Sale 1139 — U.S. Treasures of Philately from The Irwin Weinberg Inventory
Sale Date — Wednesday, 9 November, 2016
Category — Hawaii
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HAWAII, 1851, 5c Blue (2). Type II--the righthand position in the setting of two with the distinctive small "n" in "Cents" (found only on the 5c Type II)--full margins to barely in along frameline at right, 7-bar grid cancel struck twice in criss-cross fashion, trace of red cancel, light horizontal crease and tiny thin at topA FINE AND CHOICE APPEARING EXAMPLE OF THE HAWAIIAN 5-CENT MISSIONARY. CONSIDERING THE TYPICAL CONDITION OF THE FRAGILE MISSIONARY STAMPS, THIS IS ESSENTIALLY A SOUND USED EXAMPLE OF THIS MAJOR PHILATELIC RARITY.
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 . The example offered here, neatly cancelled with no major repairs, is a great condition rarity. Our census records only eleven 5c Missionaries off cover that are sound or have only minor faults, such as this example
Siegel Census No. 2-II-CAN-59 (as sound). Ex Atherton and Fekete. With 1995 P.F. certificate
35,000
20,000