Lot 90
5¢ Blue, thin bluish wove (9), ample to large margins, cancelled by square grid and tied by light strike of "San Francisco Cal Sep. 23, 1864" double circle and framed grid duplex which also ties U.S. 5¢ brown (76) on cover to Perry, Ohio, bold "5" (due) handstamp and additional "FOREIGN" straightline handstamp, clear red "Honolulu U.S. Postage Paid Sep. 6" c.d.s., San Francisco postmark repeated at bottom, U.S. 5¢ with perf faults at top, Very Fine and rare, illustrated in Letters of Gold, p. 337.
Estimate 7,500 - 10,000
From Sept 17 to November 11, 1864, due to a misinterpretation of new U.S. ship letter regulations by U.S. and Hawaiian postal authorities, the 10¢ contract ship rate was applied to Hawaiian mails in error.
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| Realized $14,500 |
