The David Golden Collection of Hawaiian Stamps and Postal History continued...

**Royal Family and Official Mail**
Lot	Sym.	Lot Description
104°		Kamehameha III. Embossed seal depicting a central crown, anchor, ship, Hawaiian language and "K. III." at bottom, struck at top left on one-page 1847 survey written in Hawaiian language and with drawing at bottom, toning and splits along folds, Fine (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. 1,000-1,500 CLOSED Will close during Public Auction
105°		Kamehameha V. Free frank "K" at lower left of legal-size cover addressed to "Wm. Webster Esq., His Majesty's Land Agent, Honolulu", manuscript "Free" and "By Express Mail" at top, Dec. 20, 1861 receipt docketing, some wear and soiling, few small edge tears, still Very Fine, ex Van Dyke (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. 1,500-2,000 CLOSED Will close during Public Auction
106°		Kamehameha V. Free frank "KV" on cover addressed in his hand "To Her Majesty/The Queen./&c &c &c/Kailua" with "Free" at top, Queen Emma was at Hulihee Palace in Kona when this letter (no longer accompanies), dated Honolulu May 14, 1868, was written, throughout the mid-1800s the royal family and other key officials within the Kingdom had the privilege of free franking, Fine and very scarce royal frank, ex Van Dyke and Honolulu Advertiser (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. 1,500-2,000 SOLD for $2,100.00 Will close during Public Auction
107°		Kamehameha V. Free frank "KV" on cover addressed in his hand "To Her Majesty The Queen" with "Free" at upper right, embossed royal seal on flap, slightly reduced at right, some overall soiling, still Very Fine, ex Van Dyke (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. 1,000-1,500 SOLD for $1,300.00 Will close during Public Auction
108°		Queen Emma. Mourning cover addressed in her hand to "The Right Honourable & Right Reverend The Bishop of Honolulu, Care of P.O., 5 Park Place, St. James St., London, England", red "Honolulu U.S. Postage Paid Oct. 13" (1868) circular datestamp, red "2" San Francisco credit handstamp overstruck by "SHIP" handstamp, "San Francisco Cal. Nov. 7" duplex datestamp, London "Paid" receiving datestamp (Dec. 10), missing top flap and some slight wear, still Very Fine and scarce use to England addressed by Queen Emma, the San Francisco "2" handstamp was required by the 1868 U.S. Postal Convention with Great Britain on each letter originating outside the United States and addressed to the United Kingdom, it is rarely seen on Hawaiian mail, ex C. F. Richards (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. 1,000-1,500 SOLD for $1,200.00 Will close during Public Auction
109°		Hawaii Autographs and Ephemera Balance. Nine items, incl. signed portraits of Kalakaua and Kapiolani, 1887 invitation from Mayor of Boston to meet Queen Kapiolani and Princess Liliuokalani, also receipt for quarterly payment of postage from Queen Emma from June 30, 1877, also signed order from Queen Emma to pay Hiram Kalanawai $400, overall Fine-Very Fine, fascinating group Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. 200-300 SOLD for $1,300.00 Will close during Public Auction
110°		Robert C. Wyllie. Free frank "Department of Foreign Relations Kamehameha R. C. Wyllie" on legal-size cover to Joel Turrill in Oswego N.Y., red "Honolulu Hawaiian-Islands Nov. 8" (1856) circular datestamp, "San Francisco Cal. 5 Dec." circular datestamp and "Ship 22" double-rate handstamp, carried on the bark Yankee, which departed Honolulu Nov. 8 and arrived in San Francisco Nov. 23, minor wear, Very Fine, ex Wiltsee (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. 500-750 SOLD for $1,600.00 Will close during Public Auction
111°		Collectors Office Hilo, Hawaii. Oval handstamp with ornament struck in watery brown ink on unsealed cover from Rev. David Lyman to his son in Kau, manuscript endorsement "Business of Interior D.B.L." at bottom left, small bleach mark at top left from removal of stain, Fine and very scarce, ex Honolulu Advertiser (Image)	E. 500-750 CLOSED Will close during Public Auction
112°		On His Majesty's Service, Department of Interior. Imprint cover initialled at lower left and addressed to Honolulu, some slight wear incl. few minor insect nibblings, still Very Fine and scarce, from the Kalakaua period, ex Van Dyke (with his backstamp) (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. 200-300 SOLD for $300.00 Will close during Public Auction
113°		G.P.O. Honolulu Paid All Apr. 1. Red double-circle datestamp on yellow cover to Mrs. Nathan W. Wood in Westport Mass., red San Francisco transit backstamp (Apr. 13), slightly reduced at right, some wear, still Fine, no evidence of stamp, presumably free on post office business, ex Tows (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. 200-300 SOLD for $130.00 Will close during Public Auction

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