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FINE. ONE OF TEN RECORDED 6-CENT POST OFFICE BISECTS ON FULL COVERS, OF WHICH ONLY SEVEN ARE AVAILABLE TO COLLECTORS.
We record the following ten covers with the 6c Post Office bisect (all diagonal halves, as noted): C1) TR, Rockland Me. Jan. 6, to NYC, marked "British", ex Gibson, Starnes; C2) TR, Rockland Me. Jan. 10, to NYC, marked "British", 1953 PFC, ex Ackerman, Ehrenberg, Markovits; C3) BL, Rockland Me. Jan. 10, to NYC, marked "British", 2003 PFC, ex Markovits; C4) BR, New York Mills NY Apr. 10, to Concord Mass, 1993 PFC, ex Hughes, Ward, Markovits; C5) TL, Galveston Tex. May 19 (1883?), intra-city address, 1978 PFC, ex Markovits; C6) TR, Rockland Me. Jan. 10, to NYC, Miller collection NYPL; C7) BR, Lockport NY Sep. 30, on 3c UO7 entire to Elmira NY, Miller collection NYPL; C8) TR, Shenandoah Va. Apr. 2, to NYC, Miller collection NYPL; C9) BL, Rockland Me. Jan. 7, to NYC, ex Ehrenberg; and C10) BL, Rockland, Me. Jan. 6, to NYC, the cover offered here. In addition to complete covers, there are two pieces: P1) TL (see No. P2 for other half), Niagara Falls NY, Jun. 18, on 3c UO7 cut square, ex Markovits; P2) BR (see No. P1 for other half), Niagara Falls NY, Jun. 18, with 3c O49 on 6c UO12 cut square, ex Markovits. The Miller collection at The New York Public Library also contains two 3c UO7 cut squares with bisects of the 12c Post Office (both used from Lockport N.Y. on Nov. 28). (Image)
FINE. THIS IS THE EARLIEST DOCUMENTED USE OF THE 12-CENT POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT.
According to the Markovits sale (Bennett 2004), the year can be established as 1873 from the small Washington D.C. circular datestamp, which was only used in that year.
Ex Markovits (Image)
FINE AND RARE. ONLY FOUR COVERS HAVE BEEN RECORDED WITH THE 15-CENT POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT. THIS IS ALSO BELIEVED TO BE THE EARLIEST USE.
The 15c stamp pays the five-times 3c domestic rate. According to the Markovits catalogue (Bennett 2004), this is an 1873 use, but we are not so sure.
Ex Markovits. (Image)