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One of the world’s rarest, most iconic and most valuable stamps--the legendary 2¢ Blue “Hawaiian Missionary”--the only unused example and the finest among the fifteen recorded, of which ten are in private handsDESCRIPTION
Hawaii, 1851, 2¢ Blue (1), Type II--the right position in the setting of two--unused, full deep impression on bright fresh paper, large margins with framelines complete all around and just touched at lower left, a few spots of blue printer’s ink on back, completely sound
PROVENANCE
* Gaston Leroux (reported to have been owned by Leroux in the 19th century and sold to Ferrary)
* Philipp von Ferrary (also Philip Ferrari de La Renotière), Hotel Drouot, Paris, supervised by M. G. Gilbert, Sale 1, 6/23/1921, lot 56, to Burrus
* Maurice Burrus, H. R. Harmer sale, 5/27/1963, lot 160, to Weills for Phillips
* Benjamin D. Phillips (collection sold privately to Weills, 1968)
* Alfred J. Ostheimer III (bought privately from Weills and sold privately through Weills to Twigg-Smith, circa 1970)
* Thurston-Twigg Smith (collection owned by Honolulu Advertiser newspaper and Persis Corporation family holding company) Honolulu Advertiser (Persis), Siegel Auction Galleries, 11/7-11/1995, Sale 769, lot 11, to Walter J. Mader (bidding for Greg Manning)
* Ivy & Mader PACIFIC ‘97 auction, 6/2/1997, lot 1063, to William H. Gross
CENSUS, LITERATURE AND EXHIBITION REFERENCES
* Siegel census no. 1-II-UNC-1
* https://siegelauctions.com/census/hawaii/scott/1
* Meyer-Harris census no. 8
* Brewster census no. l-II-Unused-l
* L. N. Williams, Encyclopaedia of Rare and Famous Stamps, Vol. I, pp. 137-139
* ANPHILEX 1971 Invited Exhibits (Honolulu Advertiser)
* World Stamp Show 2016 Court of Honor (Gross)
CERTIFICATION
* The Philatelic Foundation (1995)
CONDITION NOTES
* Extremely Fine--perfection
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