Lot
2279 
Hawaii, Union Feed Co. Limited, Honolulu, banner and scroll corner card on cover to Kapaa, Kauai, franked with 1899, 2¢ rose (81) tied by "Honolulu, Nov 4, 1899" duplex postmark; some contemporary gum residue to left of stamp, Very Fine, a rare and seldom seen corner card.Estimate $200 - 300.
Current Opening Bid: $100
Lot
2280
Hawaii, United States Despatch Agent, B.F. Stevens, London, 10 Apr 1900, purple oval type V date stamp on cover addressed to the Navy Department in Washington, D.C., franked with Hawaii, 1899, 1¢ green, two vertical pairs & on reverse a block of 6 (80) all tied by "Honolulu, H.I., Mar 14, 1900" duplex postmarks, readdressed to the U.S.S. "Albany" in care of the U.S. Consul in Newcastle, England, S.F. and Washington transit postmarks, fumigation hole punch in corners (bubonic plague); some minor gum soak perfs, Very Fine, an unusual fumigated cover usage as most covers have just the corners clipped.Estimate $400 - 600.
Current Opening Bid: $200
Lot
2281
Hawaii, (Oahu) Honolulu, Hawaii, Registered, Jan 17, 1907, purple cds on U.S. 1899, 5¢ blue entire to Macequece, South East Africa, uprated with U.S. 1895, 8¢ violet brown (s.e.) tied by mute oval handstamp, partial N.Y. exchange etiquette and reverse with N.Y., London, Beira transit and receiving postmarks, an extremely rare Portuguese Africa destination., Very Fine.Scott No. 272, U377 Estimate $300 - 400.
Current Opening Bid: $150
Lot
2282
Hawaii, 1917 Hawaii Prisoner of War S.M.S. "Geier" Mail, legal size cover addressed to Portland with manuscript endorsement "From Capt. Grasshoff, S.M.S. Geier" and blue straight line prisoner of war handstamp, entered the mails with "Honolulu, Hawaii, Dec 18, 1916" duplex "2", Very Fine, a rare prisoner of war cover from German ship interned in Honolulu.Estimate $500 - 750.
SMS "Geier" was an unprotected cruiser of the Bussard class built for the German Imperial Navy (Kaiserliche Marine) and commissioned in 1895. "Geier" was still en route to the German base in Tsingtao when war broke out in Europe in August 1914. She slipped out of still-neutral British Singapore days before Britain declared war on Germany and crossed the central Pacific in an attempt to link up with Maximilian von Spee's East Asia Squadron. While at sea, she captured one British freighter, but did not sink her. In need of engine repairs and coal, "Geier" put into the neutral United States port at Honolulu, Hawaii in October 1914, where she was eventually interned. After the American entrance into the war in April 1917, the US Navy seized "Geier" and commissioned her as USS "Schurz" and placed her on convoy duty.
Current Opening Bid: $250