Lot 4117
1870, 6¢ carmine, vertical bisect (148a), large margins, tied by target cancel on orange buff cover to Wooster, Ohio, matching indistinct town c.d.s., docketed at left "Answered May 9/72"; upper left corner torn away upon opening, not affecting bisect.
Scott $6,500
A NEW DISCOVERY, ONE OF ONLY TWO RECORDED 1870 6¢ BANK NOTE BISECT USAGES, THIS BEING THE ONLY DIAGONAL BISECT KNOWN.
Expertization: 2011 P.F. Certificate.
The other 1870 6¢ bisect use was a vertically bisected example and was recently sold by Matthew Bennett in Sale 335 as part of the Eliot Landau collection and realized $6,613.
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| Realized $6,250 |
