Lot
2327 
Hawaii, Honolulu, Sept 24, 1850. Dateline on folded letter to San Francisco, A.C., red "San Francisco, Cal., Recd., Oct 1" cds with matching "Ship 6" clamshell rate handstamp; small age spots and file folds, Fine. Estimate $400 - 600.
Realized: $6,750
Lot
2328
Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands, Nov 14. Red cds (MH 236.11, rarity 2) on cover to lieutenant on the U.S.S. Mississippi in San Francisco, "San Francisco, Cal., Dec 8" cds with matching "Ship 6" clam shell rate handstamp; minor cover edge repair at bottom right, Very Fine. Estimate $200 - 300.
Most likely sailed aboard the Boston in 1853 leaving Honolulu on September 21 and arriving in San Francisco December 8.
Realized: $270
Lot
2329
Hawaii, Honolulu, U.S. Postage Paid, Dec 25. Red cds (MH 236.05) on linen lined cover to New Bedford, Mass., franked with U.S. 1851, 12¢ black (large margins to in at left) tied by "San Francisco, Cal., Jan 16" cds; tone spots and cover missing backflap, Fine. Scott No. U.S. 17 Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.
Realized: $500
Lot
2330
Hawaii, Honolulu, U.S. Postage Paid, Dec 13. Red cds on 1854 cover to Penn Yan, New York, clear strike of large "Paid 8 Ship" handstamp with matching "San Francisco, Cal., Jan 1" cds, most likely went aboard the ship T.H. Allen, small ink erosion holes at top and reduction at left, otherwise F.-V.F. Estimate $250 - 350.
Realized: $400
Lot
2331
Hawaii, Honolulu, U.S. Postage Paid, May 7. Full clear strike of red cds (MH 242.03) on 1859 cover to Haverhill, Mass., sent aboard the ship Nelson arriving in San Francisco on June 3, bold red "San Francisco, Cal., 12 Paid, Jun 6, 1859" cds at left, Extremely Fine. Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.
Realized: $1,050
Lot
2332
Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaiian - Islands, Aug 9. Red cds on legal size cover to San Francisco, Cal., San Francisco, Cal., Aug 24 cds with matching late strike of "Ship 6" clamshell handstamp, reverse with crown "Marshal of the Hawaiian Islands" wax seal impression, slight cover staining, F.-V.F. Estimate $300 - 400.
Realized: $375
Lot
2333
Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaiian - Islands, Apr 26. Red town cds (MH 243.03) on 1860 cover to New Bedford, Mass., sent on the steamer Frances Palmer on April 26, clear "San Francisco, Cal., May 21, 1860/12" integral rate cds, cover with tone spots and reduced at right, F.-V.F. Estimate $150 - 200.
Realized: $270
Lot
2334
Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands, May 20. Red cds (MH 243.03) on small ladies cover to Rochester, N.Y., "San Francisco, Cal., 12, Jun 11" integral rate cds at left, with original enclosure regarding the await of news of the civil war and … Our intelligence from St. Louis comes though per Pony Express - in a very short time - our latest dates being April 15, less than a month - What an improvement on the old Cape Horn system; cover opened at sides, F.-V.F. Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.
Realized: $525
Lot
2335
Hawaii, Honolulu, U.S. Postage Paid, Sep 1. Red cds (MH 242.03) on ribbon sealed legal size linen cover to Brooklyn, N.Y., endorsed "Commission and Evidence, Fred L. Hanks, Commissioner" at top and "Deposited in the Post Office, Honolulu Sandwich Islands, 31 August, 1861" on reverse, "San Francisco, Cal., Sep 30, 1861" cds; cover reduced at sides and top and U.S. postage applied over Honolulu postmark removed, about Fine, still a rare early official usage from Hawaii. Estimate $300 - 400.
Realized: $375
Lot
2336
Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands, Apr 18. Cds (MH 243.03) on unpaid 1863 cover to New York City, with "San Francisco, Cal., May 13" transit cds with matching "Ship 12" straight line handstamp for collect (Mahoney 210), forwarded to Boston, Mass. with "New York, Jun 5, 1863" duplex postmark; cover missing backflap, Very Fine, a very scarce usage of the "Ship 12" handstamp used for collect mail in the Middle Treaty Period, ex Rust. Estimate $600 - 800.
Realized: $575