1852, 13c Blue, "H.I. & U.S. Postage" (4). Crocker Type II, margins to in, intense shade, neat strike of 7-bar grid cancel, natural break in the paper at lower left caused by the printing process but otherwise sound

FINE. ONE OF ONLY TWO RECORDED SOUND EXAMPLES OF THE 1852 13-CENT "H.I. & U.S. POSTAGE" MISSIONARY.

There are 52 examples of the 13c "H.I. & U.S. Postage" Missionary in our updated census (see Honolulu Advertiser catalogue, Siegel Sale 769, Appendix I or http://www.siegelauctions.com/dynamic/census/HI4/HI4.pdf ). Only 35 used stamps are recorded off cover or on piece, and about two-thirds of these are repaired or in museum collections. Of those unrepaired copies that remain in private hands, only two sound examples are recorded: the stamp offered here and the example offered in our sale of the Twigg-Smith collection (Siegel Sale 931, lot 4007).

Census No. 4-II-CAN-176. Ex Potts, Moody, Krug and Collector C. With 1994 P.F. certificate

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