Sale 1068 — United States Stamps and Possessions

Sale Date — Wednesday-Thursday, 30 April-1 May, 2014

Category — Hawaii: 1861 thru Royal Portraits Issues

Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
952
c
Sale 1068, Lot 952, Hawaii: 1861 thru Royal Portraits IssuesHAWAII, 1866, 5c Blue (32). Tied by large 3-ring target cancel, used with U.S. 5c Brown (76), cancelled by cogwheel and tied by red "Honolulu U.S. Postage Paid Feb. 23" circular datestamp on cover to Miss Harriet Reynolds in Philadelphia, "San Francisco Cal. Mar. 13" double-circle datestamp (rim of duplex ties Hawaiian stamp), 1867 docketing on back, minor edgewear, Hawaii stamp short perf at left center and tiny crease at top in margin only, Very Fine, attractive use, probably carried on the D.C. Murray of the Hawaiian Packet Line, which departed Honolulu Feb. 23 and arrived San Francisco Mar. 12, the Gregory book states mail from this trip was not postmarked until March 18 in San Francisco

E. 1,500-2,000
1,500