Lot
776 
Hawaii, 1854 Freetown, Mass. to Lahaina, Sandwich Islands, origin cds on cover with matching straight line "Free" handstamp and manuscript "20" rate, with manuscript "Ship Moctezuma, Capt Tinker" notation; some light cover wear, F.-V.F. Estimate $200 - 300.
The whaler "Moctezuma" departed New Bedford on July 22nd, 1854 for Lahaina around the Cape of Good Hope to the Arctic and Okhotsk Sea (Siberia) using New Zealand as her base which she reached on January 20th, 1855. She did not land in Lahaina until November 19th, 1855, a journey of almost 180 days.
Realized: $200