Lot 118
Canada, 1872, 6¢ yellow brown, diagonal bisect (39a), tied together with a 2¢ green (36) on a small cover from Truro, N.S. to New Annan, N.S. by two-ring "54" and by one of two strikes red two-line handstamp "REGISTERED/LETTER No__" with manuscript "669" and poorly struck Truro broken circle Aug 8, 1872, no backstamp or second registration number applied on receipt meaning it was probably sent to New Annan in a green wrapper/receipt; cover a bit soiled and partly cleaned but otherwise Fine, a very rare use of the 6¢ bisect on a registered cover.
Estimate 1,500 - 2,000
Post Office regulations stated that "a mutilated stamp or a stamp cut in half is not recognized in prepayment of postage." Nonetheless, the postmaster at Truro accepted this letter, no doubt having sold the bisect to the sender because there were no 3¢ stamps on hand.
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| Realized $2,700 |
