Lot 3230

1865, 5¢ blue on blue (21), Plate 9-A, Ty. VII, position 3, broken numeral "5", large to huge margins, cancelled by square grid, black "Honolulu Hawaiian-Islands May 31" c.d.s. and red "Honolulu U.S. Postage Paid Jun 16" c.d.s. with "1866" in manuscript on cover to Lyndonville N.Y. bearing U.S. 2¢ black, 3¢ rose (65, 73) tied by San Francisco cogwheels, entered U.S. mails with "San Francisco Cal Jul 7" double-circle datestamp, opened at left, Fine. Estimate 15,000 - 20,000
Expertization: signed Bloch with 1980 Friedl Certificate.
Provenance: Harris, Gibson
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