Sale 1010 — 2011 Rarities of the World

Sale Date — Saturday, 18 June, 2011

Category — Hawaii, including Missionaries

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Sale 1010, Lot 187, Hawaii, including Missionaries1851, 5c Blue (2). Crocker Type I, unused (no gum), rich color, repaired with margin and frameline added at top, closed tear across most of ornaments above numeral "5"

FINE APPEARANCE. ONE OF TWELVE RECORDED UNUSED EXAMPLES OF THE HAWAIIAN 1851 5-CENT MISSIONARY, OF WHICH ONLY TEN ARE AVAILABLE TO COLLECTORS

#Our census of Hawaii No. 2, published in Part 1 of the Honolulu Advertiser catalogue, is available at our website at http://www.siegelauctions.com/dynamic/census/HI2/HI2.pdf . We record twelve unused copies, two of which are in the Tapling Collection at the British Library. Of the twelve copies, only one is completely sound.

Census No. 2-I-UNC-20. With 2011 P.F. certificate.

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