Lot 579
1851, 12¢ gray black (17), large margins to just in at upper left, used with Hawaii, 1857, 5¢ blue (8), clear to mostly large margins, tied together by San Francisco town cancel on 1858 cover postmarked red "Honolulu/ U.S. Postage Paid/ Feb 18" c.d.s.; sent to Northampton, Mass.; docketed "Received April 14th 1858"; opened and slightly reduced at left, Very Fine.
Scott $10,000
A VERY FINE EXAMPLE OF THE TWELVE-CENT 1851 PRE-PAYING THE U.S. POSTAGE ON A COVER FROM HONOLULU WITH HAWAII'S 1857 FIVE-CENT KAMEHAMEHA III.
Expertization: 1965 PF Certificate.
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