The Thurston Twigg-Smith Collection of Hawaiian Stamps and Postal History continued...
1896 Official Issue continued...
| Lot |
Sym. |
Lot Description |
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| 4345° |
 |
 1896, 5c Black Brown
(O2). Sharp impression, tied by "Honolulu H.I. Aug. 3, 1898" duplex on
Young Men's Christian Association cover to San Francisco, transit
and receiving backstamps, slightly reduced at right, some overall wear and
toning, still Fine (Image) |
450.00
SOLD for $190.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 4346° |
|
 1896, 5c Black Brown,
Official (O2). Tied by "Honolulu H.I. Aug. 10, 1898" duplex on Young
Men's Christian Association cover to Shakopee Minn., San Francisco and
receiving backstamps, reduced at left into corner card, toning, stamp
affected from placement at edge still appears Fine, ex Honolulu
Advertiser (Image) |
450.00
SOLD for $100.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 4347° |
|
 1896, 5c Black Brown, 10c
Bright Rose, Official (O2, O4). Tied by two strikes of "Honolulu H.I.
Jun. 9, 1898" duplex on "House of Representatives, Republic of Hawaii"
imprint cover to Stockton Cal., excess gum causing toning around
stamps, cover toned as well, part of address scratched out, slightly
reduced at right, Fine triple-rated letter, ex Aall
(Image) |
E. 300-400
SOLD for $475.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 4348° |
|
 1896, 5c Black Brown, 10c
Bright Rose (O3, O4). Tied by "Honolulu H.I. Jun. 8, 1898" duplexes and
used with 1894 5c Rose Lake (76) which is tied by June 3 duplex on
green corner card cover to San Francisco, blue crayon "2" and also 2c U.S.
stamp affixed at top right, red "T 50 Centimes" due marking at left,
slightly reduced at right into U.S. stamp, some slight overall wear, Very
Fine, a most unusual usage, this must have been a double-weight letter and
was originally underpaid by the 5c stamp, the Hawaiian post office
eventually realized this was a soldier's letter and then affixed the
Official stamps to pay for the postage, ex Pietsch
(Image) |
E. 750-1,000
SOLD for $1,000.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 4349° |
|
 1896, 10c Bright Rose
(O4). Tied by "Honolulu H.I. Nov. 11, 1897" duplex on oversize cover
with "On Hawaiian Government Service. Department of Foreign Affairs"
imprint to the Hawaiian Minister in Washington D.C., some slight toning
around stamp, otherwise Very Fine, scarce and desirable usage (Image) |
E. 300-400
SOLD for $375.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 4350° |
|
 1896, 10c Bright Rose
(O4). Bright color, tied by "Honolulu H.I. Jun. 8, 1898" duplex on red
and blue "Remember the Maine" Patriotic cover to Oakland Or., back
of cover with purple "Foreign Postage paid by citizens of Honolulu,
American stamps will be good only after you ANNEX HAWAII" three-line
handstamp, San Francisco and receiving backstamps, slightly reduced at left
where repaired and with small part of design painted in, still Fine,
scarce, ex Pietsch (Image) |
E. 500-750
SOLD for $400.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 4351° |
|
 1896, 10c Bright Rose
(O4). Radiant color, tied by "Honolulu H.I. Jul. 26, 1898" duplex on
red and blue "Remember the Maine" Patriotic cover with printed
soldier's letter endorsement and infantry identification, to San Francisco,
transit and receiving backstamps, slightly reduced at right, few toned
spots affect a few perfs, otherwise Very Fine, ex Pietsch (Image) |
E. 750-1,000
SOLD for $850.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 4352° |
|
 1896, 5c Black Brown, 10c
Bright Rose (O2, O4). Horizontal pair of 10c, tied by "Honolulu H.I.
Jul. 8, 1898" duplexes on red and blue "Remember the Maine"
Patriotic cover with infantry identification to New York City, two San
Francisco and receiving backstamps, edge faults incl. tear at right, still
Very Fine, scarce quintuple-rate franking, ex Norbeck and Pietsch (Image) |
E. 1,500-2,000
SOLD for $2,800.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 4353° |
|
 1896, 6c Deep
Ultramarine, 10c Bright Rose, 12c Orange, Officials (O3-O5). Tied by
red "Honolulu Hawaii Jan. 27, 1897" double-circle datestamp (Ty. 273.01),
matching "R" registry handstamp (Ty. 701) on mostly complete registered
"On Hawaiian Government Service" imprint cover to Hawaiian Consul at
Hamburg, Germany, N.Y. registry label, transit backstamps, reduced at
left cutting away part of imprint, vertical fold, still Fine and extremely
attractive, an exceedingly rare three-color combination of Official stamps
(Image) |
E. 1,500-2,000
SOLD for $5,750.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 4354° |
|
 1896, 25c Grayish Violet
(O6). Used with 5c Blackish Brown (O2) on large gray cloth-lined
envelope from the Department of Foreign Affairs to Hon. Francis Hatch,
Hawaiian Minister in Washington, paying six times the 5c UPU rate,
"Honolulu H.I. Apr. 22, 1898" duplex struck several times, San Francisco
and Washington postmarks on reverse, "ON HAWAIIAN GOVERNMENT SERVICE"
imprint at top, 25c with few perfs at bottom scissor trimmed and 5c with
light diagonal crease, cover with minor scattered toned spotsVERY
FINE APPEARANCE. THIS IS ONE OF ONLY FOUR EXAMPLES OF THE 25-CENT OFFICIAL
ON COVER, AND THE ONLY USAGE WHICH WAS NOT SENT VIA REGISTERED
MAIL. Please refer to lot 4355 for the history of this issue and a
census of the four recorded 25c Official covers. Ex Honolulu
Advertiser. (Image) |
E. 4,000-5,000
SOLD for $4,000.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 4355° |
|
 1896, 25c Grayish Violet,
Official (O6). Horizontal pair used with 1896 5c Blackish Brown, 10c
Bright Rose, Official (O2, O4), tied by two strikes of purple
"Honolulu, Hawaii, May 5, 1897" double-circle datestamp, matching "R"
registry handstamp (Ty. 701) on large gray cloth-lined envelope with "On
Hawaiian Government Service, Department of Foreign Affairs" imprint,
addressed to Hon. Francis Hatch, Hawaiian Minister in Washington, paying
eleven times the 5c UPU rate plus 10c registry fee, San Francisco transit
and Washington D.C. receiving datestamps on back, stamps and cover with
minor scattered toned spotsVERY FINE. A TRULY SPECTACULAR AND VERY
RARE FRANKING WITH THE HAWAIIAN OFFICIAL ISSUE, WHICH WAS CREATED TO
PROMOTE THE ANNEXATION MOVEMENT. THIS MAY 5, 1897, COVER IS REPORTED BY
GREGORY TO BE THE EARLIEST DOCUMENTED USE OF THE 5-CENT AND 25-CENT
VALUES. The Official set depicting Lorrin A. Thurston, grandfather of
Thurston Twigg-Smith and proponent of annexation, was issued on January 28,
1897. When use of this issue was discontinued on August 12, 1898, nearly
half the original printing of 10,000 was still on hand, with many of those
sold going directly to dealers and collectors (later, stamps were cancelled
to order to prevent their unauthorized use). Despite the numerous
philatelic mailings of later Hawaiian issues, the Officials appear to have
been neglected. This, combined with the small printings and light use of
the high values in a very narrow time frame, accounts for the rarity of the
25c Official on cover. We are aware of the following four 25c covers:
1) May 5, 1897, 25c pair with 5c and 10c, registered to Hatch, Washington
D.C., the cover offered here, 2) Oct. 20, 1897, 25c pair with 10c pair,
registered to Hatch, Washington D.C., ex Blueler, Omdahl, 3) Nov. 9, 1897,
25c strip of three with 10c pair, registered to Hatch, Washington D.C., ex
Pietsch, and 4) Apr. 22, 1898, 25c single and 5c single, non-registered to
Hatch, Washington D.C., ex Honolulu Advertiser, offered in this sale
as lot 4354. (Image) |
E. 5,000-7,500
SOLD for $5,250.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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