Lot 2111
Hawaii, [1852] Honolulu, U.S. Postage Paid, Oct 20. Bold cds on small 1852 cover to Paris, France, red crayon "28" manuscript rate, carried by the steamship George Washington to San Francisco, with blue "San Francisco, Cal, Dec 1" cds with matching "Paid" handstamp, red New York exchange and red Paris entry cds's, "8" decimes due handstamp and Paris receiving backstamp, Extremely Fine. Meyer-Harris No. 236.05.Estimate $7,500 - 10,000.
An extremely rare usage from Hawaii to Paris, France and one of only ten known usages from Hawaii with the blue San Francisco town postmark.
Realized: $7,000