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The Richard Malmgren Collection of Hawaii continued...

Express Usages continued...
LotNo. Symbol CatNo. Lot Description
101       imageHawaii, Gregory's, Express Office, San Francisco. Three-line express company's handstamp in blue on 1851 cover with original 3-page letter datelined "City of Honolulu, Oahu, H.I. Nov. 13th 1851", matching double-lined oval "Paid" at right, manuscript at top right "Paid M. & Co. / 25", cracked but largely intact sender's red wax monogram seal "RASW" on reverse (Robert A.S. Wood), addressed to Mrs. Chauncy Walker, Bridgewater, Vt., the sender writing to his sister about his Honolulu-based carpentry business, the arrival of a second child, and life in Honolulu. Likely carried on the American ship Loo Choo (dep. Honolulu Nov. 21, 1851; arr. SF Dec. 6) with other Gregory's Express letters; cover with small repaired edge and corner tears., Very Fine, ex-Golden.
Estimate; $1,000 - 1,500.

VERY RARE GREGORY'S EXPRESS USE FROM HAWAII WITH THEIR BLUE SAN FRANCISCO OFFICE HANDSTAMP.

Gregory's Express began using their red oval Honolulu handstamp sometime in October, 1851, the earliest recorded use being Oct. 24. Why this cover did not receive the red oval handstamp in Honolulu is unclear.nnIsaac R. Mitchell, a prominent merchant in Honolulu during the early 1850's, acted as the agent for Gregory's Express in Honolulu. For the last nine months of 1851, he performed that function under the business name Mitchell & Co. Thus, the "M. & Co." refers to that company, which arranged for private transport to San Francisco, then via Panama to New York City, and ultimately Vermont.Selected images:
View gallery or Download PDF (10MB). (Image1)

Est. $1,000-1,500
Selling for...$500.00
Will close during Public Auction
102       imageHawaii, Gregory's Express, Honolulu. Red oval handstamp on folded letter (missing final page) written on board HMS Amphitrite in Honolulu Harbor datelined May 26, 1852, with matching red "Paid" oval handstamp at right, addressed to J.C. Wight in Nottingham, England; some splitting along folds, mended with archival tape in places, missing small piece at top middle of sheet, F.-V.F., ex-Golden.
Estimate; $3,000 - 4,000.

ONE OF 6 RECORDED COVERS WITH THE "GREGORY'S EXPRESS, HONOLULU" OVAL MARK, AND THE ONLY ONE SENT TO A NON-U.S DESTINATION.

The HMS "Amphitrite" was one of three supply ships that played a role in sustaining the search for the missing sailors of the 1845 Sir John Franklin Expedition ships HMS "Erebus" and "Terror". After leaving Honolulu, the "Amphitrite" sailed for Port Clarence, Alaska on the Bering Strait to provision those searchers who were canvassing the western Arctic. The letter, written by one of the sailors to his parents, describes their voyage from Callao, Peru to Hawaii, the sight of Diamond Head and Punch Bowl craters, a description of native dress and dwellings, witnessing the Royal School examinations proctored by Alexander Lilholiho (future KKIV) and Lot Kamehameha (future KKV), and other anecdotes while in port.

Carried to San Francisco in Gregory & Co.'s letter bag on the Hawaiian schooner "John Young" (Keoni Ana) departing May 13, 1852, arriving at S.F. June 29. As discussed by Gregory (Ref. 1), the letter left San Francisco on the Vanderbilt Line steamer Pacific for San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua. The Express mail bag was carried across the isthmus, down the San Juan river to the Atlantic side to connect with Vanderbilt's steamship Prometheus (dep. Puerto San Juan del Norte July 21, 1852; arr. NY July 29). From New York, Gregory's Express used their private arrangements for handling the letter to England.

References: Illustrated and discussed in Fred Gregory's "Hawaii Foreign Mail to 1870" as Fig. 19-3 on page II-351. (Image1)

Est. $3,000-4,000
Selling for...$1,500.00
Will close during Public Auction
103       imageHawaii, Wells, Fargo & Co's, Honolulu, H.I., Express Paid. Well struck red oval handstamp (Shaffer 8-20, 1RRRR) on paste-up cover to San Francisco, Cal., with matching large "A" handstamp tying 1882, 5¢ ultramarine (39); cover with some light age spots and missing backflap, Very Fine, a wonderful and extremely rare Wells Fargo & Co. express mail usage from Honolulu, ex-Tows, with 1980 P.F. certificate.
Estimate; $4,000 - 6,000.

ONE OF TWO WELLS FARGO HONOLULU "EXPRESS, PAID" OVALS ON COVER - ONE OF TWO RECORDED "A" HANDSTAMPS ON COVER.

This cover was sent during the so-called second period of the Wells Fargo Express office in Honolulu (Aug. 3, 1883 to Aug. 2, 1889). The addressee, Charles Yarick, was the son of a successful saddler and harness maker in downtown Honolulu on King St. (Image1)

Est. $4,000-6,000
Selling for...$2,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
Official Covers
LotNo. Symbol CatNo. Lot Description
104       imageHawaii, Finance Department, On His Majesty's Service. Imprint on hand-carried cover to Mrs. Charles Alfred Castle, Kulaokahua, additional with initials of Mr. Castle below imprint at bottom left, part of flap missing, Very Fine and rare, ex-Van Dyke.
Estimate; $300 - 400. (Image1)

Est. $300-400
Selling for...$150.00
Will close during Public Auction
105       imageHawaii, Board of Health, On His Hawaiian Majesty's Service. Decorative imprint on cover to "B.D. Bond MD, Resident Govt. Physician, Kohala, Hawaii", franked with 1883-86 2¢ rose (43, tiny corner defect) tied by "Honolulu, H.I., Sep 9, 1889" duplex cancel, reverse with purple "Board of Health Sep 6 1889" oval handstamp & "Kohala, Hawaii Sep 14 1889" arrival; tiny cover reduction at left & tiny nick at top, Very Fine.
Estimate; $200 - 300. (Image1)

Est. $200-300
Selling for...$100.00
Will close during Public Auction
106       imageHawaii, Interior Department., Gov'nt Survey., Hawaiian Is. Blue oval handstamp at top right of cover from Honolulu to Lahaina, franked with 1875 2¢ Brown (#35; pulled perf. at top) and tied by segmented target cancel (M-H 117) with "Honolulu, H.l Mar 21" (M-H 234.062) cds at top center, addressed to the Reverend Sereno Edwards Bishop on Maui, slightly reduced at right, Very Fine& an extremely scarce government handstamp, ex-"Overland" & "Champion".
Estimate; $300 - 400. (Image1)

Est. $300-400
Selling for...$150.00
Will close during Public Auction
107       imageHawaii, Bureau of General Post Office, Hawaii, Hawaiian Postal Service. Imprint with manuscript "Dead Letter Office" on Official Mail cover postmarked "Honolulu Aug 25 1887" duplex cancel addressed to Messrs Bishop & Co., City, Very Fine and rare.
Estimate; $300 - 400. (Image1)

Est. $300-400
Selling for...$150.00
Will close during Public Auction
108       imageHawaii, Bureau of Public Works, On Her Hawaiian Majesty's Service. Blue imprint on 1892 cover franked with 1882, 5¢ ultramarine (39) tied by Honolulu duplex cancel to Chicago, Very Fine and attractive.
Estimate; $300 - 400. (Image1)

Est. $300-400
Selling for...$150.00
Will close during Public Auction
1851 "Missionary" Issue
LotNo. Symbol CatNo. Lot Description
109 o    1 imageHawaii, 1851-52, "Missionary" Issue, 2¢ blue, Type II. Neat strike of "San Francisco, Cal., Apr 16" town cancellation, ample to mostly large margins all around, bold color; with only a small surface scrape at top, light creases and with no added restoration, mounted on tissue paper to strengthen and then onto card, Very Fine, Siegel Census No. 1-II-CAN-5, ex-William P. Brown, Ferrary, Hind, Atherton, Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu Advertiser & Ishikawa, with 1996 P.F. certificate.
Scott No. 1; $250,000.

ONE OF THE FINEST USED EXAMPLES OF THE HAWAIIAN 2¢ MISSIONARY ISSUE AND THE ONLY EXAMPLE CANCELED BY THE SAN FRANCISCO CIRCULAR DATE STAMP - A WONDERFUL FIRST CLASS HAWAIIAN RARITY OF WHICH ONLY TEN EXAMPLES ARE IN PRIVATE HANDS.

According to Meyer-Harris, when the Legislature of the Kingdom of Hawaii, on June 18, 1851, passed an act reaffirming the Decree of the Privy Council of December 20, 1850, the postmaster was authorized to have stamps of appropriate denominations printed. Postmaster Whitney immediately took steps to put this directive into effect, and the first Hawaiian stamps, the so-called "Missionaries," were placed on sale October 1, 1851. The "Missionaries" are thus called because they are nearly always found on correspondence from American missionaries in Hawaii to their friends back in the States, either in California, or in New York, Connecticut, or Massachusetts.

The "Missionaries" were produced at the government printing office, where the government journal "The Polynesian" was printed. The printing form was composed of two subjects side by side, each set up out of materials from a job printer's case: characters, printer's rules, and ornaments, all locked in a small chase. All three denominations, including the 2 cent value, were printed from the same form by changing the large central figure of value and the words in the bottom line.

The 2¢ Missionary stamp, which was intended to paid the unit rate of postage on newspapers and other printed matter to the United States, ranks as one of the world's greatest rarities. It did not have an extremely large use in the first place, and the newspaper wrappers, having no sentimental or record value, were thrown away. These two facts probably account for its great rarity. Although the intention of this issue was that of paying printed matters rates, it is shown that it was used to prepay the 2¢ ship captain's fee in Honolulu. This is most notably demonstrated on the iconic Dawson cover and most likely was the same for this stamp offered here. Another example is also known on piece in combination with the first 13¢ Missionary issue (Scott #3), which bears a San Francisco circular datestamp, and appears to represent a combination paying the triple 5¢ Hawaiian postage. (Image1)

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Scott $250,000

Selling for...$85,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
110 o    2 imageHawaii, 1851-52, "Missionary" Issue, 5¢ blue, Type I. Light segmented square cork cancel, margins large to just touching frameline at bottom right, small portion of adjacent stamp showing at upper right; two small tears and a very skillfully repaired corner, Very Fine appearance, ex-Ferrari, Lichtenstein & Ishikawa.
Scott No. 2; $45,000.

AN ATTRACTIVE LIGHTLY CANCELED USED EXAMPLE OF THE 5¢ "HAWAIIAN POSTAGE" MISSIONARY ISSUE.

According to the Siegel census there are forty nine used copies recorded (of which 10 are on cover usages). The Scott Catalog notes that "values are for examples with minor damage that has been skillfully repaired". (Image1)

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Scott $45,000

Selling for...$12,500.00
Will close during Public Auction
111     2 imageHawaii, 1851-52, "Missionary" Issue, 5¢ blue, Type II. Red crayon canceled on piece, in combination with manuscript canceled U.S. 1851, 3¢ dull red, vertical pair (11A), with portion of "Ms Maria W Pogue, Lahainaluna, Sandwich Islands" address, margins clear at right with large to huge margins around; slight wrinkling with tiny margin tear at upper left not affecting design, Extremely Fine, ex-Hind, Duveen, Harris, Amundsen & Ishikawa, with 1954 R.P.S.L. certificate.
Scott No. 2; $45,000.

A CHOICE SOUND EXAMPLE OF THE 5¢ "HAWAIIAN POSTAGE" MISSIONARY ISSUE - ON PIECE WITH U.S. POSTAGE FROM THE MARIA WHITNEY POGUE CORRESPONDENCE TO LAHIANALUNA - THE SISTER OF POSTMASTER HENRY M. WHITNEY.

This Missionary stamps was affixed in Honolulu by postmaster Henry Whitney. The letter was sent from Auburn, Mass. to Whitney's sister, the wife of Rev. John Pogue, a missionary stationed at Lahainaluna. United States postage was fully paid to San Francisco by the U.S. 3¢ pair. Whitney paid Hawaii postage for his sister and in order to tell the Lahaina postmaster that Hawaii postage was already paid, Whitney affixed this 5¢ Missionary stamp.

The Scott Catalog notes that "values are for examples with minor damage that has been skillfully repaired." (Image1)

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Scott $45,000

Selling for...$18,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
112 o    3 imageHawaii, 1851-52, "Missionary" Issue, 13¢ blue, Type I. Manuscript "X" and small portion of red town cancel, margins large to touching frameline at upper left and top right; central pinhole and tiny internal flaw at upper right, F.-V.F. appearance.
Scott No. 3; $32,500.

AN ATTRACTIVE USED EXAMPLE OF THE 1851 13¢ "HAWAIIAN POSTAGE" MISSIONARY CANCEL BY MANUSCRIPT AND RED TOWNMARK.

The Scott Catalog notes that "values are for examples with minor damage that has been skillfully repaired." (Image1)

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Scott $32,500

Selling for...$7,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
113 o    3 imageHawaii, 1851-52, "Missionary" Issue, 13¢ blue, Type II. Bold red "Sugar Cane" cancel (misc?(sponge), 1RR), margins huge showing portion of adjacent stamp at left, rich bright color; mounted on thin pelure-like paper with small expertly repaired area at lower left, Extremely Fine appearance, Siegel Census No. 3-II-CAN-105, ex-Ishikawa, with 1977 Jakubek certificate.
Scott No. 3; $32,500.

ONE OF THE MOST ATTRACTIVE EXAMPLES OF THE 1851 13¢ "HAWAIIAN POSTAGE" MISSIONARY CANCELED BY A BRILLIANT RED DOTTED "SUGAR CANE" CANCELLATION.

The Missionary stamps were designed and printed by Henry Whitney at the Government Printing House on a small press used for business cards. A form of two subjects was made from available type and printed on fragile pelure paper, meaning the far majority of Missionary stamps are repaired to some degree. This stamp offered here was issued on October 1, 1851 to pay the 13¢ combined U.S. and Hawaiian postage for a single letter bound for an Eastern American destination.

Scott catalog value for examples with minor damage that has been skillfully repaired. (Image1)

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Scott $32,500

Selling for...$15,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
114     4 imageHawaii, 1851-52, "Missionary" Issue, 13¢ blue, Type I. Tied on small piece by blue numeral "8" in circle of San Francisco, Cal., margins full to just shaving frameline at left, bright color; minor flaws including sealed tear at lower left, Very Fine appearance, ex-Worthington & Caspary.
Scott No. 4; $42,500.

A LOVELY USED EXAMPLE OF THE 13¢ "H.I. & U.S. POSTAGE" MISSIONARY ISSUE.

The second issue 13¢ Missionary's primary change in design of the upper tablet of the first issue "Hawaiian Postage" to read the more appropriate "H.I. & U.S. Postage" as the issue prepaid both the 5¢ Hawaiian and 6¢ United States rate plus 2¢ ship fee.

The Scott Catalog notes that "values are for examples with minor damage that has been skillfully repaired." (Image1)

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Scott $42,500

Selling for...$10,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
115 ()    4 imageHawaii, 1851-52, "Missionary" Issue, 13¢ blue, Type II. No gum, margins close to into framelines; small flaws including small tears, nick at top and some small rust spots, Fine appearance, unlisted in the Siegel census, with 1995 P.F. certificate.
Scott No. 4; $52,500.

ONE OF NINE MINT EXAMPLES OF THE 13¢ "H.I. & U.S. POSTAGE" MISSIONARY ISSUE.

The second issue 13¢ Missionary's primary change in design of the upper tablet of the first issue "Hawaiian Postage" to read the more appropriate "H.I. & U.S. Postage" as the issue prepaid both the 5¢ Hawaiian and 6¢ United States rate plus 2¢ ship fee.

Scott catalog value for examples with minor damage that has been skillfully repaired. (Image1)

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Scott $52,500

Selling for...$6,250.00
Will close during Public Auction
1853-61 King Kamehameha III
LotNo. Symbol CatNo. Lot Description
116 P    5TC3a imageHawaii, 1853, King Kamehameha III, 5¢ black, trial color plate proof on wove paper. Margins large to clear at bottom left, strong color and impression; couple minute surface scuffs, still Very Fine, ex-Honolulu Advertiser.
Scott No. 5TC3a; $6,000.

ONE OF ONLY FIVE RECORDED EXAMPLES OF THE 1853 5¢ KAMEHAMEHA III TRIAL COLOR PROOF.

All known examples of the 1853 5¢ and 13¢ black trial color proofs are cut in and/or faulty. (Image1)

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Scott $6,000

Selling for...$1,250.00
Will close during Public Auction
117 o    5 imageHawaii, 1853, King Kamehameha III, 5¢ blue on thick white wove paper. Neat segmented cork cancel, ample to mostly large margins, strong bright color on bright fresh paper, Extremely Fine.
Scott No. 5; $1,900.

AN EXCEPTIONAL USED EXAMPLE OF THE 1853 5¢ KING KAMEHAMEHA III ON THICK WHITE WOVE. (Image1)

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Scott $1,900

Selling for...$625.00
Will close during Public Auction
118 o    5 imageHawaii, 1853, King Kamehameha III, 5¢ blue on thick white wove paper. Bold red "Honolulu, Postage Paid" town cancel, ample to mostly large margins, rich deep color; small shallow thin, otherwise Extremely Fine, a striking used stamp.
Scott No. 5; $1,900. (Image1)

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Scott $1,900

Selling for...$270.00
Will close during Public Auction
119     5 imageHawaii, 1853, King Kamehameha III, 5¢ blue on thick white wove paper. Margins large to just shaving frameline at top right, in combination with 1853, 13¢ dark red on thick white wove paper (6) on 1856 embossed ladies cover to New Haven, Ct. (originally addressed to Bridgeport), address panel in the hand of Mrs. Fidelia Church Coan, wife of Rev. Titus Coan in Hilo, Hawaii, bold red "Honolulu U.S. Postage Paid, Jul 26" cds (236.05, type III), received at San Francisco with U.S. 1851, 12¢ black (17) margins huge to slightly in at left, affixed over 13¢ and tied with 5¢ by "San Francisco, Cal., Sep 5" cds, Very Fine, signed on reverse by Stanley Ashbrook, with his note "In my opinion this use was July 1856, hence the 5c Hawaii is…#5", dated Oct. 15, 1957., ex-Krug, Middendorf, Rust, Pietsch, Gross & Przybyl.
Scott No. 5; Estimate $10,000 - 15,000.

ONE OF THE FINEST EARLY MIXED FRANKING HAWAII "PASTE-OVER" COVERS KNOWN.

The Rev. Titus Coan and his wife Fidelia, as members of the 7th Company of American missionaries, arrived in Hawaii on June 6, 1835 and were stationed at the Hilo mission where they would remain for the rest of their lives. After Fidelia's passing in 1872, he married Lydia Bingham, the daughter of Rev. Hiram Bingham (from the 1st Company). Rev. Coan completed his autobiography in 1881, a year before he died.

Carried to San Francisco on the bark "Fanny Major" (dep. Honolulu July 26, 1856; arr. S.F. Aug. 25) where it received a black San Francisco postmark dated Sep. 5 for the departure of the PMSC "Golden Gate" to Panama City (dep. S.F. Sep. 5, 1856; arr. Panama City Sep. 18) tying both the U.S. and Hawaii 5¢ stamps, carried across the isthmus to Aspinwall for connection with the USMSC "Illinois" (dep. Aspinwall Sep. 19, 1856; arr. N.Y. Sep. 27); posted prepaid in Hilo with the Hawaii 5¢ and 13¢ stamps, resulting in a 1¢ overpayment of the 17¢ rate (5¢ Hawaii postage, 2¢ ship fee and 10¢ U.S. East coast rate). At the Honolulu post office, the 12¢ U.S. stamp was placed over the Hawaii 13¢ stamp, to save the burden of accounting to San Francisco for the U.S. postage, with stamp partially lifted at left to reveal the 13¢ stamp; a so-called "paste-over" cover, with ornate embossed ornamentation around the envelope's periphery, addressed to Titus Munson Coan, the oldest of four Coan children, who was attending Yale and would eventually earn his medical degree at Williams College. The cover likely held birthday wishes from the family (Titus would turn 20 on Sept. 27, 1856). (Image1)

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Est. $10,000-15,000
Selling for...$5,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
120     5 imageHawaii, 1853, King Kamehameha III, 5¢ blue on thick white wove paper. Position 10, just tied to cover by black 7-bar circular grid cancel (Gregory type cirgrid20-7(even)), red "Honolulu, Hawaiian-Islands, Apr 11" cds (MH-236.11, type. II, R2), San Francisco "Ship" straightline and "5" handstamps, addressed to "Mr. Adam Speirs, Great Salt Lake City, Utah Territory"; cover with small edge tears, otherwise Very Fine, Gregory 5c(5) census no. 5-8, ex-Walske, with 2005 P.F. certificate.
Scott No. 5; Estimate $5,000 - 7,500.

A VERY SCARCE SOLO USE OF THE 1853 5C ISSUE, ONE OF ONLY 15 FULL COVERS RECORDED BY GREGORY.

The recipient of this letter, Adam Speirs, was 14 when his family arrived in Salt Lake City in 1848 with the last company of Mormons. He served in the militia and later as a police court justice.

Carried on the American bark Fanny Major (dep. Honolulu Apr.12, 1855; arr. SF May 2), this cover would then have been sent south by steamer to Los Angeles (port of San Pedro) and San Diego for George Chorpenning's stagecoach departure to Salt Lake City. The San Francisco handstamp "5" indicates the under-3,000 mile rate that was to be paid by the recipient. The 2¢ ship fee was charged to the Honolulu post office account. (Image1)

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Est. $5,000-7,500
Selling for...$2,500.00
Will close during Public Auction

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