HAWAII, 1859, 1c Light Blue, Bluish White (12). Plate 2-A, Type IX (Westerberg Position 9), unused (no gum), huge margins, beautiful pastel Light Blue shade, clear impression

EXTREMELY FINE GEM. A SUPERB UNUSED EXAMPLE OF THE 1859 ONE-CENT LIGHT BLUE HAWAIIAN NUMERAL ISSUE.

The pastel shade, clear impression and semi-opaque paper of this stamp are characteristic of a particular group of early Numeral stamps, including the only known blocks of the 2c from Plate 1-A. We believe they originated from the same printing.

This stamp was the lead-off One-Cent Numeral in the Honolulu Advertiser sale, and it still ranks as the finest unused example we have ever encountered. The only one possible runner-up is the stamp in the Drucker collection, which our firm sold in 2003 (Sale 856, lot 755).

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

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