Lot
2137 
Hawaii, (Oahu) Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands, Dec 27, bold cds (236.11 (I)) on 1854 cover addressed to Rev. L.H. Gulick on Ascension Island, Micronesia (now Pohnpei), with "Rev. S.C. Dawson - Feb 3, 1854" recipient docketing at right; light cover toning at left and some edge erosion at bottom right, F.-V.F., carried to Ascension on the whaler Jireh Perry, which departed Honolulu on January 4th 1855, ex-Honolulu Advertiser and Golden. Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.
THE EARLIEST OF THREE KNOWN COVERS FROM HAWAII TO ASCENSION ISLAND IN MICRONESIA.
The recipient, Luther Halsey Gulick, Sr. was a missionary to the Kingdom of Hawaii and Micronesia. The sender, Samuel Chenery Damon, was a missionary to Hawaii, pastor of the Seaman's Bethel Church, Chaplin of the Honolulu American Seamen's Friend Society and editor of the monthly newspaper "The Friend".
Realized: $2,300