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

Royal Portraits Issues (1863 rate, contract steamer rate)

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643°

1866, 5c Blue (32). Tied by large target cancel, used with United States 1861 2c Black and 3c Rose (65, 73), tied by target cancels, red "Honolulu U.S. Postage Paid Apr. 20" (1867) circular datestamp, "San Francisco Cal. May 10" double-circle datestamp on cover to Port Byron N.Y., minor edge toning, 2c stamp small tear at bottom

VERY FINE. A COLORFUL AND EXTREMELY RARE MIXED FRANKING WITH THE 1866 5-CENT KAMEHAMEHA V AND UNITED STATES 3-CENT 1861 AND 2-CENT BLACK JACK.

Very few U.S.-Hawaiian mixed-franking covers with the 2c Black Jack are known. This is a late treaty period usage, as the 5c/10c contract steamer rates became effective September 25, 1867. This cover was carried on the British bark Australind, which departed Honolulu on April 20, 1867, and arrived at San Francisco on May 9. (Image)

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E. 3,000-4,000

SOLD for $3,000.00
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644°

1866, 5c Blue (32). Tied by large target cancel, used with vertical pair and single United States 1863 5c Brown (76), tied by San Francisco cogwheel cancels, red "Honolulu U.S. Postage Paid Dec. 15" (1866) circular datestamp also ties pair, "San Francisco Cal. Jan. 3" double-circle datestamp also ties 5c Blue, on cover to North Head, New Brunswick, letter enclosure dated Dec. 1, 1867 accompanies cover (either year dated in error or does not originate with the cover), one 5c Brown defective, toning on pair, still Fine and rare mixed franking, carried on the bark Comet, departing Honolulu on Dec. 15, 1866, and arriving in San Francisco on Jan. 3, 1867, the 15c U.S. postage apparently pays the 5c U.S. rate (3c plus 2c) and the 10c rate to British North America, ex Plass (Image)

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E. 1,000-1,500

SOLD for $1,100.00
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645°

1864, 2c Rose Vermilion (31). Three singles, affixed slightly overlapping, tied by 7-bar grid cancel, used with United States 1861 10c Green (68), tied by cork cancel applied in San Francisco, red "Honolulu U.S. Postage Paid May 9" (1868) circular datestamp and "San Francisco Cal. May 22" circular datestamp on brown cover to Lucy E. Tillman in San Francisco, clear strike of magenta oval "Hawaiian Steam Service" handstamp, endorsed "Steamer Idaho" at bottom, reduced at left and some overall wear, left 2c stamp with perf faults at bottom

FINE AND RARE. A VERY UNUSUAL MIXED-FRANKING COMBINATION FOR THE CONTRACT STEAMER RATE TO SAN FRANCISCO.

During the contract steamer period, mail addressed to the U.S. was charged 5c Hawaiian and 10c U.S. postage, regardless of destination. As such, lower rates to San Francisco no longer applied. According to www.hawaiianstamps.com, the "Hawaiian Steam Service" oval was applied regularly to contract letters from November 1867 to August 1869. This cover was carried on the COMSS Idaho, departing Honolulu on May 9, 1868, and arriving in San Francisco on May 22. Mail from this sailing was datestamped in San Francisco on May 22 and 23.

Ex Ishikawa. With 1974 P.F. certificate (Image)

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E. 1,500-2,000

SOLD for $1,900.00
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646°

1866, 5c Blue (32). Tied by 7-bar grid cancel, used with United States 1861 10c Dark Green (68a), tied by odd cork cancel, red "Honolulu U.S. Postage Paid Aug. 29" (1868) circular datestamp, red "San Francisco Paid All Sep. 13" receiving datestamp on small cover to Lucy E. Tillman in San Francisco, brownish red "Hawaiian Steam Service" oval struck partly off cover, 5c stamp with tiny margin crease from placement at edge

VERY FINE. A BEAUTIFUL SMALL MIXED-FRANKING COVER TO SAN FRANCISCO WITH THE 1866 5-CENT KAMEHAMEHA V AND UNITED STATES 10-CENT 1861 ISSUE AND "HAWAIIAN STEAM SERVICE" HANDSTAMP.

During the contract steamer period, mail addressed to the U.S. was charged 5c Hawaiian and 10c U.S. postage, regardless of destination. As such, lower rates to San Francisco no longer applied. According to www.hawaiianstamps.com, the "Hawaiian Steam Service" oval was applied regularly to contract letters from November 1867 to August 1869. This cover was carried on the COMSS Idaho, departing Honolulu on Aug. 29, 1868, and arriving at San Francisco on Sep. 13.

Ex Honolulu Advertiser (Image)

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E. 1,500-2,000

SOLD for $2,300.00
Will close during Public Auction

647°

1866, 5c Blue (32). Tied by 7-bar grid cancel, used with United States 1861 10c Green (68), cancelled by circle of wedges, red "Honolulu U.S. Postage Paid Apr. 3" (1868) circular datestamp, "San Francisco Cal. Apr. 16" circular datestamp on small orange cover to Miss Abby Wilkins in Richmond Ind., magenta oval "Hawaiian Steam Service" handstamp, 10c stamp with light perf creases at left

VERY FINE. A LOVELY MIXED-FRANKING COVER WITH THE 1866 5-CENT KAMEHAMEHA V AND UNITED STATES 10-CENT 1861 ISSUE AND "HAWAIIAN STEAM SERVICE" HANDSTAMP.

According to www.hawaiianstamps.com, the "Hawaiian Steam Service" oval was applied regularly to contract letters from November 1867 to August 1869. This cover was carried on the COMSS Idaho, departing Honolulu on Apr. 3, 1868, and arriving in San Francisco on Apr. 15. Mail from this sailing was datestamped in San Francisco on April 15, 16 and 17.

With 1978 H.P.S. certificate (Image)

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E. 1,500-2,000

SOLD for $1,300.00
Will close during Public Auction

648°

1866, 5c Blue (32). Horizontal strip of three, well-centered, tied by 7-bar grid cancel, red "Honolulu U.S. Postage Paid May 9" (1868) circular datestamp, stamps also tied by "San Francisco Cal. May 23" circular datestamp on cover to Robert T. Coan in Lyndenville N.Y., originated in Hilo with "Hilo P.O. Hawaiian-Islands Apr. 29" circular datestamp on back, brownish red "Hawaiian Steam Service" oval handstamp, June 10 receipt docketing at top, cover with edgewear and small tears, still Fine, an interesting and unusual use, apparently franked to pay the 5c/10c contract steamer single rate but entirely with Hawaiian stamps, there is a small manuscript "10" below the strip, possibly written in Hilo to indicate the U.S. postage that needed to be applied to the cover, but we see no evidence that any additional stamps were ever present, the Honolulu circular datestamp was used to indicate full prepayment and the cover was accepted as prepaid in San Francisco, carried on the COMSS Idaho, departing Honolulu on May 9, 1868, and arriving in San Francisco on May 22 (Image)

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E. 750-1,000

SOLD for $900.00
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649°

1866, 5c Blue (32). Horizontal pair, tied by grid, used with two horizontal pairs of United States 1863 5c Brown (76), left pair tied to Hawaiian pair and both pairs also tied by cork killer (right tied through perfs), "Honolulu U.S. Postage Paid May 9" (1868) circular datestamp, "San Francisco Cal. May 23" circular datestamp on cover from Hilo to J. F. Rogers in Lowell Mass., magenta oval "Hawaiian Steam Service" handstamp, "Hilo Hawaiian-Islands Apr. 28" circular datestamp on back, June 10 receipt docketing at left, some edgewear and left Hawaiian stamp faulty from placement at edge where cover was opened, tiny tear top right of right U.S. stamp

VERY FINE. A SPECTACULAR DOUBLE-RATE MIXED-FRANKING COVER WITH THE 1866 5-CENT KAMEHAMEHA V AND UNITED STATES 5-CENT 1863 ISSUE AND "HAWAIIAN STEAM SERVICE" HANDSTAMP.

The docketing at bottom left indicates the cover carried photographs, which explains why it weighed more than one-half ounce. Only ten examples of the "Hawaiian Steam Service" handstamp are recorded on multiple-rate covers. According to www.hawaiianstamps.com, the "Hawaiian Steam Service" oval was applied regularly to contract letters from November 1867 to August 1869. This cover was carried on the COMSS Idaho, departing Honolulu on May 9, 1868, and arriving in San Francisco on May 22.

Ex Knapp (Image)

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E. 3,000-4,000

SOLD for $4,750.00
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650°

1866, 5c Blue (32). Tied by large segmented cork cancel, used with two singles of United States 1863 5c Brown (76), tied by cork cancels applied in San Francisco, black "Honolulu Hawaiian-Islands Dec. 26" (1868) circular datestamp, overlapping "San Francisco Cal. Jan. 9" transit datestamp on blue cover to A. L. Sturges in Woodburn Ill. with docketing at left dated Oct. 7 indicating cover originated in Ponape, Micronesia, clear strike of magenta oval "Hawaiian Steam Service" handstamp, some minor edgewear

VERY FINE. A BEAUTIFUL AND RARE MIXED-FRANKING COVER BEARING THE HAWAIIAN 5-CENT KAMEHAMEHA V AND UNITED STATES 5-CENT 1863 ISSUES, WHICH ORIGINATED IN MICRONESIA AND WAS SENT THROUGH HONOLULU AND SAN FRANCISCO.

This cover comes from the correspondence of Reverend Albert A. Sturges, one of the first missionaries to travel to Micronesia in the 1850's. According to the docketing, this cover arrived in Honolulu on December 6 (the British brig Robert Cowan arrived on Dec. 5). It was postmarked on Dec. 26 on the day it left on the COMSS Idaho, arriving in San Francisco on Jan. 8, 1869. Mail from this sailing was datestamped in San Francisco on Jan. 9.

Ex Stephen D. Brown (Image)

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E. 2,000-3,000

SOLD for $3,250.00
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651°

1866, 5c Blue (32). Tied by segmented grid cancel, affixed slightly overlapping with United States 1861 10c Green (68), tied by quartered cork, black "Honolulu Hawaiian-Islands Dec. 26" (1868) circular datestamp, "San Francisco Cal. Jan. 8" circular datestamp on cover with original contents to James Hughes in Richmond Ind., magenta oval "Hawaiian Steam Service" handstamp, cover with light soiling confined mostly to back, Very Fine, carried on the COMSS Idaho, departing Honolulu on Dec. 26, 1868, and arriving in San Francisco on Jan. 8, 1869, with 1978 H.P.S. certificate (Image)

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E. 1,500-2,000

SOLD for $1,400.00
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652°

1866, 5c Blue (32). Cancelled by trace of target cancel, used with United States 1868 10c Green, E. Grill (89), both stamps tied by circle of wedges cancels, black "Honolulu Hawaiian-Islands Aug. 7" (1869) circular datestamp and "San Francisco Cal. Aug. 19" circular datestamp on bright yellow cover to A. M. R. Fitzsimmons in Reading Mich., clear strike of magenta oval "Hawaiian Steam Service" handstamp, 10c stamp with tear at bottom, cover with few small sealed tears at edges and piece of top flap missing, Very Fine appearance, carried on the COMSS Idaho, departing Honolulu on Aug. 7, 1869, and arriving in San Francisco on Aug. 19, this sailing was the last to carry covers bearing the "Hawaiian Steam Service" oval, apart from two later irregular uses, ex Van Dyke and with his backstamp (Image)

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E. 1,500-2,000

SOLD for $1,300.00
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653°

1866, 5c Blue (32). Tied by negative "HI" oval cancel and cork killer, used with United States 1869 10c Yellowish Orange (116), tied by same killer, black "Honolulu Hawaiian Islands Apr. 21" (1870) circular datestamp, "San Francisco Cal. May 5" receiving datestamp on yellow cover to Samuel Hill in San Francisco, docketing on back, 10c stamp light corner crease, small piece of top flap missing

VERY FINE. A SPECTACULAR MIXED-FRANKING COVER WITH THE 1866 5-CENT KAMEHAMEHA V AND UNITED STATES 10-CENT 1869 PICTORIAL ISSUE. ONLY NINE COVERS BEARING A 10-CENT 1869 STAMP ARE RECORDED USED FROM HAWAII.

Michael Laurence, in his outstanding book on the 10c 1869 Issue, records only nine covers from Hawaii, all mixed frankings. This cover was carried on the COMSS Idaho on the third to last sailing of the contract steamer period, departing Honolulu on Apr. 21, 1870, and arriving at San Francisco on May 5.

With 1978 P.F. certificate (Image)

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E. 5,000-7,500

SOLD for $5,000.00
Will close during Public Auction