Sale No: 753
Lot No:5506
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Hawaii, Kahului Railroad, 1898, 5¢ dark blue, on tissue paper, Schmidt printing, horizontal pair, unused without gum, in faint color on clear (in more ways than one) paper, fully margined all around; extraneous spot of red on left-hand stamp, still Very Fine for this, an unusual variety for the specialist. Meyer-Harris 157 var. Suggested Bid $150-200 (Image)
Suggested Bid $150-200
Opening US$ 100.00
Sold...US$ 100.00
Closed..Mar-04-2021, 15:34:35 EST
Sold For 100
Sale No: 753
Lot No:5507
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Hawaii, Kahului Railroad, 1898, 5¢ dark blue, on pelure paper, Schmidt printing, block of 4, unused without gum, the stamps with surprisingly strong color and wide margins, designs with streaks of missing ink, Very Fine for this, an oddity worth investigating. Meyer-Harris 157 var.
Originally offered as one of three blocks in the Honolulu Advertiser Collection auction (Part 3, Lot #3927) as the second block in the Lot's "pelure paper backing which shows a clear pass-through of the ink—a nearly complete image of all four stamps, giving the appearance of an 'experimental' proof." These are clearly printed on their face (not bleed-through from a sheet below), but no reference we've seen refers to "pelure backing" for this issue. A possible sleeper. Suggested Bid $200-300 (Image)