Sale 769 — The Honolulu Advertiser Collection
Sale Date — Tuesday, 7 November, 1995
Category — 1869-89 Kamehameha IV Re-Issue, Reproduction and Reprint (Scott 29, 50 and 51)
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
3058°
1869, 2c Red, Re-Issue (29). Top left corner margin single, o.g., small natural gum crease, Extremely Fine
45
85
3059°
1869, 2c Red, Re-Issue (29). Two blocks, different shades, one is bottom right corner margin copy, full to enormous margins, o.g., h.r., creasing in first, slight gum toning in other, Fine appearing lot
450
200
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1869, 2c Red, Re-Issue (29). Complete sheet of 15, o.g., tiny paper adherence affects four stamps, others are mint, natural pinhole in margin between two stamps, Very Fine
765
700
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1869, 2c Red, Re-Issue (29). Complete sheet of 15, o.g., h.r. in two stamps, some gum toning, thin in selvage, Fine appearance
765
325
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1869, 2c Red, Re-Issue (29). Top right margin block, each stamp with clear "Kahului Maui Dec. 20 69" double-circle ds in blue, obviously a favor cancel, including the year date, as this canceler was not in use in 1869, still a rare used example of the re-issue
E. 300-400
525
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1869, 2c Red, Re-Issue (29, 29S var). First with favor cancel (1869 year date), other with unlisted "SPECIMEN" in black - handstamped rather than overprinted, full margins except latter just touched one corner, Fine, first is ex Atherton
E. 200-250
425
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S
1869, 2c Red, Re-Issue, Cancelled Ovpt. (29S). Two, each four margins, different shades, Very Fine, ex Atherton
100
80
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S
1869, 2c Red, Re-Issue, Cancelled Ovpt. (29S). Block, o.g., full to large margins, Very Fine
250
190
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1869, 2c Red, Re-Issue (29). Clear to huge margins including bottom sheet margin, tied by "Kahului Maui Sep. 12 80" double-circle ds with ornaments, on small cover to Haiku, Maui; cover slightly reduced at left (clear of address), stamp with gum toning in top and right margins, otherwise Very Fine, rare usage
E. 200-250
1,100
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P
1886, 2c Orange Vermilion, Reproduction, Plate Proof on India (50P3). Mounted on card, small inclusion, Very Fine
150
180
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P
1886, 2c Orange Vermilion, Reproduction, Plate Proof on India (50P3). Clear to large margins, small thins, Very Fine appearance
150
150
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P
1886, 2c Orange Vermilion, Reproduction, Plate Proof on India (50P3). Top right margin block of four, scattered toned spots and thin in one proof
600
500
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S
1886, 2c Orange Vermilion, Reproduction, Specimen Ovpt. (50S). Complete sheet of 50, o.g., small h.r., each with overprint in blue as issued, heavy crease between fifth and sixth vertical rows, Fine appearance
3,100
1,700
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S
1886, 2c Orange Vermilion, Reproduction, Specimen Ovpt. (50S). Complete sheet of 50, also top right margin block of nine, and single, o.g or mint, single unused, sheet with creasing between rows, block with some tiny gum disturbance, Fine lot
3,710
1,800
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1886, 2c Orange Vermilion, Reproduction (50). Two, one with o.g, different shades, unused example with tiny inclusion, Very Fine
300
135
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1886, 2c Orange Vermilion, Reproduction (50). Complete sheet of 50, stamps Mint except for three in top row with h.r., creased in margin between third and fourth horizontal rows, and light crease affecting third vertical row, three stamps with tiny inclusion, Very Fine appearance, very scarce, ex Atherton
9,000
5,250
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1886, 2c Orange Vermilion, Reproduction (50). Large to enormous margins, double-circle cds (favor cancel), Very Fine
E. 100-150
180
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P
1889, 2c Carmine, Reprint, Large Die Proof on India (51P1). Mounted on 54 x 61mm card, small thinning far from design, Very Fine appearance
550
625
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1889, 2c Carmine, Reprint Ovpt. (51S). Three, includes corner margin single with large to gigantic margins, another with four large margins, and a third with barred oval cancel from Honolulu duplex, last with small faults, Fine-Extremely Fine
E. 150-200
240
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S
1889, 2c Carmine, Reprint Ovpt. (51S). Bottom left margin block of six, o.g., h.r., Very Fine
175
110
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1889, 2c Carmine, Reprint Ovpt. (51S). Complete sheet of 15 (top selvage removed), o.g., small h.r. and tiny paper adherence, two stamps with small thin, third vertical row creased, Fine appearance
425
200
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1889, 2c Carmine, Reprint (51). Includes two blocks in distinctively different shades, bottom margin single and one used copy (cds), all but last with o.g., one block creased, otherwise Very Fine lot
270
135
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1889, 2c Carmine, Reprint (51). Complete sheet of 15, stamps mint, small thins in selvage, bottom right stamp with tiny scuff, Very Fine appearance
395
260
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1889, 2c Carmine, Reprint (51). Horizontal pair, large margins to jsut touching at bottom, used with 1883 1c Green (42), and both tied by two strikes of "Kahului, Maui 3 1890 May" rimmed double-circle on cover to the Scott Stamp & Coin Co. in New York, Honolulu duplex also ties 1c, New York backstamps, Fine and rare usage, ex Seybold
E. 500-750
2,200
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1889, 2c Carmine, Reprint (51). Large margins, tied by "Makawao Maui May 1891" rimmed double-circle ds in purple on cover to Honolulu with latter backstamp dated May 10, cover repaired at top right, partly under stamp, otherwise Fine. Despite some claims (including a ms. note on the back from the recipient) that the 2c Reprints were available for postage, this is most likely philatelic in nature, though a very scarce usage
E. 250-350
400
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