Lot
532 
Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaiian Isl / Nov. 23, 1850., clear strike of two-line postmark at top left and Honolulu red manuscript "Paid 40" rating on 1850 cover to Miss. Sarah Wight, Wayland Mass., manuscript "Paid" and "Chge E.P.B." notations at top left authorized the Honolulu post office to charge the sender's account, black "San Francisco Cal., 14 Jun" cds and red "Paid" and "40" rating handstamps for the 40¢ letter rate, Very Fine. Estimate $7,500 - 10,000.
A RARE EXAMPLE OF THE HONOLULU STRAIGHTLINE CANCEL STRUCK IN BLACK, ONLY 7 EXAMPLES SHOW PREPAYMENT OF UNITED STATES POSTAGE AT THE HONOLULU POST OFFICE. THESE ARE THE EARLIEST OF EXAMPLES OF SUCH PREPAYMENT.
This cover was carried by American schooner "Velasco" departing Honolulu May 8th to San Francisco arriving Jun. 3rd. From San Francisco carried by PMSC "California" departing Jun. 14th to Panama City arriving Jul. 1st, and then USMSC "Crescent City" from Chagres Jul. 10th to New York arriving Jul. 20th after a stop at Kingston, Jamaica. The Honolulu straightline markings were
References: Illustrated and described in Fred Gregory's Hawaii Foreign Mail to 1870 on p. I-223-224, and listed as #29 in the census on p. I-388.