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| Lot | Sym. | Lot Description | Est/Cat | Realized |
| 4026° |
 1857, 5c Blue, Thin White
Wove (8). Full to large margins all around, lightly cancelled by rim of
circular datestamp, bright and fresh, Extremely Fine, remarkably choice
condition for a used example of this issue, with 1997 P.F. certificate (Image) |
625.00 | 1,100.00 | |
| 4027° |
 1857, 5c Blue, Thin White
Wove (8). Cancelled by red "Honolulu Hawaiian-Islands Nov. 1"
circular datestamp, repaired with left margin added and frameline painted
in, Very Fine appearance, rare with the red datestamp cancel,
exhibit-worthy despite repair (Image) |
625.00 | 375.00 | |
| 4028° |
 1857, 5c Blue, Thin White
Wove, Double Impression (8b). Ample margins, lightly cancelled by San
Francisco circular datestamp, doubling visible along left side, minute thin
speck and tiny corner crease (these insignificant flaws were ignored in
previous offerings)VERY FINE APPEARANCE. ONLY NINE EXAMPLES OF THE 1857 5-CENT SECOND PRINTING DOUBLE IMPRESSION ARE REPORTED. According to Gregory, at least two sheets of 20 were doubly printed. On stamps from one sheet the double impression is visible along the left side of the design. On stamps from the second sheet the doubling is visible across the entire design. This choice used copy was offered in the Pietsch sale as the only sound example known, but in fact there are two tiny, nearly invisible flaws. It is still one of the finest used copies known. Ex Wilcox, Weill and Pietsch. Small red backstamp. (Image) |
3,500.00 | 4,250.00 | |
| 4029° |  |
 1857, 5c Blue, Thin White
Wove (8). Ample to large margins, uncancelled, used on folded letter
datelined Hilo, Hawaiian Islands, Aug. 8, 1858" from J. Metcalf to
his nephew Frank Sawyer in Norwalk O., perfectly struck red "Honolulu
Hawaiian-Islands Sep. 15" circular datestamp and mostly clear "San
Francisco Cal. 12 Oct. 5, 1858" integral-rate circular datestamp indicating
12c due (10c postage plus 2c ship captain's fee), additional ms. pointing
hand and "Due" applied by post office for clarification (presumably
at Norwalk)VERY FINE. A RARE 5-CENT KAMEHAMEHA III SECOND PRINTING USAGE, POSTED AT HILO IN EARLY AUGUST 1858 BUT NOT POSTMARKED AT HONOLULU UNTIL SEPTEMBER 15TH. In this letter, the writer informs his nephew: "I am now carrying out the last enterprise probably of my life starting a sugar plantation...I shall come home in the fall of 1860, just in time to cast my vote for Fremont. I hope you will not challenge it. I shall be only 19 years from home then." Ex Rust and Pietsch (Image) |
E. 3,000-4,000 | 2,300.00 |
| 4030° | |
 1857, 5c Blue, Thin White
Wove (8). Large margins except slightly rounded at top right, just tied
along left margin by bold red "Honolulu Hawaiian-Islands Jan. 24" large
circular datestamp on cover to Franklinville (Jamesport P.O.), Long Island,
New York, "San Francisco Cal. 12 Feb. 12, 1860" integral-rate circular
datestamp and "OVERLAND" straightline handstamp, ms. "Due" note
after rate, a bit worn and age tonedVERY FINE. COVERS FROM HAWAII ARE RARELY SEEN WITH THE SAN FRANCISCO "OVERLAND" DIRECTIONAL MARKING. ONLY A FEW HAVE ADHESIVE FRANKINGS. This cover was carried on the Comet, which cleared Honolulu on Jan. 24, 1860, arriving in San Francisco on Feb. 10. In 1859 the U.S. post office began forwarding mail from San Francisco by the Butterfield stage service to St. Louis via Los Angeles unless the letter was specifically marked "Via Panama". The "Overland" handstamp appears to have been applied as an explanatory marking. Ex Tows, Adm. Harris, Krug, Rust and Honolulu Advertiser. With 1960 Friedl certificate (Image) |
E. 2,000-3,000 | 5,000.00 |
| 4031° |
 1861, 5c Blue, Thin Bluish
Wove (9). Large to huge margins, part of San Francisco double-circle
datestamp at right, minute thin speck, Extremely Fine appearance, very
scarce used, ex Middendorf and Honolulu Advertiser (Image) |
250.00 | 550.00 | |
| 4032° |
 1861, 5c Blue, Thin Bluish
Wove (9). Large margins to just barely in, tied by "San Francisco Cal.
Oct. 9, 1861" double-circle datestamp on piece with part of red "Honolulu
Hawaiian-Islands Sep. 23" circular datestamp, Fine
(Image) |
250.00 | 350.00 | |
| 4033° |
 1861, 5c Blue, Thin Bluish
Wove (9). Ample margins to well clear at bottom, cancelled by 3-ring
target, tiny tear at top, otherwise Very Fine, scarce in used condition (Image) |
250.00 | 150.00 | |
| 4034° |
 1861, 5c Blue, Thin Bluish
Wove, Line Thru "Honolulu" (9a). Position 2, ample to large margins,
square grid cancel, Very Fine, extremely rare sound used example of the
Line Thru "Honolulu" plate variety on Thin Bluish Wove paper, ex Pietsch (Image) |
900.00 | 1,100.00 | |
| 4035° | |
 1861, 5c Blue, Thin Bluish
Wove (9). Ample to large margins, deep rich color, tied by square grid
cancel, "Honolulu Hawaiian-Islands Jan. 19" circular datestamp on cover to
San Francisco, "San Francisco Cal. Feb. 9, 1864" double-circle datestamp
and "DUE 6" straightline handstamp, the datestamp also ties stamp
and the due marking indicates proper rate for a ship letter addressed to
port of entryEXTREMELY FINE. THE 5-CENT KAMEHAMEHA III 1861 THIRD PRINTING ON BLUISH PAPER IS SCARCE ON COVER. THIS CHOICE TIED EXAMPLE IS A RARE USE TO THE PORT OF SAN FRANCISCO WITH "DUE 6" RATE. Gregory reports 50 covers with the 5c Third Printing (Scott 9), but only 15 are covers with this stamp used alone (not in combination with U.S. stamps). Only one other is addressed to San Francisco, and the cover offered here is the only one with the "Due 6" straightline. It was carried on the Comet, clearing Honolulu on Jan. 21, 1864, arriving in San Francisco on Feb. 9. Regarding the U.S. rate on mail to the port of San Francisco during the period from Aug. 30, 1863, to Aug. 23, 1864, Gregory states: "Collect mail to San Francisco addressees should have been rated at the normal double domestic rate, or 6¢. Surviving collect letters from Hawaii for San Francisco addressees show some were rated at 6¢ due and others at 4¢ due with no apparent pattern." Ex Honolulu Advertiser (Image) |
E. 4,000-5,000 | 5,250.00 |
| 4036° | |
 1861, 5c Blue, Thin Bluish
Wove (9). Large margins to touching at lower left, uncancelled, used
with United States 1859 12c Black, Plate 3 (36b), corner nicked, red
"Honolulu U.S. Postage Paid Jan. 14" circular datestamp on buff cover to
Dubuque Iowa, Zublin correspondence, "San Francisco Cal. Feb. 3, 1862"
double-circle datestamp, 12c cancelled but not tied by cogwheel, some
edgewear and slightly reduced, small tear at top, otherwise Fine, a late
use of the 12c 1859, which was demonetized in the U.S. but still recognized
as prepayment on Hawaiian mail passing thru San Francisco as late as 1862,
signed Ashbrook, ex Honolulu Advertiser
(Image) |
E. 1,000-1,500 | 650.00 |