Lot
2150 
Hawaii, HART & CO. Honolulu, purple straightline at lower left on legal-size blue registered cover to San Francisco Cal. bearing franking of two 2¢ rose (43) pairs, five 5¢ ultramarine (39) singles, and 2¢ rose, black ovpt (66), all tied by purple four-ring cancels, red "Honolulu, Hawaii, Sep 13, 1893" cds with matching "R" registered and "A.R." handstamps, San Francisco (9.20) arrival backstamps; two 5¢ faulty, Very Fine. Peters-Uota No. HAR-AS-unlisted Estimate $500 - 750.
Queen Liliuokalani was deposed on Jan. 17, 1893. Postmaster Oat issued an order in April 1893 that after May 20th, the unoverprinted stamps would not be valid. This was apparently ignored as show by this cover with "invalid" stamps accepted and an overprinted 2¢ added to make up needed postage.
Realized: $850