U.S. and Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
April 29-30, 2014
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #178 UNITED STATES POSSESSIONS HAWAII 1893 6c green, overprinted in black, unused without gum, good color and fresh, with 1982 Philatelic Foundation certificate stating "genuine with a faint vertical crease at center", fine. Two errors of the 1893 Provisional Government Overprint Issues were made. One sheet of the 10c Red Brown, normally overprinted in black, was overprinted in red (Scott 61B), the other in black, instead of red. 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 #66C Catalog Value $17,500 | Price Realized $6,000.00 |
