GB 2d Bisect Cover - Wartime German Occupation of Guernsey Low Start No Reserve

The Channel Islands was the only part of Great britain occupied by the Germans during World War 2. During the occupation the Post Offices began to run out of British stamps supplies and on 24th December 1940 official notice was given that pre-payment of 1d postage could be made by using half of a 2d stamp by diagonal bisection. The first recorded use of a bisected stamps was on 27th December 1940.

The most common stamps to be bisected were the 2d values from the 1940 Stamp Centenary issue but regular King George 6th stamps were also used fairly frequently. A few 2d values from the reign of King George v were also bisected and used and these are extremely rare and valuable.

Not surprisingly these covers are no highly prozed by collectors.

This cover was used on 17th February 1941 and bears a bisected KG6th 2d Definitive.  The postmark also appears on the reverse of the envelope. There are some light mounting marks on the reverse of the cover but, overall, it's in good condition for its age.

Chance of a real bargain as this is a really low start price and there's no reserve!