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The Thurston Twigg-Smith Collection of Hawaiian Stamps and Postal History continued...

Numeral Issues (Scott 16) continued...
Lot Sym. Lot Description
4088° image1863, 2c Black, Grayish (16). Plate 3-G, Type X, Position 10, large to huge margins, tied by three neat magenta pen strokes and faint blue "Lahaina Hawaiian-Islands Mar. 15" circular datestamp (Ty. 243.02) on cover front with part of backflaps, to Father Modeste at the Catholic Mission in Honolulu, minor gum staining, otherwise Very Fine, ex Honolulu Advertiser, Scott Retail for No. 16 on full cover is $5,000.00 (Image) E. 1,000-1,500

SOLD for $1,700.00
Will close during Public Auction
4089° image1863, 2c Black, Grayish (16). Plate 3-G, Type I, Position 3, huge margins, tied by ms. "X" and red "POSTAGE PAID" in oval (Ty. 762), matching "Honolulu Hawaiian-Islands Oct. 22" large circular datestamp on cover front to Father Modeste at the Catholic Mission in Honolulu, stamp skillfully repaired to seal a long tear ("age" of "Postage" painted in), Fine appearance, ex Honolulu Advertiser, with 1996 P.F. certificate, Scott value for a full cover is $5,000.00 (Image) E. 500-750

SOLD for $425.00
Will close during Public Auction
4090° image1863, 2c Black, Grayish (16). Plate 3-E, Ty. IV, Position 4, ample margins to mostly clear at left, tied by pen squiggle on large piece of cover front to Father Modeste at the Catholic Mission in Honolulu, Fine, Scott Retail for No. 16 on full cover is $5,000.00 (Image) E. 500-750

SOLD for $450.00
Will close during Public Auction
4091° image1863, 2c Black, "2" at Top (16a). Plate 3-D, Type IX, Position 9, large to huge margins incl. part of adjoining stamp from Position 10, cancelled by indistinct blue "Custom House Lahaina Maui" negative seal with full-rigged ship (Ty. 303, Rarity 1R), the back shows part of a second impression (or possibly offset, but its strength and location are more characteristic of printing on both sides), repaired tears at center

EXTREMELY FINE APPEARANCE. A FASCINATING STAMP, COMBINING THE SCARCE "2" AT TOP VARIETY, LAHAINA CUSTOM HOUSE SEAL AND PRINTING ANOMALY.

Ex Crocker, Atherton and Pietsch. Scott value does not include premium for cancel or printing variety. (Image)

 3,750.00

SOLD for $1,100.00
Will close during Public Auction
4092° image1863, 2c Black, "2" at Top (16a). Plate 3-D, Type IX, Position 9, enormous margins all around incl. bottom left corner sheet margins, tied by clear strike of "COLLECTOR'S OFFICE/HILO, HAWAII" in oval (Ty. 211, Scarcity 2) on piece from the Catholic Mission correspondence, bottom edge of sheet margin has slight creasing and toning far from printed design

EXTREMELY FINE GEM. A MAGNIFICENT EXAMPLE OF THE SCARCE 1863 2-CENT NUMERAL WITH "2" AT TOP OF RECTANGLE.

Scott value does not include premium for the "Collector's Office" handstamp. (Image)

 3,750.00

SOLD for $6,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
4093° image1863, 2c Black, "2" at Top (16a). Plate 3-E, Type IX, Position 9, large to huge margins, deep shade, red "POSTAGE PAID" in oval cancel (Ty. 762), sealed tear and crease

EXTREMELY FINE APPEARANCE DESPITE SMALL FAULTS. A HANDSOME EXAMPLE OF THE SCARCE "2" AT TOP VARIETY WITH RED "POSTAGE PAID" OVAL CANCEL.

Ex Honolulu Advertiser (Image)

 3,750.00

SOLD for $1,500.00
Will close during Public Auction
4094° image1863, 2c Black, "2" at Top (16a). Plate 3-C, Type IX, Position 9, ample to large margins, cancelled by neat vertical pen line, tiny thin spot at top almost entirely in margin

VERY FINE APPEARANCE. AN ATTRACTIVE USED EXAMPLE OF THE SCARCE 1863 2-CENT NUMERAL WITH "2" AT TOP OF RECTANGLE.

Ex D'Assis and Pietsch (Image)

 3,750.00

SOLD for $1,600.00
Will close during Public Auction
4095° c image1863, 2c Black, Grayish, "2" at Top (16a). Plate 3-C, Type IX, Position 9, three clear to ample margins, mostly ample at left except where lower left frameline is shaved, tied by red "POSTAGE PAID" in oval (Ty. 762) on folded cover to Honolulu with part of letter in Hawaiian, remnant of another Numeral to the right of stamp and also tied by handstamp

VERY FINE AND ONE OF THREE RECORDED EXAMPLES OF THE RAISED "2" NUMERAL VARIETY ON A FULL COVER.

The Honolulu Advertiser collection contained a full cover and cover front with the Raised "2" variety, and the Pietsch collection contained a full cover from the Atherton collection. This example is the third complete cover with the rare Type IX Raised "2" Numeral stamp known to us. (Image)

 E. 10,000-15,000

SOLD for $11,500.00
Will close during Public Auction
4096° image1863, 2c Black, "NTER" (16c). Plate 3-F, Type IV, Position 4, margins cut close but framelines intact, red "(Ho)nolul(u Hawaiian-Islands) Nov. (day)" circular datestamp leaves "NTER" variety unobscured, few small thin spots

FINE APPEARING EXAMPLE OF THE EXTREMELY RARE "NTER" NUMERAL ISSUE PLATE VARIETY.

As an indication of rarity, the Honolulu Advertiser collection contained only two examples of the "NTER" variety (both Position 4, Plates 3-E and 3-F), while the Pietsch collection contained this stamp and an enigmatic example from Position 7 on Plate 3-E. We have not offered any other examples since keeping computerized records more than ten years ago.

Ex Crocker (illustrated in his book, p. 45) , Atherton and Pietsch (Image)

 3,250.00

SOLD for $5,500.00
Will close during Public Auction
4097° image1863, 2c Black, "ISLANI" (16 var). Plate 3-G, Type X, Position 10, last letter of "ISLAND" shows tiny trace of missing curve, thus creating the rare "ISLANI" variety which is unlisted in Scott but recognized by specialists, also showing a badly battered numeral, large even margins, lightly cancelled by edge of square grid

EXTREMELY FINE. ONE OF THE FINEST KNOWN EXAMPLES OF THE 1863 2-CENT "ISLANI" PLATE VARIETY.

The "ISLANI" variety is found on Plate 3-F (Type III, Position 1, and Type V, Position 5) and Plate 3-G (Type X, Position 10).

Ex Crocker, Atherton and Pietsch (Image)

 E. 2,000-3,000

SOLD for $4,500.00
Will close during Public Auction
4098° image1863, 2c Black, "J" Between "Inter" and "Island" (16 var). Plate 3-E, Type VII, Position 7, ample to close margins, tied by ms. cancel on large part of front to Rev. Sereno Bishop at Lahaina, Maui, Fine, this rare unlisted variety was caused by a spacer rising to the surface and appears only on some of the Type VII stamps printed from Plate 3-E, ex Worthington, D'Assis and Pietsch (Image) E. 1,500-2,000

SOLD for $2,700.00
Will close during Public Auction

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