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| Lot | Sym. | Lot Description | Est/Cat | Realized |
| 4023° |
 1857, 5c on 13c Dark Red
(7). Type I surcharge applied by Alvah Clark (Postmaster Jackson's
clerk), beautiful bright color, neatly cancelled by red "Honolulu*U.S.
Postage Paid*" circular datestamp and black "San Francisco Cal." 1857
year-dated circular datestamp, a tiny scuff in right margin touches
designEXTREMELY FINE APPEARANCE DESPITE THE TINY HIDDEN FLAW. ONE OF THE MOST ATTRACTIVELY CANCELLED EXAMPLES OF THE 1857 "5" ON 13-CENT KAMEHAMEHA III PROVISIONAL ISSUE. Cancelled examples of the "5" cents on 13c provisional are scarcer and more valuable than unused copies, and this stamp is especially desirable with its red and black datestamps. Ex Ostheimer and Honolulu Advertiser (Image) |
9,000.00 | 15,500.00 | |
| 4024° |
 1857, 5c on 13c Dark Red
(7). Type I surcharge applied by Alvah Clark (Postmaster Jackson's
clerk), ample margins to touched at lower left, cancelled by "San Francisco
Cal." circular datestamp (uncancelled in Hawaii), about one-third of back
is thinned (not unusual for this very thick paper)FINE APPEARANCE. THE 1857 REVALUED "5" ON 13-CENT PROVISIONAL IS ONE OF THE SCARCEST AND MOST DESIRABLE HAWAIIAN ISSUES. Cancelled examples of this issue are scarcer and more valuable than unused (or uncancelled) copies. (Image) |
9,000.00 | 3,000.00 | |
| 4025° |  |
 1857, 5c on 13c Dark Red
(7). Type I surcharge applied by Alvah Clark (Postmaster Jackson's
clerk), large margins to clear at bottom, deep rich color and impression,
small pre-printing fold at left, used with United States 1851 12c Black
(17), three huge margins, slightly in at left but not noticeably so
since the two stamps are placed close together, red "Honolulu*U.S. Postage
Paid*June 27" circular datestamp, both stamps left Honolulu uncancelled and
were tied by the "San Francisco Cal. Jul. 20, 1857" circular datestamp on
buff cover to Deacon Obadiah Mead at North Greenwich Conn., slight edgwear
#A VERY FINE COVER WITH THE HAWAIIAN 1857 "5" ON 13-CENT KAMEHAMEHA III PROVISIONAL STAMP USED IN COMBINATION WITH THE UNITED STATES 12-CENT 1851 ISSUE. ONE OF ELEVEN SUCH COMBINATIONS RECORDED BY GREGORY. Five of the nineteen 5c provisional covers recorded by Gregory were carried on this trip of the Vaquero, which stopped at Honolulu on its way from Australia and carried two bags of mail when it cleared Honolulu on June 27, 1857. She returned to safe harbor with a broken mast and left again on June 29 with additional mail, arriving in San Francisco on July 16 (Gregory). A biography of the addressee, Deacon Obahiah Mead, is provided in the genealogical work, One Life at a Time: A New World Family Narrative, 1630-1960, by R. Thomas Collins (a Google search will locate the information). Ex Krug, Rust and Pietsch. (Image) |
E. 30,000-40,000 | 52,500.00 |