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Hawaii, U.S. 1851, 3¢ dull red, horizontal pair, margins large to just in at top right, tied by "San Francisco, Cal., Jun 15" cds with matching "Paid" handstamp, on cover to Andover, Mass., red "Honolulu, U.S. Postage Paid, May 13" cds (236.05), Very Fine and attractive.Scott No. U.S. 11A Estimate $500 - 750.
Carried by American bark "Wavelet" from Honolulu May 16th 1854 to San Francisco arriving June 8th. Postmarked at San Francisco on June 16th for east coast.
Current Opening Bid: $250
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48
Hawaii, U.S. 1857, 12¢ black, tied by "San Francisco, Cal, Jun 11, 1861" cds on 1861 cover addressed to Miss Annie E. Bond in Boston, Mass., red "Honolulu, U.S. Postage Paid, May 20" cds (242.03), red "Boston, Mass., Jul 4" cds for forwarding to Waltham with "Due 3 cents" handstamp, contemporary docketing on left side of cover, Very Fine, ex-Golden.Scott No. U.S. 36B Estimate $750 - 1,000.
ONE OF ONLY A FEW RECORDED COVERS VIA PANAMA BETWEEN CLOSURE OF THE BUTTERFIELD SOUTHERN OVERLAND ROUTE AND THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE CENTRAL ROUTE.
As the Central overland route wasn't yet the default route for East coast mail, and with the southern route closed, this letter was sent via Panama for a relatively quick 3 week transit time from San Francisco to Boston.---The 'care/of' designee, G.W. Bond Co., was a wool business in Boston founded by George William Bond in 1848. He used the outside of the envelope to write a message to both Annie and H.F. Bond (his younger brother Henry Frederick Bond) in Waltham, about the recent passing of "Grandmother May", referring to the mother of his first wife, Sophia Augusta May. He signed the message simply "G.B."
Carried on the American bark "Yankee" (dep. Honolulu May 20; arr. S.F. June 4) for the Panama route.
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Current Opening Bid: $650
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49
Hawaii, U.S. 1861, 10¢ green, over Honolulu postmark and canceled by cog-wheel handstamp duplexed with "San Francisco, Cal, Aug 11, 1864" cds with full strike at upper right, on cover to North Brookfield, Mass., red "Honolulu, U.S. Postage Paid" cds; some light cover soiling, still Very Fine; with 1996 P.F. certificate.Scott No. U.S. 68 Estimate $300 - 400.
Current Opening Bid: $260
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50
Hawaii, U.S. 1861, 10¢ green, vertical strip of three, in combination with U.S. 1861, 1¢ blue, two singles + 3¢ rose, vertical pair (61, 65) on 1865 cover via Prussian closed mail to Neuchatel, Switzerland, forwarded to Wavre (now known as Thielle-Wavre), all tied by San Francisco target handstamps, matching "San Francisco, Cal., Apr 21, 1865" cds, red "Honolulu, U.S. Postage Paid, Apr 3" cds (242.03), lightly struck red "New York, Br. Pkt., Paid, May 23" datestamp, with red "12" handstamp for the 12¢ credit to Prussia for its portion of the international rate, blue boxed "Aachen 6 6, Franco" handstamp showing date of Prussian entry (June 6), blue ink manuscript "wfr 2" for charge (in silbergroschen, about 5¢ total) to carry the letter across the German-Austrian Postal Union to the Swiss border, a large red crayon "6" just to the right indicating the Swiss charge (in kreuzers, about 3¢ total) for its inland rate, multiple (5 different) Swiss backstamps, ultimately forwarded to the village of Wavre located at the northeast end of Lake Neuchatel; couple small stamp flaws, Very Fine, ex-Christian; with 2000 P.F. certificate.Scott No. U.S. 68 Estimate $7,500 - 10,000.
ONLY RECORDED HAWAII COVER TO SWITZERLAND VIA PRUSSIAN CLOSED MAIL---A SPECTACULAR 3-COLOR US FRANKING FROM HAWAII TO SWITZERLAND.
The 38¢ total franking overpaid, by 3¢, the 33¢ Prussian closed mail rate to Switzerland plus 2¢ ship fee. The Hawaii 5¢ foreign rate was paid in cash or charged to the account of the sender. The 3¢ overpayment suggests that the sender was unaware that the 3¢ US transcontinental postage was included in the 33¢ international rate.
References: Discussed in Gregory's "Hawaii Foreign Mail to 1870", Vol. II, pg. 281; illustrated in Coburn's "Letters of Gold", pg. 75.
Current Opening Bid: $6,500
Lot
51
Hawaii, U.S. 1861, 10¢ green, vertical pair, in combination with U.S. 1861, 3¢ rose, two singles (65) on 1865 cover to Hartford, England, all tied by target handstamps with matching "San Francisco, Cal., Jul 18, 1865" cds, the 26¢ total paying the 24¢ trans-Atlantic service plus 2¢ ship fee, red "Honolulu, U.S. Postage Paid, Jun 28" cds (242.03), with "Consulate of the United States, Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands" imprint at top right, Hawaii 5¢ foreign rate was likely charged to the Consulate's account, red "New York, Am. Pkt., 3, Aug 26" exchange cds reflecting the 3¢ credit to Britain for their inland postage, Hartlepool receiving postmark on reverse dated Sept. 8; some light allover toning, F.-V.F., ex-Advertiser & Pietsch.Scott No. U.S. 68 Estimate $3,000 - 4,000.
VERY RARE EARLY USAGE OF A CONSULATE IMPRINT COVER FROM HAWAII - ONE OF EIGHT RECORDED COVERS SENT TO BRITAIN DURING THE 24¢ TRANSATLANTIC RATE PERIOD.
From July 1, 1863 to Dec. 31, 1867, a single letter to Great Britain posted anywhere in the United States cost 24¢ per 1/2 ounce. From Hawaii a single letter cost 24¢ plus 5¢ for the Hawaii foreign rate, plus 2¢ ship fee, for a total of 31¢. The ship fee would be eliminated on Hawaii mail sent beyond the United States, so-called "through letters", in August 1866, with the exception of mail sent to Canada.
Carried on the American bark "Onward" (dep. Honolulu June 28, 1865; arr. S.F. July 17) for the overland route, then from New York on the Inman Line steamship "Etna" (dep. N.Y. Aug. 26; arr. Queenstown Sept. 6, Liverpool Sept. 7).
Current Opening Bid: $2,400
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52
Hawaii, U.S. 1861, 12¢ black, tied by cogwheel handstamp with matching "San Francisco, Cal., Feb 12, 1863" cds alongside, on cover with red blue and gold Eagle & Shield Union patriotic design with "The Union, it must and shall be preserved" printed in gold printing below, red "Honolulu, U.S. Postage Paid, Jan 24" cds (242.03), receipt docketing at left "Rec. Mar. 13th, '63", cover addressed to "Miss Julia A. Gulick, Care of A. Merwin Esq., Bible House, Astor Plac(e), New York City", carried on the American bark Comet (dep. Honolulu Jan. 25, 1863; arr. S.F. Feb 10) for the overland mail; cover slightly reduced at right, ex-Haas, Paliafito, Kramer & Vogel.Scott No. U.S. 69 Estimate $7,500 - 10,000.
A STUNNING CIVIL WAR PATRIOTIC USED FROM HAWAII - ONE OF FIVE RECORDED PATRIOTIC COVERS FROM HAWAII.
The 12¢ US stamp paid the 10¢ intercontinental rate plus the 2¢ ship fee. The Hawaiian foreign rate (5¢) was paid in cash by the sender, or charged to their account. Most of the American missionaries in Hawaii were from New England, abhorred slavery and were supportive of the Union cause.---The addressee, Julia Gulick, was the youngest of 8 children, and the only daughter, of Rev. Peter and Fanny Gulick, missionaries with the 3rd Company that arrived in Honolulu from Boston on March 30, 1828. Julia, born on Kauai in 1845, would have been 17 years old at the time of this letter, with some evidence suggesting she was attending the Union Theological Seminary in the Chelsea area of Manhattan. Thirteen years later, after having returned to Hawaii, she would move to Japan with her ailing parents in 1874 and become an ABCFM missionary there, with her brother Orramel, while living in central and southern Japan. She returned to Hawaii in 1907.
Current Opening Bid: $3,750
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53
Hawaii, U.S. 1861, 12¢ black, in combination with U.S. 1861, 1¢ blue + 3¢ rose, vertical strip of three (62, 65) on 1862 cover to Waynesburg, Pa., used for the 22¢ double-weight rate from Hawaii to the eastern United States (1x10¢ + 2¢ ship fee), with the 10¢ (2x5¢) Hawaii foreign rate paid in cash, there is evidence of a manuscript "Paid" marking beneath the 1¢ blue stamp, and a red crayon "22" beneath the middle stamp in the 3¢ strip suggesting the cover originated at a "country" office other than Honolulu, canceled by cogwheel handstamps with matching "San Francisco, Cal., Aug 8, 1861" cds, red "Honolulu, U.S. Postage Paid, Jul 16" cds (422.03), Very Fine, ex-Vogel; with 1981 P.F. certificate.Scott No. U.S. 69 Estimate $5,000 - 7,500.
VERY RARE AND ATTRACTIVE 3-COLOR COMBINATION OF STAMPS USED ON A DOUBLE RATE COVER FROM HAWAII.
The use of multiple denominations to make up the single- or double-weight rates from Hawaii to the U.S. is very uncommon.
Carried on the American ship "Speedwell" (dep. Honolulu July 16; arr. S.F. Aug. 7) for conveyance on the central overland route from San Francisco.
Current Opening Bid: $2,500
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54
Hawaii, U.S. 1861, 12¢ black, tied by cogwheel cancel on cover to Brooklyn N.Y. from the Murdock correspondence, bold red "Honolulu, U.S. Postage Paid, Jan 24" cds, "San Francisco Cal., Feb 12, 1862" cds; cover reduced and sealed tear at left, otherwise Very Fine, an attractive use of the U.S. 1861 12¢ issue on Hawaiian mail.Scott No. U.S. 69 Estimate $400 - 600.
Current Opening Bid: $350
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55
Hawaii, U.S. 1861, 12¢ black, in combination with U.S. 1863, 2¢ black (73) with thread-like scuff, on 1866 cover to Bangor, Maine, for the quadruple-weight rate (4x3¢) plus 2¢ ship fee, each stamp canceled cogwheel handstamp with 12¢ stamp tied at left, matching "San Francisco, Cal., Mar 12" cds, red "Honolulu, U.S. Postage Paid, Feb 17" cds (242.03), various red crayon rate makings applied at Honolulu, "9" crossed out (for triple-weight), manuscript docketing at left indicates enclosure was datelined Feb 14, 1866, addressed to Mrs. Frederick Hobbs, additional docketing at bottom indicates receipt on April 7, 1866, Very Fine.Scott No. U.S. 69 Estimate $3,000 - 4,000.
POSSIBLY UNIQUE FRANKING FOR A QUADRUPLE RATE COVER FROM HAWAII.
The address is written in the hand of Mrs. Elisha Allen, the wife of the Chief Justice of Hawaii's Supreme Court. Mr. Allen also served as Hawaii's Minister to the United States, from 1856 until his death in 1883. The addressee, Mrs. Frederick (Mary Jane Coombs) Hobbs, was the adoptive mother of Mrs. Allen (Mary Harrod Hobbs Allen).
Carried on the American bark "Smyrniote" (dep. Honolulu Feb. 17; arr. S.F. Mar. 10) for the overland mail.
Current Opening Bid: $1,500
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56
Hawaii, U.S. 1861, 30¢ orange, in combination with U.S. 1861, 1¢ blue (63) on 1866 cover via Prussian closed mail to Copenhagen, Denmark, applied on top of red crayon "31 c" and top portion of Honolulu postmark, canceled by San Francisco cogwheel handstamps, matching "San Francisco, Cal., Jan 4" cds, red "Honolulu, U.S. Postage Paid, Dec 15" cds (242.03), red "New York, Am. Pkt., Feb 2" exchange cds, with red "10" in circle handstamp for the 10¢ credit to Prussia for its portion of the international rate, blue boxed "Aachen 14 2, Franco" handstamp showing date of Prussian entry (Feb. 14), blue script "Wfr 11/4" handstamp on reverse indicating the 11/4 silbergroschen (about 3¢) postage from Prussia to Denmark was paid, sender's manuscript directive at top "Comet"; some light cover toning and 1¢ with small nick at left, otherwise Very Fine, ex-Aall & Omdahl; with 1999 P.F. certificate.Scott No. U.S. 71 Estimate $10,000 - 15,000.
ONE OF ONLY THREE RECORDED USAGES OF THE 1861 30¢ ORANGE FROM HAWAII, AND THE UNIQUE PRUSSIAN CLOSED MAIL USAGE TO DENMARK.
Carried on the American bark "Comet" (dep. Honolulu Dec. 15, 1866; arr. S.F. Jan. 3, 1867) for the overland mail to New York, then by American packet ship "Germania" (Inman Line, dep. N.Y. Feb. 2; arr. Southampton Feb. 13) then by usual transport to Aachen. The 31¢ total franking paid the 31¢ Prussian closed mail rate to Switzerland. The Hawaii 5¢ foreign rate was likely paid in cash, or charged to the account of the sender. The 3¢ US transcontinental postage was included in the 31¢ international rate, and, except for Canadian destinations, no ship fee was charged on international through mail from Hawaii after August, 1866.
The three recorded 1861 30c usages from Hawaii are:
1. May 18, 1865 to Saxony, Germany, single 30c paying the 28c Prussian closed mail rate to Germany plus 2¢ ship fee, ex-Brigham, Jessup, Haas, Paliafito, Martin, and Bailar.
2. Dec. 15, 1866 to Copenhagen, Denmark, with 30c and 1c paying the Prussian closed mail rate to Denmark (no ship fee), ex-Tows, Aall, DuPuy, Omdahl, and Malmgren (the cover offered here). Illustrated and discussed in Gregory's "Hawaii Foreign Mail to 1870", Vol. II, pg. 279-280; Fig. 17-143.
3. Sep. 25, 1867 to San Francisco with 30c paying the triple-weight 10¢ steamship rate, ex-Honolulu Advertiser, and Peters.
Current Opening Bid: $5,000