Sale 769 — The Honolulu Advertiser Collection
Sale Date — Tuesday, 7 November, 1995
Category — 1896 Officials


























BELIEVED TO BE THE ONLY SURVIVING 25-CENT OFFICIAL ON COVER
When use of this issue was discontinued on August 12, 1898, nearly half the original printing of 10,000 was still on hand, with many of those sold going directly to dealers and collectors (later, stamps were canceled to order to prevent their unauthorized use). Despite the numerous philatelic mailings of later Hawaiian issues, the Officials appear to have been neglected. This, combined with the small printings and light use of the high values in a very narrow time frame, accounts for the rarity of the 12c and 25c Officials. The existence of the 25c stamp on a full commercial cover is nearly miraculous - a showpiece and one of the under-rated rarities of Hawaiian philately