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Lot Symbol CatNo. Lot Description CV or Estimate
5102 c   imageHonolulu HI,Mar 20 1900 ,postmark on unfranked envelope, ,double-weight letter from Honolulu, where it was fumigated with sulphur fumes during the bubonic plague epidemic. The Honolulu post office applied the "T 45 / CENTIMES" and penciled "50" over the 45 (10 cents postage plus a penalty of 10 cents) which was charged on arrival at New York City ,with ,J39(10) ,affixed for short payment, ,corners were either clipped off by the sender, which was allowed at this time, or by post office employeesRare and Very Fine. , Ex-Pietsch collection (Image 1) 1,000-1,500

SOLD for $650.00
Will close during Public Auction before May-26, 12:40 PM
5103 c   image81, Honolulu HI,Mar 21 ,1900 ,duplex postmark ties 2c stamp to ,rare Spanish-American War era envelope, sent at the two cents concession rate, addressed Berkeley CA, Purple handstamped c/c for the USS IROQUOIS, a 702 ton tug, built in 1892 and purchased by the Navy in 1898, that served in Hawaiian waters during the course of the war with Spain. Corner clipped and stained by fumigation when disinfected for plague. Sent via San Francisco, Berkeley Apr 7 ,1900 receiving Very Fine. (Image 1) 1,000-1,500

SOLD for $625.00
Will close during Public Auction before May-26, 12:40 PM
5104 c   image82, Honouliuli Oahu,Mar 29 ,1900 ,Blue postmark ,(MH 255.01, R3, in use for only two months, and unrecorded in blue), addressed ,Kansas City, Mo. via Honolulu, were it was disinfected for plague. On 5 March 1900, the Hawaiian Board of Health required that formalin be used to disinfect the mails at Honolulu. Sent via San Francisco (6 April) and arrived at Kansas City on 10 April. Scarce cancel, Very Fine. (Image 1) 350-450

SOLD for $240.00
Will close during Public Auction before May-26, 12:41 PM
5105 c   imageUX9a, to Germany Wailuku MauiMar 31 ,1900 ,Purple postmark (MH 281.02) on ,2c postal card of 1897 written at Speckelsville, Maui and used from Wailuku, addressed to ,Germany, via San Francisco during the bubonic plague quarantine of 12 Dec 1899 to 30 April 1900, Very Fine. , (Image 1) 250-300

SOLD for $150.00
Will close during Public Auction before May-26, 12:41 PM
5106 c   image80(pair), Kealakekua Hawaii,Apr ,9 ,1900 ,postmark (MH 281.02) ties two 1c stamps to ,local inter-island cover via Kau then on the ,S/S Mikihala to Hilo, where it was fumigated for plague. , On 5 March 1900, the Hawaiian Board of Health required that formalin be used to disinfect the mails at Honolulu as well as the mails en route between the islands, Very Fine. (Image 1) 250-300

SOLD for $150.00
Will close during Public Auction before May-26, 12:41 PM
5107 c   image80,81(pair), Honolulu HI,Apr 26 ,1900 ,duplex postmarks tie 1c and ,two 2c stamps to ,fumigated cover with four holes privately punched in the envelope corners (one hidden by a stamp), by the Hawaiian Gazette Company ,with their c/c, letter was underpaid by 5 cents and with US ,Charge/ to Collect/ ,10 cents and 10c due affixed for short payment, including the penalty upon arrival in San Francisco. The Honolulu post office applied the "T 25 / CENTIMES" marking (MH unrecorded). Less than 10 covers are recorded with private punch holes in the envelopes, Rare and Very Fine. ex-Honolulu Advertiser collection , (Image 1) 1,250-1,500

SOLD for $1,350.00
Will close during Public Auction before May-26, 12:42 PM
5108 c   image80,81(pair), Honolulu HI,Apr 27 ,1900 ,duplex postmarks tie 1c and pair of 2c stamps to ,fumigated cover, addressed ,Thomaston, Maine, via San Francisco, corners clipped off envelope (shortened on left) and subjected to sulphur fumigation for three hours to destroy any bubonic plague virus. One of the latest known covers from this epidemic, as the quarantine was lifted at Honolulu on 30 April 1900, Very Fine. , ,HPS certificate (Image 1) 300-400

SOLD for $180.00
Will close during Public Auction before May-26, 12:42 PM
5109 c   imageUX1, Kaunakakai Molokai,Feb 7 ,1891 Purple postmark (MH 282.011) on ,one-cent Queen Liliuokalani postal card of 1882, sent by a Catholic brother at the Kalaupapa leper settlement on Molokai, carried by mule from the isolated settlement, to Kaunakakai where it was disinfected, addressed ,Catholic Mission Honolulu, it arrived on 10 Feb where it was fumigated a second time at the main Honolulu post office, using sulphur dioxide. All mail from the leper settlement was disinfected first at Kaunakakai and then at Honolulu. This postal card is one of the earliest examples from from the leper settlement. The message on the reverse, in French, advises that the church pamphlets have not arrived, and requests the Rev. Clement to send any leftovers he may have, including one in Latin. They are to be sent to the Rev. Conrardy at Kalawao (main village of the leper settlement before most of the lepers were moved to the Kalaupapa village in 1890). Very rare and Very Fine. Ex-Honolulu Advertiser collection , , , , , , , , , , (Image 1) 3,000-3,500

SOLD for $2,000.00
Will close during Public Auction before May-26, 12:43 PM
5110 c   image398, Kalawao Hawaii,Jul 4 ,1914 postmark with killer ties 2c Panama-Pacific issue on cover, addressed ,Bedford, PA, from the Leprosy Settlement at Kalawao, using obsolete stationery of the Leprosy Investigation Station which closed in 1913. , The Baldwin Home for Boys was located at Kalawao and all mail leaving the settlement was disinfected until the 1960's. , The corners were usually clipped off the envelopes. All mail from Kalawao is rare and very seldom seen, Fine. , , (Image 1) 750-1,000

SOLD for $450.00
Will close during Public Auction before May-26, 12:43 PM
5111 c   image615, Honolulu Hawaii,Sep 25 ,1924 ,duplex postmark ties ,2c Huguenot-Walloon issue ,to very rare fumigated envelope sent by Brother Dutton, who arrived at Kalawao, Molokai in 1886 and replaced Father Damien, upon his death in 1889. Inscribed &ldquo,JD./Kalawao&rdquo, in upper left corner. Envelope is stained from fumigation and upper right and lower left corners were cut off. The postage stamp was marked with a blue &ldquo,X&rdquo, (at Kalawao, as the post office closed in 1916), and postmarked in transit at the Honolulu post office, where it was fumigated a second time. It was sent to Madison, Wisconsin, Fine. , (Image 1) 750-1,000

SOLD for $500.00
Will close during Public Auction before May-26, 12:43 PM
5112 c   imageU436, Kalaupapa Hawaii,Jul 19 ,1933 ,duplex postmark on ,3c stationery envelope, addressed Chicago IL, disinfected prior to leaving the Leprosy Settlement in a prophylactic airtight box and fumigated for 18 hours. It was fumigated again at the Honolulu post office. Two corners of the envelope were cut off prior to fumigation, the Bishop Home for Girls was located at Kalaupapa, Scarce and Very Fine. , (Image 1) 200-250

SOLD for $240.00
Will close during Public Auction before May-26, 12:44 PM
5113 c   image807, Kalaupapa Hawaii,Apr 16 ,1943 ,duplex postmark ties ,3c Presidental ,to censored envelope sent from the Kalaupapa Leprosy Settlement on the island of Molokai. Censored at Honolulu (Examiner number 2774). All mail leaving the settlement was disinfected there and again at the Honolulu post office, although very few examples exist today. Practically all mail was sent by the Sisters maintaining the facility and the letters were probably destroyed after receipt, addressed Clyde MO, ,envelope corners were clipped off and they were placed in electric ovens and baked to sterilize the contents. Very Scarce and Very Fine. , (Image 1) 250-300

SOLD for $160.00
Will close during Public Auction before May-26, 12:45 PM
5114 c   image905, Kalaupapa Hawaii,Dec 3 ,1943 ,duplex postmark ties ,3c Win-the-War ,to censored envelope sent by Sister Joseph Marie of the Bishop Home for Girls, Kalaupapa, Molokai, which was established in 1888 by Mother Marianne Cope. Envelope corners clipped-off and fumigated at Kalaupapa and again at the Honolulu post office. Censored at New York (Examiner 71007). Very scarce and seldom seen, Very Fine. , (Image 1) 250-300

SOLD for $160.00
Will close during Public Auction before May-26, 12:45 PM
5115 c   image45, Hong Kong,Jun 2 ,1901 ,postmark (Webb Type G, Index B) ties ,10c QV issue ,to envelope ,addressed Captain Hanford, Commandant of the U.S. Naval Station at Cavite, PI, Disinfected upon arrival at Manila where three small nail punctures in the shape of a triangle pierced the envelope in two places. Bubonic Plague was epidemic at Hong Kong and the U.S. Public Health authorities at Manila disinfected all incoming mail from Hong Kong during the period May to September 1901. (After the Spanish American War, Capt. Hanford directed the salvage operation on Spanish warships that had been sunk by Admiral Dewey during the war), Arrival cancel of MIL. STA. NO. 2 CAVITE, PHILIPPINES / REC'D, on reverse, ,Only four covers are known that were disinfected at Manila during this time period. Very rare and Very Fine. , , , , , , , , , , (Image 1) 750-1,000

SOLD for $950.00
Will close during Public Auction before May-26, 12:46 PM
5116 c   image45, Hong Kong,Aug 22 ,1901 postmark ties 2c Hong Kong stamp to envelope, c/c ,of the Captain's Office ,USS Monadnock, Asiatic Station ,at Hong Kong Treaty Port of Shanghai, China, with blue corner card, to the Commandant of the Naval Station, Cavite, Philippines. Victoria, Hong Kong transit of 25 Aug, and arrival cancel of MIL. STA. NO. 2 CAVITE, PHILIPPINES / REC'D, on reverse. Disinfected upon arrival at Manila where three small nail punctures in the shape of a triangle pierced the envelope in two places. Bubonic Plague was epidemic at Hong Kong and the U.S. Public Health authorities at Manila disinfected all incoming mail from Hong Kong during the period May to September 1901. , (After the Spanish American War, Capt. Hanford directed the salvage operation on Spanish warships that had been sunk by Admiral Dewey during the war.) Only four covers are known that were disinfected at Manila during this time period. Very rare and Extremely Fine. , (Image 1) 1,000-1,500

SOLD for $1,300.00
Will close during Public Auction before May-26, 12:46 PM
5117 c   image113(2),116, Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic,Aug 24 1901 ,cancels tie stamps to ,Registered envelope, addressed ,Lares Puerto Rico, disinfected in transit at Ponce. , Envelope corner clipped off prior to fumigation, and large 60 x 8mm handstamp: Disinfected. applied. Less than 10 covers recorded from this epidemic of smallpox in the Dominican Republic at this time. Rare and Very Fine, ex-Dr. Karl F. Meyer , (Image 1) 750-1,000

SOLD for $950.00
Will close during Public Auction before May-26, 12:46 PM
5118 c   image115,116, Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic,Oct 24 ,1901 ,cancels tie stamps to ,Registered envelope, addressed ,Lares, and disinfected at the port of San Juan. , Disinfection was certified with a small 18 x 3mm handstamp: Disinfected, different from the type used at Ponce. , Prior to fumigation, lower right corner was clipped off. Rare and Very Fine. ex-Dr. Karl F. Meyer , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , (Image 1) 750-1,000

SOLD for $450.00
Will close during Public Auction before May-26, 12:47 PM
5119 c   image53(2),54(4),57, Port-de-Paix Haiti,Dec 5 ,1901 ,postmarks ti stamps to ,Registered envelope from Pont-de-Paix, Haiti, to Chicago. Corner clipped off envelope and fumigated in a closed box by burning sulphur at San Juan, Puerto Rico, and purple 18 x 3mm handstamp: Disinfected applied. Less than 10 covers recorded at San Juan on account of a smallpox epidemic in the Dominican Republic in 1901. Rare and Very Fine, , , (Image 1) 750-1,000

SOLD for $450.00
Will close during Public Auction before May-26, 12:47 PM
5120 c   image129, Santa Domingo, Dominican Republic,Dec 15 ,1901 ,postmarks tie stamp to envelope from the office of the President of the Dominican Republic, addressed ,New Orleans, via Ponce, Puerto Rico. , Disinfected by the U.S. Quarantine Service in Ponce where a corner of the envelope was torn off and blotting paper moistened with formaldehyde inserted into the envelope. , A large 63 x 9mm handstamp Disinfected / U.S. QUARANTINE PONCE P.R. was then applied, faintly struck. , Only two covers recorded with this very rare marking, the other was sent to Hamburg, Germany in Sep 1901, Very Fine. , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , (Image 1) 900-1,200

SOLD for $600.00
Will close during Public Auction before May-26, 12:47 PM
5121 c   imageSantiago Chile, ,Apr 12 ,1887 ,postmark ties 5c stamp to 5c uprated stationery envelope of 1878 (158 : 94mm), paying the double weight internal use. This envelope was mailed during the cholera epidemic of 1886-1887 which ravaged Chile, killing over 24,000 out of the 57,000 persons who contracted the disease. This cover was disinfected before leaving Santiago. On the reverse is the very desirable "Butterfly" shaped marking: DESINFECTADA / POR CALOR, indicating it was "Disinfected by Heat". Letters were placed in an autoclave sterilizer to disinfect the contents, scarce and Very Fine. , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , (Image 1) 400-500

SOLD for $400.00
Will close during Public Auction before May-26, 12:48 PM

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