Sale 1367 — United States Stamps
Sale Date — Tuesday-Thursday, 9-11 December, 2025
Category — Hawaii including Specialized Numerals Issues
Hawaii, 1868, 13c Dull Rose, Re-Issue (11). Unused (no gum), ample margins, bright color, Very Fine, with 2015 P.S.E. certificate
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Hawaii, 1859, 1c Light Blue, Bluish White (12). Plate 2-B, Type II (Westerberg Position 10), faint trace of a cancel but almost appears unused, clear margins, few thin spots
VERY FINE APPEARING EXAMPLE OF THE 1859 ONE-CENT BLUE HAWAIIAN NUMERAL ISSUE.
Ex Crocker, Atherton and Wilcox.
(Image Magnifier)Hawaii, 1859, 1c Light Blue, Bluish White (12). Plate 2-B, Type II (Westerberg Position 10), ample margins except where just in at upper left, manuscript squiggles cancel, small thin spot at top, expertly sealed tear at bottom
FINE APPEARING USED EXAMPLE OF THE 1859 ONE-CENT BLUE HAWAIIAN NUMERAL ISSUE.
Ex Westerberg.
(Image Magnifier)Hawaii, 1859, 2c Light Blue, Bluish White (13). Plate 3-A, Type I (Westerberg Position 3), unused (no gum), ample margins to in at top, minor faults and slight splitting along one rule, otherwise Fine, ex Steiner, with 2006 P.F. and 2008 H.P.S. certificates, Scott value $6,250
(Image Magnifier)Hawaii, 1859, 2c Blue, Bluish White (13). Plate 3-A, Type III (Westerberg Position 1), large to gigantic margins with 6mm gutter-margin at right, border fragment of Ty. I position in margin below, red "Honolulu Hawaiian-Islands Aug. 9" (1859) circular datestamp, deep shade, small hole in sheet margin at upper right
EXTREMELY FINE APPEARING EXAMPLE OF THE 1859 2-CENT BLUE HAWAIIAN NUMERAL ISSUE, WITH GUTTER MARGIN AND SHOWING PART OF THE ADJOINING STAMP AT BOTTOM.
Ex Caspary, Wilcox and Honolulu Advertiser. Illustrated in Westerberg book on p. 33.
(Image Magnifier)Hawaii, 1859, 2c Light Blue, Bluish White (13). Plate 3-A, Type V (Westerberg Position 5), showing colon between "INTER" and "ISLAND", three clear margins, just touched at bottom, cancelled by bold strike of Lahaina Customs House seal showing full-rigged ship, couple thins, trivial tiny tear at top
FINE AND RARE APPEARING EXAMPLE OF THE 1859 2-CENT BLUE HAWAIIAN NUMERAL CANCELLED BY THE LAHAINA CUSTOMS HOUSE SEAL AND SHOWING AN UNUSUAL VARIETY.
This marking was used by Cornelius S. Bartow, the Lahaina postmaster, before he received cancelling devices ordered through the Honolulu post office. In a letter to the postmaster-general, he refers to this provisional cancellation: "Did you order a stamp for the department of this place? It seems to me to be very necessary, as I am now compelled to use the Custom House seal."
(Image Magnifier)Hawaii, 1859, 2c Light Blue, Bluish White (13). Plate 3-B, Type V (Westerberg Position 5), huge margins including left sheet margin and part of adjoining stamp at bottom, bold manuscript squiggle cancel, some erosion in cancel stabilized by hinge, small thin spot and light crease
EXTREMELY FINE APPEARING EXAMPLE OF THE 1859 2-CENT BLUE HAWAIIAN NUMERAL WITH SHEET MARGIN AND SHOWING PART OF AN ADJOINING STAMP.
Rare with such wide margins. Ex Crocker, Atherton and Ishikawa. Illustrated in Westerberg book on p. 35.
(Image Magnifier)Hawaii, 1859, 2c Light Blue, Bluish White (13). Plate 3-B, Type IX (Westerberg Position 9), three large margins to just in at left, light strike of red "POSTAGE PAID" in oval handstamp, corner crease, Fine appearance and desirable with the red oval cancel, ex Harris, Ostheimer and Honolulu Advertiser
Hawaii, 1859, 2c Light Blue, Comma after "Cents" (13b). Plate 1-A, Type X (Westerberg Position 2), full margins all around, manuscript cancel at center and at left, thin spot at top, tear at lower left in area of cancel so not very noticeable
VERY FINE APPEARANCE. ONLY SIX EXAMPLES OF THE 1859 2-CENT DARK BLUE HAWAIIAN NUMERAL ISSUE WITH THE COMMA AFTER "CENTS" VARIETY ARE KNOWN.
Our census of this issue is available at https://siegelauctions.com/resources/census/hawaii/scott/13b and contains one unused, four used and one on cover. Census no. HI13b-CAN-04. Ex Lagerdorf, Harris and Aall.
(Image Magnifier)Hawaii, 1862, 2c Black, Greenish Blue (14). Plate 3-Gx, Type X (Westerberg Position 10), large margins to full, manuscript cancel at center, few light creases
EXTREMELY FINE APPEARING USED EXAMPLE OF THE 1862 2-CENT NUMERAL ON GREENISH BLUE PAPER.
With 1964 P.F. certificate.
(Image Magnifier)Hawaii, 1862, 2c Black, Greenish Blue (14). Plate 3-Gx, Type III (Westerberg Position 1), used with manuscript cancel expertly removed, full to ample margins all around, tiny thin spot at top left, margins added at right and part of top, otherwise Very Fine, with 2025 P.F. certificate
Hawaii, 1863, 2c Black, Grayish (16). Plate 3-G, Type I (Westerberg Position 3), original gum, clear to huge margins, usual natural gum wrinkles, light vertical crease, otherwise Very Fine, rare with original gum, ex Caspary and Aall
(Image Magnifier)Hawaii, 1863, 2c Black, Grayish (16). Plate 3-E, Type VIII (Westerberg Position 8), unused (no gum), clear and even margins all around, light diagonal crease, Very Fine appearance
(Image Magnifier)Hawaii, 1863, 2c Black, Grayish (16). Plate 3-F, Type IX (Westerberg Position 9), unused (no gum), large margins to full at right, thin spots and tiny scuff at bottom, appears Extremely Fine, with 2025 P.F. certificate
Hawaii, 1863, 2c Black, Grayish (16). Plate 3-C, Type I (Westerberg Position 3), unused (no gum), ample margins to just clear at top left, horizontal crease at top, small thin at bottom, still Fine, ex Tows, with 2025 P.F. certificate
Hawaii, 1863, 2c Black, Grayish (16). Plate 3-E, Type III (Westerberg Position 1), large to huge margins, tied by blue Lahaina circular datestamp on piece, Extremely Fine, ex Ambassador Middendorf and Honolulu Advertiser, illustrated in Westerberg book on p. 40
(Image Magnifier)Hawaii, 1863, 2c Black, Grayish (16). Plate 3-F, Type X (Westerberg Position 10), large margins to full, neat strike of red "POSTAGE PAID" in oval handstamp, Extremely Fine, ex Ishikawa, with 1981 P.F. certificate noting plate as 3-E
(Image Magnifier)Hawaii, 1863, 2c Black, Grayish (16). Plate 3-E, Type II (Westerberg Position 2), large margins, red Honolulu circular datestamp, slight thin, Extremely Fine appearance, ex Honolulu Advertiser
(Image Magnifier)Hawaii, 1863, 2c Black, Grayish (16). Plate 3-E, Type VI (Westerberg Position 6), large even margins, bright red Honolulu circular datestamp, tiny thin spots are barely noticeable, Extremely Fine appearance, ex Honolulu Advertiser
(Image Magnifier)Hawaii, 1863, 2c Black, Grayish (16). Plate 3-E, Type VII (Westerberg Position 7), large margins, blue square grid cancel, few faults not readily apparent, appears Extremely Fine, ex Caspary and Honolulu Advertiser
(Image Magnifier)Hawaii, 1863, 2c Black, Grayish (16). Plate 3-F, Type X (Westerberg Position 10), large margins, manuscript cancel, thin spot at top, Extremely Fine appearance
(Image Magnifier)Hawaii, 1863, 2c Black, Grayish (16). Plate 3-E, Type V (Westerberg Position 5), full margins to clear, neat manuscript cancel, Very Fine, with 1971 A.P.S. certificate
(Image Magnifier)Hawaii, 1863, 2c Black, Grayish (16). Plate 3-G, Type IX (Westerberg Position 9), three huge margins, clear at bottom, red square grid cancel, tiny tear at right entirely in margin, small thin spot, light creases, Very Fine appearance, ex Harris and Honolulu Advertiser
(Image Magnifier)Hawaii, 1863, 2c Black, Grayish (16). Plate 3-E, Type V (Westerberg Position 5), ample margins to clear, small thin spot at bottom left, Very Fine appearance, ex Wilson, Wilcox and Honolulu Advertiser
(Image Magnifier)Hawaii, 1863, 2c Black, Grayish (16). Plate 3-G, Type VII (Westerberg Position 7), large margins to barely touched at bottom right, blue "PAID" in oval handstamp, faint crease in bottom left margin, Very Fine appearance, ex Wilcox
(Image Magnifier)Hawaii, 1863, 2c Black, Grayish (16). Plate 3-E, Type I (Westerberg Position 3), ample to large margins, blackish-blue Lahaina circular datestamp, tiny pinholes, Very Fine appearance, ex Wilson and Honolulu Advertiser
(Image Magnifier)Hawaii, 1863, 2c Black, Grayish (16). Plate 3-D, Type VI (Westerberg Position 6), large margins to ample, light strike of Feb. 25 Honolulu circular datestamp, tiny thin speck, Very Fine appearance, ex Burrus
(Image Magnifier)Hawaii, 1863, 2c Black, Grayish (16). Plate 3-C, Type III (Westerberg Position 1), large margins to barely touched including most of top sheet margin, part of sheet margin missing likely due to insect erosion, tied on small piece by red Honolulu circular datestamp, Very Fine, ex Crocker and Atherton
(Image Magnifier)Hawaii, 1863, 2c Black, Grayish (16). Plate 3-G, Type IV (Westerberg Position 4), large margins to just touched at bottom left, red square grid and matching circular datestamp cancels, thin and horizontal crease, Fine appearance, ex Wilcox
(Image Magnifier)Hawaii, 1863, 2c Black, Grayish (16). Plate 3-E, Type IV (Westerberg Position 4), large margins to just touched, light strike of red Honolulu circular datestamp, small thin spot, Fine appearance, ex Tows and Van Dyke
(Image Magnifier)Hawaii, 1863, 2c Black, "2" at Top (16a). Plate 3-C, Type IX (Westerberg Position 9), full margins to just clear, cancelled by red "POSTAGE PAID" in oval handstamp, Fine, scarce in sound condition, ex Ambassador Middendorf
(Image Magnifier)Hawaii, 1863, 2c Black, Grayish White (16d). Plate 3-F, Type X (Westerberg Position 10), unused (no gum), large margins to clear, Very Fine
(Image Magnifier)Hawaii, 1865, 5c Blue on Blue, "Hawaiian Postage" (21). Plate 9-A, Type III (Westerberg Position 7), original gum, large margins including left sheet margin, some paper creasing mostly due to gum, thin spot at top, otherwise Extremely Fine, a stamp with great visual appeal
(Image Magnifier)Hawaii, 1865, 5c Blue on Blue, "Hawaiian Postage" (21). Plate 9-A, Type IV (Westerberg Position 8), unused (no gum), large margins to full, light toned spots, horizontal crease and minor thin spot, Very Fine appearance
(Image Magnifier)Hawaii, 1865, 5c Blue on Blue, "Hawaiian Postage" (21). Plate 9-A, Type IX (Westerberg Position 2), large margins to clear, bold strike of square grid cancel, faint crease, Very Fine and attractive appearance
(Image Magnifier)Hawaii, 1865, 5c Blue on Blue, "Interisland" (22). Plate 12-A, Type X (Westerberg Position 5), unused (no gum), large margins, presed-out diagonal crease, vertical crease in right margin, Extremely Fine appearance, with 2025 P.F. certificate
Hawaii, 1865, 5c Blue on Blue, "Interisland" (22). Plate 12-A, Type VII (Westerberg Position 3), large part original gum, h.r., large margins to clear, Very Fine
(Image Magnifier)Hawaii, 1864, 1c Black, Laid (23). Five unused examples, Plate 8-A, Types II, III, IV, VI and VII (Westerberg Positions 1, 4, 3, 5 and 8), unused (no gum), clear margins to full, few faults, Fine-Very Fine appearance, an attractive group
(Image Magnifier)Hawaii, 1864, 2c Black, Laid (24). Plate 7-A, Type I (Westerberg Position 1), unused (no gum), large margins all around, fresh and Extremely Fine
(Image Magnifier)Hawaii, 1864, 2c Black, Laid (24). Three unused examples, Plate 7-A, Types V and VII (Westerberg Positions 5 and 7 with two of latter), large margins to full, few small faults, Very Fine appearing group
(Image Magnifier)Hawaii, 1865, 2c Dark Blue (26). Four unused examples, Plate 10-A, Types VIII, IX (2) and II (Westerberg Positions 2, 1 and 10), one with trace of gum, others unused (no gum), three with large margins to clear, one with margins to barely in, one showing broken toe of "2", few small faults, Fine-Very Fine group
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Hawaii, 1893, 1c Blue, Red Ovpt. (54). Mint N.H. block of four with part imprint selvage at left, the selvage with piece of paper affixed with seal of Postmaster General and manuscript "Genuine Jos. M. Oat. PM Genl", small hole and light crease in label only, Very Fine, this is the only example of this issue we have encountered with the label
(Image Magnifier)Hawaii, 1893, 12c Red Lilac, Red Ovpt. (63). Block of four with selvage at left showing trace of imprint, three stamps Mint N.H., top left stamp lightly hinged, the selvage with piece of paper affixed with seal of Postmaster General and manuscript "Genuine Jos. M. Oat. PM Genl", Very Fine and choice, 1993 P.F. certificate no longer accompanies
(Image Magnifier)Hawaii, Collection. Three-ring binder jammed with homemade album pages, better than one normally sees with sheet of No. 10 and 10S, used 27 (2), unused 28, unused 28a, 27 on cover front, Numerals such as Nos. 21 unused and used (3), 22 (unused and used), 25 and 26, nice group of Bank Note issues with some proofs such as 31P1, 31P3, 31P4, 32P1, 31TC3 (2), 36P3, nice group of provisional overprints with varieties such as 71f, Revenues such as R9a and blocks such as R16 block of eight, also Playing Card tax stamp cut down, R11P3, unused and used Officials, also a nice range of covers some faults to be expected but overall a Fine-Very Fine and very desirable collection, we strongly suggest viewing the website PDF
Hawaii, Covers and Ephemera. Album containing a wide range of items, including postcards of "Fishes of Hawaii, nice group of covers sent interisland, cover with "Damaged by fire on ship honolulu hawaii jul. 28 1953" three-line handstamp, precancels, few Hawaiian coins, some faults, few covers may not be genuine, overall appear Fine-Very Fine, a great group for the specialist
Hawaii, Revenue Documents and Maps. Just over 40 documents and 12 maps, including 1881 map of Oahu, Lanai 1878, colorful large map of Big Island (undated), Maui survey of 1885, 1901 Kauai, Honolulu sewer construction map from 1899-1900, the documents contain a range of issues, some faults, overall Fine-Very Fine, an interesting group for the specialist