Lot
53 
Honolulu, Hawaiian-Islands, Nov 14, bold strike of cds on cover to Alfred Russel, Onondaga P.O., Ontario, Canada, bearing 5¢ blue (32) tied by circular grid cancel in combination with U.S. 5¢ brown (76) and three 10¢ green, grilled (96) singles, all tied by matching strikes circle of wedges cancel, "San Francisco Cal. Nov 25" cds at right, red "Hawaiian Steam Service" oval handstamp, docketed as "acknowledge Feb 5 '69"; partial Onondaga (12.15.68) arrival backstamp; some cover flaws and soiling, stamp flaws from edge placement, F.-V.F. Gregory No. HON HI35 Estimate $3,000 - 4,000.
THE ONLY RECORDED HAWAIIAN STEAM SERVICE USE SENT DURING THE FOURTH TREATY PERIOD TO POST-CONFEDERATION CANADA.
Cover carried on 12th contract trip by American steamer "Idaho" from Honolulu Nov. 14th to San Francisco arriving Nov. 25th. Cover was double-weight with 10¢ Hawaiian postage paid by 5¢ stamp plus 5¢ in cash, and the 35¢ U.S. postage overpaying two-times the 10¢ contract steamship rate plus two-times the 6¢ cross-border rate.
References: Illustrated and discussed in Fred Gregory's Hawaii Foreign Mail to 1870 as fig. 17-150 on p. II-290, and Census #55 on p. III-18.
Realized: $2,100