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(Hawaii) Volcano House, Hawaii., purple circular postmark without date (281.02) on 1897, 2¢ green postal card to Springfield, Missouri, light strikes of purple "Pahala, Oct 16, 1898" transit cds's (253.01, scarcity 3) on front and reverse, "Honolulu, H.I., Oct 18, 1898" duplex and Tacoma, Wash. transit postmarks, reverse with lengthy message from scientific party at datelined "Volcano House, Kilauea, Oct 16, 1898", Very Fine, the Earliest Known Usage of This Volcano House Postmark. Scott No. UX9a Estimate $500 - 750.
This date stamp was received at Volcano House in October of 1898, but without the dates. This is possibly a unique October 1898 usage showing the absence of the datestamp.
Realized: $425