Losnr. 5388 - 321.-332. Auktion
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Losnr. : 5388 Hawaii
1853: 5 c. blue on thick white wove paper. large to close margins on all sides, slight fault at top, used with 1851 Washington 12 c. black imperforate (Scott 17) on 1860 cover to New York, the adhesives uncancelled at Honolulu but tied by "SAN FRANCISCO / CAL" cds (Nov 16) in black. "HONOLULU / U.S. POSTAGE PAID" cds of despatch (Oct 27), superb in red at left. A most attractive and rare cover. Signed in full by Stanley Ashbrook on reverse Scott = $ 12'000.rnProvenance: Collection Lidman, Morgenthau & Co, New York, 2-3 Feb 1911, lot 941; Collection Rear-Admiral Harris, Harmers, New York, 14 Oct 1954, lot 122.rnrnAusruf : 3.500 CHFZuschlag : nicht verkauft