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| Lot | Sym. | Lot Description | Est/Cat | Realized |
| 403° |  |
 GUAM, 1899, 10c Brown, Ty. II,
Overprint (9). Original gum, very lightly hinged, Very Fine, choice example of this major U.S. Possessions rarity, with 1990 P.F. certificate (Image Magnifier) |
3,500.00 | 2,600.00 |
| 404° |  |
 GUAM, 1899, 50c Orange, Overprint (11). Bottom imprint and plate no. 75 block of six, original gum with slight disturbance as always, vibrant color and fresh, Extremely Fine, one of the choicest plate blocks extant (Image Magnifier) |
4,000.00 | 2,900.00 |
| 405 |  |
 GUAM, 1c-$1.00 1899 Issue, 10c Special Delivery (1-8, 10-12, E1). One of each on one oblong rice paper cover, sent registered to Mariana Islands and dated Dec. 24, 1900 with straightline datestamp, each
stamp with purple straightline AGANA, GUAM hs tying, matching "Agana Guam R. 182" circle hs with registry number in brown ink, matching "$12" written outside of circle and deleted in black ink, bold "Saipan Marianen 1/1 01" cds on back, 2c stamp with
tiny scuff and faint gum stain, $1.00 with gum stains around stamp but barely affecting the top margin only, still Very Fine, a handsome and very rare showpiece, with 1966 P.F. certificate. A nearly identical cover from the same correspondence,
realized $6,600 in our 1989 Specialized Guam sale (Image Magnifier) |
E. 3,000-4,000 | 2,400.00 |
| 406° | |
 Sandwich Islands, Ooahoo, July 4th 1817. Dateline on 1-1/2pp folded letter from Augustus Norton to his father, Winthrop B. Norton, at South Berwick, District of Maine, address panel endorsed "Sandwich
Islands" without any postal markings, letter begins "I have improved the first opportunity to write you which is by the Brig Panther of Boston which will leave here tomorrow.", explains his presence in Hawaiian Islands, "I had no idea
of coming to these Islands when I left you...I found the ship had cleared out for these Sandwich Islands and from there to Canton", describes journey around Cape Horn and prospects for returning to the States, interesting reference to the King,
"The brig belongs to the same owners soon as she arrives she is to be sold to the King for sandle wood",THE EARLIEST RECORDED LETTER FROM THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS, PRE-DATING BY THREE YEARS THE EARLIEST MISSIONARY LETTER SENT IN 1820 One small side panel of lettersheet missing, but all text and address intact. Tears and splits, but could be easily restored with simple archival treatment. Essentially quite clean and of the greatest historical significance. From a new find (Image Magnifier) |
E. 10,000-15,000 | 11,500.00 |
| 407° | |
 Honolulu, Oct. 31, 1842. Dateline on folded letter to Boston endorsed "via Mexico", bold "PORT OF MAZATLAN/FORWARDED BY/W.W. SCARBOROUGH & CO." framed handstamp on back along with Mexican transit cds, red
"New-York Ship Feb. 13" receiving cds and ms. "20-3/4" rate, opening tear from wax seal just touches forwarder marking and bottom of front panel, still Very Fine and rare routing via Mexico (Image Magnifier) |
E. 4,000-5,000 | 4,000.00 |
| 408° | |
 Honolulu, Hawaiian Is./June, 4 1851. Bold two-line datestamp on cover to Parsippany N.J., red "San Francisco Cal. 1 Jul." cds and matching "Paid" & "12" rate handstamps, the latest recorded use of the
Honolulu straightline and the first day of the 1851 rate, double 6c rate, with original 2pp letter enclosure from American missionary, E. K. Whittlesey, excellent content re missionary life, cover with slight overall toning, Fine and key usage of
the Honolulu straightline, ex Knapp (Image Magnifier) |
E. 6,000-8,000 | 6,000.00 |
| 409° |
 Hilo, Byrons Bay, Owy He, S.I. March 24th 52, U.S. Ship St. Marys. Dateline on 2pp folded letter from Thomas Troy, intriguing content with explicit detail regarding the burial of "The Old Man" including a
description of funeral ritual ("they placed a pot of water and a pan of rice at his head, this was after he dying, the rice was to keep him from being hungry and the water he could drink on his way to the land of bliss.), refers to deceased as
"Mon Dho" later in letter, docketing on reverse panel explains that Mon Dho was a Japanese sailor who was shipwrecked and stranded in San Francisco, the St. Marys was bringing him back to the Government of Japan prior to Perry's expedition, Very Fine
and a fascinating letter pre-dating the opening of formal relations between Japan and the West (Image
Magnifier) |
E. 750-1,000 | 0.00 | |
| 410 |
 1853, 5c Blue, Thick
White Wove (5). Four full margins, distinctive early color on fresh bright paper, neat San Francisco cds, dealer's hs on back, Extremely Fine, with 1989 P.F. certificate (Image Magnifier) |
650.00 | 1,300.00 | |
| 411° | |
 1857, 5c Blue, Thin White Wove (8). Slightly irregular margins cutting in places, tied by bright red "Honolulu Hawaiian-Islands Jul. 13" cds on cover to David Staples, Staples Ranch Cal., clearly struck "San
Francisco Aug. 3, 1858" cds and "SHIP 5" straightline hs, half of backflap intact, a bit worn at edges, still Fine and unusual use of the 5c Kamehameha III on mail addressed to California, far scarcer than mail to East Coast (Image Magnifier) |
1,250.00 | 1,250.00 |
| 412° | |
 12c Black (17). Bottom sheet margin copy, used with Hawaii 1857, 5c Blue, Thin White Wove (8), top sheet margin copy, cut in at lower right, tied by bold "San Francisco Cal. Mar. 21, 1861" cds, faint
red "Honolulu I.S. Postage Paid Feb. 28" cds on buff cover to Proctorsville Vt., small opening nick at bottom left, otherwise Fine and handsome mixed franking cover, ex Knapp (Image Magnifier) |
E. 4,000-5,000 | 3,750.00 |
| 413° | |
 1859, 1c Light Blue, Bluish
White (12). Pl. 2-A, Ty. VII, small margins but framelines on all sides, slightly thinning and tiny corner tear at T.R., otherwise Fine and extremely rare (Image Magnifier) |
6,000.00 | 1,700.00 |