Hawaii continued...

**1859-65 Numeral Issues, Cont. (Scott 17-18)**
Lot	Sym.	Lot Description
1115°		HAWAII, 1863, 2c Dark Blue, Bluish (17). Plate 5-B, Type VI (Westerberg Position 6), large margins to full, intense shade and impression, neat strikes of square grid cancel and circular datestamp, horizontal scissors-cut at lower left into bottom frame line, small paper irregularity at upper right, otherwise Very Fine and attractive, ex Adler, with 2011 P.F. certificate (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	$ 8,750.00 SOLD for $3,500.00 Will close during Public Auction
1116		HAWAII, 1863, 2c Dark Blue, Bluish (17). Plate 5-B, Type I, (Westerberg Position 1), repaired with some of the full even margins and framelines added, bold strike of 7-bar square grid cancel used at Lahaina (Gregory sqgrid20-7, Scarcity 4), Very Fine appearance, a rare stamp which is almost always found with faults, ex Twigg-Smith (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	$ 8,000.00 SOLD for $1,300.00 Will close during Public Auction
1117		HAWAII, 1863, 2c Black, Blue Gray (18). Plate 5-A, Type VI (Westerberg Position 6), unused (no gum), huge margins to barely touching frameline at bottom right, intense shade FRESH AND FINE. A SCARCE MOSTLY LARGE-MARGINED SOUND EXAMPLE OF THE 1863 2-CENT BLACK FIFTH-SETTING NUMBERAL ON BLUE GRAY PAPER. The 2c Scott 18 comes only from plates 5-A and 5-Ax (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	$ 3,500.00 SOLD for $1,400.00 Will close during Public Auction
1118		HAWAII, 1863, 2c Black, Blue Gray (18). Plate 5-A, Type IV (Westerberg Position 4) with broken foot of "2", unused (no gum), ample margins to clear at top, fresh and Fine, ex Crocker and Atherton, Colson and purple backstamps (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	$ 3,500.00 SOLD for $1,000.00 Will close during Public Auction
1119		HAWAII, 1863, 2c Black, Blue Gray (18). Plate 5-A, Type IX (Westerberg Position 9), unused (no gum), ample to clear margins, faults including thin spots, small edge tears and some slight soiling, otherwise Fine and presentable example of this scarce stamp (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	3,500.00 CLOSED Will close during Public Auction
1120		HAWAII, 1863, 2c Black, Blue Gray (18). Two, Plate 5-A, Types I and V, (Westerberg Positions 1 and 5), unused (no gum), both showing essentially complete framelines, faults including thins, small tears, scrape, otherwise Fine (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	7,000.00 CLOSED Will close during Public Auction
1121		HAWAII, 1863, 2c Black, Blue Gray (18). Plate 5-A, Type IV (Westerberg Position 4), ample to huge margin at left, light strike of red grid cancel, faults including diagonal crease, small tears and scrape, otherwise Very Fine, a rare used stamp in any condition, particularly with the red grid cancel (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	$ 6,000.00 SOLD for $950.00 Will close during Public Auction
1122		HAWAII, 1863, 2c Black, Blue Gray (18). Plate 5-A, Type III (Westerberg Position 3), ample margins to just in, bold strike of 11-bar grid cancel, light diagonal crease, small tear at left, Fine appearing example of this scarce Numeral, ex Crocker and Atherton (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	$ 6,000.00 SOLD for $1,300.00 Will close during Public Auction
1123		HAWAII, 1863, 2c Black, Blue Gray (18). Plate 5-A, Type X (Westerberg Position 10), margins added, grid cancel, a useful spacefiller, ex Crocker and Atherton (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	$ 6,000.00 SOLD for $225.00 Will close during Public Auction
1124		HAWAII, 1863, 2c Black, Thick Blue Gray Paper (18 var). Plate 5-Bx, Type VII (Westerberg Position 7) with raised "I" of "INTER", full margins to in, cancelled by two neat penstrokes, sealed tear at right, light horizontal crease at top, some age bleach spotting A RARE EXAMPLE OF THE SO-CALLED "GESVRET" 1863 2-CENT BLACK NUMERAL ON THICK BLUISH GRAY PAPER FROM PLATE 5-Bx. ONLY SEVEN COPIES, UNUSED OR USED, HAVE BEEN REPORTED. According to the Westerberg book, the existence of this Numeral printing first came to light in 1902. Three copies were discovered by Mr. E. Gesvret, who assigned it to a new plate. Both Gesvret and Westerberg agreed that this stamp has more in common typographically with Scott No. 17, the Dark Blue numeral, than it does either of the Black Numerals -- Scott Nos. 18 or 20. Ex Henry J. Crocker and Frank C. Atherton (acquired in 1930) (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. $ 7,500-10,000 SOLD for $16,000.00 Will close during Public Auction

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