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The Germans occupied the Channel Islands in 1940. They planned
to replace the British stamps with locally printed ones, but
supplies ran short before the local stamps could be produced. On
December 27, 1940, postal authorities indicated that two-penny stamps
could be bisected, with each half being usable to pay one penny
postage.
Shown here is a first day cover of the George VI 2d bisect. This
is the most common bisect, although George V definitives and 1940
Stamp Centenary commemoratives are also known. Bisects are known
cut on both diagonals. Mr. Machon was apparently a stamp dealer
and likely prepared this cover and mailed it to himself.
Other values were occasionally bisected, and these were accepted
although not officially authorized. The locally produced 1d
stamps were issued on February 18, 1941. Bisects were valid
through Saturday, February 22, although those mailed on Monday
the 24th were accepted.
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