 One of the world’s rarest, most iconic and most
valuable stamps--the legendary 2¢ Blue Hawaiian Missionary”--the only unused example and the finest among the fifteen recorded, of which ten are in private handsDESCRIPTION Hawaii, 1851, 2¢ Blue (1), Type II--the right position
in the setting of two--unused, full deep impression on bright fresh paper, large margins with framelines complete all around and just touched at lower left, a few spots of blue printer’s ink on back, completely sound PROVENANCE *
Gaston Leroux (reported to have been owned by Leroux in the 19th century and sold to Ferrary) * Philipp von Ferrary (also Philip Ferrari de La Renotière), Hotel Drouot, Paris, supervised by M. G. Gilbert, Sale 1, 6/23/1921, lot 56, to Burrus *
Maurice Burrus, H. R. Harmer sale, 5/27/1963, lot 160, to Weills for Phillips * Benjamin D. Phillips (collection sold privately to Weills, 1968) * Alfred J. Ostheimer III (bought privately from Weills and sold privately through Weills to
Twigg-Smith, circa 1970) * Thurston-Twigg Smith (collection owned by Honolulu Advertiser newspaper and Persis Corporation family holding company) Honolulu Advertiser (Persis), Siegel Auction Galleries, 11/7-11/1995, Sale 769, lot 11, to Walter J.
Mader (bidding for Greg Manning) * Ivy & Mader PACIFIC ‘97 auction, 6/2/1997, lot 1063, to William H. Gross CENSUS, LITERATURE AND EXHIBITION REFERENCES * Siegel census no. 1-II-UNC-1 * https://siegelauctions.com/census/hawaii/scott/1 * Meyer-Harris census no. 8 * Brewster census no. l-II-Unused-l * L. N. Williams, Encyclopaedia of Rare and Famous
Stamps, Vol. I, pp. 137-139 * ANPHILEX 1971 Invited Exhibits (Honolulu Advertiser) * World Stamp Show 2016 Court of Honor (Gross) CERTIFICATION * The Philatelic Foundation (1995) CONDITION NOTES * Extremely
Fine--perfection VIEW PDF OF HISTORY AND COMMENTARY at https://siegelauctions.com/2018/1188/106.pdf (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com |
