Lot
3041 
Hawaii, 1861, 5¢ blue, thin bluish paper, left margins single with clear to huge margin showing part of adjacent stamp at top, faint corner crease, tied by red "Honolulu, Hawaiian-Islands, Nov 23" cds on cover to Brooklyn, N.Y., clear "San Francisco, Cal., Dec 5, 1861" cds with matching "Ship" straight line and "12" rate handstamps; cover with a couple opening edge nicks expertly restored at top, otherwise Very Fine, ex-Meyers; with 1976 R.P.S. and 1980 P.F. certificates (neither mentioning repairs). Scott Nos. 9 Estimate $2,000 - 3,000.
AN ATTRACTIVE EXAMPLE OF THE 1861 5¢ KAMEHAMEHA III ISSUE TIED ON COVER.
This cover was carried aboard the American bark "Comet" departing Honolulu on November 23rd 1861 and arriving in San Francisco on December 4th.
Realized: $4,250