Sale 260


Lot 79



13¢ Blue, "Hawaiian Postage" (3), type I, ample to large margins except touched along top, small piece out at upper left, tied by red "U.S. /Postage Paid" in oval handstamp, matching "* Honolulu * U.S Postage Paid Apr. 26" c.d.s., on envelope to Nashua, New Hampshire, red "San Francisco Cal. 16 May" c.d.s. and matching "Paid" and "8" in circle (2¢ ship captain's fee + 6¢ U.S. rate), docketing at left: "Recd from Mr. Wilcox June 15th/52. written on board the Esther May."; stamp with some gum soaks at lower left and upper left and blue pencil touch ups in these areas, cover with minor wrinkling at edges, Fine;.
Estimate 75,000 - 100,000

THE ONLY RECORDED EXAMPLE OF A HAWAIIAN MISSIONARY STAMP CANCELLED BY THE "U.S. POSTAGE PAID" MARKING.

Expertization: 1995 P.F. Certificate.

Provenance: Fitzpatrick, Honolulu Advertiser

The sender was Abner Wilcox, a teacher at the Waioli Select School, who visited the U.S. in 1851 with his son, returning to Kauai on Apr. 4
, 1852. The letter was evidently written en route to Hawaii aboard the Esther May, and carried back to the U.S. on the Noble, which sailed from Honolulu on April 27th.
This cover was discovered by Floyd W. Fitzpatrick approximately 100 years after the cover was mailed.


 
Realized $80,000



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