Sale 65: The Gary Peters Collection of Hawaii

Lot 683    

Postal Card, 1882, 2¢ Black, addressed to London, England, uprated with 1878, 1¢ violet tied by target handstamp, red "Honolulu, Hawaii, Nov 30" cds and "London, De 31, 83" duplex receiver; some tone spots, F.-V.F., believed to be the earliest known usage of a 2¢ postal card addressed to a European destination.
Scott No. UX2+30b    Estimate $500 - 750.

Realized: $375

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Lot 684    

Postal Card, 1893, 1¢ Red on Buff, locally addressed and canceled by "Honolulu, H.I., Aug 28, 1893" First Day of Issue duplex postmark, Very Fine and scarce.
Scott No. UX5    Estimate $200 - 300.

Realized: $260

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Lot 685    

Postal Card, 1897, 1¢ Red & 2¢ Green Postal Cards, Larger Border Frame, unaddressed cards; each with "Waipahu, Oahu, Jun 13, 1900" Last Day for the usage of Hawaiian stamps duplex cancel (255.9a1); some toning on face of 2¢, otherwise Very Fine.
Scott No. UX8a-UX9a    Estimate $200 - 300.

Realized: $400

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Lot 686    

Postal Card, 1894, 1¢ Red on Buff, addressed to Livonia, Russia, canceled by "Honolulu, H.I., Jun 8, 1900" duplex postmark, San Francisco transit and receiving postmark on front, reverse with "This a one cent Hawaiian Postal Card" notation and purple "Depty P.M.G. and Sec'y. General Post Office." and "Honolulu" handstamps, Very Fine, an unusual and rare 1¢ postal card usage to Russia.
Scott No. UX8    Estimate $200 - 300.

Realized: $300

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Lot 687    

Postal Card, 1894, 1¢ Red on Buff, two cards to Germany; one uprated with 1894, 1¢ yellow (74) for the 2¢ post card rate and tied by "Honolulu, H.I., Sep 8, 1894" duplex, however received the "T/15 Centimes" due handstamp; other uprated with 1894, 2¢ brown (75) for a 1¢ overpayment and tied by "Honolulu, H.I., Oct 8, 1894" duplex, however received the "T/10 Centimes" due handstamp, Very Fine and unusual.
Scott No. UX8    Estimate $200 - 300.

Realized: $180

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Lot 688    

Postal Card, 1894, 2¢ Green, entire to Alpena, W.Va., canceled by "Lihue, Hawaii, Nov 27, 1897" origin duplex and Honolulu transit postmarks, Victoria B.C. transit cds, reverse with multicolor handpainted Moon at Island Seaside illustration; vertical crease, F.-V.F.
Scott No. UX9    Estimate $200 - 300.

Realized: $350

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Lot 689    

Postal Card, 1897, 2¢ Green, Larger Border Frame, mint entire, reverse with printed blue wash photograph of Flock of Gulls and inscription "Laysan Isl., Guano Field", some tone spots on front, otherwise Very Fine, an extremely rare printed photo picture on a 1897 2¢ postal card, only three other similar photo postal cards are recorded.
Scott No. UX9a    Estimate $750 - 1,000.

A used example with different printed blue wash photograph image sold in our December 2010 sale (sale 40) for $2,700 hammer.

Realized: $750

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Lot 690    

Paid Reply Postal Card, 1883, 1¢+1¢ Purple on Buff, solid & unfolded, fresh and Extremely Fine, scarce in this condition.
Scott No. UY1    $400.

Realized: $160

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Lot 691    

Paid Reply Postal Card, 1883, 2¢+2¢ Dark Blue, message card addressed to Berlin, Germany, canceled by target with "Honolulu, H.I., Jul 3, 1888" origin cds, San Francisco transit and Hackfeld & Co. corner card handstamp at lower left, with original unused reply card which since has been detached, otherwise Very Fine, a scarce overseas commercial usage of a Paid-Reply card.
Scott No. UY2m-r    Estimate $200 - 300.

Realized: $200

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