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

**Numeral Issue (2c Black on Greenish Blue, Scott 14)**
Lot	Sym.	Lot Description
367°		1862, 2c Black, Greenish Blue (14). Plate 3-Gx, Type VIII (Westerberg Position 8), unused (no gum), large to huge margins, bright "Robin's Egg" Blue paper and crisp impression EXTREMELY FINE. A STUNNING UNUSED EXAMPLE OF THE 1862 2-CENT NUMERAL ON GREENISH BLUE PAPER. A DIFFICULT ISSUE TO FIND IN SUCH WONDERFUL CONDITION. Ex Caspary and Lilly (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	8,000.00 SOLD for $7,500.00 Will close during Public Auction
368°		1862, 2c Black, Greenish Blue (14). Plate 3-Gx, Type V (Westerberg Position 5), unused (no gum), large even margins all around, bright paper shade and sharp impression EXTREMELY FINE AND BEAUTIFUL UNUSED EXAMPLE OF THE 1862 2-CENT NUMERAL ON GREENISH BLUE PAPER. A SUPERB STAMP IN EVERY RESPECT. Our Honolulu Advertiser sale contained only three unused examples of this stamp, none with original gum, and only one was sound. The Pietsch sale contained two sound copies, both without gum. We have only offered two with original gum since keeping computerized records. Ex Ferrary, Caspary and Tows. Purple Ferrary trefoil backstamp. (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	8,000.00 SOLD for $6,500.00 Will close during Public Auction
369°		1862, 2c Black, Greenish Blue (14). Plate 3-Gx, Type V (Westerberg Position 5), unused (no gum), large even margins, intense shade and impression on bright "Robin's Egg" Blue paper, light corner crease at bottom left (truly negligible) EXTREMELY FINE APPEARANCE. A STUNNING UNUSED EXAMPLE OF THE 1862 2-CENT NUMERAL ON GREENISH BLUE PAPER. Backstamped. With 1969 P.F. certificate. (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	8,000.00 SOLD for $5,000.00 Will close during Public Auction
370°		1862, 2c Black, Greenish Blue (14). Plate 3-Gx, Type VII (Westerberg Position 7), unused (no gum), large even margins all around, faint horizontal crease at bottom entirely in margin and well clear of design (could be trimmed -- graded by us as if it were) VERY FINE AND CHOICE. A SCARCE UNUSED EXAMPLE OF THE 1862 2-CENT NUMERAL ON GREENISH BLUE PAPER. Ex Tows and Ishikawa. (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	8,000.00 SOLD for $5,000.00 Will close during Public Auction
371°		1862, 2c Black, Greenish Blue (14). Plate 3-Gx, Type V (Westerberg Position 5), huge margins to clear at lower left corner, cancelled by red square grid and tied by matching rim of circular datestamp on small piece, tiny pinhole in margin at extreme bottom left well away from design VERY FINE. A HANDSOME EXAMPLE OF THE RARE 1862 2-CENT NUMERAL ON GREENISH BLUE PAPER CANCELLED IN RED. Used examples of the 2c on Greenish Blue are much more desirable cancelled in red. (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	5,750.00 SOLD for $6,500.00 Will close during Public Auction
372°		1862, 2c Black, Greenish Blue (14). Plate 3-Gx, Type I (Westerberg Position 3), ample even margins, bright paper shade, neat strike of bluish-black Lahaina circular datestamp, trivial natural inclusion at top right not mentioned on accompanying certificate VERY FINE. AN ATTRACTIVE EXAMPLE OF THE RARE 1862 2-CENT NUMERAL ON GREENISH BLUE PAPER, CANCELLED BY THE LAHAINA DATESTAMP. Ex Ferrary (purple trefoil backstamp). With 1975 P.F. certificate (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	5,750.00 SOLD for $4,250.00 Will close during Public Auction
373°		1862, 2c Black, Greenish Blue (14). Plate 3-Gx, Type VII (Westerberg Position 7), ample even margins all around, intense shade and impression, bold strike of bluish-black Lahaina circular datestamp VERY FINE. A RARE SOUND USED EXAMPLE OF THE 1862 2-CENT NUMERAL ON GREENISH BLUE PAPER, CANCELLED BY THE LAHAINA DATESTAMP. A striking used example of this rare Numeral Issue. (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	5,750.00 SOLD for $4,500.00 Will close during Public Auction
374°		1862, 2c Black, Greenish Blue (14). Plate 3-Gx, Type III (Westerberg Position 1), large to huge margins, bright paper shade and sharp impression, manuscript "X" cancel EXTREMELY FINE. A BEAUTIFUL USED EXAMPLE OF THE RARE 1862 2-CENT NUMERAL ON GREENISH BLUE PAPER. Ex Ishikawa. (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	5,750.00 SOLD for $4,750.00 Will close during Public Auction
375°		1862, 2c Black, Greenish Blue (14). Plate 3-Gx, Type IX (Westerberg Position 9), large to huge margins, bold manuscript "X" cancel EXTREMELY FINE EXAMPLE OF THE 1862 2-CENT NUMERAL ON GREENISH BLUE PAPER. This stamp has the classic "Robin's Egg" Blue paper shade of the 1862 printing from Plate 3-Gx. (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	5,750.00 SOLD for $4,000.00 Will close during Public Auction
376°		1862, 2c Black, Greenish Blue (14). Plate 3-Gx, Type VII (Westerberg Position 7), huge margins to full at top right, tied by manuscript "X" cancel on small orange piece VERY FINE AND CHOICE USED EXAMPLE OF THE 1862 2-CENT NUMERAL ON GREENISH BLUE PAPER. Ex Middendorf (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	5,750.00 SOLD for $2,500.00 Will close during Public Auction
377°		1862, 2c Black, Greenish Blue (14). Plate 3-Gx, Type IV (Westerberg Position 4), huge margins to ample at left, tied by manuscript "X" on small orange piece, minor wrinkling in far margin at right only VERY FINE EXAMPLE OF THE 1862 2-CENT NUMERAL ON GREENISH BLUE PAPER. Most pen-cancelled examples of Scott 14 on pieces or fronts come from the Bishop correspondence. Ex Middendorf and Ishikawa. (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	5,750.00 SOLD for $2,200.00 Will close during Public Auction

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