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HAWAII, 1851, 5c Blue (2). Crocker Type II -- the righthand position in the setting of two with the distinctive small “n” in “Cents” (found only on the 5c Type II) -- huge top margin, large at left and bottom, slightly in at right but half of frameline intact, tied by Honolulu 7-bar grid cancel, bold red “Honolulu * Hawaiian-Islands * Feb. 16” (1853) circular datestamp on folded letter datelined “Hilo, Hawaii S.I. Jan 1st/53” from Dr. Charles H. Wetmore to John F. Rogers in Lowell, Massachusetts, partly readable strike of San Francisco circular datestamp (probably March 16) with clear strike of “12” handstamp (10c U.S. collect rate plus 2c ship captain’s fee), the stamp and the paper behind it have been cut out of the address panel and reattached (in the past this has been mistaken for rebacking), minor creases and sealed tear, but no paper addition or repainting, the letter itself is intact and attractive VERY FINE APPEARANCE. AN ATTRACTIVE AND RARE HAWAIIAN MISSIONARY COVER. ONLY NINE COVERS WITH THE 5-CENT MISSIONARY ARE IN PRIVATE HANDS, FIVE OF WHICH HAVE THE STAMP USED ALONE. Ten 5c Missionary covers are recorded in our census and the Gregory census. Included in this total are the Dawson 2c/5c cover and the 5c cover acquired by the Smithsonian National Postal Museum in the Honolulu Advertiser sale, leaving eight 5c covers for collectors. Upon further analysis, however, only five of those have a 5c Missionary used without any other stamps, and of those five, one is a front. This cover was written at Hilo on January 1, 1853, but it was not postmarked at Honolulu until February 16. It was carried on the American schooner Sierra Nevada, which cleared Honolulu on February 16 and sailed the following day. After stopping at Lahaina, it left for San Francisco on February 24 and arrived on March 15. It was carried by the Pacific Mail Steamship Company’s Golden Gate, departing on March 16 and arriving at Panama City on March 28. The mail was carried across the isthmus to Aspinwall, and from there it left on the U.S. Mail Steamship Company’s Illinois, departing March 31 and arriving in New York on April 9. The recipient, John F. Rogers of Lowell, Massachusetts, paid the 12c United States postage, which included 10c for the unpaid transcontinental rate and 2c for the ship captain’s fee. Ex Potts, Admiral Harris, Ishikawa, Golden and Gross. Weill backstamp. Siegel census no. 2-II-COV-69. Illustrated in Gregory book (page 299). With 2016 P.F. certificate. Scott value $90,000

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• Robert A Siegel 27.6.2023 Erlös: 85'000 USD