The Thurston Twigg-Smith Collection of Hawaiian Stamps and Postal History continued...

Hawaiian Town Postmarks – Island of Hawaii

Lot	Sym.	Lot Description
4454°		1893, 2c Rose, Black Ovpt. (66). Tied by "Hakalau, Hawaii, 17 Aug. 1893" circular datestamp (Ty. 237.02, Scarcity 2) on cover to Honolulu, receiving backstamp, small scuff at left, otherwise Extremely Fine (Image)	E. 200-300 SOLD for $225.00 Will close during Public Auction
4455°		1899, 2c Rose (81). Tied by purple "Hakalau, Hawaii, 28 Dec. 1899" double-circle datestamp (Ty. 281.02) on cover to Honolulu, receiving backstamp, slightly toned, otherwise Fine (Image)	E. 100-150 SOLD for $160.00 Will close during Public Auction
4456°		HAMAKUA MILL CO. Purple straightline handstamp (Ty. 603) on 1893 2c Rose, Black Ovpt. (66) and 1894 2c Brown (75), also cancelled by target and Honolulu datestamp, respectively, No. 75 has faint corner crease, otherwise Very Fine, the Hamakua Mill Co. straightline is scarce (Image)	E. 150-200 SOLD for $120.00 Will close during Public Auction
4457°		1899, 2c Rose (81). Pair, cancelled by clearly struck bluish "Hamakua Mill Co./A. Lidgate, Manager" two-line handstamp in script-like font (this is Gregory's listing example of AUXPRIAG-Hamakua[script]) on legal-size cover to Honolulu, May 15, 1900 receiving backstamp, some very minor toning, Very Fine, Lidgate served as manager of the Hamakua Mill. Co. of Paauilo, as manager of the Paauilo Store where the post office was located and as postmaster of Paauilo from 1898 to 1900, when this cover was mailed -- possibly a unique example of this handstamp, which is something between a private marking and official postmark -- ex Burns (Image)	E. 1,000-1,500 SOLD for $1,100.00 Will close during Public Auction
4458°		1883, 2c Rose (43). Tied by magenta/purple 3-ring target cancel, matching "Hilea, Hawaii, Jan. 26, 1888" double-circle datestamp (Ty. 282.016, Rarity 1RRR) on cover to Honolulu, receiving datestamp, some scattered toning, still Very Fine, Gregory reports only six strikes of this 282.016 Hilea datestamp (Image)	E. 500-750 SOLD for $900.00 Will close during Public Auction
4459°		1889, 1c Red on Buff Postal Card (UX4). Cancelled by light purple "Hilea, Hawaii, Apr. 3, 1895" double-circle datestamp (Ty. 282.011, Scarcity 4, although Gregory notes it might be scarcer than a 4), to Honolulu with receiving datestamp, slight toning along edges, Fine (Image)	E. 150-200 SOLD for $225.00 Will close during Public Auction
4460°		"Hilo Post Office" Manuscript postmark (Ty. 802, Rarity 1RRRR) on 1861 2c Pale Rose, Vertically Laid (28), ample margins to barely in at bottom, light corner crease, used on cover to Punahou, Oahu, ms. "Oct. 29" date to the left of stamp as part of postmark (does not appear to be a docketing), slightly irregular opening at right does not affect stamp, Very Fine, extremely rare "Hilo Post Office" postmark and a beautiful 2c Kamehameha IV cover, "W.H.C." (Colson) handstamp (Image)	E. 1,500-2,000 SOLD for $2,100.00 Will close during Public Auction
4461°		"Hilo Post Office". Manuscript postmark (Ty. 802, Rarity 1RRRR) on 1861 2c Pale Rose, Horizontally Laid (27), ample margins to slightly in, minute tear at top and tiny thin speck, still Fine, only a few examples of this "Hilo Post Office" postmark are known (Image)	E. 500-750 SOLD for $600.00 Will close during Public Auction
4462°		"Hilo". Manuscript postmark (Ty. 801, Rarity 1R) and pen strokes on 1861 2c Pale Rose, Horizontally Laid (27), large margins to slightly in, on cover to Punahou, Oahu, pencil "May 3, 1861" date, opening nick into stamp at right, otherwise Fine, rare (Image)	E. 750-1,000 SOLD for $550.00 Will close during Public Auction
4463°		"Hilo" Manuscript postmark (Ty. 801, Rarity 1R) on 1864 2c Rose Vermilion (31) used on cover to Punahou, Oahu, pencil notation "Nov 30 1864" which would make this stamp a 1st Printing (May or June 1864), small ink stain at top left, slightly reduced at right, Fine and scarce (Image)	E. 500-750 SOLD for $500.00 Will close during Public Auction
4464°		"Hilo" Manuscript postmark (Ty. 801, Rarity 1R) and blue "Paid" in oval cancel (Ty. 760 applied at Lahaina) on 1864 2c Rose Vermilion (31) used on cover to Punahou, Oahu, pencil notation "Sep 21, 1864", minor opening tears at right, otherwise Very Fine (Image)	E. 750-1,000 SOLD for $750.00 Will close during Public Auction