Lot
15 
Gilman & Co., Lahaina Maui., Hawaiian Islands, colorless embossed oval on flap of buff cover to Capt. Daniel Tinker, care of S.N. West Esgr., New Bedford Mass. bearing 3¢ dull red, type I (25) tied by "New-York Aug 13" cds, manuscript "Lahaina Maui, Sandwich Islands" docketing, pencil "1857" year designation; flap and embossing with hinge mending, F.-V.F., ex-Chase, Krug, Advertiser. Estimate $3,000 - 4,000.
THE ONLY RECORDED EXAMPLE OF THIS EMBOSSED GILMAN & CO. LAHAINA FLAP OVAL.
This cover was carried by American ship "Aspasia" from Honolulu April 4th to New York arriving August 12th 1857. It entered the mails the following day with a New York August 13th postmark.