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| Scott Number | 2 |
|---|---|
| Date | June 7, 1851 |
| From City | New Haven |
| From State | CT |
| To City | New Bedford |
| To State | MA |
| Addressee | J. B. Congdon |
| Cert Author | PF |
| Cert # | 27204 |
| Fake | |
| Quantity 1 | 0 |
| Quantity 2 | 0.5 |
| Bisect | RH |
| Others |
Notes
Bisected Scott #2 on cover from New Haven, Ct to New Bedford Mass.
John R. Boker Jr exhibit, part 3, page 212
Alexander listed as 6/7/51
Daniel F. Kelleher sale 534 (William Wyer) lot 16
Lot 415 A spectacular right-half vertical bisect from New Haven, Connecticut
10¢ Black, Vertical Half Used as 5¢ (2b), right half, large margins to clear including part of adjoining stamp at top, tied by two strikes of red grid cancel, matching light strike of "New Haven Ct. 7 Jun." circular datestamp on blue folded cover to New Bedford, Massachusetts, manuscript "paid 5" at lower left, docketing shows incomplete yeardate but this has been attributed by Alexander to 1851, some splitting along folds, sealed tear from bottom to center of cover, otherwise Very Fine, the USPCS census lists ten bisects used from New Haven, ex Seybold, Hawkins, Brown, H. Lehman, H. Schuyler Cole, Hindes, Wyer and Boker, signed Ashbrook, with 1968 P.F. certificate
Robert A. Siegel sale 1228 (Gross IV) - image
PF 27204 #2 bisect, genuinely used on cover. Notes SBA (Stanley B. Ashbrook) says New Haven June 7, 1851.
Letter to James Bunker Congdon (1802-1880), cashier of the Merchant’s Bank in New Bedford, Mass.
John R. Boker Jr exhibit, part 3, page 212
Alexander listed as 6/7/51
Daniel F. Kelleher sale 534 (William Wyer) lot 16
Lot 415 A spectacular right-half vertical bisect from New Haven, Connecticut
10¢ Black, Vertical Half Used as 5¢ (2b), right half, large margins to clear including part of adjoining stamp at top, tied by two strikes of red grid cancel, matching light strike of "New Haven Ct. 7 Jun." circular datestamp on blue folded cover to New Bedford, Massachusetts, manuscript "paid 5" at lower left, docketing shows incomplete yeardate but this has been attributed by Alexander to 1851, some splitting along folds, sealed tear from bottom to center of cover, otherwise Very Fine, the USPCS census lists ten bisects used from New Haven, ex Seybold, Hawkins, Brown, H. Lehman, H. Schuyler Cole, Hindes, Wyer and Boker, signed Ashbrook, with 1968 P.F. certificate
Robert A. Siegel sale 1228 (Gross IV) - image
PF 27204 #2 bisect, genuinely used on cover. Notes SBA (Stanley B. Ashbrook) says New Haven June 7, 1851.
Letter to James Bunker Congdon (1802-1880), cashier of the Merchant’s Bank in New Bedford, Mass.
