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

EXTREMELY FINE. A SCARCE UNCANCELLED EXAMPLE OF THE 1857 5-CENT ON 13-CENT PROVISIONAL SURCHARGE USED ON PIECE WITH THE UNITED STATES 12-CENT 1851 ISSUE.

The 5c provisional surcharge was necessary due to a shortage of 5c stamps just after the transition from Postmaster Whitney to Jackson. Most were made by Jackson's clerk, Alvah Clark, around the start of 1857. New supplies of the 5c stamp (Scott No. 8) were received at the end of June 1857.

Signed Bloch. Scott Retail as unused (Image)

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VERY FINE. A SPECTACULAR AND RARE EXAMPLE OF THE HAWAII 1857 5-CENT ON 13-CENT PROVISIONAL SURCHARGE ISSUE USED ON COVER WITH THE UNITED STATES ONE-CENT 1851 AND 10-CENT 1855 ISSUES. ONLY THREE COVERS ARE RECORDED WITH THIS FRANKING.

This cover was carried on the bark Yankee, which departed Honolulu on Oct. 6, 1857, and arrived in San Francisco on Oct. 22. From there it was carried to Panama on the Golden Gate, which departed on Nov. 5 and arrived on Nov. 19. After crossing the isthmus, it was carried from Aspinwall on the Northern Light, which departed on Nov. 21 and arrived in New York on Nov. 29 after a stop in Havana.

The 5c provisional surcharge was necessary due to a shortage of 5c stamps just after the transition from Postmaster Whitney to Jackson. Most were made by Jackson's clerk, Alvah Clark, around the start of 1857. New supplies of the 5c stamp (Scott No. 8) were received at the end of June 1857.

The Gregory census lists 18 covers with the 5c on 13c surcharge. Seven covers are mixed frankings with the 10c 1855 Issue, and of these, only three have an additional pair of 1c 1851 stamps to prepay the 10c rate plus 2c ship fee.

The addressee, Darius A. Ogden, was a prominent resident of Penn Yan, New York. In 1855 Ogden was appointed by President Franklin Pierce to be U.S. Consul at Honolulu. Ogden returned from Hawaii in 1857, presumably in time to receive this cover and the cover offered in the following lot.

Gregory Census No. 7-15. With 1954 P.F. certificate in Mr. Golden's name and offered to the market for the first time in 57 years. (Image)

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VERY FINE. AN EXTREMELY RARE MIXED FRANKING WITH THE 1857 5-CENT PROVISIONAL ISSUE AND UNITED STATES 10-CENT 1855 ISSUE. ONLY TWO COVERS ARE RECORDED WITH THE 5-CENT SURCHARGE USED WITH A SINGLE 10-CENT 1855 ISSUE AND NO OTHER STAMPS.

This cover was carried on the French man-of-war Pourseverante, which departed Honolulu on Oct. 18 and arrived in San Francisco on Nov. 4. From there it was carried in the same mail as the cover to Ogden offered in the previous lot: from San Francisco to Panama on the Golden Gate, which departed on Nov. 5 and arrived on Nov. 19, and from Aspinwall on the Northern Light, which departed on Nov. 21 and arrived in New York on Nov. 29 after a stop in Havana.

The 5c provisional surcharge was necessary due to a shortage of 5c stamps just after the transition from Postmaster Whitney to Jackson. Most were made by Jackson's clerk, Alvah Clark, around the start of 1857. New supplies of the 5c stamp (Scott No. 8) were received at the end of June 1857.

The Gregory census lists 18 covers with the 5c on 13c surcharge. Seven covers are mixed frankings with the 10c 1855 Issue, and of these, one other has only a 10c stamp (addressed to Persia). On both covers the 2c ship fee was paid in cash and accounted for between Honolulu and San Francisco.

The addressee, Darius A. Ogden, was a prominent resident of Penn Yan, New York. In 1855 Ogden was appointed by President Franklin Pierce to be U.S. Consul at Honolulu. Ogden returned from Hawaii in 1857, presumably in time to receive this cover and the cover offered in the previous lot.

Gregory Census No. 7-16. With 1963 P.F. certificate. (Image)

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EXTREMELY FINE. AN ABSOLUTELY STUNNING EXAMPLE OF THE 1857 5-CENT PROVISIONAL ISSUE USED ON A MIXED-FRANKING COVER WITH THE UNITED STATES 12-CENT 1851 ISSUE. ONE OF ONLY TWO RECORDED FORWARDED COVERS WITH THIS ISSUE.

This cover was carried on the bark Yankee, which departed Honolulu on May 21, 1857, and arrived in San Francisco on June 7. From there it was sent to Panama on the Golden Age, which departed on June 20 and arrived on July 4. It crossed the isthmus to Aspinwall on the same day and was put on the Star of the West, which departed on July 4 and arrived in New York on July 13.

The 5c provisional surcharge was necessary due to a shortage of 5c stamps just after the transition from Postmaster Whitney to Jackson. Most were made by Jackson's clerk, Alvah Clark, around the start of 1857. New supplies of the 5c stamp (Scott No. 8) were received at the end of June 1857.

Fred Gregory records a total of 18 covers bearing the 5c on 13c surcharge, including four from the Coan correspondence. The other forwarded cover is from this correspondence (ex Honolulu Advertiser).

Gregory Census No. 7-7. Ex Ferrary, Caspary and Ishikawa. With 1981 P.F. certificate (Image)

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VERY FINE. A MAGNIFICENT HAWAIIAN MIXED-FRANKING COVER WITH THE 1857 5-CENT ON 13-CENT PROVISIONAL SURCHARGE AND UNITED STATES 12-CENT 1851 ISSUE.

This cover was carried on the bark Yankee, which departed Honolulu on Mar. 11, 1857, and arrived in San Francisco on Apr. 3. From there it was sent to Panama on the Golden Gate, which departed on May 5 and arrived on May 18. It crossed the isthmus to Aspinwall and was carried to New York on the Illinois, which departed on May 19 and arrived on May 28 after a stop at Kingston, Jamaica.

The 5c provisional surcharge was necessary due to a shortage of 5c stamps just after the transition from Postmaster Whitney to Jackson. Most were made by Jackson's clerk, Alvah Clark, around the start of 1857. New supplies of the 5c stamp (Scott No. 8) were received at the end of June 1857.

Fred Gregory records a total of 18 covers bearing this issue. Three of these were carried on the same trip of the Yankee, including the famous cover to Persia from our Honolulu Advertiser sale.

The addressee, Cephas Brainerd, was a partner in the New York City law firm of Ebenezer Seely and Truman Smith. He served as vice-president of the Bar Association of New York City and for 12 years was a lecturer of international law at New York University. In 1864 he successfully represented a group of African-Americans whose property had been damaged in rioting. From 1876 to 1892 he worked on a number of cases relating to the "Alabama Claims," in which money was distributed to United States maritime interests and their insurance companies in compensation for Civil War damages. Brainerd was active in the YMCA, where he served as director in New York and eventually as Secretary General of the International Committee. He advocated an evangelical emphasis and a moderate attitude towards race relations.

Gregory Census No. 7-4. Ex Matthies (Image)

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