Lot
3076 
Hawaii, 1859, 2¢ light blue on bluish white, plate 3-A, type V, position 5, full to large margins, tied by red "Postage Paid" in oval handstamp on large part of cover to "Na Lui Epikopo" at the Catholic Mission in Honolulu, carried on an inter-island schooner and canceled upon arrival at Honolulu; stamp has faint diagonal crease at bottom right, Very Fine appearance, ex-Aall and Twigg-Smith; with 1988 Holcombe and 2007 P.F. certificates. Scott Nos. 13; $12,500 on cover Estimate $5,000 - 7,500.
A RARE EXAMPLE OF THE 1859 2¢ BLUE NUMERAL ISSUE TIED ON COVER BY THE RED "POSTAGE PAID" OVAL.
Very few 1859 2¢ Blue Numeral Issue covers have the stamp tied by the red "Postage Paid" oval cancel.
Realized: $4,500