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Sale 102: The Gary Munson Collection

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1857 King Kamehameha III Issue on Thin White Wove Paper

Lot 3033    

Hawaii, 1857, 5¢ blue, thin white paper, large margins to clear at bottom, upper left corner repaired, red "Honolulu, U.S. Postage Paid, Jul 22" cds below, used with United States 1857 1¢ blue (24, two) and 10¢ green (35), all stamps tied by "San Francisco Cal. Aug 15, 1861" cds on gold, red and blue "The Union, it must and shall be preserved" Eagle & Shield Union patriotic cover to Dubuque, Iowa, from the Zublin correspondence; some light soiling around edges and gum toning around perfs, all stamps with faults and have been lifted and reaffixed, Very Fine appearance, ex-Matthies, Ostheimer, Honolulu Advertiser and Gross; with 1971 P.F. certificate.
Scott Nos. 8    Estimate $5,000 - 7,500.

ONE OF ONLY FIVE RECORDED U.S. CIVIL WAR PATRIOTIC USES FROM HAWAII, THIS BEING THE ONLY HAWAII-UNITED STATES MIXED FRANKING USE.

This cover was carried on the American ship "Speedwell" that departed Honolulu on July 22nd 1861 to San Francisco arriving Aug. 14th. Sent overland via Placerville for the next stagecoach departure on the Central Overland Route to St. Joseph, Missouri. The Central Overland Mail Co. took over the mail contract from Butterfield when the Southern Route was jeopardized by the Civil War. Service began on July 1, 1861.

Reference: Illustrated in Gregory book on page II-78.

Realized: $13,500

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