| 1903 Bisect Covers |  Top |
| Item # |
|
US$ | Postally Used  US$ |
||
234786 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
7c [4 Cent Perf 14 Bicolor] VF BISECT (upper left corner) on full yellow-colored cover: FREDERIKSTED 11 April 1903 cancel. Bisect covers canceled at Frederiksted are scarcer than those canceled at St. Thomas. Very fresh and attractive example. |
215.00 |
--- | ||
234785 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
7c [4 Cent Perf 14 Bicolor] F-VF BISECT (lower left corner) on full small cover: Superb FREDERIKSTED 27 March 1903 cancel. Bisect covers canceled at Frederiksted are scarcer than those canceled at St. Thomas. Very fresh and attractive example. |
225.00 |
--- | ||
248446 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Scott # 18a BISECT, Green-Blue Printing [4 Cent Perf 12.75 Bicolor] VF (upper left corner) solo use on 23 January 1903 (fourth day of bisect use) picture post card (lithographed photo of Blackbeard Castle / tower) from ST. THOMAS to the U.S. with BROOKLYN, NY, receiving machine postmark. Two cents was the correct foreign post card rate at the time. However, examples of the bisect used on cards to other countries are quite scarce (compared to use on locally mailed souvenir covers), especially with a receiving postmark such as this has. The card, being pre-1907, has an undivided back, and is without any publisher information, but has a standard European-type German / French address-side header. The subject matter of the card is not uncommon, but it is often misunderstood. This is the so-called Blackbeards castle / tower on St. Thomas. (That is not to be confused with the slightly shorter Bluebeards castle / tower located on St. Croix.) Per Wikipedia, it was erected in 1679 by the Danes as a watchtower to protect the harbor as well as Fort Christian. It was originally called Skytsborg (meaning protection castle). It is located at the highest point of Government Hill. Skytsborg served as a very effective vantage point for Danish soldiers to spot enemy ships. Fort Christian is at sea level, thus making it ideal for thwarting attackers with cannon fire; however, the fort itself did not provide an ideal view of incoming ships entering the harbor. Pirate Blackbeard was believed to have used this tower at some point. A typical bisect, in good condition and used locally on an envelope, can sell from $45 to $90 depending upon various factors. However, nicely used on post card, the bisect is much, much scarcer. While I do not have a complete record of all bisect covers/cards I have sold in the last 50 years, I do not have a specific record of having had any bisects on card to other countries (though I am sure I must have had one or two). This is the only bisect on post card example I have been able to offer on the website from 2006 when I added this section to the website and now (2024). An very nice item! |
165.00 |
--- | ||
234792 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
18a Green-Blue Printing [4 Cent Perf 12.75 Bicolor] VF BISECT (upper left corner) on full, unaddressed cover, with firm cachet of FECHTENBURG, listed in DWI Mails as a probable forwarder.. ST. THOMAS 27 January 1903 cancel. |
70.00 |
--- | ||
237885 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
18a Green-Blue Printing [4 Cent Perf 12.75 Bicolor] VF BISECT (lower left corner) on full cover with ST. THOMAS 27 January 1903 cancel (in first week of use), used locally. Very attractive. |
70.00 |
--- | ||
242203 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
18a, scarcer Green-Blue Printing [1901 4 Cent Perf 12.75 Bicolor] VF BISECT (upper left corner) on full cover with ST. THOMAS 23 January 1903 cancel (in first week of use), used to Christiansted on the island of St. Croix, with both FREDERIKSTED transit and CHRISTIANSTED receiving postmarks, thus bearing the postmarks of all three major DWI post offices. Mild fold at center of cover, away from the stamps and postmarks. Very attractive. |
70.00 |
--- | ||
242204 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
18a, scarcer Green-Blue Printing [1901 4 Cent Perf 12.75 Bicolor] VF BISECT (upper left corner) on full cover with ST. THOMAS 22 January 1903 cancel (in first week of use), used locally. Slight aging. Very attractive with unusually neatly written address. |
65.00 |
--- | ||
242205 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
18a, scarcer Green-Blue Printing [1901 4 Cent Perf 12.75 Bicolor] VF BISECT (lower right corner) on full cover with ST. THOMAS 21 January 1903 cancel (second day of use), used locally. Attractive. |
75.00 |
--- | ||
248032 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
18a, scarcer Green-Blue Printing [1901 4 Cent Perf 12.75 Bicolor] VF BISECT (upper left corner, stamp upside down) on full cover with very sharp strike of ST. THOMAS 21 January 1903 cancellation (SECOND DAY OF USE), used within St. Thomas. The envelope is typical of envelopes that spent many years in the DWI tropical environment; it has general aging and toning -- however, the stamp itself, and if it were cut out, the piece around it, are in excellent quality (and would sell as a piece for $50 if cut from the envelope!). Price only as a piece even though it is the full envelope. |
50.00 |
--- | ||
234791 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
18a Green-Blue Printing [4 Cent Perf 12.75 Bicolor] F-VF BISECT (upper right corner) on cacheted cover (one of the less often seen cachets and printed upside down on the envelope too!). ST. THOMAS 21 January 1903 cancel, SECOND DAY OF USE. |
140.00 |
--- |
 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small}
 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small}
 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small}
 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small}
 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small}
 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small}
 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small}
 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small}
 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small}