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Sale 108: The Westpex Sale

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Hawaii - 1893 Provisional Govt. Issues

Lot 2715    

Hawaii, 1893, Provisional Govt., 6¢ green, black overprint, large part o.g., decent centering, fresh gum and strong color, vertical crease, Fine, one sheet of 50 was issued; with 2004 P.S.E. certificate.
Scott Nos. 66C    $15,000.

A SCARCE MINT EXAMPLE OF THE RARE 1893 6¢ BLACK OVERPRINT ERROR, ONLY ONE SHEET OF 50 WAS ISSUED.

Two errors of the 1893 Provisional Government Overprint Issues were made. One sheet of the 10¢ Red Brown, normally overprinted in black, was overprinted in red (Scott 61B). One sheet of the 6¢ Green, normally overprinted in red, was overprinted in black (Scott 66C). According to an affidavit by Louis T. Kenake, clerk of the Stamp Division of the Republic of Hawaii, the 10¢ sheet was issued to the postmaster at Kahuka, Oahu (Meyer-Harris, proof. 240). The 6¢ sheet was purchased by Postmaster Jos. M. Oat and sometime around 1901 most of it was sold to dealer J. H. Makins, probably on behalf of Henry J. Crocker. The San Francisco earthquake is said to have destroyed a number of examples of both the overprint errors, realized $11,000 in our 2004 auction.

Realized: $7,250

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