Lot
2297 
Hawaii, Bond correspondence of Hawaii, 1870-80's. 70 covers, each with original letter; great variety of frankings (including 20x 1875, 2¢ brown), cancels (including 1882 Kawaihae town, Hilo Fancy "H" in circle, several different Castle and Cook handstamps, etc.), advertising, etc.; as good as the covers are, the correspondence is undoubtedly even better; 70 letters involving one of the most famous families in Hawaii; a new find and as can be seen in the absence of original correspondence in both the Honolulu Advertiser and the recent Twigg-Smith collections, F.-V.F. overall. Estimate $6,000 - 8,000.
NEWLY DISCOVERED BOND FAMILY LETTERS The following 16 lots are a newly discovered correspondence of the famous Bond Family. One of the earliest Missionary families in the Hawaiian Island, the bonds originally settled in 1841 on the Big Island.
Realized: $8,000