVER FROM PORTSMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

This is a very rare and desirable bisect use of the 10c 1847 Issue. The USPCS census records this cover plus a small piece with the right half of a 10c used as a bisect (Siegel Sale 1191, lot 2116). Portsmouth received a total of 4,300 5c and 500 10c stamps.

Noted in census of 1847 bisects in Chronicle 54. Ex Moody, Ishikawa, Boker and Gross. Small "W.H.C." (Colson) handstamp at bottom right. With 2020 P.F. certificate.

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