Lot 1467
Hawaii, 1899, 2¢ rose (81), horizontal strip of three, tied by purple Waipahu, Oahu duplex cancels, Dec 18, 1899 (M-H 255.01, R.F. 5) on fumigated cover to Germany, Honolulu transit Dec 13, backstamped San Francisco Dec 28, New York, Jan 2, and Neinburg Jan 17, fumigation slits at upper right and lower left, Fine and rare.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
One of the earliest fumigated covers from Hawaii, as the bubonic plague had been detected only eight days earlier, on December 10.
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