HAWAII, 1866, 5c Blue (32). Tied by large target and cancelled by pen strokes, used with United States 1863 5c Brown (76), slightly overlapping, on cover to Roxbury Mass. and forwarded to Haverhill Mass., red "Honolulu, U.S. Postage Paid Jun. 4" (1867) circular datestamp, bold "San Francisco Cal. Jul. 29" double-circle datestamp and matching target ties Hawaiian stamp, U.S. 3c Rose (65) used for forwarding postage and cancelled by segmented cork, "Boston Mass. Jul. 24" circular datestamp, carried on the American Bark Cambridge, which departed Honolulu June 4 and arrived in San Francisco June 28, sender's routing instructions "Per Slia...from San Francisco" partly worn away, cover shows some slight edgewear, 3c stamp small corner flaw at bottom left, still a Very Fine and attractive three-color franking, ex Aall, with 1999 P.F. certificate

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