The David Golden Collection of Hawaiian Stamps and Postal History continued...

FINE. A SCARCE COMBINATION OF THE 1857 5-CENT KAMEHAMEHA III SECOND PRINTING AND UNITED STATES 12-CENT 1851 ISSUE AND ONE OF SIX RECORDED MIXED-FRANKING COVERS WITH "OVERLAND" ROUTE DIRECTIVE MARKING.

This cover was carried on the whaling bark Architect, which departed Honolulu on Nov. 17, 1859, and arrived in San Francisco on Dec. 11. It arrived too late for the Dec. 5 sailing for Panama and was marked with the "OVERLAND" handstamp to indicate its late arrival and alternate routing on the next Butterfield stagecoach. The San Francisco Dec. 12 postmark date corresponds with the regular Monday stagecoach departure. This overland mail reached St. Louis on Jan. 2, 1860. Perlman records 14 covers from Hawaii with the "OVERLAND" handstamp, including six with U.S.-Hawaii mixed frankings (all 5c and 12c 1851).

With 1963 P.F. certificate (Image)

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FINE APPEARANCE. A RARE DOUBLE-RATE MIXED-FRANKING COVER WITH A PAIR OF THE 1857 5-CENT KAMEHAMEHA III SECOND PRINTING USED WITH 1851 IMPERFORATE AND 1857 PERFORATED UNITED STATES STAMPS PAYING THE CORRECT 22-CENT RATE. ONLY TWO COVERS RECORDED WITH THIS COMBINATION OF STAMPS.

Although the dates in the postmarks are difficult to read, we believe this was carried on the bark Yankee, which departed Honolulu on Feb. 27, 1858, and arrived in San Francisco on Mar. 15 (datestamped Mar. 20 for Panama sailing).

The Gregory census reports two covers with Hawaii No. 8 pair and U.S. No. 17 and 33. With 1978 P.F. certificate (Image)

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