HAWAII, 1857, 5c on 13c Dark Red (7). Type I manuscript "5" applied by post office clerk Alvah Clark, huge margins to in, uncancelled, used with U.S. 12c Black (17), large to huge margins incl. sheet margin at bottom, tied by "San Francisco Cal. Jul. 20, 1857" circular datestamp on folded letter to Mrs. Otis Simmons in Little Compton R.I., red "Honolulu * U.S. Postage Paid * June 27" circular datestamp, manuscript "12" at top right, 12c some faint toning not mentioned on accompanying certificate, the provisional with tiny pinhole at top right

A VERY FINE COVER WITH THE HAWAIIAN 1857 "5" ON 13-CENT KAMEHAMEHA III PROVISIONAL STAMP USED IN COMBINATION WITH THE UNITED STATES 12-CENT 1851 ISSUE. ONE OF ELEVEN SUCH COMBINATIONS RECORDED BY GREGORY.

Five of the nineteen 5c provisional covers recorded by Gregory were carried on this trip of the Vaquero, which stopped at Honolulu on its way from Australia and carried two bags of mail when it cleared Honolulu on June 27, 1857. She returned to safe harbor with a broken mast and left again on June 29 with additional mail, arriving in San Francisco on July 16 (Gregory).

No. 8 in the Gregory census. Ex Rohloff and Kramer (where erroneously described as carried on the Fanny Major). With 2003 P.F. certificate

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