U.S. and Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
April 29-30, 2014
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #177 UNITED STATES POSSESSIONS HAWAII 1893 10c red brown, overprinted in red, unused with full original gum, h.r., fresh and fine, with 1982 Philatelic Foundation certificate. Two errors of the 1893 Provisional Government Overprint Issues were made. One sheet of the 6c Green, normally overprinted in red, was overprinted in black (Scott 66C), the other, in red instead of black. According to an affidavit by Louis T. Kenake, clerk of the Stamp Division of the Republic of Hawaii, the 10c sheet was issued to the postmaster at Kahuka, Oahu (Meyer-Harris, p. 240). The 6c sheet was purchased by Postmaster Jos. M. Oat and sometime around 1901 most of it was sold to dealer J. H. Makins, probably on behalf of Henry J. Crocker. The San Francisco earthquake is said to have destroyed a number of examples of both the overprint errors, * Catalog #61B Catalog Value $17,500 | Price Realized $8,500.00 |
