Lot 111
U.S. 1855, 3¢ orange red (11), vertical and horizontal pairs, tied together by clear "London U.C. Oc. 31, 1855" postmarks on cover from Canada to Buffalo, no backstamp but manuscript note indicates this was received Nov. 8th, fully accepted as payment of the combined 10¢ rate with a 2¢ overpayment. Each stamp was creased before use, one stamp severed and put back by the sender - a likely attempt at a bisect that the sender had second thoughts about; cover with some edge wear, Fine and very rare usage. Illustrated in Boggs, page 85.
Estimate 5,000 - 7,500
To find both halves of the 3¢ stamps, as we do here, is most unusual indeed. In our opinion, the only plausible explanation is that after bisecting the stamp, the sender decided he had better put the entire stamp on the envelope, rather than risk a possible rejection of the entire amount, as part payments were not allowed. The recipient would then have been required to pay the full 10¢ postage as well.
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| Realized $7,000 |
