Sale 6Completed: February 22, 2025
The February Sale
Lots 1037—1039
Registered Covers
Lot 1037
1900 (Dec. 14) Honolulu, Hawaii to San Francisco Cal., cover red "Tomb Kee & Co., P.O. Box 941, Honolulu, H.I." return address handstamp bearing 10¢ orange brown (283) tied by partial purple "Registry" straightline, matching perfect sharp "Registered, Honolulu, Hawaii, Dec 14, 1900" cds, endorsed "Per S.S. Zealandia" at top, San Francisco (12.23) arrival backstamp; reduced at right, Very Fine.
Estimate ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ $100 - 150.Realized: $170
Lot 1038
1900 (Oct. 20) Honolulu, Hawaii to London, England, cover with blue "Pacific Club, Honolulu" flap imprint bearing 2¢ red (279B) block of six and single, couple flaws, tied by purple "Registered, Honolulu, Hawaii, Oct 20, 1900", additional strike at bottom, reverse with New York (11.2) transit, F.-V.F. and scarce early Hawaiian territorial registry use to England.
Estimate ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ $100 - 150.Realized: $80
Lot 1039
1891 (Oct. 31) London, England registered to Mississippi, G.B. 2d blue registered letter bearing G.B. 2½d tied by "Registered, London, 21 OC 91" oval, reverse with New York " (Non Réclamé.) Unclaimed. (N.Y. -Reg. Div.) " label affixed, sent to Dead Letter Office and returned, Very Fine.
Estimate ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ $150 - 200.Realized: $150