Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. Sale

The Lake Shore Collection of United States Stamps and Covers continued...

**Hawaii**
Lot	Sym.	Lot Description	Est/Cat	Realized
227		1851, 2c Blue (1). Type I (left-hand position in form), rich color and full clear impression, large margins at left and bottom, just barely in along framelines at top and right, cancelled by lightly-struck 7-bar grid, minor repair at upper left corner and a few other small faults A VERY FINE APPEARING EXAMPLE OF THE WORLD-RENOWNED HAWAIIAN 1851 2-CENT MISSIONARY, ONE OF PHILATELY'S RAREST AND MOST COVETED STAMPS. ONLY TEN OF THE FIFTEEN RECORDED EXAMPLES ARE IN PRIVATE HANDS. A total of fifteen 2c Missionary stamps are recorded in the census published in our firm's Honolulu Advertiser sale catalogue, including the unique unused stamp (which is sound) and the unique cover. Of the thirteen used 2c Missionary stamps, five are in museums, leaving seven used copies and one on piece available to collectors. Of the eight used 2c stamps available to collectors, none are sound, all having faults or repairs. This example was originally discovered with its top left corner torn off, but the original piece was found and mended without any paper or ink additions. It is one of the finer-appearing examples of this major rarity, especially in terms of the cancellation, which does not obscure the numeral or denomination. This 2c Missionary is number 1 in the Meyer-Harris census (Brewster I-Used-4), and its history is discussed in detail in L. &. N. Williams Stamps of Fame on page 97. When the stamp was originally acquired by John Klemann, proprietor of New England Stamp Company, the upper left corner was missing. Klemann sold it to the prominent Hawaiian collector, Henry J. Crocker, who later purchased a group of early Hawaiian material containing a small corner of a Missionary. The fragment matched the 2c Missionary preceisely and was repaired while owned by Crocker. Henry J. Crocker's Hawaiian collection was acquired by Frank C. Atherton, who donated some of his vast Hawaiian holding to the Honolulu Academy of the Arts in 1937. After the Academy deaccessioned this material, the stamp passed to Thurston Twigg-Smith and the Honolulu Advertiser, who in turn sold it to Ryohei Ishikawa. At the Ishikawa sale in 1980, it was then acquired by an anonymous Hawaii collector, known as "Collector C", whose Missionaries were offered at auction by a French dealer in 1994. Census No. 1-I-CAN-7. Ex John Klemann, Henry J. Crocker, Honolulu Academy of the Arts, Honolulu Advertiser (sold privately), Ishikawa and "Collector C". With 1994 P.F. certificate. (Image)	200,000.00	240,000.00
228		1851, 5c Blue (2). Type I (left-hand position in form), full margins, deep shade and clear impression, few small and negligible tears, but free of any repairs or serious faults, tied by bold 7-bar grid, red "HonoluluHawaiian-IslandsOct. 4" circular datestamp on folded cover to John Caminels, in care of Lemuel Gooding, Portland, Maine, red Lahaina forwarder's handstamp "FORWARDED Via S. FRANCISCO/By G. D. GILMAN./LAHAINA." in three lines within truncated frame, surrounded by large outer frame of handstamping device, black "San Francisco Cal. 1 Nov." circular datestamp, "12" due handstamp (10c U.S. rate plus 2c ship captain's fee), a few ink smears have been lightened ONE OF THE FINEST OF THE EIGHT AVAILABLE COVERS BEARING A SINGLE 5-CENT MISSIONARY STAMP AND ONE OF TWO RECORDED MISSIONARY COVERS WITH A HANDSTAMPED FORWARDER'S MARKING. Ten 5c Missionary covers are recorded in our census (see Honolulu Advertiser sale, November 7-11, 1995, Appendix I). Included in this total are the 2c and 5c Missionary cover and the 5c cover acquired by the National Postal Museum in the Advertiser sale, which leaves eight 5c covers for collectors. Of the 29 recorded Missionary covers, only two were handstamped by forwarders in Hawaii: the Porter & Ogden cover (Advertiser sale, lot 2) and this Gilman cover. This letter was carried on the Mary A. Jones from Honolulu on October 5, 1852, and arrived in San Francisco on October 26. The same voyage carried the famous 2c Missionary cover and a 13c Missionary cover (Census No. 3-I-COV-142). This letter was stamped for prepayment of Hawaiian postage only, leaving the addressee to pay 12c for U.S. postage and the ship captain's fee. It was marked "12" due in San Francisco and postmarked on November 1, the usual first-of-month sailing day for mails bound via Panama. Census No. 2-I-COV-70. Ex Worthington, Frank Godden (trade), Krug, Harris, Meroni, "Collector C" and "K.L.". With 1994 P.F. certificate (Image)	E. 150,000-200,000	135,000.00
229		1851, 5c Blue (2). Type II (right-hand position in form), bold 7-bar grid cancel, framelines on four sides except where repaired at left, adding part of the left margin, about two-thirds of frameline and half of letter "F" painted in, horizontal creases VERY FINE APPEARANCE. AN ATTRACTIVE EXAMPLE OF THE RARE HAWAIIAN 5-CENT MISSIONARY. Census No. 2-II-CAN-52. Ex Isleham (Peyton). With 2001 P.F. certificate (Image)	25,000.00	13,000.00
230		1851, 13c Blue (3). Type I (left-hand position in form), neatly cancelled by 7-bar grid, part of red "Honolulu * U.S. Postage Paid " circular datestamp, full to large margins and free of the serious faults or repairs that affect most Hawaiian Missionaries, two small sealed tears at right VERY FINE. AN OUTSTANDING QUALITY EXAMPLE OF THE RARE 13-CENT "HAWAIIAN POSTAGE" MISSIONARY STAMP. ONLY THIRTEEN USED EXAMPLES OFF COVER ARE RECORDED IN SOUND CONDITION OR WITH MINOR FAULTS. Census No. 3-I-CAN-123. Ex Clapp, Harris and Isleham. With 2001 P.F. certificate (Image)*	18,000.00	24,000.00
231		1852, 13c Blue, "H.I. & U.S. Postage" (4). Type II (right-hand position in form), lightly cancelled and traces of red, repaired at top adding portions of framelines, small internal repair and minor faults, slightly discolored from oxidation (treatable with hydrogen peroxide) A FINE-APPEARING EXAMPLE OF THE EXTREMELY RARE 13-CENT "H.I. & U.S. POSTAGE" MISSIONARY. Census No. 4-II-CAN-155. Ex Isleham. With 2001 P.F. certificate. (Image)	27,500.00	9,000.00
232		1857, 5c Blue, Thin White Wove (8). Large margins to clear at top, fresh and bright, uncancelled, used with United States 12c Black (17), ample to large margins, on cover to College Hill O., red "Honolulu U.S. Postage Paid Jan. 19" circular datestamp, 12c tied by "San Francisco Cal. Feb. 20" circular datestamp, small sealed cover tear at top center VERY FINE. AN ATTRACTIVE MIXED-FRANKING COVER FROM THE HASTINGS CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE HAWAIIAN 1857 5-CENT KAMEHAMEHA AND UNITED STATES 12-CENT 1851 ISSUE. With 1977 P.F. certificate (Image)	E. 3,000-4,000	3,250.00
233		1857, 5c Blue, Thin White Wove (8). Clear margins to in at bottom left, uncancelled, used with United States 12c Black (17), tied by well-struck "San Francisco Cal. Sep. 6, 1858" circular datestamp on cover to Old Lyme Conn., red "Honolulu U.S. Postage Paid Apr. 9" circular datestamp, 5c stamp "tied" by light file fold, small tear at top of cover, Very Fine and very rare, with 1975 and 1999 P.F. certificates, the latter noting "small edge flaws" (Image)	E. 2,000-3,000	1,800.00
234		1857, 5c Blue, Thin White Wove (8). Large margins all around, affixed over red wax seal, used with United States 12c Black (36), Position 73L1, rare double-recut variety, red "Honolulu U.S. Postage Paid Apr. 12" circular datestamp, both stamps tied in transit by "San Francisco Cal. May 21, 1861" circular datestamp on cover to Brooklyn N.Y., stamps have minor wrinkles, cover roughly torn open around area of stamps and repaired with piece added to upper left corner, stain at right, otherwise Fine, the 12c 1857 Perforated Issue is far rarer in U.S. and Hawaiian mixed frankings than its imperforate counterpart, signed Ashbrook, ex Knapp (Image)	E. 2,000-3,000	1,700.00
235		1866, 5c Blue (32). Cancelled by target, "Honolulu Hawaiian-Islands May 28" (1868) circular datestamp, used with U.S. 10c Green, F. Grill (96), both tied by segmented cork cancel, "San Francisco Cal. Jun. 14" transit datestamp on cover to Reading Mich., bold strike of magenta oval "Hawaiian Steam Service" handstamp, both stamps have faint corner creases, skillfully lightened stains around edges VERY FINE. A BEAUTIFUL AND RARE MIXED FRANKING OF THE HAWAIIAN 5-CENT KAMEHAMEHA ISSUE AND 10-CENT 1868 F GRILL ISSUE ON A "HWAIIAN STEAM SERVICE" COVER. The 5c stamp paid the internal Hawaiian postage, and the 10c stamp paid the Pacific Mail Steamship Company contract mail rate from Hawaii to the U.S. The Honolulu post office occasionally used the "Hawaiian-Islands" datestamp in black instead of the "U.S. Postage Paid" in red when postmarking PMSS Co. contract mail. With 1998 P.F. certificate (Image)	E. 3,000-4,000	6,250.00

Hawaii

Lot

Sym.

Lot Description

Est/Cat

Realized

227

1851, 2c Blue (1). Type I (left-hand position in form), rich color and full clear impression, large margins at left and bottom, just barely in along framelines at top and right, cancelled by lightly-struck 7-bar grid, minor repair at upper left corner and a few other small faults

A VERY FINE APPEARING EXAMPLE OF THE WORLD-RENOWNED HAWAIIAN 1851 2-CENT MISSIONARY, ONE OF PHILATELY'S RAREST AND MOST COVETED STAMPS. ONLY TEN OF THE FIFTEEN RECORDED EXAMPLES ARE IN PRIVATE HANDS.

A total of fifteen 2c Missionary stamps are recorded in the census published in our firm's Honolulu Advertiser sale catalogue, including the unique unused stamp (which is sound) and the unique cover. Of the thirteen used 2c Missionary stamps, five are in museums, leaving seven used copies and one on piece available to collectors. Of the eight used 2c stamps available to collectors, none are sound, all having faults or repairs. This example was originally discovered with its top left corner torn off, but the original piece was found and mended without any paper or ink additions. It is one of the finer-appearing examples of this major rarity, especially in terms of the cancellation, which does not obscure the numeral or denomination.

This 2c Missionary is number 1 in the Meyer-Harris census (Brewster I-Used-4), and its history is discussed in detail in L. &. N. Williams Stamps of Fame on page 97. When the stamp was originally acquired by John Klemann, proprietor of New England Stamp Company, the upper left corner was missing. Klemann sold it to the prominent Hawaiian collector, Henry J. Crocker, who later purchased a group of early Hawaiian material containing a small corner of a Missionary. The fragment matched the 2c Missionary preceisely and was repaired while owned by Crocker. Henry J. Crocker's Hawaiian collection was acquired by Frank C. Atherton, who donated some of his vast Hawaiian holding to the Honolulu Academy of the Arts in 1937. After the Academy deaccessioned this material, the stamp passed to Thurston Twigg-Smith and the Honolulu Advertiser, who in turn sold it to Ryohei Ishikawa. At the Ishikawa sale in 1980, it was then acquired by an anonymous Hawaii collector, known as "Collector C", whose Missionaries were offered at auction by a French dealer in 1994.

Census No. 1-I-CAN-7. Ex John Klemann, Henry J. Crocker, Honolulu Academy of the Arts, Honolulu Advertiser (sold privately), Ishikawa and "Collector C". With 1994 P.F. certificate. (Image)

200,000.00

240,000.00

228

1851, 5c Blue (2). Type I (left-hand position in form), full margins, deep shade and clear impression, few small and negligible tears, but free of any repairs or serious faults, tied by bold 7-bar grid, red "Honolulu*Hawaiian-Islands*Oct. 4" circular datestamp on folded cover to John Caminels, in care of Lemuel Gooding, Portland, Maine, red Lahaina forwarder's handstamp "FORWARDED Via S. FRANCISCO/By G. D. GILMAN./LAHAINA." in three lines within truncated frame, surrounded by large outer frame of handstamping device, black "San Francisco Cal. 1 Nov." circular datestamp, "12" due handstamp (10c U.S. rate plus 2c ship captain's fee), a few ink smears have been lightened

ONE OF THE FINEST OF THE EIGHT AVAILABLE COVERS BEARING A SINGLE 5-CENT MISSIONARY STAMP AND ONE OF TWO RECORDED MISSIONARY COVERS WITH A HANDSTAMPED FORWARDER'S MARKING.

Ten 5c Missionary covers are recorded in our census (see Honolulu Advertiser sale, November 7-11, 1995, Appendix I). Included in this total are the 2c and 5c Missionary cover and the 5c cover acquired by the National Postal Museum in the Advertiser sale, which leaves eight 5c covers for collectors. Of the 29 recorded Missionary covers, only two were handstamped by forwarders in Hawaii: the Porter & Ogden cover (Advertiser sale, lot 2) and this Gilman cover.

This letter was carried on the Mary A. Jones from Honolulu on October 5, 1852, and arrived in San Francisco on October 26. The same voyage carried the famous 2c Missionary cover and a 13c Missionary cover (Census No. 3-I-COV-142). This letter was stamped for prepayment of Hawaiian postage only, leaving the addressee to pay 12c for U.S. postage and the ship captain's fee. It was marked "12" due in San Francisco and postmarked on November 1, the usual first-of-month sailing day for mails bound via Panama.

Census No. 2-I-COV-70. Ex Worthington, Frank Godden (trade), Krug, Harris, Meroni, "Collector C" and "K.L.". With 1994 P.F. certificate (Image)

E. 150,000-200,000

135,000.00

229

1851, 5c Blue (2). Type II (right-hand position in form), bold 7-bar grid cancel, framelines on four sides except where repaired at left, adding part of the left margin, about two-thirds of frameline and half of letter "F" painted in, horizontal creases

VERY FINE APPEARANCE. AN ATTRACTIVE EXAMPLE OF THE RARE HAWAIIAN 5-CENT MISSIONARY.

Census No. 2-II-CAN-52. Ex Isleham (Peyton). With 2001 P.F. certificate (Image)

25,000.00

13,000.00

230

1851, 13c Blue (3). Type I (left-hand position in form), neatly cancelled by 7-bar grid, part of red "Honolulu * U.S. Postage Paid *" circular datestamp, full to large margins and free of the serious faults or repairs that affect most Hawaiian Missionaries, two small sealed tears at right

VERY FINE. AN OUTSTANDING QUALITY EXAMPLE OF THE RARE 13-CENT "HAWAIIAN POSTAGE" MISSIONARY STAMP. ONLY THIRTEEN USED EXAMPLES OFF COVER ARE RECORDED IN SOUND CONDITION OR WITH MINOR FAULTS.

Census No. 3-I-CAN-123. Ex Clapp, Harris and Isleham. With 2001 P.F. certificate (Image)

18,000.00

24,000.00

231

1852, 13c Blue, "H.I. & U.S. Postage" (4). Type II (right-hand position in form), lightly cancelled and traces of red, repaired at top adding portions of framelines, small internal repair and minor faults, slightly discolored from oxidation (treatable with hydrogen peroxide)

A FINE-APPEARING EXAMPLE OF THE EXTREMELY RARE 13-CENT "H.I. & U.S. POSTAGE" MISSIONARY.

Census No. 4-II-CAN-155. Ex Isleham. With 2001 P.F. certificate. (Image)

27,500.00

9,000.00

232

1857, 5c Blue, Thin White Wove (8). Large margins to clear at top, fresh and bright, uncancelled, used with United States 12c Black (17), ample to large margins, on cover to College Hill O., red "Honolulu U.S. Postage Paid Jan. 19" circular datestamp, 12c tied by "San Francisco Cal. Feb. 20" circular datestamp, small sealed cover tear at top center

VERY FINE. AN ATTRACTIVE MIXED-FRANKING COVER FROM THE HASTINGS CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE HAWAIIAN 1857 5-CENT KAMEHAMEHA AND UNITED STATES 12-CENT 1851 ISSUE.

With 1977 P.F. certificate (Image)

E. 3,000-4,000

3,250.00

233

1857, 5c Blue, Thin White Wove (8). Clear margins to in at bottom left, uncancelled, used with United States 12c Black (17), tied by well-struck "San Francisco Cal. Sep. 6, 1858" circular datestamp on cover to Old Lyme Conn., red "Honolulu U.S. Postage Paid Apr. 9" circular datestamp, 5c stamp "tied" by light file fold, small tear at top of cover, Very Fine and very rare, with 1975 and 1999 P.F. certificates, the latter noting "small edge flaws" (Image)

E. 2,000-3,000

1,800.00

234

1857, 5c Blue, Thin White Wove (8). Large margins all around, affixed over red wax seal, used with United States 12c Black (36), Position 73L1, rare double-recut variety, red "Honolulu U.S. Postage Paid Apr. 12" circular datestamp, both stamps tied in transit by "San Francisco Cal. May 21, 1861" circular datestamp on cover to Brooklyn N.Y., stamps have minor wrinkles, cover roughly torn open around area of stamps and repaired with piece added to upper left corner, stain at right, otherwise Fine, the 12c 1857 Perforated Issue is far rarer in U.S. and Hawaiian mixed frankings than its imperforate counterpart, signed Ashbrook, ex Knapp (Image)

E. 2,000-3,000

1,700.00

235

1866, 5c Blue (32). Cancelled by target, "Honolulu Hawaiian-Islands May 28" (1868) circular datestamp, used with U.S. 10c Green, F. Grill (96), both tied by segmented cork cancel, "San Francisco Cal. Jun. 14" transit datestamp on cover to Reading Mich., bold strike of magenta oval "Hawaiian Steam Service" handstamp, both stamps have faint corner creases, skillfully lightened stains around edges

VERY FINE. A BEAUTIFUL AND RARE MIXED FRANKING OF THE HAWAIIAN 5-CENT KAMEHAMEHA ISSUE AND 10-CENT 1868 F GRILL ISSUE ON A "HWAIIAN STEAM SERVICE" COVER.

The 5c stamp paid the internal Hawaiian postage, and the 10c stamp paid the Pacific Mail Steamship Company contract mail rate from Hawaii to the U.S. The Honolulu post office occasionally used the "Hawaiian-Islands" datestamp in black instead of the "U.S. Postage Paid" in red when postmarking PMSS Co. contract mail.

With 1998 P.F. certificate (Image)

E. 3,000-4,000

6,250.00