10c Black, Diagonal Half Used as 5c (2a). Top left diagonal half, large margins to clear, small sealed tear at top right, faint crease at bottom left, tied across the cut by red square grid cancel, matching "New-York Feb. 12" circular datestamp on blue folded cover to Hon. E. D. Morgan in the Senate at Albany, New York, manuscript "paid" and "5" next to stamp

VERY FINE APPEARANCE. A RARE 1847 BISECT COVER FROM NEW YORK CITY TO EDWIN D. MORGAN, NEW YORK GOVERNOR AND CIVIL WAR GENERAL.

The USPCS census lists only 14 genuine bisects used from New York City, where 5c stamps were readily available. Edwin D. Morgan was New York governor 1859-62, U.S. Senator 1863-69, was the first and longest serving chairman of the Republican National Committee and was a Union Army general during the Civil War.

Ex Worthington and Boker. With 1946 and 2020 P.F. certificates.

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