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The Thurston Twigg-Smith Collection of Hawaiian Stamps and Postal History continued...

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1864-91 Royal Portrait Issues On Cover continued...
Lot Sym. Lot Description Est/Cat Realized
4196° c image1882, 5c Ultramarine (39). Die I re-entered, bright color, tied by "Honolulu H.I. Jun. 30, 1891" duplex datestamp and oval on U.S. Consulate General Honolulu corner card cover to the U.S. Dispatch Agent in San Francisco, receiving datestamp at left, few light toned spots also affect a few perfs, still Very Fine and attractive usage (Image) E. 150-200 250.00
4197° c image1882, 5c Ultramarine (39). Well-centered, tied by lightly struck target cancel, "Honolulu H.I. Oct. 20, 1888" circular datestamp on cover to Newark N.J., purple receiving datestamp applied by addressee, magenta San Francisco transit and receiving backstamps, Very Fine (Image) E. 100-150 140.00
4198° c image1882, 5c Ultramarine (39). Well-centered, tied by lightly struck target cancel, "Honolulu H.I. Nov. 22, 1887" circular datestamp on cover to Copenhagen N.Y., slightly reduced at right, Very Fine (Image) E. 100-150 110.00
4199° c image1882, 5c Ultramarine (39). Superbly centered, tied by perfect bold "Spreckelsville, Maui, H.I. Jun. 18, 1892" double-line circular datestamp with matching target (Ty. 259.04) on cover to Berlin, Germany, Honolulu transit on front, San Francisco transit and receiving datestamps on back, Extremely Fine (Image) E. 200-300 190.00
4200° c image1882, 5c Ultramarine (39). Horizontal pair, tied by "Honolulu H.I. Oct. 24, 1890" duplexes on cover to Zoological Museum at Christiania, Norway, transit backstamps, right stamp diagonal crease ending in tear, some soiling at right, otherwise Fine usage to a scarce destination, ex Honolulu Advertiser (Image) E. 300-400 160.00
4201° c image1882, 5c Ultramarine (39). Two, each tied by 2-ring target with dot in center, corresponding "Honolulu Hawaii Jun. 30" circular datestamp (Ty. 235.12) and originating purple "Kilauea, Kauai, Jun. 18, 1886" double-circle datestamp (Ty. 281.01, Scarcity 4) on cover to Hildesheim, Germany, New York transit and receiving datestamps on back, faint toning, Very Fine, although the cover originated at Kilauea, the stamps were not cancelled until they reached Honolulu, very scarce usage (Image) E. 500-750 375.00
4202° c image1882, 5c Ultramarine (39). Tied by one of two bold blue "Koloa, Kauai, Feb. 2, 1895" double-circle datestamp (Ty. 282.011) on 1884 5c Blue entire (U4) to Berlin, Germany, Honolulu transit, San Francisco transit and German receiving backstamps, Extremely Fine, a beautiful usage to Germany (Image) E. 200-300 350.00
4203° c image1882, 5c Ultramarine (39). Horizontal strip of four tied by "Honolulu, H.I. Jun. 2 10AM 1891" duplex datestamp and oval grid on cover to Paris, France, clear strike of purple "Castle & Cooke. Honolulu, H.I. Jun. 2, 1891" double-oval datestamp on back along with San Francisco and Paris datestamps, Very Fine, scarce commercial firm marking (Image) E. 400-500 0.00
4204° c image1882, 10c Black (40). Tied by 3-ring segmented target cancel (Ty. 117) and red "Honolulu Hawaii Nov. 22" circular datestamp on 1882 cover to Liverpool, England, receiving backstamp, Very Fine, ex Honolulu Advertiser (Image) E. 300-400 190.00
4205° c image1882-83, 10c Black, 10c Vermilion (40, 45). Tied by multiple strikes of red targets, matching "Honolulu Hawaii Dec. 31, 1894" double-circle datestamp (Ty. 273.01), "R" (Ty. 701) and "A.R." (Ty. 705) registry handstamps on double-rate 1884 5c Blue entire (U4) to Arlington Heights, O., San Francisco registry backstamp and "C V. Sturdevant" sender's handstamp, Very Fine and pretty registered use, ex Honolulu Advertiser (Image) E. 750-1,000 1,200.00
4206° c image1882, 15c Red Brown (41). Superb centering, used with 1882 5c Ultramarine (39), each tied by 3-ring target with 3-hole punch cancel (Ty. 116), bright red "Honolulu Hawaii Aug. 16" circular datestamp on 1883 registered cover to Dresden, Germany, endorsed "per 'Discovery'" and notation on back "Registered by German Consul, Honolulu H.I.", lightly struck purple Hackfeld & Co. oval backstamp (the German consul was a partner with the firm), purple San Francisco and red New York registry backstamps, Dresden receiving backstamp, New York registry label

EXTREMELY FINE. A BEAUTIFUL AND VERY SCARCE EARLY REGISTERED COVER FROM HAWAII TO GERMANY.

This cover is No. 20 in Gregory's log of registered covers dated prior to December 31, 1890 (after which philatelic demand increased the number significantly).

Ex Pietsch (Image)

E. 2,000-3,000 4,500.00

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