Beschreibung:

cover 1853, 5c Blue, 13c Dark Red on thick white wove (5, 6), a single of each, ample to huge margins, former showing bit of next stamp at top, latter has long vertical scissors cut at left prior to use, used in combination with United States 12c Black (17), large margins to slightly in, creases, all three stamps tied by a red "HONOLULU* U.S. Postage Paid *DEC 28" c.d.s. on neat 1855 bluish-gray folded letter from B. Pitman, Postmaster at Hilo, to Sag Harbor, Long Island, N.Y. (a famous whaling port), the contents are datelined "Hilo, December 23d 1855", this cover was carried by the ship Yankee which departed Honolulu on Jan. 2nd (1856) and arrived in San Francisco on Jan. 17th, upon arrival all three stamps were again cancelled by "San Francisco, CAL. 21 Jan" c.d.s., in Sag Harbor the cover was forwarded to Southampton, N.Y., ms. "forwarded 3", the U.S. stamp has been lifted and hinged back into place to allow easy viewing of all three stamps, one of three December 1855 covers from the Hilo Postmaster carried on the Yankee , only this cover bears both Hawaiian denominations, the fact that the U.S. stamp is cancelled by the red Honolulu c.d.s. proves without a doubt that U.S. stamps were applied in Honolulu prior to cancellation at the San Francisco Post Office, some wear, minor edge tears and trivial paper loss along cover edges and folds which have been expertly strengthened using archival tape, A FABULOUS HAWAIIAN-UNITED STATES COMBINATION FRANKING COVER FEATURING THE TWO DIFFERENT KAMEHAMEHA DENOMINATION STAMPS AVAILABLE AT THE TIME, AS SUCH, EXTRAORDINARILY RARE AND EXCEEDINGLY DESIRABLE, Scott retail $35,000.00 photo