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AN EXTREMELY FINE AND RARE NUMERAL ISSUE COVER, SENT FROM LAHAINA TO MAUI BY ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF CASTLE & COOKE.
Samuel N. Castle and Amos Cooke arrived with the Eighth Company of missionaries, but were released in 1851 to become merchants. They succeeded in building one of the leading enterprises in Hawaii.
Pencil notes on back indicate ownership by L. L. Green, W. S. Clark and Van Dyke. Ex Honolulu Advertiser. With 1995 P.F. certificate. (Image)
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EXTREMELY FINE. AN OUTSTANDING EXAMPLE OF THE HILO COLLECTOR’S OFFICE HANDSTAMP USED ON THE NUMERAL ISSUE ON COVER.
The distinctive Collector’s Office marking, used as a cancellation in Hilo during the Numeral Issue period, was struck in a brownish-black ink that is rarely found with a clear impression. This dark and virtually complete strike is one of the finest known.
The sender, David Belden Lyman, sailed for Hawaii with the Fifth Company of missionaries from the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Affairs, arriving in May 1832 with his new wife, Sarah. They were assigned to work in Hilo under Reverend Goodrich, and remained on Hilo until his death in 1884.
Ex Ishikawa and Honolulu Advertiser. With 1981 P.F. certificate (Image)
EXTREMELY FINE. THIS EXTRAORDINARY STAMP’S MASSIVE MARGINS, CAPTURING THE ADJOINING STAMP BELOW, ASSISTED WESTERBERG IN THE RECONSTRUCTION OF PLATE 3-C.
Alvah Clark took over duties as Postmaster General after the death of Joseph Jackson on August 14, 1859. Before the end of the year, Clark turned over the printing of additional stamps to the Government Press, where The Polynesian was printed. Plate 3-C was used for the first printing of Numerals by the Government Printing Office. This outstanding example is illustrated in Westerberg (page 37).
Ex Honolulu Advertiser. With 1995 P.F. certificate (Image)
EXTREMELY FINE APPEARANCE. A RARE WIDE-MARGINED EXAMPLE OF THE 1860 2-CENT HAWAIIAN NUMERAL TIED ON COVER.
The recipient, Levi Haalelea was an important figure in Hawaiian history. He was a high chief of the Kingdom of Hawaii. His wife was Princess Kekauonohi, the granddaughter of Kamehameha I.
Ex Ishikawa and Honolulu Advertiser (Image)
FINE APPEARANCE. THIS IS THE LATEST RECORDED USE OF THE LAHAINA CUSTOMS HOUSE SEAL ON COVER. FEWER THAN TEN FULL COVERS WITH THIS CANCEL ARE REPORTED.
This marking was used by Cornelius S. Bartow, the Lahaina postmaster, before he received cancelling devices ordered through the Honolulu post office. In a letter to the postmaster-general, he refers to this provisional cancellation: Did you order a stamp for the department of this place? It seems to me to be very necessary, as I am now compelled to use the Custom House seal.” The marking was usually struck in an oily greenish-blue ink, which left very poor impressions.
The Rev. Sereno Edwards Bishop was the son of the Rev. Artema and Elizabeth Bishop, missionaries of the Second Company. Rev. Bishop was the Seaman’s Chaplain at Lahaina from 1853 to 1862, the period in which this cover was mailed, evidently while he was visiting Honolulu.
Ex Admiral Harris and Pietsch. (Image)