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Lot 3285 |
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Envelope, 1884, 1¢ green, large die proof (U1P1), mounted on 139 x 101 mm card, light toning in design, still Very Fine and rare.
Scott $725
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Lot 3286 |
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Envelope, 1884, 2¢ carmine (U2), bearing supplemental 1¢ purple, 1¢ blue (30, 37 pair) tied by purple "Lihue Kauai Jul 15, 1892" c.d.s. to Leipzig, Germany, Honolulu (7.17) transit, reverse with San Francisco (7.27), New York (8.1), and German (8.12) transits; opened at bottom, Fine and attractive franking.
Estimate 400 - 500
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Lot 3287 |
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Envelope, 1884, 4¢ red (U3), with supplemental 1¢ green (42) tied by "Honolulu H.I. Jul 30, 1890" duplex c.d.s. on cover to San Francisco, Cal., San Francisco (8.8) receiver; fold at bottom, a Very Fine usage paying the proper 5¢ U.P.U. rate to the United States.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 3288 |
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Envelopes, 1884, 2¢-10¢ blue inside (U6-9), unused entires; 4¢ with stain at left, 2¢ and 5¢ with minor mounting scrapes on reverse, Fine and rare set.
Scott $1,650
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Lot 3289 |
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Envelope, 1884, 2¢ rose, blue inside (U6) (UPSS 12), cancelled by purple "Post Office Waimea H.I. May 9, 1885" c.d.s. of Kauai Island (M-H 238.02) to Honolulu, Hawaii Island, "Honolulu H.I. May 10" receiving c.d.s.; small part of backflap missing, reduced slightly at right, Fine, 2¢ inter-island letter rate.
Estimate 4,000 - 6,000
Provenance: Bleuler
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Lot 3290 |
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Envelope, 1893, 2¢ carmine, double overprint (U11a), unused; lightly toned, Fine.
Scott $1,100
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Lot 3291 |
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Envelope, 1893, 5¢ blue, double overprint (U12a), unused, inside of envelope with 100% offset of indicia; small light stain lower left corner, Very Fine appearing.
Scott $600
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Lot 3292 |
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Envelope, 1893, 10¢ black, blue inside (U14), unused entire; two light tone bands, two small scrapes, Fine and rare.
Scott $1,000
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Lot 3293 |
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Special Delivery Envelope, 1885, 10¢ black (UE1), registered use bearing 12¢ black, red overprint (63) tied by purple target purple target cancellation to Arlington Heights, Oh., magenta "Honolulu Hawaii Apr 13, 1894" c.d.s. with matching "Registered Hawaii P.O." and "A.R." handstamps, reverse with blue J.T. Waterhouse oval datestamp, return address of C.V. Sturdevant, San Francisco (5.5) transit backstamp, opened at bottom, Very Fine and rare registered use of the special despatch envelope.
Estimate 2,000 - 3,000
Provenance: Honolulu Advertiser
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Lot 3294 |
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Postal Card, 1892, 2¢ black, lithographed (UX2a), with supplemental 2¢ dull violet, red overprint (57) tied by "Honolulu H.I. Sep 13, 1893" duplex c.d.s. to Leipzig, Germany, San Francisco (9.28) and New York (10.3) transits, Very Fine, a rare uprated usage of the 2¢ black lithograph.
Estimate 400 - 500
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Lot 3295 |
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Postal Card, 1892, 2¢ black, lithographed (UX2a), cancelled by "Honolulu H.I, Jun 30, 1892" duplex c.d.s. to Kiel, Germany and forwarded to Charlottenburg, San Francisco (7.7), London (7.20), and Germany (7.22, 7.23), Very Fine and rare usage.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 3296 |
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Postal Card, 1882, 3¢ blue green (UX3), cancelled by purple "Waianae Oahu Oct 22, 1890" c.d.s. to Hannover, Germany, Honolulu (10.23) and San Francisco (10.31) transits, couple light creases, Fine and rare use.
Estimate 150 - 200
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Lot 3297 |
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Postal Card, 1894, 1¢ red on buff (UX8), cancelled by purple "Waimea Kauai 13 Jun 1900" c.d.s. to Honolulu, received with "Honolulu H.I. Jun 17, 1900" duplex c.d.s., commercial message concerning cigars; some toning, Fine.
Estimate 300 - 400
This card was used on the last day Hawaiian postage was valid for postal usage before being replaced by United States issues on June 14, 1900.
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Lot 3298 |
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Postal Card, 1894, 2¢ green (UX9), an exceptionally clean postal card on the scarce card stock, postmarked by "Honolulu H.I. Apr 2, 1896" duplex addressed to Miss Annie Ide in Apia, Samoa, long personal message on reverse, Very Fine (U.P.S.S. S9).
Estimate 400 - 600
Annie L. Ide was the mother of Annie H. Ide Cockran, to whom Robert Louis Stevenson bequeathed his birthday of November 13. The younger Ide had been born on Christmas day. Stevenson, then a resident of Samoa, was a friend of H.C. Ide, young Annie's father.
Included is a copy of Stevenson's 1937 pamphlet "…born, out of all reason, upon Christmas Day…", in which he bequeaths his birthday to Ide.
Also included is a first edition (1947) of Bourke Cockran, A Free Lance in American Politics by James McGurrin, a 361 page hard cover book detailing the political career of William Bourke Cockran, an influential U.S. Congressman from New York in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and the husband of Annie H. Ide.
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Lot 3299 |
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Paid Reply Postal Cards, 1883-89 complete (UY1-UY4), folded, UY1 with slight separation, Very Fine.
Scott $1,650
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Lot 3300 |
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Paid Reply Postal Card, 1889, 1¢+1¢ gray violet on buff (UY3), unsevered (mostly split) with unused reply card, bearing supplemental 1¢ green, red overprint (55) tied by "Honolulu H.I. Aug 16, 1893" duplex c.d.s. to Rotterdam, Holland, San Francisco (8.22), New York (18.28), and Rotterdam (10.6) transits, lightly toned, Fine and rare.
Estimate 400 - 500
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Lot 3301 |
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Paid Reply Postal Card, 1889, 2¢+2¢ sapphire (UY4), unsevered with unused reply card, cancelled by "Honolulu H.I. Oct 18, 1892" duplex c.d.s. to Siegen, Germany, San Francisco (10.27) and Siegen (11.11) datestamps, Very Fine.
Estimate 400 - 500
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