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Sale 65: The Gary Peters Collection of Hawaii

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Royal Stationery & Invitations

Lot 500

1883 Coronation Ceremony Royal Invitation, multicolored Royal Arms on Mantle invitation (205x146mm) in Hawaiian, Very Fine.
Estimate    $1,500 - 2,000.

A WONDERFUL AND RARE EXAMPLE OF THE HAWAIIAN VERSION OF THE 1883 ROYAL INVITATION, THIS IS ONE OF ONLY TWO RECORDED EXAMPLES IN PRIVATE HANDS.

On February 12, 1883 one of the most grand and regal events ever witnessed in Hawaii was held at the recently completed Iolani Palace in Honolulu. Nine years to the day after his election as Mo'i, David La'amea Kamanakapu'u Mahinulani Naloiaehuokalani Lumialani Kalakaua was crowned in a majestic coronation ceremony.

Illustrated in Medcalf Hawaiian Royal Stationery and Correspondence Catalog (page 58).

Realized: $1,700

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