Lot
40 
3¢ Dull Red, Type II, Diagonal Bisect Used as 1¢, upper right half (position 85R1L) in combination with 1852, 3¢ dull red, horizontal strip of three (positions 93-95R1L) paying the 10¢ rate on folded letter sheet to South Oyster Bay, N.Y., all tied by "San Francisco, Cal., Jun 8" cds's and later by "San Francisco, Cal., Free, Jun 16" cds's; bisect with small horizontal crease ending in tiny tear, Very Fine, illustrated in Corburn Letters of Gold (page 111), ex-Beals, Kapiloff; signed Geo. Sloane, with 1949 and 2000 P.F. certificates. Scott No. 11Ad+11A Estimate $10,000 - 15,000.
ONLY FIVE OF THE FOURTEEN RECORDED 1851 3¢ BISECT USAGES ARE USED MAKING UP THE 10¢ RATES AND ONLY THREE SUCH USAGES PAYING THE RATE FROM THE PACIFIC COAST TO THE EAST.
Realized: $22,000