Sale 125: The Westpex Sale, Vol. II

Lot 3346 ()   

Hawaii, 1863, Numeral, 1¢ black on grayish, plate 4-A, type X, position 10, no gum, full even margins, fresh and Very Fine.
Scott No. 15    $650.

Realized: $280

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Lot 3347 o   

Hawaii, 1863, Numeral, 2¢ black on grayish, plate 3-C, type I, position 3, red Honolulu town cancel (243.03), margins large to shaving frameline at bottom, Fine.
Scott No. 16    $850.

Realized: $200

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Lot 3348    

Hawaii, 1863, Numeral, 2¢ black on grayish, plate 3-G-II, four mostly huge margins, light pre-use crease, tied on folded letter to Honolulu by manuscript and addressed to Haolelea (married to granddaughter of Kamehameha I), Very Fine & a nicely margined Numeral, ex-Golden.
Scott No. 16; $5,000    Estimate $1,500 - 2,000.

The cover is addressed to Liwai (Levi) Haalelea at Honolulu. Levi Haalelea was an important figure in Hawaiian history and was married to Princess Kekauonohi, the granddaughter of Kamehameha I.

Realized: $1,800

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Lot 3349 ()   

Hawaii, 1863, Numeral, 2¢ black on grayish, Plate 3-E-VIII, four mostly large margins with manuscript cancel on cover front to Waimea, postmarked red Honolulu postmark alongside, Extremely Fine, ex-Wilcox; with 1985 P.F. and 2000 Goldberg certificates.
Scott No. 16    $5,000 as full cover.

This Numeral is from the extremely rare "E" plate of the third setting. According to expert Alan Goldberg "This cover front is one of only two known surviving examples of this very short lived "E" plate variety."

Realized: $950

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Lot 3350    

Hawaii, 1863, Numeral, 2¢ black on grayish, Plate 3-G, Type IV (Westerberg Position 4), large margins, cancelled by penstroke and used on cover to Rev. Titus Coan in Honolulu, stamp with a vertical tear and creases, Very Fine appearance, ex-Seybold and with his backstamps.
Scott No. 16    $5,000.

Realized: $375

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Lot 3351 ()   

Hawaii, 1863, Numeral, 2¢ black on grayish, "2" at top of rectangle, plate 3-E, type IX, position 9, no gum, large margins all around, couple tiny thin specks, Extremely Fine appearance.
Scott No. 16a    $3,750.

AN ATTRACTIVE MINT EXAMPLE OF THE SCARCE 1863 2¢ NUMERAL WITH "2" AT TOP OF RECTANGLE.

Realized: $1,000

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Lot 3352 o   

Hawaii, 1863, Numeral, 2¢ black on blue gray, plate 5-A, type II, position 2, small portion of town cancel (appear to be a San Francisco transit postmark), repaired with portion of right margin added, Fine appearance, still a rare used example of this Numeral issue.
Scott No. 18    $6,000.

Realized: $600

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Lot 3353 ()   

Hawaii, 1864, Numeral, 1¢ black, Plate 6-A, type I, position 1, no gum, large well balanced margins, Very Fine and choice.
Scott No. 19    $625.

Realized: $525

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Lot 3354 ()   

Hawaii, 1864, Numeral, 1¢ black, plate 6-A, type V, position 5, no gum, large to huge margins, light horizontal crease, Extremely Fine appearance.
Scott No. 19    $625.

Realized: $150

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Lot 3355 ()   

Hawaii, 1864, Numeral, 2¢ black, plate 5-C, type VI, position 6, no gum, full well balanced margins, Very Fine.
Scott No. 20    $775.

Realized: $375

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