File:1874-Cuba-BisectedStamp-Laguna La Grande to New York.jpg

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1874 Cuba bisected stamp of 50 céntimos de peseta used as 25 céntimos sent October, 1874 from Laguna La Grande, Cuba.

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English: In the second half of the 19th century it was common to cut a postage stamp in half so that both halves could be used for one-half of the value. This folded letter represents such usage. It could be that the post office ran out of the lower valued stamps and the sender of the letter was forced to employ this mechanism.
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Author Government of Spain for Colony of Cuba.

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