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Hawaii, 1822 Boston, Mass. to "Owhyhee", two page letter datelined "Boston, Dec 13, 1822" from L.A. Hill addressed to Elizabeth Bishop with "Care of Rev. Mr. Bishop or Mr. L. Chamberlain, Sandwich Isl." endorsement at bottom left, carried outside the mails and sent less than one month after the Bishops departure for Hawaii which is inferred in the first line of the letter…The winds & the waves are bearing you away to the Islands of the seas.; file folds, Very Fine; with 1977 P.F. certificate.Estimate $1,500 - 2,000.
ONE OF THE EARLIEST INCOMING LETTERS ADDRESSED TO HAWAII.
Realized: $1,900
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Hawaii, 1840 Tolland, Ct. to Koloa, Kauai, neat blue "Tolland, Ct., Sept. 30" manuscript postmark in blue on folded cover to "Charles Burnham, Koloa, Island of Kauai, Sandwich Islands", endorsed "Care of Secretaries of the A.B.C.F.M. Missionary Rooms, 28 Cornhill Boston", further endorsed on reverse, "After arriving at the Islands to the Care of Messrs. Brinsmade, Ladd & Hooper", docketed "Rec'd March 9, 1841", with lengthy letter; two light file folds, Very Fine.Estimate $300 - 400.
American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions was among the first American Christian missionary organizations. It was created in 1810 by recent graduates of Williams College. They acted as forwarders for mail all across the globe.
Ladd & Co. was the owner of the Koloa Sugar Plantation and Charles Burnham was the plantation manager.
Realized: $900
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Hawaii, 1841 Tolland, Ct. to Koloa, Kauai, neat blue "Tolland, Ct., Oct 11" manuscript postmark on folded cover to "Charles Burnham, Koloa, Island of Kauai, Sandwich Islands, Care of Messrs Ladd & Co, Oahu", further endorsed "Per A.B.C.F.M. Missionary Rooms, Boston Mass will please forward", Very Fine.Estimate $300 - 400.
American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions was among the first American Christian missionary organizations. It was created in 1810 by recent graduates of Williams College. They acted as forwarders for mail all across the globe.
Ladd & Co. was the owner of the Koloa Sugar Plantation and Charles Burnham was the plantation manager.
Realized: $1,000
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Hawaii, 1841 Providence, R.I. to "Oregon Mission" (Honolulu), "Providence, R.I. June 17th 1841" dateline on folded letter addressed to the "Mr Henry B Brewer, Oregon Mission", entered the mails with "Warren, R.I., Jun 24" cds, matching "Paid" handstamp and manuscript "18¾" rating to New York, in care of Gabriel P. Disoway, a New York merchant, who likely added the directive in pencil at bottom "For the Ship Lausanne", receipt docketing at top "May 13, 1842. Rev. W. Livesey", ex-Risvold.Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.
A VERY SCARCE COVER TO THE EARLY OREGON MISSION VIA HAWAII.
The sender of this letter, Rev. William Livesey, was the Methodist pastor in Wilbraham, Mass. This was the hometown of the letter's recipient, Henry Bridgman Brewer, who had left Wilbraham in late 1839 with his new bride, Laura Giddings Brewer, for missionary work on the Columbia River. The couple arrived there on the Lausanne's first voyage, leaving New York Oct. 10, 1839, stopping briefly in Valparaiso (Feb. 21, 1840) after 'rounding the Horn', and spending nearly 3 weeks in Honolulu (arr. Apr. 10; dep. Apr. 18) before finally arriving at the Methodist's Oregon mission compound May 21, 1840.
The "Lausanne" left New York on June 30 for Valparaiso, Chile, arriving there Oct. 29. Mail was transhipped there to the American brig Chabuco, arriving at Honolulu Feb.5, 1842.
Realized: $1,600
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Hawaii, 1845 Fall River, Mass. to Lahaina, Island of Maui, folded letter datelined "Fall River (Mass) July 31, 1845" addressed to Rev. Dwight Baldwin, manuscript "By politeness of Mr. Blanchard of Ship Sol. Saltus" endorsement at lower left, letter carried by private whaling ship to Lahaina, reverse with rec'd "Oct 23d, 1846" docketing on reverse, Very Fine, a privately carried letter around the horn of South America and delivered privately avoiding any U.S. or Hawaii postal charges.Estimate $300 - 400.
Realized: $525
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Hawaii, 1845 Princeton, Ill. to Waimea, Sandwich Islands, Hawaii, folded letter with red "Princeton, Ill., Jul 4" cds with matching straight line "Paid" and manuscript "10" rate, addressed in care on Missionary House in Boston (crossed out at bottom left), manuscript docketing "Received Jun 4th /46", Very Fine.Estimate $300 - 400.
Realized: $575
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Hawaii, 1853 Ponape, Micronesia to Oahu via San Francisco, folded packet wrapper addressed to Rev. P.J. (Peter Johnson) Gulick from his son Luther Halsey Gulick, a medical missionary who was stationed on the island of Ponape (now known as Pohnpei, one of the four Federated States of Micronesia), with "San Francisco, Cal., Jun 3" cds and matching clamshell "Ship 6" handstamp, rated as single-weight, red crayon "16" applied upon arrival at Honolulu post office to reflect a double-weight letter (2x 5¢ Hawaiian rate + 6¢ San Francisco charge), docketing in pencil "Rec'd June 25, 1853", likely arriving on the American brig Boston (dep. SF June 5; arr. Honolulu June 19), with manuscript note at top regarding the contents "From H. respecting Kaikaula"; some light edge as would be expected with a wrapper, Very Fine, ex-Golden.Estimate $1,500 - 2,000.
A GREAT RARITY AS THIS IS THE ONLY RECORDED WRAPPER FROM MICRONESIA TO HAWAII.
Luther Halsey Gulick was born in Honolulu shortly after the arrival of his parents, Rev. Peter and Fanny Gulick, who arrived with the 3rd Company of American missionaries on Mar. 30, 1828. The young Gulick was sent back East at the age of 12 to be schooled, returning to Hawaii in early 1852 with a medical degree from NYU and his newly married wife, Louisa. As a second generation missionary, Luther H. and Louisa, along with other missionaries, both white and Hawaiian, promptly left for a mission to Micronesia. They first arrived at Kusaie (now known as Kosrae, in the Caroline Islands archipelago), then moved on to Ponape where they would remain until late 1858, moving to the Marshall Islands briefly before returning to Honolulu and then the United States. They returned to Hawaii in 1864 and Halsey, as his daughter Frances and others would call him, worked briefly with Henry Whitney, Hawaii's first postmaster general, as the editor of Whitney's recently established Hawaiian language paper Ka Nupepa Ku'oko'a.
Realized: $2,000
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Hawaii, 1856 Salt Lake City, Utah to Honolulu, Sandwich Islands, blue "Salt Lake City, Utah T., Jan 1" cds on U.S. 1855, 6¢ Nesbitt entire (U14) addressed to "Orson K. Whitney, Care of John T. Caine, Honolulu, Sandwich Islands", the 6¢ entire paid the double-weight prepaid rate to San Francisco, with the recipient charged 10¢ (double the 5¢ rate) on delivery in Hawaii, docketing at left indicates receipt on March 2, 1856 and the sender was John Whitney, Orson's brother, John T. Caine was a Mormon Elder stationed on Oahu from mid-1854 to Aug. 1856; top flap missing, hinge reinforcements on backside, F.-V.F.Estimate $500 - 750.
Orson Whitney was a member of the first company of Mormon missionaries to arrive in Hawaii in 1855.
Carried on the Chorpening Contract route from Salt Lake City to Los Angeles/San Pedro (dep. SLC Jan. 1,1856; arr. Los Angeles Jan. 28). This cover's journey west to Hawaii from San Francisco was likely on the American ship Helena (dep. SF Feb. 15, 1856; arr. Honolulu Feb. 29).
Realized: $1,450
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Hawaii, 1857 Bangor, Me. to Honolulu, Sandwich Islands, cover franked with U.S. 1855, 10¢ green, type III, horizontal strip of three (15) clear to mostly large margins, tied by light Bangor, Me. cds, manuscript "June 9th-'57" docketing; few small cover edge nicks at upper right, still Very Fine; signed Ashbrook, with 1991 P.F. certificate.Estimate $2,000 - 3,000.
A VERY RARE TRIPLE RATE COVER TO HAWAII PAID WITH THE 1851 10¢ GREEN STRIP OF 3.
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Hawaii, 1857 Valparaiso, Chile to Honolulu, Hawaii, folded letter datelined "Valpaiso Februar 14, 1857" addressed to San Francisco for to Messrs. Krull & Moll in Honolulu, reverse with "Valparaiso, Feb 16, 1857" British P.O. cds, front with red crayon "1/" rating and red "Paid To, Panama" two-line handstamp and "20" due handstamp, Very Fine, a scarce British mail usage from Valparaiso via San Francisco.Estimate $500 - 750.
Realized: $850