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  • Lot# : 149 USA

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    1867: Entire letter from Honolulu to Rheims, France originally franked with an adhesive, now missing, endorsed 'via Panama' and struck with superb HONOLULU / U.S. POSTAGE PAID datestamp in red (Oct 5). Rated '15' in crayon and deleted (where stamp was affixed) and rate changed to '30' cents. Reverse with fine oval FORWARDED BY / H. HACKFELD & Co. / HONOLULU H.I. cachet in black, thence via San Francisco (Nov 2) and New York (Dec 3) with '24' credit marking to Rheims (Dec 16). An extremely rare entire. Cert. Holcombe (1989).
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,700 CHF