Sale 958 — 2008 Rarities of the World
Sale Date — Saturday, 7 June, 2008
Category — Hawaii, Philippines
FROM 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.
HAWAII, 1857, 5c on 13c Dark Red (7). Unused (no gum), Type I with long flag, large margins to just barely touched at top left, brilliant color and impressionFRESH AND VERY FINE. THE 5-CENT ON 13-CENT PROVISIONAL MANUSCRIPT SURCHARGE IS EXTREMELY RARE IN SOUND CONDITION.
With 2004 P.F. certificate
HAWAII, 1886, 2c Rose Vermilion, Bisect (31b). Top right diagonal half used with 1866 5c Blue (32) and tied by corks, used in combination with U.S. 10c Brown (150), defective, tied by red "G.P.O. Honolulu Paid All Mar. 2" double-circle datestamp and quartered cork cancel on front only (with restored back) to Richfield, British Columbia, magenta "San Francisco Cal. Paid Mar. 17" circular datestamp, endorsed "pr. Str. Moses Taylor" at top left, an unusual mixed franking which is believed to be unique with the 10c Bank Note stamp--in July 1870 the single-letter rate to the United States was reduced from 15c to 6c, the 6c stamps were not available until late Spring 1871, and so the rate was made up using three 2c stamps, as the supply of 2c stamps dwindled, the post office permitted bisects to be used with 5c stamps for the 6c rate--the cover offered here is a late use of the bisect, which must have been sent in 1871 (the U.S. 10c stamp was not available until April 1870 when it was issued in Washington D.C, ex Dale-Lichtenstein, accompanied by note from philatelist Henry C. Hitt describing the sequence of when the stamps were issued
HAWAII, 1871, 6c Yellow Green (33). Tied by large segmented target, used with United States 1870 2c Red Brown, 6c Carmine (146, 148), cancelled by circle of V's on 1873 cover to Switzerland, red "G.P.O. Honolulu Paid All Jun. 7" double-circle datestamp, San Francisco double-circle datestamp, red New York exchange circular datestamp, uncommon ship endorsement along top, "U.S. Surveying Ship 'Portsmouth''", No. 33 with closed tear, cover with small edge faults including small opening nick at topFINE APPEARANCE. A VERY RARE HAWAIIAN AND UNITED STATES BANK NOTE ISSUE FRANKING TO PAY THE 6-CENT TREATY RATE FROM HAWAII TO THE U.S. AND THE 8-CENT CLOSED MAIL RATE FROM THE U.S. TO SWITZERLAND.
Ex Honolulu Advertiser
PHILIPPINES, 1944, 6c Dark Brown, "Victory" Ovpt. (468). Tropicalized original gum, deep rich colorVERY FINE AND CHOICE. A BEAUTIFUL AND SCARCE EXAMPLE OF THE 6-CENTAVO DARK BROWN "VICTORY" OVERPRINT.
Only 206 were produced. This is only the fourth we have offered since keeping computerized records. All of the others also had tropicalized gum.
With 1998 A.P.S. and 2007 P.F. certificates