Lot 2289
Hawaii, Postal Card, 1894, 2¢ green, addressed to Santa Monica, Cal. and canceled by "Honolulu, H.I., Sep 11, 1895" duplex postmark, with S.F. transit alongside, with message regarding the 1895 Cholera Epidemic…to relieve your mind about us & the cholera…hope soon to entirely kill it. We are taking every precaution so have no fear for us., Very Fine.Scott No. UX9 Estimate $150 - 200.
This epidemic quarantined Honolulu from August 20th to October 23rd of 1895 and mail was fumigated before it could be put aboard a ship bound for another port.
Realized: $110