HAWAII, 1864, 2c Black (20). Plate 5-C, Type VIII (Westerberg Position 8), large to gigantic margins, 3-ring target cancel applied at Honolulu and 7-bar square grid cancel with matching "Lahaina P.O. Hawaiian-Islands Aug. 27" circular datestamp tying stamp to piece of cover, stamp with slight toning

EXTREMELY FINE DESPITE MINOR GUM TONING. AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE USED EXAMPLE OF THE 1864 2-CENT FIFTH-SETTING NUMERAL ISSUE ON WHITE WOVE PAPER ON PIECE WITH A COMPLETE STRIKE OF THE LAHAINA DATESTAMP. ONLY TWO COMPLETE COVERS ARE RECORDED.

2c Numeral stamps from the Fifth Setting on white wove paper are much scarcer in used condition than unused. By August 1864, when this stamp was used, the National Bank Note Co. 2c Kamehameha IV stamps (Scott 31) were circulating in Hawaii (issued June 1864 and known used as early as August 1864).

With 2001 H.P.S. certificate

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