Lot 640
New York & Phila. R.R., partial strike of May 13 c.d.s. (240-A-3) ties 12¢ black, diagonal bisect used as 6¢ (17a) on 1852 folded letter from New York to Georgetown, D.C., bisect is top left half with large margins and well tied, Very Fine, a very rare usage of an 1851 bisect and one of the very few used from the east coast.
Estimate 2,000 - 3,000
Expertization: 1967 P.F. Certificate.
Provenance: Hicks, Haas
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