Lot 3254
1893, 10¢ red brown, 5¢ ultramarine (68, 59 two), tied on fumigated cover by magenta four-ring cancellations to Ulm, Germany, matching "Honolulu Hawaii Sep 18, 1895" c.d.s. and "Registered Hawaii P.O." handstamp, reverse with San Francisco (10.9), New York (10.15) and Ulm (10.25) transits; corners clipped for "disinfection", Very Fine (see lot 3242 and 3260 for additional fumigated covers).
Estimate 750 - 1,000
Cholera was epidemic in Hawaii from August 20 to October 23 of 1895. All mail leaving the Islands was "fumigated" at least once.
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