A horizontally bisected 2¢ Bank Check Orange in a "vertical pair" pays
the 3¢ rate on this tattered tintype carte.
Photographers sometimes resorted to bisecting when they ran out
of a denomination needed to pay a certain rate, creating a variety
that traditionally has been recognized for stamp catalogue listing.
This item is one of the basis specimens for Scott's listing
of this variety, as reported by Beverly S. King in his November 1930
Revenue Unit column.
ex Beverly S. Kingex Morton Dean Joyce