HAWAII, 1863, 2c Dark Blue, Bluish (17). Plate 5-B, Type IX (Westerberg Position 9), ample margins all around, square grid cancel, small repaired tear at top center and light horizontal crease

VERY FINE APPEARANCE. AN ENORMOUSLY RARE USED 1863 2-CENT NUMERAL FROM THE FIFTH SETTING IN DARK BLUE ON BLUISH WOVE PAPER.

The 2c Dark Blue on Bluish paper (Scott 17) was printed after Scott 18 and before Scott 20. It is one of the rarest of all Numeral Issues in either unused or used condition, and almost all known examples have small faults.

Ex Crocker, Atherton, Honolulu Academy of Arts and Twigg-Smith. With 2018 P.F. certificate

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