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Item # Description Price Picture
10397 Hawaii #UX5, VF, Honolulu DEC 17 95 postmark on local "City" mailing, purple "ADVERTISED JAN 31 86" with double line "Pas Reclamé Unclaimed." and "RETURN TO WRITER" pointing hand auxiliary hand stamps, and clear double ring "DEAD LETTER OFFICE HONOLULU, H.I. APR 6 1896" date stamp. All markings F-VF+. Scarce. $90
10398 Hawaii #UX8, JAN 18 1898 Honolulu postmark, sent to VIENNA, AUSTRIA. Card bears three different, boldly struck VIENNA 13.3.98 receiving postmarks. VF card, minor lower corner bends. Very attractive and scarce. $120
10399 Hawaii #UX8 with three HILO HAWAII JUN 14 97 double ring postmarks (271.035), one tying a fine 1¢ #74 paying the additional postage to Santa Barbara, California. Card has two minor corner bends at left. $60
10400 Hawaii #UX9, fresh and VF, HONOLULU NOV 12 1896 postmark, sent to Souvain, Belgium, very scarce destination. Light SOUVAIN receiver on front. Nice. $75
10230

Hawaii #75, VF, sound, Honolulu OCT 19 1898 postmark and ellipse ties on Spanish American War soldier's letter to Brooklyn, NY, "ARMY DEPARTMENT of Young Men's Christian Association, HONOLULU, H.I., U.S.A." corner. Sent by "Wm J Turner Co. H First NY Vol". The First New York Volunteer Infantry served in Hawaii during the Spanish American War. William J. Turner was a private in Company H. The cover is intact with Chicago, ILL NOV 8 98 transit and Brooklyn NOV 9 98 receiver on reverse. The cover front has some central staining and light abrasion from placement in a stack of letters below a letter with a red wax seal.  Terrific and scarce Spanish American War Hawaiian usage.

$100
10108 Hawaii #55, VF, sound, tied by fine strike of HONOLULU H.I. squared circle dateless postmark (226.52) on VF intact unsealed circular envelope to Minneapolis, MNA.F. COOKE, Honolulu, H.I. purple hand stamp advertising corner. A gem cover. $40
10109 Hawaii #75, VF, sound, tied by a VF-XF strike of WAILUKU, MAUI SEP 3 1898 postmark (281.02) on fresh cover to Honolulu, reduced at left into corner,[BURE]AU OF POLICE, SHERIFF'S OFFICE, WAILUKU, MAUI, H.I. corner imprint.  Scarce corner. $40
10110 Hawaii #76, VF, sound, tied by HONOLULU, H.I. DEC 9 1897 postmark and ellipse killer on VF intact cover to San Francisco, CA, 2 back receiving postmarks, "Allen & Robinson, Honolulu, P.O. Box 66" advertising corner. $45
10111 Hawaii #80, 2 fine, sound copies, tied by purple HAHUKONE, HAWAII OCT 3 1899 double ring postmark (281.01) on VF intact Castle & Cooke, Ltd., Honolulu advertising corner envelope to Kohala, Hawaii, fair purple receiver (254.9a18). $75
10112 Hawaii #81, fine, sound, HONOLULU, H.I. MAY 22 1899 postmark and ellipse killer, on XF intact cover to Sprecklesville, Maui, HAWAIIAN SAFE DEPOSIT AND INVESTMENT COMPANY advertising corner. $70
9837 Hawaii #74, VF, tied by HONOLULU DEC 23 1895 postmark and numeral "1" ellipse killer on VF and fresh drop rate local cover, barely reduced at left. $35
9838 Hawaii #U1, VF and intact 1¢ entire canceled by a VF strike of HONOLULU H.I. FEB 24 1893 postmark and numeral "2" ellipse killer, drop rate cover addressed "City". $30
9650 Puerto Rico #U18 blue overprint entire to SwitzerlandVF and intact, postmarked MAYAGUEZ, P.R. NOV 16 1900, purple straight line "Mayaguez, Porto Rico." and manuscript steamer directive, LE HAVRE receiver on front, GENEVE receiver on reverse.  Nice usage. SOLD
9255 Hawaii #80, #81x2, F-VF sound copies, tied by 2 strikes of HONOLULU JUL 14 1899 ellipse postmarks on VF cover to San Francisco with preprinted paper dealer address, JUL 21 machine cancel receiver on back.  Cover is unreduced with small portion of back flap missing. $85
9256 Hawaii #74, fine strip of 3 plus #75, strip with mild bend at right, stamps otherwise sound, two strikes of HONOLULU AUG 15 1894 ellipse postmark on unreduced cover to Rock Falls IL, San Francisco transit and Rock Falls AUG 29 1894 receiver on back. Cover vertical crease at left, small nick at upper right, essentially intact. $60
9373 Hawaii #U2 intact entire, canceled by a purple triple ring HAMAKUAPOKU, MAUI postmark (type 281.011, 9 scarcity), to Honolulu, FEB 25 1894 receiver on reverse. $50

$45

8899 Philippines US overprints #213 SE, #214 pair, sound, canceled by MANILA, P.I. FEB 16 01 postmark and ellipse killer paying UPU rate on intact cover to Kinsale, Balmain, Sydney N.S.W. (Australia). Back receiver. Scarce destination. SOLD
8737 Hawaii #81, tied on CASTLE & COOKE, Ltd. corner envelope by fine MAHUKONA, HAWAII OCT (ca. 1898) postmark (M&H 281.01, 6 scarcity). Cover intact, opened at right, small tear, edge wear, minor edge faults to stamp. $75

$65

8602 Hawaii #31, F-VF, sound, tied by VF strike of 3 ring target killer with central penetrating pin (Davey #133), HONOLULU HAWAIIAN ISLANDS AUG 24 postmark, cover opened on 3 sides, edge faults, unobtrusive tear through postmark.  Attractive. SOLD
8325 Hawaii #U3, XF intact 4¢ red entire, canceled by VF strike of HONOLULU, H.I. SEP 3 1891 postmark with numeral 1 ellipse killer, locally addressed "City" and overpaying the local drop rate. Scarce used entire, catalog $150. $95

$75

       
       
 

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