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Lot Symbol CatNo. Lot Description CV or Estimate
5082 c   image74(pair), Lahaina Maui,Oct 1 ,1895 ,postmark ,(MH 281.011) with matching target killers tie two 1c ,stamps ,to small envelope, ,addressed Hobron Drug Company, Honolulu, fumigated for cholera on arrival, with sulphur dioxide fumes for three hours, Very Fine. , , (Image 1) 250-300

SOLD for $150.00
Will close during Public Auction before May-26, 12:33 PM
5083 c   image55,UX1, to India, Honolulu HI,Oct 2 ,1895 ,duplex postmark ties 1c stamp to 1c ,postal card, addressed Bombay, India, via the Aden-Bombay Sea Post Office, disinfected for cholera at Honolulu, with sulphur dioxide fumes for three hours. Used during the quarantine of 20 Aug to 23 Oct 1895, where all mail leaving the islands was fumigated by the Honolulu post office. Also disinfected at Angel Island in San Francisco Bay. Clipping corner of cards would be pointless, as the entire card would be exposed to the disinfecting fumes. Rare postal card used during this cholera epidemic. No postal cards were in the famous Honolulu Advertiser, Pietsch, or Champion collections, Very Fine. , (Image 1) 1,000-1,250

SOLD for $675.00
Will close during Public Auction before May-26, 12:33 PM
5084 c   image76, Honolulu, HI,Oct 2 ,1895 duplex postmark ties 5c stamp to envelope paying the 5c UPU rate, c/c for ,"The Hollister Drug Company, Ltd", addressed ,New York via San Francisco, corners clipped and disinfected against cholera at Honolulu post office, and possibly at San Francisco as well. Scarce, Very Fine. (Image 1) 300-400

SOLD for $180.00
Will close during Public Auction before May-26, 12:33 PM
5085 c   imageUX9, to Germany, Waianae Oahu,Oct ,15 ,1895 ,Purple postmark (MH 282.016) on 2c postal card, addressed ,Wolfenbü,ttel Germany, via Honolulu, and fumigated against cholera on 17 Oct. On the reverse, the sender describes the cholera epidemic. Scarce disinfected postal card and very few recorded, Very Fine. , (Image 1) 250-300

SOLD for $150.00
Will close during Public Auction before May-26, 12:34 PM
5086 c   imageUX9, to Germany, Lihue Kauai,Oct 16 ,1895 ,postmark (MH 280.011) on 2c postal card, ,addressed Bremen, Germany, via Honolulu, and fumigated against cholera on 17 Oct. On the reverse, the sender describes the cholera epidemic. Scarce disinfected postal card and very few recorded, Very Fine. , , , , , , , , , , , , , (Image 1) 250-300

SOLD for $150.00
Will close during Public Auction before May-26, 12:34 PM
5087 c   image81(strip/3), Kahului Kauai,Jan 29 ,1900 ,Blue postmarks (MH 255.01, R2), tie ,(strip of three, one damaged) 2c stamps to legal size envelope, ,scarce triple rate local cover, fumigated during the bubonic plague epidemic where strict quarantine in the islands was enforced from 12 Dec 1899 to 30 Apr 1900. Sent to the small town of Spreckelsville, which consisted of a large sugar plantation. This cover has its corners clipped off and was fumigated at the Kahului post office by burning sulphur. The island of Maui had 10 deaths during the epidemic, seven reported at Kahului and three at Wailuku, a nearby town. Scarce cover, Very Fine. , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , (Image 1) 350-450

SOLD for $210.00
Will close during Public Auction before May-26, 12:34 PM
5088 c   image80(pair), Kahului Maui,Dec 21 ,1899 ,Blue postmark (MH 272.642), addressed Honolulu, Oahu, fumigated at the Honolulu post office. Bubonic plague surfaced later at Kahului in February 1900, Scarce cover, Very Fine. (Image 1) 150-200

SOLD for $90.00
Will close during Public Auction before May-26, 12:34 PM
5089 c   image81, Honolulu HI,Dec 22 ,1899 ,duplex postmark ties 2c stamp to envelope, addressed ,Waimea, Kauai, sent during the bubonic plague quarantine and fumigated. All mail from Honolulu was fumigated, and at least one corner was clipped off each envelope before undergoing a sulphur treatment. This fantastic, Remington Hammerless Double Barrel Gun advertising cover of H.O. Hall & Son is short ,1/2 inch on the left side. As all inter-island mail sent out of the Honolulu post office was fumigated, the clipped corner(s) were likely on the short side of this envelope, , Rare and , Fine. , (Image 1) 900-1,200

SOLD for $600.00
Will close during Public Auction before May-26, 12:35 PM
5090 c   image81(3), Kealia Kauai,Dec 30 1899 ,faint purple postmark ties three 2c stamps to ,Spanish-American War patriotic cover with FLAG at left, ,addressed New York City, transiting Honolulu during the bubonic plague epidemic, the corners of the envelope were clipped prior to fumigation with sulphur fumes. Honolulu rated it a double-weight cover (underpaid 4 cents), and applied the "T CENTIMES" and pencil "20", a penalty of eight cents postage due was charged at New York and stamps affixed to the reverse, Only known Hawaiian patriotic disinfected cover, Very Rare and ,Very Fine , ex-Pietsch collection , , , , , , , (Image 1) 2,000-2,500

SOLD for $1,300.00
Will close during Public Auction before May-26, 12:35 PM
5091 c   image80(pair), Honolulu HI,Jan 3 ,1900 , duplex postmarks tie two 1c stamps to each side of envelope, ,Double-weight inter-island ,addressed Kohala Hawaii, during the bubonic plague quarantine enforced from 12 Dec 1899 to 30 April 1900. , All mail from Honolulu was fumigated. , In each corner of the envelope, holes were privately punched by Gear, Lansing & Co.,/Real Estate and Financial Agents with their c/c, ,to allow the fumigating vapors to absorb into the envelope contents. Rare cover, unusal and Very Fine. (Image 1) 750-1,000

SOLD for $475.00
Will close during Public Auction before May-26, 12:35 PM
5092 c   imageU.S. #U362, to Hawaii, New York,Jan 4 ,1900 ,machine cancel on 2c enitire, ,Scarce inward disinfected cover, underpaid by three cents (UPU rate was 5 cents to Hawaii). The "15 / CTMS / T" hand-stamp was applied at New York and the "COLLECT..6..CENTS" (MH 763) applied at Honolulu, when it arrived on 17 Jan, addressed ,Kohala Hawaii, via San Francisco, the Honolulu post office fumigated all incoming mail passing through the post office. , Smallpox was also in San Francisco at this time, Very Fine. , (Image 1) 200-250

SOLD for $130.00
Will close during Public Auction before May-26, 12:36 PM
5093 c   imageUX9a, Honouliuli, Oahu,Jan 13 ,1900 Blue postmark (MH 281.02) on Two cents postal card used from Ewa Plantation, ,addressed Chicago, via Honolulu during the bubonic plague quarantine of 12 Dec 1899 to 30 April 1900. Writing to his mother, the writer states &ldquo,people are not allowed to go in or out of Honolulu until 21 days of the last death. No freight is leaving except wood and coal on account of the quarantine. Send me a few copies of the Chicago Record if it contains any stories of the Plague.&rdquo,, Very Fine. , , , , , , , (Image 1) 250-300

SOLD for $150.00
Will close during Public Auction before May-26, 12:36 PM
5094 c   image81, Honolulu HI,Jan 15 ,1900 ,duplex postamark ties 2c stamp ,(with reentry in Cents) ,to inter-island cover, addressed ,Spreckelsville, Maui, fumigated during the bubonic plague epidemic, this highly unusual cover has three holes privately punched in the center of the envelope to allow the fumigating vapors to enter. , The sender did not wish the contents mutilated by the post office, and devised a method which would allow proper fumigation of its contents and handed over directly to the post office clerk for disinfection, Very scarce and Very Fine. , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , (Image 1) 400-500

SOLD for $260.00
Will close during Public Auction before May-26, 12:36 PM
5095 c   image82, Honolulu HI,Feb 9 1900 ,duplex postmark ties 5c stamp to ,fumigated cover, addressed ,Denmark IA, via San Francisco, five cents UPU rate to United States, Missent on the Chattanoga, Tennessee & Meridian, Mississippi RPO train. Corners clipped off envelope and disinfected at Honolulu during the plague epidemic, Very Fine. , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , (Image 1) 250-300

SOLD for $180.00
Will close during Public Auction before May-26, 12:37 PM
5096 c   imageUX8a, Kaunakakai MolokaiFeb 24 ,1900 partly clear ,postmark on 1c postal card, ,unusual triple island use of one cent Iolani Palace postal cardfrom Kaunakakai, Molokai, to Lihue, Kauai via Honolulu, Oahu, with address & message in Japanese. Sent during the bubonic plague epidemic and quarantine. After arriving at Honolulu on 26 Feb, it was detained to undergo fumigation by the Honolulu post office. Postal cards generally show no effects from fumigation, Fine. , (Image 1) 300-400

SOLD for $180.00
Will close during Public Auction before May-26, 12:37 PM
5097 c   image81, Sprecklesville Maui,Feb 26 ,1900 Purple postmark (MH 282.011) ties 2c ,stamp to ,Inter-island ,envelope, addressed ,Honolulu, Oahu, disinfected for bubonic plague with sulphur dioxide by the Kahului postmaster before an inter-island steamer took it to Honolulu. The 2-cent stamp paid the local rate for half-ounce letters, Very Fine. ex-Honolulu Advertiser collection , (Image 1) 350-450

SOLD for $210.00
Will close during Public Auction before May-26, 12:37 PM
5098 c   image80(5), Honolulu HI,Mar 13 1900 ,duplex postmarks ti five 1c and 5c stamps ,to double-disinfected cover, addressed ,San Francisco, fimigated for bubonic plague before leaving Honolulu. , Four holes were privately punched in the envelope (two hidden by stamps), by the Hawaiian Gazette Company with their c/c, , Honolulu's Daily Pacific Commercial Advertiser stated in it's December 16, 1899 edition: "The Post Office Department requests that a piece be cut out of each end of a letter envelope before placing it in the mail box. , This will facilitate the fumigation of mail." , Fumigated by sulphur fumes at the Honolulu post office and again at the Angel Island Quarantine Station in San Francisco Bay, Rare cover, Very Fine. ,. ex-Honolulu Advertiser collection (Image 1) 1,500-2,000

SOLD for $1,200.00
Will close during Public Auction before May-26, 12:38 PM
5099 c   imageO2, Honolulu HI,Mar 14 ,1900 ,duplex postmark ties 5c official stamp to envelope with ,"On Hawaiian Government Service / Department of Foreign Affairs" ,printed c/c, addressed Hawaiian Consul General in Boston. Upper corners of envelope clipped-off and fumigated for bubonic plague at Honolulu post office. Only known disinfected cover from Hawaii with Official adhesive, Very Rare and ,Very Fine. , , , (Image 1) 2,500-3,000

SOLD for $1,600.00
Will close during Public Auction before May-26, 12:38 PM
5100 c   image81, Honolulu HI,Mar 16 ,1900 ,duplex postmark ties 2c stamp to ,Rare Spanish-American War soldier's cover, addressed ,Palo Alto CA, handstamped ,c/c of "U.S.C.& G.S. Pathfinder/F.W. Perkins Comd'g" (U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Pathfinder was launched December 7, 1898, left Newport News, VA on 16 June 1899 bound for San Francisco and Honolulu via the Straits of Magellan and arrived at Honoullu on 2 Dec 1899. Pathfinder engaged in surveys in the Hawaiian Islands until the end of March 1900 when she departed for Alaska). , Sent by special two cents soldier's concession rate to the mainland, corners clipped and slight staining caused by fumigation with sulphur fumes at Honolulu post office, Very Fine. , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , (Image 1) 1,000-1,500

SOLD for $1,200.00
Will close during Public Auction before May-26, 12:39 PM
5101 c   image82, Kealia Kauai,Mar 18 ,1900 ,Purple postmark (MH 282.011) ,ties 5c stamp to ,envelope, ,addressed Oroville ,CA, Fumigated at Honolulu with clipped corners to allow sulphur fumes to penetrate and destroy any bubonic plague virus. Departing Honolulu on 27 March, the mail steamer S/S Mariposa landed this letter in San Francisco, about a week later, and probably fumigated a second time. Inside the envelope a four-page letter written by a teacher who writes "the quarantine system is a farce and money making scheme by the Board of Health, e.g. hush money being paid to escape fumigation", she also stated "all our papers and letters smell of fumigation", Very scarce and Very Fine. ,ex-Honolulu Advertiser collection. , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , (Image 1) 600-900

SOLD for $425.00
Will close during Public Auction before May-26, 12:40 PM

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