Sale 106: The Stanley Piller Inventory of United States

Lot 1100    

Hawaii, 1863, Numeral, 2¢ black on grayish, plate 3-G, type V, position 5, huge margins all around, tied by multiple pen strokes on folded cover to Levi Haalelea at Honolulu, Very Fine, ex-Seybold.
Scott No. 16    $5,000.

Levi Haalelea was an important figure in Hawaiian history and was married to Princess Kekauonohi, the granddaughter of Kamehameha I.

Realized: $1,200

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Lot 1101 ()   

Hawaii, 1863, Numeral, 2¢ black on blue gray, plate 5A, type IV, position 4, large "2" with "broken toe", no gum, little to no margin, faults, about Fine appearance. A premium position., ex-Steiner; with 2007 P.F. certificate noting "large sealed tear, stains and tone spots".
Scott No. 18 var.    $3,250.

Realized: $250

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Lot 1102 ()   

Hawaii, 1864, Numeral, 1¢ black, plate 6-A, type VII, position 7 with raised "I" in "INTER", no gum, wonderfully fresh with large balanced margins, Extremely Fine, ex-Steiner.
Scott No. 19    $625.

Realized: $475

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Lot 1103 o   

Hawaii, 1864, Numeral, 1¢ black, plate 6-A, type I, position 1, margins clear to just touching all around with a neat Honolulu square grid cancel, repaired covering thins and two small holes, about Fine appearance, ex-Steiner; with 2010 P.F. certificate.
Scott No. 19    $10,000.

An attractive and very rare used example of the 1¢ black on white wove numeral; fewer than 15 examples are recorded.

Realized: $1,500

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Lot 1104 o   

Hawaii, 1864, Numeral, 2¢ black, plate 5-C, type V, position 5, small even margins with a light red Honolulu cds, tiny thin spot, F.-V.F. appearance; with 2004 P.F. certificate.
Scott No. 20    $1,500.

Realized: $800

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Lot 1105    

Hawaii, 1865, Numeral, 5¢ blue on blue, plate 9-A, type V, position 5, part o.g., ample to large margins, small crease at lower right ending in a tiy tear, Very Fine appearance, ex-Steiner.
Scott No. 21    $900.

Realized: $290

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Lot 1106 o   

Hawaii, 1865, Numeral, 5¢ blue on blue, Plate 9A, complete used reconstruction of all ten positions, mostly grid cancels but one with target and manuscript, most have four margins, some faults to be expected, generally F.-V.F.
Scott No. 21    $7,000.

Realized: $1,500

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Lot 1107 o   

Hawaii, 1865, Numeral, 5¢ blue on blue, plate 9-A, type III, position 7, small margins to just touching, canceled with a partial San Francisco cds, small thins and light corner crease, Fine appearance, ex-Steiner; with 1999 H.P.S. certificate.
Scott No. 21    $700.

Realized: $130

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Lot 1108    

Hawaii, 1865, Numeral, 5¢ blue on blue, Plate 12-A, Type VII, Position 4, o.g., hinge remnant, large to full margins, fresh and Very Fine.
Scott No. 22    $575.

Realized: $290

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Lot 1109 /o   

Hawaii, 1865, Numeral, "Interisland", 5¢ blue on blue, plate 12-A: a reconstruction of all ten positions in the setting, unused except for position 10 which has a diamond grid cancel, five of the unused have o.g., one cut close, the others with large to oversize margins, a few minor flaws, as one would expect, otherwise Fine to Extremely Fine, ex-Steiner.
Scott No. 22    $6,075.

Realized: $1,700

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