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The Thurston Twigg-Smith Collection of Hawaiian Stamps and Postal History continued...

Official Post Office Usages
Lot Sym. Lot Description
4436° c imageFROM GENL POST OFFICE/PER/HONOLULU, HAWAIIAN IDS. Large red double lozenge handstamp on gray envelope to the Reverend Abner Wilcox in Hanalei, Kauai, bold black "Honolulu Hawaiian-Islands Oct. 12" circular datestamp, original enclosure is part-printed 1866 invoice: "N.B. - Quarterly Postage Bills Must be Paid When Presented. Honolulu, September 30th 1866, Rev. A. Wilcox, To Honolulu Post Office, Dr., To Postage to date -- 6 Mos. -- $3.35"

EXTREMELY FINE. ONE OF THREE RECORDED EXAMPLES OF THIS HONOLULU GENERAL POST OFFICE HANDSTAMP, OF WHICH TWO ARE KNOWN USED AS AN OFFICIAL CORNER CARD. ONLY THIS COVER HAS THE ORIGINAL POST OFFICE ENCLOSURE.

There are three reported covers with the distinctive large red lozenge handstamp used by the Honolulu Post Office both as a corner card and as a postmark. The other corner-card usage was recently sold as part of the Floyd Fitzpatrick collection (Rumsey Sale 22, lot 1958, realized $7,250 hammer). It is also addressed to Reverend Wilcox, but does not have the enclosure. The postmark usage was lot 2213 in the Honolulu Advertiser sale (Siegel Sale 769).

Ex Honolulu Advertiser and Pietsch. (Image)

 E. 5,000-7,500

CLOSED
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4437° c image1899, 2c Rose (81). 23 stamps incl. block of six and strip of five, tied by red "Honolulu Hawaii Mar. 2, 1899" double line datestamp (Ty. 282.11) on legal-size cover to Roxbury Mass. with purple "General Post Office. Honolulu" straightline handstamp and red "R" (Ty. 701) registry handstamp, purple San Francisco and Boston registry transits on front and back, some trivial stamp faults as is to be expected in a cover of this type, still Very Fine, unusual and scarce franking (Image) E. 500-750

SOLD for $450.00
Will close during Public Auction
4438° c image1899, 5c Blue (82). Two vertical pairs tied by multiple strikes of reddish purple "General Post Office Honolulu Jun. 2, 1900" double-circle datestamp (Ty. 282.21) on cover to W. O. Smith in Honolulu, blue crayon "From A. Lidgate" (at this time Lidgate was the manager of the Hamakua Mill on the Big Island), stamps and cover slightly toned, otherwise Fine, this datestamp was used both as an official post office auxiliary marking and as a postmark (as seen on this cover) (Image) E. 300-400

SOLD for $425.00
Will close during Public Auction
4439° imageH. M. Whitney. Signature at bottom of letter on General Post Office, Hawaii stationery dated Jan. 5, 1884, letter reads "I heartily reciprocate your kind wishes for cordial greetings to the Post Office officials here. If the service has improved during the part year, the credit belongs to all connected with it - you among the rest.", Very Fine (Image) E. 200-300

SOLD for $375.00
Will close during Public Auction
4440° imageH. M. Whitney. Signature on small piece of colored paper, a suitable item for an exhibition page (Image) E. 100-150

SOLD for $100.00
Will close during Public Auction
4441° c imageKahului "Postage Paid" Provisional Handstamp. Clearly struck purplish black straightline with black "Kahului, Maui, 8 [1889] Nov." double-circle datestamp (Ty. 281.0) on small cover to Wailuku, Maui, Very Fine, approximately a dozen covers are known with this provisional postage handstamp, with 1962 P.F. certificate (Image) E. 1,500-2,000

SOLD for $1,300.00
Will close during Public Auction
4442° imageCustom House Lahaina Maui. Blue negative seal with illustration of full-rigged ship in center (Ty. 303, Rarity 1R), clear strike on front only to the Reverend Richard Armstrong, a member of the Fifth Company of missionaries, as President of the Board of Education in Honolulu, ms. "Official" written over marking, pencil docketing at left, "Jan. 9/1860", tiny erosion hole just below "President"

VERY FINE STRIKE OF THE SCARCE LAHAINA CUSTOMS SEAL HANDSTAMP.

Cornelius Bartow, the Lahaina postmaster, had earlier requested a regular mail canceller, but used the circular "Custom House" seal in the interim. In a follow-up letter to the postmaster-general, he wrote: "Did you order a stamp for the department of this place? It seems to me very necessary, as I am now compelled to use the Custom House seal."

Ex Richards and Honolulu Advertiser. (Image)

 E. 2,000-3,000

SOLD for $3,250.00
Will close during Public Auction
4443° c imageLahaina Hawaiian-Islands Dec. 8. Bold circular datestamp in olive green (Ty. 243.02) on large buff cover to Warren Goodale as Collector General of Customs in Honolulu, shortly before he resigned to join the U.S. Army, effective December 31, 1863, ms. "Free P.H.T." (P. H. Treadway), bit reduced at left, far from markings and address, Very Fine and rare, unlisted in American Stampless Cover Catalog, in addition to his duties as postmaster, Treadway was sheriff and Collector of Customs, ex Honolulu Advertiser (Image) E. 750-1,000

SOLD for $550.00
Will close during Public Auction
4444° c image"Wailuku P.O./May 31". Manuscript postmark in two lines with matching "Free" on folded letter datelined "Makawao May 30, 1850" from D. D. Baldwin to his missionary father in Lahaina

VERY FINE. THIS IS THE EARLIEST FORM OF WAILUKU POSTMARK, APPLIED BY THE FIRST "UNOFFICIAL" POSTMASTER, REVEREND EDWARD W. BAILEY.

According to Gregory, the Wailuku post office was officially established in 1859. Prior to 1859, the Reverend Eward W. Bailey served as an unofficial postmaster. This Wailuku postmark, reported to be the earliest example extant, is in the hand of the Reverend Bailey. The "Free" was not necessary since inter- and intra-island mail was postage-free by legislative order until 1859.

Ex Ostheimer and Honolulu Advertiser (Image)

 E. 2,500-3,500

SOLD for $5,250.00
Will close during Public Auction
4445° c image10c Yellow Green, F. Grill (96). Deep rich color, pre-use creases and small tear, tied by cork cancel on orange-buff cover to Springfield Vt. originating in Hawaii with blue "Wailuku Post Office, Hawaiian Islands, Oct. 18, 1869" double-oval ribbon-marker datestamp (Ty. 215, Rarity 1RRR) on back, "Honolulu Hawaiian-Islands Oct. 20" circular datestamp and magenta "San Francisco Cal. Oct. 31" double-circle transit datestamp, neatly docketed, opening faults along top edge repaired with paper, opened for display, Fine and a very exhibitable example of this extremely rare town marking, Gregory reports six strikes (Image) E. 1,000-1,500

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