cut in half or cut in two; "bisect a line"
a postage stamp cut in half (usually diagonally), and used to pay half its face value, e
A stamp cut in half which has been used to pay the postage at half the face value of the original stamp or during shortages of stamps. The bisect is collected on the original cover with the postmark or cancellation covering the cut to prove it is a true bisect.
A stamp which has been cut in half ( usually diagonally) to be used as two separate stamps. This method was utilized during the 19th century when lower denomination stamps were unavailable.
A stamp cut or perforated into two parts, each half representing half the face value of the original stamp. Officially authorized bisects have often been used during temporary shortages of commonly used denominations. Unauthorized bisects appear frequently on mail from some countries in some periods. Bisects are usually collected on full cover with the stamp tied by a cancel. At times, some countries have permitted trisects or quadrisects.
stamp which is cut in half, usually diagonally. Often used when stamps are in short supply.
Half of a stamp, either vertically, diagonally, or horizontally, to meet another rate where various values are short.
A Bisect is a genuine postal item like an original envelope, a wrapper or a postcard (or a fragment) showing an affixed cut half of a regular issued stamp, over which one or more postal markings have been applied.