Lot
2548 
Hawaii, The Equitable Life Assurance Society, corner card on fumigated cover to W.J. Lowrie in Spreckelsville, Maui, bearing 1899, 2¢ rose tied by "Honolulu, H.I. Dec 15, 1900" duplex, top left and bottom right corners with fumigation cuts, Very Fine, ex-Golden. Scott No. 81 Estimate $200 - 300.
Bubonic plague swept through Honolulu and other parts of the Islands for several months and Honolulu was quarantined starting December 12, 1899 and finally ending April 30, 1900.