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Confederate States Stamps and Covers, United States Postal History, General Foreign Stamps and Cover continued...

U.S. Possessions: Hawaii thru Samoa
Lot Sym. Lot Description  
1336 c Image"Kailua Isl. of Hawaii Oct. 2nd 1836". Dateline on lengthy 3-1/2 page letter from the Andrews correspondence to Pittsford, N.Y., wonderful descriptive contents regarding the native Hawaiians, their dress, food, geographical comments and much more, light red New Bedford Ms. Apr (?)8 (1837) circular datestamp, faint matching straightline "Ship", ms. "27" rate (25c postage and 2c ship fee), carried by whaling ship to New Bedford, some internal splitting no doubt exacerbated by many readings, Fine appearance, wonderful early Hawaiian letter (Image)

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 E. 750-1,000

SOLD for $475.00
Will close during Public Auction
1337 c ImageHawaii to Mass. Three orange-buff covers, two with red "Honolulu Hawaiian-Islands Nov. 23" circular datestamp (used on same day) and "San Francisco Cal. Dec. 5, 1861" double-circle datestamp, one with "Ship" handstamp and "12" rate to Fair Haven Mass., other with "Ship" handstamp and blue crayon "22" double rate (2 x 10c plus 2c ship fee) to New Bedford Mass., third with "San Francisco Cal. Nov. 28, 1861" double-circle datestamp and "Ship" and "12" handstamps to same New Bedford addressee, but lacking any origination marking, fresh and Very Fine, fascinating group (Image)

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 E. 750-1,000

SOLD for $500.00
Will close during Public Auction
1338 c Image12c Black (69). Choice centering, red "Honolulu U.S. Postage Paid Feb. 17" (1863) circular datestamp on cover to Miss Nellie Fairbrother in New Bedford Mass., stamp uncancelled at Honolulu, tied by cogwheel cancel, red "San Francisco Cal. Paid Mar. 6, 1863" circular datestamp, Apr. 3 receiving backstamp, slightly reduced at left, some edgewear incl. small tear at top, still Very Fine, carried on the Yankee, which departed Honolulu Feb. 17 and arrived in San Francisco Mar. 5, unusual with this style of San Francisco marking, with 1981 P.F. certificate (Image)

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 E. 300-400

SOLD for $350.00
Will close during Public Auction
1339 c Image5c Brown (76). Bright color, red "Honolulu U.S. Postage Paid May 19" (1866) circular datestamp on blue cover to H. M. R. Fitzsimmons in Reading Mich., stamp uncancelled at Honolulu, tied by cogwheel cancel, "San Francisco Cal. Jun. 11" circular datestamp, carried on the bark Cambridge, which departed Honolulu May 19 and arrived in San Francisco June 10, missing part of top flap, otherwise Very Fine, ex Knapp (Image)

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 E. 300-400

SOLD for $275.00
Will close during Public Auction
1340° c Image1853, 5c Blue, Thick White Wove (5). Large even margins all around, tied by "San Francisco Cal. 5 Jan." (1856) circular datestamp on United States 1855 10c Pale Green on Buff Nesbitt entire (U18a) to Samuel W. Rodman, New Bedford Mass., receipt docketing at left "D. C. Waterman 11 Dec/55" indicating that the letter was written by D. C. Waterman on Dec. 11, 1855 (a significant point, as discussed below), light horizontal fold away from stamps, two tiny toned spots on stamp and small piece out of side flap on reverse

VERY FINE. THE ONLY RECORDED EXAMPLE OF A HAWAIIAN STAMP USED ON A UNITED STATES 10-CENT NESBITT ENTIRE.

This cover was carried on the brig Agate, which departed Honolulu on Dec. 10, 1855, and arrived in San Francisco on Dec. 27. It was postmarked in San Francisco on Jan. 5 (1857) when the mail was bagged for Panama. The receipt docketing identifies the letter writer as D. C. Waterman, head of a prominent Honolulu shipping and commercial firm, and gives the letter date as Dec. 11, 1855. This is one day after the Agate is reported cleared from Honolulu in published sailing records. This date sequence and the absence of a Honolulu postmark suggest two possibilities. The first is that Waterman handed his letter to someone boarding the ship and asked them to mail it in San Francisco (if this occurred, then the sailing date was actually Dec. 11). The other possibility is that the letter was posted on board the Agate and given to the ship purser to add to the mail. In either case, the 5c Hawaiian stamp was affixed but not cancelled in Honolulu. After arrival in San Francisco, the cover was sent to Panama on the Golden Gate, which departed on Jan. 5.

The U.S. over-3,000 miles prepaid rate was raised from 6c to 10c, beginning on April 1, 1855 (and prepayment was made compulsory for letters posted in the U.S.). The Hawaiian stamp was intended to pay the rate for internal Hawaiian postage. Normally this letter would have been charged 2c for the ship captain's fee plus the 10c for U.S. postage, but there is no indication of how the ship fee was paid.

Fred Gregory records a total of 40 examples of Scott No. 5 on cover. Only one is known used solely with a 10c stamp (Siegel 1999 Rarities sale, lot 60). This use on a 10c Nesbitt entire is the only recorded Hawaiian Kamehameha Issue mixed franking with a U.S. embossed envelope stamp.

Gregory Census No. 5-16. Ex Seybold, Barkhausen and Krug. With 1964 and 2011 P.F. certificates (Image)

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 E. 5,000-7,500

SOLD for $8,500.00
Will close during Public Auction
1341   Image1853, 13c Dark Red, Thick White Wove (6). Unused and used, first no gum and margins to just in, second similar margins and face-free red circular datestamp, both with flaws, appear Fine (Image)

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 2,350.00

SOLD for $275.00
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1342 c Image1861, 5c Blue, Thin Bluish Wove (9). Two, one has large margins all around, other clear to large, tied by square grid cancels, "Honolulu Hawaiian-Islands Feb. 27" circular datestamp on cover to Reading Mich., "San Francisco Cal. Mar. 21, 1864" double-circle datestamp and "SHIP 12" straightline due handstamp, minor sealed opening tears in flap barely visible along top

VERY FINE. AN EXTREMELY RARE DOUBLE-RATE FRANKING WITH THE 1861 5-CENT KAMEHAMEHA III THIRD PRINTING.

This was evidently treated as a double-rate letter at Honolulu and charged the double 6c unpaid rate at San Francisco.

Signed Bloch and with 1970 Friedl certificate (Image)

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 E. 2,000-3,000

CLOSED
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1343   Image1859, 2c Light Blue, Bluish White (13). Plate 3-A, Type II (Westerberg Position 2), clear margins to just in, tied by red "Postage Paid" in oval handstamp on small piece, also with ms. cancel, Fine (Image)

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 5,000.00

SOLD for $950.00
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1344   Image1859, 2c Dark Blue, Bluish White (13). Plate 3-A, Type VI (Westerberg Position 6), large margins to just in, neat strike of red "Postage Paid" handstamp, bit heavily thinned, otherwise Fine (Image)

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 5,000.00

SOLD for $550.00
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1345 ng Image1863, 1c Black, Grayish (15). Five from Plate 4-A, Westerberg Positions 4, 6, 8, 9 and 10, unused (no gum), margins to in, some flaws, otherwise Fine, still a presentable group (Image)

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 3,250.00

SOLD for $475.00
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1346   Image1863, 2c Black, Grayish (16). Seven used copies from several different plates, large margins to in, range of cancels incl. ms., Lahaina, red grid, generally defective, otherwise Fine, valuable group (Image)

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 5,950.00

SOLD for $750.00
Will close during Public Auction

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