is it possible copy a range of single cell to merged cell

This message board is fantastic. A quick and sincere thank you to the many guru's here who have unknowingly solved many of my other problems.

I am tearing my hair out trying to copy a single cell to a merged cell on another worksheet via VBA.

The relevent portions of the code that fails are a follows:

Dim range1 As range
Dim range2 As range

Set range1 = Sheets("Paper").range("E12")
Set range2 = Sheets("Estimate").range("C39")

range1.Copy range2

' range2 is a merged cell which comprises cells C39:G39 and is referenced as C39 on the desktop. I am assuming this is the problem leading to a Runtime 1004 error. I have tried several variation of this code always with same problem.

' I have simplified this examble by removing all extraneous material to help clarify the problem.

' Please Help.