Lot 1880
Hawaii 1863, 2¢ carmine rose, vertically laid paper (28a), wide margins top & left, cut to frameline right & bottom, square grid cancel on buff cover added to "Honolulu, Sandwich Islands" with manuscript "Per ‘Ianthe’ "; small tear at bottom of stamp, cover Very Fine.
Estimate 500 - 750
Cover probably carried privately and dropped into the mails by the ship's captain upon arrival in Honolulu.
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| Realized $475 |
