Lot
1886 
Hawaii, Dead Letter Office Markings. Small lot of five Postal cards all with various Service Markings including "Advertised", "Dead Letter Office", "Unclaimed/Non reclamé", "Return to Writer", in various different colors & formats, Very Fine. Estimate $400 - 600.
Realized: $525
Lot
1887
Hawaii, Dead Letter Office Markings. Small group of two Postal cards, one cover & two fragments all with various markings including Dead Letter Office, Advertised, Unclaimed, etc., mixed condition, worth inspection. Estimate $300 - 400.
Realized: $400
Lot
1888
Hawaii, Midway Island, H. Isls. Cds tying 2¢ Wash. on fresh cover to Honolulu, H.I., backflap with blue "Midway Island, North Pacific" corner card, F.-V.F., very rare. Estimate $400 - 600.
Realized: $400
Lot
1889
Hawaii, Midway Island - The Tinker Correspondence 1907-16. A fabulous lot of 26 real photo postcards from Midway Island from Rupert Tinker, a Marine stationed at Midway, all but four used & franked with 1¢ Washington-Franklin and cancelled by the very rare "Midway Island, H. Isls./Oahu" duplex cancel, the cards show many excellent views including 13 different shots of Island bird(s), one of Marines Hand Pulling Wagon, one garden scene, five views of Cable Station, one of sender in Military Whites in the "Billiard Room, Cable Station", one of "our two cows", a "Bird's Eye View of the Northwest Section, taken from the top of the Windmill", etc., also included are tw real photo cards from Honolulu to sender, one of which is a view of Surfers, the postmarks vary in strength of strike and completeness as is often the case, overall condition of the cards is excellent with some minor corner wear or tiny worm hole, Very Fine, a wonderful lot worth careful inspection. Estimate $5,000 - 7,500.
In 1903, workers for the Commercial Pacific Cable Company took up residence on the Midway Island as part of the effort to lay a trans-Pacific telegraph cable. The cable, laid in portions from San Francisco to Honolulu to Midway to Guam to the Philippines, carried the first round-the-world message from President Theodore Roosevelt on July 4, 1903. He wished "a happy Independence Day to the U.S., its territories and properties…" After only a brief time at Midway, the Cable Station personnel realized that Japanese poachers landed on the atoll frequently to fish and collect bird feathers and eggs. President Teddy Roosevelt sent 21 Marines to stop the wanton destruction of birdlife, and to keep Midway safe as a U.S. possession.
During the construction of the trans-Pacific telegraph cable, a branch of the Honolulu Postal System operated on the Island, commencing in 1906, which produced some of the rarest postmarks of the Territorial Period.
Realized: $6,250
Lot
1890
Hawaii, Midway Island (balance lot). A fabulous lot of one cover franked with 2¢ Washington-Franklin tied by the very rare "Midway Island, H. Isls./Oahu" duplex cancel, a rare Commercial Cable Co. picture post card of the Cable Station, used in 1916 (stained), plus several Military Commemorative covers from the 1930's & 40's (one with 50¢ Zeppelin), one 1938 Pan-Am cover, etc., a great lot worth careful inspection, Very Fine, a wonderful lot worth careful inspection. Estimate $750 - 1,000.
In 1903, workers for the Commercial Pacific Cable Company took up residence on the Midway Island as part of the effort to lay a trans-Pacific telegraph cable. The cable, laid in portions from San Francisco to Honolulu to Midway to Guam to the Philippines, carried the first round-the-world message from President Theodore Roosevelt on July 4, 1903. He wished "a happy Independence Day to the U.S., its territories and properties…" After only a brief time at Midway, the Cable Station personnel realized that Japanese poachers landed on the atoll frequently to fish and collect bird feathers and eggs. President Teddy Roosevelt sent 21 Marines to stop the wanton destruction of birdlife, and to keep Midway safe as a U.S. possession.
During the construction of the trans-Pacific telegraph cable, a branch of the Honolulu Postal System operated on the Island, commencing in 1906, which produced some of the rarest postmarks of the Territorial Period.
Realized: $1,900
Lot
1891
Hawaii, Palmyra Island. Lot of five covers from Palmyra Island, all but one with Censor marking, four with U.S. Navy postmark & one with stamp cancelled in transit by Honolulu duplex, F.-V.F. Estimate $300 - 400.
Palmyra Island is an atoll which lies 960 miles south by west of Honolulu. On April 15, 1862, Captain Zenas Bent landed and took formal possession for the Hawaiian government, in accordance with a royal commission issued to him by Kamehameha IV. He planted vegetables and left a white man and four Hawaiians on the island. Formal announcement was made of this by Kamehameha IV, through his Minister of Interior, June 18, 1862. The ownership of these island would later be disputed for the next 80 years
Preliminary surveys were made by the U.S. Navy during 1938, and the first party to begin construction sailed from Honolulu November 14, 1939.
Realized: $145
Lot
1892
Hawaii, Wake, Howland & Johnston Islands. Small group of covers & cards from these islands including one 1938 Pan-Am flight cover from Wake, "U.S.S. Henderson/Wake Island" on a 1937 philatelic cover, a 1937 Search for Amelia Earhart cacheted cover with postmark "U.S.S. Colorado/En Route Howland Island", a number of unused modern picture post card from Johnston Island, etc., worth inspection (no photo). Estimate $200 - 300.
Realized: $180