HAWAII, 1865, 5c Blue, “Interisland”, Tete-Beche (22a). Plate 12-A, Types VI/IV/II/III/I (Westerberg Positions 2/4/6/8/10), the right columns of two plates in a tete-beche pane of ten, original gum, h.r., fresh, the two impressions in distinctly different shades, large margins to clear, horizontal crease between two rows, tiny thin speck in center straddle-pane margin, a few bleach age spots

VERY FINE APPEARANCE. ONE OF THREE RECORDED TETE-BECHE PANES OF THE 1865 5-CENT BLUE “INTERISLAND” NUMERAL ISSUE. ONE OF THE GREAT RARITIES OF HAWAIIAN PHILATELY.

Apart from the Post Office sheet of 25 comprising two complete panes of ten and a tete-beche row, offered in our Honolulu Advertiser sale, we record two tete-beche panes of ten. The other was lot 633 in the Tows sale. A block of six and a block of four are the only other known multiples larger than a pair.

Ex Ishikawa, Honolulu Advertiser and Gross. The block is unlisted in Scott — each of the five tete-beche pairs is valued at $18,000.00, for a total catalogue value of $90,000.00

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