Honolulu, Hawaiian Is./April 30, 1851. Well-struck two-line datestamp on buff cover to Miss A. E. Bond in Boston, neat "San Francisco Cal. 1 Jun." (1851) circular datestamp, red crayon "42" rate (40c via Panama rate plus 2c ship fee), barely reduced at right, cover with small scuff at center from wax seal

VERY FINE. A BEAUTIFUL CLEAR STRIKE OF THE HONOLULU STRAIGHTLINE DATESTAMP ON A 42-CENT RATE COVER TO THE EAST COAST.

This cover was carried to San Francisco on the British clipper ship John Calvin, which departed Honolulu on Apr. 30, 1851, and arrived on May 24. It was carried to Panama on the Constitution, which departed on Jun. 1 and arrived on Jun. 23. After crossing the isthmus by mulepack and riverboat, it left Chagres on the Empire City, which departed on Jun. 26 and arrived in New York on Jul. 6 after stopping at Kingston, Jamaica.

Gregory Census No. 24. Ex Van Dyke, Ishikawa and Golden. With 2011 P.F. certificate

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