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

**Kamehameha IV Issue (Scott 27-28) continued...**
Lot	Sym.	Lot Description
570°		1861, 2c Pale Rose, Vertically Laid (28). Three singles, two with four margins, other just in at bottom, tied on piece by strikes of unusual nine-bar oblong grid, middle stamp lightly creased before use, Fine, scarce multiple use, the cancel, which appears to have been devised for multiples, is unlisted in Meyer-Harris, ex Honolulu Advertiser (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	975.00 SOLD for $425.00 Will close during Public Auction
571°		1861, 2c Pale Rose, Vertically Laid (28). Bright color, ample to large margins, tied by bold square grid cancel, "Honolulu Hawaiian-Islands Jul. 6" circular datestamp on 13-Star United States Flag patriotic cover to Hilo, cover with back flap tears and minor soiling EXTREMELY FINE. A SPECTACULAR AND RARE USE OF THE 2-CENT 1861 KAMEHAMEHA IV ISSUE ON A PATRIOTIC COVER FROM THE COAN CORRESPONDENCE. While many patriotic covers are known used from Hawaii during the Spanish-American War period, Civil War era patriotics used from or within Hawaii are extremely rare. Our records contain just five examples as follows: 1) Eagle and Shield patriotic cover franked with 1c and 10c U.S. 1857 Issue stamps and 5c Hawaii No. 8, postmarked 1861, the earliest usage and the only mixed franking, ex Honolulu Advertiser, 2) the same Eagle and Shield design franked with a U.S. 12c 1861 Issue, postmarked Feb. 12, 1862, from our 1969 Rarities of the World Sale, ex Vogel, 3) Standing Liberty red and blue patriotic cover franked with a U.S. 12c 1861 Issue, postmarked at Honolulu on April 18, 1863, 4) 13-Star Flag patriotic cover franked with Hawaii No. 28, postmarked Jul. 6, 186?, the cover offered here, 5) inter-island cover similar to no. 4, date unknown. Other examples, if any, must be extremely few. With 1970 P.F. certificate (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. 2,000-3,000 SOLD for $3,000.00 Will close during Public Auction
572°		1861, 2c Pale Rose, Vertically Laid (28). Large margins to just clear at bottom, bright color, tied by grid cancel with matching "Honolulu Hawaiian-Islands Apr. 13" circular datestamp on small cover to Kohala, faint waterstain at top of cover and small spindle hole, otherwise Very Fine, ex Ishikawa (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. 400-500 SOLD for $500.00 Will close during Public Auction
573°		1861, 2c Pale Rose, Vertically Laid (28). Huge margins to just in at bottom left incl. portion of adjoining stamp at top, manuscript cancel and tied by square grid on Coan correspondence cover to Punahou, Oahu, endorsed "Live Yankee" and with "Dec. 25/63" pencil notation at top, barely reduced at left where opened, Very Fine (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. 200-300 SOLD for $450.00 Will close during Public Auction
574°		1863, 2c Carmine Rose, Vertically Laid (28a). Block of ten with top sheet margin, large margins other sides except just in at bottom right, original gum, disturbed on top center stamp from hinge removal, light corner crease at top right, thin speck in one, couple light toned spots confined mostly to back VERY FINE APPEARANCE. A CHOICE AND EXTREMELY RARE ORIGINAL-GUM BLOCK OF TEN OF THE 1863 2-CENT CARMINE ROSE. THIS IS THE LARGEST KNOWN MULTIPLE. When this block was sold in the 1957 Caspary sale it was described as one of only three known, though we record only this block and the left sheet margin block that is ex Tows, Harris and Honolulu Advertiser. Sometime between 1957 and the 1967 Lilly sale, the left margin of this block was trimmed slightly to make it straighter. Ex Caspary and Lilly. Scott Retail as two blocks of four and two singles (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	4,000.00 SOLD for $4,250.00 Will close during Public Auction
575°		1863, 2c Carmine Rose, Vertically Laid (28a). Block of four, original gum, deep rich color, large balanced margins, small scissors-cut between right two stamps, few minor short gum creases, otherwise Extremely Fine, an attractive and scarce original-gum block of this color variety, ex Burrus (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	1,700.00 SOLD for $1,700.00 Will close during Public Auction
576°		1863, 2c Carmine Rose, Vertically Laid (28a). Block of four, original gum, large margins to just in at bottom, rich color, couple short gum creases as often found, Fine-Very Fine, ex Ishikawa, signed Bloch and with 1967 Friedl certificate (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	1,700.00 SOLD for $1,000.00 Will close during Public Auction
577°		1863, 2c Carmine Rose, Vertically Laid (28a). Block of four, original gum, lightly hinged, ample margins except slightly irregular and in at bottom left, bright color, Fine-Very Fine (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	1,700.00 SOLD for $1,500.00 Will close during Public Auction
578°		1863, 2c Carmine Rose, Vertically Laid (28a). Original gum, amazing vivid color, large margins to just clear at bottom, Very Fine, a pretty stamp, ex Ishikawa (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	325.00 SOLD for $375.00 Will close during Public Auction
579°		1863, 2c Carmine Rose, Vertically Laid (28a). Horizontal pair, rich color, margins ample to just touching at lower right, neat square grid cancels, fresh and Fine (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	750.00 SOLD for $350.00 Will close during Public Auction
580°		1863, 2c Carmine Rose, Vertically Laid (28a). Two singles, first with large margins to in at bottom, second with full margins to touching at bottom right, both tied by square grid with manuscript postmarks "Hi" and "Hil(o)" respectively on Coan correspondence cover to Punahou, Oahu, "1863 Sept. 16" pencil notation at top, opened roughly at left, some mounting remnants on back, still Fine, an attractive and scarce double-rate franking (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. 1,000-1,500 SOLD for $1,200.00 Will close during Public Auction

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