Hawaiian Town Postmarks – Island of Oahu
| Lot |
Sym. |
Lot Description |
Est/Cat |
Realized |
| 4694° |
 |
 1864, 2c Rose Vermilion
(31). Cancelled by incredibly bold and sharp strike of Negative
"HI" cancel (Ty. 15), "Honolulu Hawaiian-Islands Nov. 6" (1869)
circular datestamp on blue cover to Lahainaluna, neatly docketed, faint
toning around edges, still Extremely Fine, without question one of the
clearest "proof-like" strikes of the "HI" cancel in existence (Image) |
E. 400-500 |
300.00 |
| 4695° |
|
 1864, 2c Rose Vermilion
(31). Tied by bold 4-ring target with center punch (Ty. 133,
Scarcity 3), "Honolulu Hawaiian-Islands Jun. 18" circular datestamp on
brown cover to Hilo, sender's endorsement "Per 'Kate Lee', 1 Bag
Potatoes", Very Fine, very attractive example of this Honolulu punch
cancel and especially desirable with sender's endorsement (Image) |
E. 300-400 |
325.00 |
| 4696° |
|
 1864, 2c Rose Vermilion
(31). Tied by incredibly bold strike of 7-bar circular grid (Ty. 9),
"Honolulu Hawaiian-Islands Mar. 23" circular datestamp (Ty. 243.03) on
cover to Rev. Bishop at Lahainaluna, Maui, stamp creased at lower right,
otherwise Very Fine, the grid is so heavily inked it actually bleeds thru
stamp to cover (visible under stamp at right)
(Image) |
E. 200-300 |
275.00 |
| 4697° |
|
 1864, 2c Rose Vermilion
(31). Two, each tied by perfectly struck 9-bar square grid (Ty.
22) cancel, "Honolulu Hawaiian-Islands May 15" circular datestamp on brown
cover to Hana, cover a bit aged and worn around edges, stamps have faint
toning and small perf faults, still a Fine inter-island cover with superb
strikes of the 9-bar grid (Image) |
E. 200-300 |
180.00 |
| 4698° |
|
 1882, 5c Ultramarine
(39). Perfectly centered with wide even margins, tied by purple
"Kahuku, Oahu, Aug. 13, 1892" double-line circular datestamp (Ty.
253.06) on cover to Bennington Vt., forwarded twice to Provincetown Mass.
and back to Bennington, Honolulu duplex datestamp, purple "T/25 Centimes"
deficiency handstamp, "U.S. Charge to Collect 10 Cents" due handstamp,
various transits and forwarding datestamps, Extremely Fine, unusual
forwarded and postage due usage (Image) |
E. 300-400 |
0.00 |
| 4699° |
|
 1894, 1c Yellow (74).
Pair tied by perfect bold purple "Peninsula, Oahu, Oct. 19, 1898"
double-line circular datestamp and duplex target (Ty. 255.9a1 and target
131, Rarity 1RR) on cover to Honolulu, receiving backstamp, minor
toning, otherwise Very Fine, wonderful strike of this rare marking (Image) |
E. 500-750 |
1,300.00 |
| 4700° |
|
 1894, 2c Brown (75). Tied
by perfect strike of purple "Punaluu, Oahu, Dec. 21, 1898"
double-line circular datestamp and duplex target (Ty. 255.01, Rarity
1R) on cover to Waialua, Oahu, backstamped with Honolulu transit and
Waialua receiving datestamp (Ty. 251.01), reduced at left and faint toning,
otherwise Very Fine, according to Gregory, Punaluu was a stop on the
overland mail route and reported no stamp sales in 1898
(Image) |
E. 400-500 |
550.00 |
| 4701° |
|
 1894, 2c Brown (75). Tied
by purple "Punaluu, Oahu, Aug. 31, 1898" double-line circular
datestamp and duplex target (Ty. 255.01, Rarity 1R) on cover to
Deputy Assessor on Oahu, Honolulu backstamp, reduced at right and slight
toning, couple horizontal folds clear of stamp, otherwise Fine, scarce (Image) |
E. 150-200 |
225.00 |
| 4702° |
|
 1899, 2c Rose (81).
Cancelled by partly readable strike of purple "Wahaiwa, Oahu, Nov. -
1899" double-line circular datestamp (Ty. 255.01, Rarity 1RRR),
Fine, only a few letters of town name are visible, but this is a very rare
marking, Gregory reports six strikes (Image) |
E. 100-150 |
275.00 |
| 4703° |
|
 1894, 2c Brown, Rose (75,
81). Each on cover to Honolulu with "Waialua Oahu" double-circle
datestamp (Ty. 281.01), former tied by datestamp in black, latter tied by
purple target with matching datestamp, faint toning, otherwise Very Fine (Image) |
E. 200-300 |
160.00 |
| 4704° |
|
 1882, 10c Black (40).
Tied by target cancel (lifted and replaced), "Waianae, Oahu, Oct. 7,
1887" double-circle datestamp (Ty. 282.016) and red "Honolulu Hawaii
Jan. 14" circular datestamp (Ty. 235.12) on yellow cover to Praue,
Germany, New York and Praue backstamps, vertical fold, otherwise Fine
(Image) |
E. 400-500 |
225.00 |
