Lot 100
100
cover 5c Blue Hawaiian "Missionary" (2), type I, large to immense margins all around, couple really trivial margin tears, but not repaired, faint red crayon "x" cancel, used in combination with United States 3c Dull Red (11), horizontal pair (placed vertically), margins to slightly in, ms. cancels, used on Pogue-Fiske correspondence buff cover to Lahainaluna, Sandwich Islands (Hawaii), "Auburn, Mass. Dec. 21" ms. pmk. of origin, ms. "via San Francisco", the U.S. stamps pay the U.S. transcontinental rate of 6c (for over 3,000 miles), the Hawaiian "Missionary" applied on arrival paid the 5c Hawaiian rate with the 2c ship fee presumably paid in cash, interior of the cover has been professionally silked and with a very trivial tiny cover repair just below the Hawaiian stamp,

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cover 5c Blue Hawaiian "Missionary" (2), type I, large to immense margins all around, couple really trivial margin tears, but not repaired, faint red crayon "x" cancel, used in combination with United States 3c Dull Red (11), horizontal pair (placed vertically), margins to slightly in, ms. cancels, used on Pogue-Fiske correspondence buff cover to Lahainaluna, Sandwich Islands (Hawaii), "Auburn, Mass. Dec. 21" ms. pmk. of origin, ms. "via San Francisco", the U.S. stamps pay the U.S. transcontinental rate of 6c (for over 3,000 miles), the Hawaiian "Missionary" applied on arrival paid the 5c Hawaiian rate with the 2c ship fee presumably paid in cash, interior of the cover has been professionally silked and with a very trivial tiny cover repair just below the Hawaiian stamp,

OTHERWISE VERY FINE, AN EXTREMELY RARE USE OF A HAWAIIAN "MISSIONARY" ON INCOMING MAIL TO HAWAII, THE VASTLY SUPERIOR EXAMPLE OF ONLY TWO SUCH RECORDED USAGES (BOTH ARE POGUE-FISKE CORRESPONDENCE COVERS) photo