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Auction archive: Lot number 107

cover 1851, 2c and 5c Blue Hawaiian "Missionaries" (1, 2), type II, both "Missionaries" are without repairs and are actually very fine for these extremely rare and unbelievably fragile stamps, the 2c has generally clear to large margins all around sh...

Auction 20.04.1999
20 Apr 1999
Estimate
US$1,700,000 - US$2,000,000
Price realised:
US$1,600,000
Auction archive: Lot number 107

cover 1851, 2c and 5c Blue Hawaiian "Missionaries" (1, 2), type II, both "Missionaries" are without repairs and are actually very fine for these extremely rare and unbelievably fragile stamps, the 2c has generally clear to large margins all around sh...

Auction 20.04.1999
20 Apr 1999
Estimate
US$1,700,000 - US$2,000,000
Price realised:
US$1,600,000
Beschreibung:

cover 1851, 2c and 5c Blue Hawaiian "Missionaries" (1, 2), type II, both "Missionaries" are without repairs and are actually very fine for these extremely rare and unbelievably fragile stamps, the 2c has generally clear to large margins all around showing complete framelines except for a small nick in the top left corner, the 5c has three mostly ample margins and is just into portions of the left frameline, there is a sealed tear at bottom right and a small portion of the frameline has been filled-in at bottom right, both are tied by seven-bar grids on a blue folded cover addressed to "Miss Eliza A. Dawson" in New York City, red "HONOLULU* U.S. Postage Paid *OCT 4" c.d.s. of origin (indicating full payment of the U.S. postage in Hawaii). Used in combination with United States 3c Brownish Carmine (11), horizontal pair (an 1852 printing from plate 2 Late), ample margins to slightly in, the U.S. stamps are tied by a "San Francisco, Cal. 27 Oct." c.d.s. (this style cancel was only used from 1849-53), while this cover bears no specific yeardate, it can be determined from several other factors. The Dawson correspondence itself is well-known, it began in April of 1851 and continued well into 1852. The Brownish Carmine shade and the clear impressions of the U.S. stamps are typical of the 1852 printings. In addition, the San Francisco c.d.s. was only in use until early 1853. Finally, an examination of the sailing schedules for 1852 confirms that the ship Mary A. Jones sailed from Honolulu on Oct. 5, 1852 (one day after the Honolulu pmk. was applied) and arrived in San Francisco on October 26th (one day prior to the application of the San Francisco pmk.). The Hawaiian "Missionaries" pay the 5c Hawaiian postage and the 2c ship fee. The U.S. stamps pay the U.S. transcontinental rate of 6c (for over 3,000 miles), VERY FINE AND EXCEPTIONALLY CHOICE, THE UNIQUE TWO-CENTS "MISSIONARY" COVER, AN ABSOLUTELY EXTRAORDINARY MARRIAGE OF TWO DIFFERENT DENOMINATION "MISSIONARIES" USED IN COMBINATION WITH UNITED STATES STAMPS, THE RAREST OF ALL HAWAIIAN-UNITED STATES COMBINATION COVERS AND REGARDED AS ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST SPECTACULAR PHILATELIC RARITIES, Scott retail $2,100,000.00 photo

Auction archive: Lot number 107
Auction:
Datum:
20 Apr 1999
Auction house:
Christie's
Spink America
Beschreibung:

cover 1851, 2c and 5c Blue Hawaiian "Missionaries" (1, 2), type II, both "Missionaries" are without repairs and are actually very fine for these extremely rare and unbelievably fragile stamps, the 2c has generally clear to large margins all around showing complete framelines except for a small nick in the top left corner, the 5c has three mostly ample margins and is just into portions of the left frameline, there is a sealed tear at bottom right and a small portion of the frameline has been filled-in at bottom right, both are tied by seven-bar grids on a blue folded cover addressed to "Miss Eliza A. Dawson" in New York City, red "HONOLULU* U.S. Postage Paid *OCT 4" c.d.s. of origin (indicating full payment of the U.S. postage in Hawaii). Used in combination with United States 3c Brownish Carmine (11), horizontal pair (an 1852 printing from plate 2 Late), ample margins to slightly in, the U.S. stamps are tied by a "San Francisco, Cal. 27 Oct." c.d.s. (this style cancel was only used from 1849-53), while this cover bears no specific yeardate, it can be determined from several other factors. The Dawson correspondence itself is well-known, it began in April of 1851 and continued well into 1852. The Brownish Carmine shade and the clear impressions of the U.S. stamps are typical of the 1852 printings. In addition, the San Francisco c.d.s. was only in use until early 1853. Finally, an examination of the sailing schedules for 1852 confirms that the ship Mary A. Jones sailed from Honolulu on Oct. 5, 1852 (one day after the Honolulu pmk. was applied) and arrived in San Francisco on October 26th (one day prior to the application of the San Francisco pmk.). The Hawaiian "Missionaries" pay the 5c Hawaiian postage and the 2c ship fee. The U.S. stamps pay the U.S. transcontinental rate of 6c (for over 3,000 miles), VERY FINE AND EXCEPTIONALLY CHOICE, THE UNIQUE TWO-CENTS "MISSIONARY" COVER, AN ABSOLUTELY EXTRAORDINARY MARRIAGE OF TWO DIFFERENT DENOMINATION "MISSIONARIES" USED IN COMBINATION WITH UNITED STATES STAMPS, THE RAREST OF ALL HAWAIIAN-UNITED STATES COMBINATION COVERS AND REGARDED AS ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST SPECTACULAR PHILATELIC RARITIES, Scott retail $2,100,000.00 photo

Auction archive: Lot number 107
Auction:
Datum:
20 Apr 1999
Auction house:
Christie's
Spink America
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