HAWAII, 1861, 5c Blue, Thin Bluish Wove (9). Horizontal pair, three huge margins including part of top sheet margin, in at bottom, square grid cancels, scissors-cut between stamps at bottom and small tear at bottom left, used with United States 1863 5c Brown (76), short perf, on buff cover to Miss C. Murdock at Brooklyn N.Y. street address, red “Honolulu U.S. Postage Paid Jun. 25” (1864) circular datestamp, bold “San Francisco Cal. Jul. 20, 1864” double-circle datestamp, grid cancel ties U.S. stamp over Honolulu datestamp, slightly reduced at left

VERY FINE APPEARANCE. ONE OF THREE RECORDED MULTIPLES OF THE 1861 5-CENT KAMEHAMEHA III THIRD PRINTING ON COVER AND THE ONLY ONE USED WITH UNITED STATES STAMPS.

This cover was carried on the American bark Young Hector, which cleared Honolulu on June 26, 1864, and arrived in San Francisco on July 19.

The Gregory census of 1861 5c Third Printing covers lists three with pairs (the largest size multiple known on cover). Of the three, only this cover is a mixed franking with United States stamps. The 5c Kamehameha III pair prepaid the U.S. and Hawaiian postage, and the U.S. stamp was affixed at the Honolulu post office. The practice of applying the U.S. stamp over the Honolulu marking is evidenced by a fair number of covers in this period.

Ex Ostheimer, Honolulu Advertiser and Gross. With 1995 P.F. certificate

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