Census of 2c Hawaiian Missionary (Scott HI1)
15 Census Records

1-II-UNC-1
Sound

Notes:

• few spots of blue printer’s ink on back, completely sound
• Meyer-Harris census no. 8
• Brewster census no. l-II-Unused-l
• L. N. Williams, Encyclopaedia of Rare and Famous Stamps, Vol. I, pp. 137-139
• ANPHILEX 1971 Invited Exhibits (Honolulu Advertiser)
• World Stamp Show 2016 Court of Honor (Gross)

Provenance:

• Gaston Leroux (reported to have been owned by Leroux in the 19th century and sold to Ferrary)
• Alfred J. Ostheimer III (bought privately from Weills and sold privately through Weills to Twigg-Smith, circa 1970)
• 6/23/1921, Philipp von Ferrary (also Philip Ferrari de La Renotière), Hotel Drouot, Paris, supervised by M. G. Gilbert, to Burrus, Sale 1, Lot 56
• 5/27/1963, Maurice Burrus, H. R. Harmer sale, to Weills for Phillips, Lot 160
• 1968, Benjamin D. Phillips (collection sold privately to Weills)
• 11/7/1995, Siegel Auction Galleries, The Honolulu Advertiser Collection, Sale 769, Lot 11, Realized $600,000, Thurston-Twigg Smith (collection owned by Honolulu Advertiser newspaper and Persis Corporation family holding company) Honolulu Advertiser (Persis)to Walter J. Mader (bidding for Greg Manning)
• 6/2/1997, Ivy & Mader PACIFIC ‘97 auction, to William H. Gross, Lot 1063
• 10/3/2018, William H. Gross Collection, Siegel Auction Galleries, United States Stamp Treasures: The William H. Gross Collection, Sale 1188, Lot 106, Realized $525,000

Certificates:

• PF 297010 (1995) it is genuine

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1-I-CAN-2
Fault

Notes:

• Margins cutting in.
• Cancellation: Large Grid & Red Pen
• Condition: Defective

Provenance:

• Tapling (British Library)

Certificates:

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1-I-CAN-3
Fault

Notes:

• Cancellation: Red cds Honolulu US Postage Paid
• Condition: Repaired
• Lower right portion of paper and part of frameline repaired, VF lightly canceled appearance

Provenance:

• Ayer
• Mirabaud
• Kosack
• Duveen
• Lapham
• Potts
• Harris
• R.E. Hunt
• Ishikawa

Certificates:

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1-I-CAN-4
Sound

Notes:

• Cancellation: Red cds Honolulu US Postage Paid
• Mounted on card, frameline cut in at UL, sound

Provenance:

• Ferrary (2nd Sale)
• Champion
• Lichtenstein
• Mr. Phillips
• Twigg-Smith
• Honolulu Advertiser
• Smithsonian National Postal Museum

Certificates:

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1-II-CAN-5
Fault

Notes:

• Cancellation: Black SF cds
• Condition: Repaired
• Mounted on card

Provenance:

• Wm. P. Brown
• Ferrary (7th Sale)
• Hind, Atherton
• Honolulu Academy of Arts
• Honolulu Advertiser, Ishikawa

Certificates:

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1-I-CAN-6
Fault

Notes:

• Cancellation: Crossed Bars
• Condition: Repaired
• LL corner repaired, mounted on card

Provenance:

• Wm. P. Brown, Ferrary (4th Sale)
• Hind, Wilson, Harris
• Burrus, Middendorf
• Ostheimer/TTS
• Honolulu Advertiser, Aall
• Lake Shore, Twigg-Smith Collection

Certificates:

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1-I-CAN-7
Fault

Notes:

• Cancellation: 7-Bar Grid
• Condition: Repaired
• TL corner torn off and mended, few other faults

Provenance:

• Klemann, H.J. Crocker
• Atherton, Honolulu Academy of Arts
• Honolulu Advertiser, Ishikawa
• Collector C, Lake Shore

Certificates:

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1-II-CAN-8
Fault

Notes:

• Cancellation: 7-Bar Grid
• Condition: Repaired
• TR corner missing, in 3 pieces

Provenance:

• Kosack, Ayer, Reichspost Museum

Certificates:

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1-II-CAN-9
Fault

Notes:

• Cancellation: Large Grid of Squares
• Condition: Repaired
• Torn when discovered, piece mended at top

Provenance:

• Found by Ezra Cole c1935, Caspary
• Lightner, Honolulu Advertiser
• Twigg-Smith Collection

Certificates:

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1-II-CAN-10
Fault

Notes:

• Cancellation: Large Grid of Squares
• Condition: Repaired
• Mounted on tissue, small part of TL corner drawn in

Provenance:

• N.C. Nash, N.E.Stamp Co. (1896)
• C.H. Colket, J.M. Paul (1910), P. Parrish
• D.L. Pickman (1913), Colson, Harris, Isleham
• 6/18/2011, Siegel Auction Galleries, 2011 Rarities of the World, Sale 1010, Lot 186, Realized $170,000

Certificates:

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1-II-CAN-11
Fault

Notes:

• Cancellation: Large Grid of Squares
• Condition: Repaired
• Extensively repaired (pre-repair photo shows torn in half)

Provenance:

• Found by Ezra Cole (c1918)
• Scovell, R. Lee, Lilly, Mandel

Certificates:

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1-II-CAN-12
Fault

Notes:

• Cancellation: Large Grid of Squares
• Condition: Defective
• Margins cutting in

Provenance:

• Tapling (British Library)

Certificates:

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1-I-CAN-13
Fault

Notes:

• Cancellation: Large Grid of Squares
• Condition: Defective
• Margins cutting in

Provenance:

• Thrum Collection
• Bishop Museum

Certificates:

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1-II-PCE-14
Fault

Notes:

• Cancellation: Red Sugar Cane Cancel
• Condition: Repaired
• Extensively repaired and painted in

Provenance:

• Duveen, Caspary (who damaged it)
• Colson, Kosack, English Collection
• Harris, Ostheimer, Honolulu Advertiser

Certificates:

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1-II-COV-15
Sound

Notes:

• Usage: Used with 5¢ on folded letter to New York City (see 2-II-COV-73)
• Cancel on Stamp: 7-Bar Grid
• Honolulu/SF Pmks: H 10/4/52 - SF 10/27/52
• Vessel Dep/Arr: Mary A. Jones 10/4 – 10/26
• To/Destination: Dawson, New York, NY

Provenance:

• N.E. Stamp Co. 1905
• Worthington, Lichtenstein
• Caspary, Mr. Phillips Collection
• Ostheimer, Honolulu Advertiser
• Giomparcaro Collection
• 11/7/1995, Siegel Auction Galleries, The Honolulu Advertiser Collection, Sale 769, Lot 9, Realized $1,900,000
• 6/25/2013, Walske Collection, Siegel Auction Galleries, The Steven C. Walske Collection of Hawaiian Postal History, Sale 1045, Lot 11, Realized $1,950,000

Certificates: