(Bi-Sects) On Cover

Hi huckles888, To the best of my knowledge this is the only occasion that I know that this was alllowed due to the emergency of little or no 1 cent stamps being available until another printing was done. I was trying to find for you another item of interest which occured in 1966 with the introduction of decimal currency. I'm not totally sure (was too young then) but I believe there must have been a short period of grace to use pre decimal stamps along side decimal issues as I have a couple of items (somewhere) with a early Queensland stamp, a pre decimal stamp and a decimal stamp posted after the 14th February 1966.

thanks for the information sydneyboy - fascinating and you learn something new everyday - sounds like it would make a very interesting collecting area - "Bisects of Australia"

Acquired this cover recently. Wasn't going to post it until I came upon this thread.
Modern (53 years old) bisect cover with one and a half 1959 Canada St. Lawrence Seaway stamps. I wonder if he sent another one somewhere using the other half of the stamp?



Obviously philatelic. Envelope contains a piece of stationary from the Cathay Apartment Hotel in Victoria, but no note. Why bother to write anything when you already know the story?

Note - Leonard Lukens of Portland Or. is currently listed as an Exhibit Judge with The Council of Northern California Philatelic Societies Judge Accreditation Program.
Wonder if I should try to contact him through the Council and get the story behind this cover.

Love the Canadian bisects. Just wondered how well Pompton Lakes survived Sandy? (Sandy is my Dog's name, by the way.)

Here is one of my bicect's. The cover is trying to turn to dust. It is really rough but legit usage.

In 1925 it was 2¢ for 1st class domestic mail and 1¢ for postcard rate. What was the 1½¢ paying ?

Probably the third class rate. It local and almost certainly philatelic though.

1895 bisect paying the one cent drop letter rate.

Stamps were in short supply during the 1894-95 period as postage stamp production was transferred from the American Bank Note Company to the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. This lead to localized shortages, especially in small rural post offices. Local postmasters solved the problem by creating bisects and other forms of provisionals.

Stamp is tied to the envelope on the right. The envelope is not reduced on the right.

Hadley to Hadley, which would support the one cent drop letter rate.

Any thoughts?