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| Lot | Sym. | Lot Description | Est/Cat | Realized |
| 4436° |  |
 FROM GENL POST
OFFICE/PER/HONOLULU, HAWAIIAN IDS. Large red double lozenge handstamp
on gray envelope to the Reverend Abner Wilcox in Hanalei, Kauai, bold black
"Honolulu Hawaiian-Islands Oct. 12" circular datestamp, original enclosure
is part-printed 1866 invoice: "N.B. - Quarterly Postage Bills Must be Paid
When Presented. Honolulu, September 30th 1866, Rev. A.
Wilcox, To Honolulu Post Office, Dr., To Postage to date -- 6
Mos. -- $3.35"EXTREMELY FINE. ONE OF THREE RECORDED EXAMPLES OF THIS HONOLULU GENERAL POST OFFICE HANDSTAMP, OF WHICH TWO ARE KNOWN USED AS AN OFFICIAL CORNER CARD. ONLY THIS COVER HAS THE ORIGINAL POST OFFICE ENCLOSURE. There are three reported covers with the distinctive large red lozenge handstamp used by the Honolulu Post Office both as a corner card and as a postmark. The other corner-card usage was recently sold as part of the Floyd Fitzpatrick collection (Rumsey Sale 22, lot 1958, realized $7,250 hammer). It is also addressed to Reverend Wilcox, but does not have the enclosure. The postmark usage was lot 2213 in the Honolulu Advertiser sale (Siegel Sale 769). Ex Honolulu Advertiser and Pietsch. (Image) |
E. 5,000-7,500 | 0.00 |
| 4437° | |
 1899, 2c Rose (81). 23
stamps incl. block of six and strip of five, tied by red "Honolulu Hawaii
Mar. 2, 1899" double line datestamp (Ty. 282.11) on legal-size cover to
Roxbury Mass. with purple "General Post Office. Honolulu"
straightline handstamp and red "R" (Ty. 701) registry handstamp, purple San
Francisco and Boston registry transits on front and back, some trivial
stamp faults as is to be expected in a cover of this type, still Very Fine,
unusual and scarce franking (Image) |
E. 500-750 | 450.00 |
| 4438° | |
 1899, 5c Blue (82). Two
vertical pairs tied by multiple strikes of reddish purple "General Post
Office Honolulu Jun. 2, 1900" double-circle datestamp (Ty. 282.21) on
cover to W. O. Smith in Honolulu, blue crayon "From A. Lidgate" (at
this time Lidgate was the manager of the Hamakua Mill on the Big Island),
stamps and cover slightly toned, otherwise Fine, this datestamp was used
both as an official post office auxiliary marking and as a postmark (as
seen on this cover) (Image) |
E. 300-400 | 425.00 |
| 4439° |
 H. M. Whitney. Signature
at bottom of letter on General Post Office, Hawaii stationery dated Jan. 5,
1884, letter reads "I heartily reciprocate your kind wishes for cordial
greetings to the Post Office officials here. If the service has improved
during the part year, the credit belongs to all connected with it - you
among the rest.", Very Fine (Image) |
E. 200-300 | 375.00 | |
| 4440° |
 H. M. Whitney. Signature
on small piece of colored paper, a suitable item for an exhibition page (Image) |
E. 100-150 | 100.00 | |
| 4441° | |
 Kahului "Postage Paid"
Provisional Handstamp. Clearly struck purplish black straightline with
black "Kahului, Maui, 8 [1889] Nov." double-circle datestamp (Ty.
281.0) on small cover to Wailuku, Maui, Very Fine, approximately a dozen
covers are known with this provisional postage handstamp, with 1962 P.F.
certificate (Image) |
E. 1,500-2,000 | 1,300.00 |
| 4442° |
 Custom House Lahaina
Maui. Blue negative seal with illustration of full-rigged ship in
center (Ty. 303, Rarity 1R), clear strike on front only to the
Reverend Richard Armstrong, a member of the Fifth Company of missionaries,
as President of the Board of Education in Honolulu, ms. "Official" written
over marking, pencil docketing at left, "Jan. 9/1860", tiny erosion
hole just below "President"VERY FINE STRIKE OF THE SCARCE LAHAINA CUSTOMS SEAL HANDSTAMP. Cornelius Bartow, the Lahaina postmaster, had earlier requested a regular mail canceller, but used the circular "Custom House" seal in the interim. In a follow-up letter to the postmaster-general, he wrote: "Did you order a stamp for the department of this place? It seems to me very necessary, as I am now compelled to use the Custom House seal." Ex Richards and Honolulu Advertiser. (Image) |
E. 2,000-3,000 | 3,250.00 | |
| 4443° | |
 Lahaina Hawaiian-Islands Dec.
8. Bold circular datestamp in olive green (Ty. 243.02) on large buff
cover to Warren Goodale as Collector General of Customs in Honolulu,
shortly before he resigned to join the U.S. Army, effective December 31,
1863, ms. "Free P.H.T." (P. H. Treadway), bit reduced at
left, far from markings and address, Very Fine and rare, unlisted in
American Stampless Cover Catalog, in addition to his duties as
postmaster, Treadway was sheriff and Collector of Customs, ex Honolulu
Advertiser (Image) |
E. 750-1,000 | 550.00 |
| 4444° | |
 "Wailuku P.O./May 31".
Manuscript postmark in two lines with matching "Free" on folded letter
datelined "Makawao May 30, 1850" from D. D. Baldwin to his
missionary father in LahainaVERY FINE. THIS IS THE EARLIEST FORM OF WAILUKU POSTMARK, APPLIED BY THE FIRST "UNOFFICIAL" POSTMASTER, REVEREND EDWARD W. BAILEY. According to Gregory, the Wailuku post office was officially established in 1859. Prior to 1859, the Reverend Eward W. Bailey served as an unofficial postmaster. This Wailuku postmark, reported to be the earliest example extant, is in the hand of the Reverend Bailey. The "Free" was not necessary since inter- and intra-island mail was postage-free by legislative order until 1859. Ex Ostheimer and Honolulu Advertiser (Image) |
E. 2,500-3,500 | 5,250.00 |
| 4445° | |
 10c Yellow Green, F. Grill
(96). Deep rich color, pre-use creases and small tear, tied by cork
cancel on orange-buff cover to Springfield Vt. originating in Hawaii with
blue "Wailuku Post Office, Hawaiian Islands, Oct. 18, 1869"
double-oval ribbon-marker datestamp (Ty. 215, Rarity 1RRR) on back,
"Honolulu Hawaiian-Islands Oct. 20" circular datestamp and magenta "San
Francisco Cal. Oct. 31" double-circle transit datestamp, neatly docketed,
opening faults along top edge repaired with paper, opened for display, Fine
and a very exhibitable example of this extremely rare town marking, Gregory
reports six strikes (Image) |
E. 1,000-1,500 | 2,000.00 |