Lot
18 
Forwarded by Wm. G. Irwin & Co., Shipping and Commission Merchants, Honolulu, H.I., large fancy purple oval backstamp on Dillingham & Co. Honolulu, H.I. corner card cover to Sacramento Cal. bearing 5¢ blue (39) tied by San Francisco "FD" in circle handstamp (Foreign Department) as a loose letter, endorsed "pr. S.S. 'Suez' " at top left, reverse with "San Francisco Cal. Pd. All Aug 31" arrival cds and "Sacramento City, Cal. Rec'd. Aug 31" arrival cds; small flaw, Very Fine. Estimate $500 - 750.
A RARE USE OF THE WM. G. IRWIN & CO. HONOLULU FORWARDERS OVAL IN PURPLE.
Realized: $375