Lot
2374 
Hawaii, 1857, 5¢ blue, thin white paper, right margins single, clear to large margins including full sheet selvage, tied by red "Honolulu, U.S. Postage Paid, Sep 8" cds on cover to Natchez, Miss., in combination with U.S. 1851, 12¢ black, left interpane centerline margin single (17) with full balanced margins around, both tied by "San Francisco, Cal., Oct 5, 1857" cds, 1857 docketing at left; some trivial cover edge wear, Extremely Fine, ex-Krug, Haas & Gross; signed Ashbrook on reverse, with 2020 P.F. certificate. Scott No. 8 $9,000.
A WONDERFUL 1857 5¢ KAMEHAMEHA III & U.S. 1857 12¢ ISSUE COMBINATION USAGE WITH BOTH FOUR MARGIN STAMPS BEARING SHEET MARGINS.
This cover was carried aboard the British bark "Sebastopol" departing Honolulu on September 8th and arriving in San Francisco on September 29th. Then from S.F. per PMSC "Golden Gate" on October 5th but had to return due to a broken shaft. It then was placed aboard the "Golden Age" by the Panama mail departing on October 11th and arriving October 24th. Carried to New York aboard the USMSC "Star of the West" which left on October 24th and arriving in New York on November 4th.