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 Honolulu, Hawaiian Is/Nov. 30, 1850. Bold
strike of two-line handstamp in blue on blue folded letter datelined "Honolulu Nov. 28th 1850" to Mrs. Thomas Weill in New Bedford Mass., orange "San Francisco 40 1 Jan." integral-rate circular datestamp, faint vertical file fold ends
in small edge tears (not affecting any markings), small stained spot in addressVERY FINE. A NEWLY RECORDED EXAMPLE OF THE RARE HONOLULU STRAIGHTLINE AND ONE OF ONLY TEN STRUCK IN BLUE. This cover was carried on the bark Connecticut,
which departed Honolulu on December 7, 1850, and arrived in San Francisco on December 31. It was carried to Panama on the PMSS Carolina, which departed on January 1 (1851) and arrived on January 19. After crossing the isthmus by mule pack and
riverboat, it left Chagres on the USMSC Georgia, which departed on January 28 and arrived in New York on February 8 after stopping at Havana. Fred Gregory records a total of 35 examples of the Honolulu straightline handstamp. Of these,
the first nine are struck in blue during a brief time period -- between November 2 and December 7, 1850. This newly recorded cover raises the count to 36 total with ten struck in blue. This was used on the same day as the cover offered in our 2011
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E. $ 15,000-20,000
SOLD for $13,500.00
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 3c Rose (65). Cancelled by cogwheel, "San
Francisco Cal. Dec. 7, 1862" double-circle datestamp on cover from Hawaii to Mrs. Louisa Priest in Boxborough Mass., red "Honolulu U.S. Postage Paid Nov. 11" circular datestamp, with enclosure from Daniel Wetherbee dated Nov. 8, 1863 so
probably not original but from the same correspondence, stamp with small tear at bottom, otherwise Very Fine and very unusual, the 2c ship fee must have been paid in cash, looking at the sailing data there is an outside chance this was carried on the
American Whale Bark Coral which departed Nov. 12 with an arrival in New Bedford the following spring (possibly made a stop in San Francisco?), for 1863 this could have been carried on the American bark Comet which departed Honolulu Nov.
14 and arrived San Francisco Dec. 5 with mails for the east coast postmarked on the 7th, with small typed notes from Ashbrook and Harris remarking how unusual the cover is
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E. $ 1,000-1,500
SOLD for $1,800.00
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