Beschreibung:

cover 3c Dull Red (11), horizontal pair, margins to slightly in at top, right stamp has small corner creases, tied by "Williamstown, Mass. Feb 19" c.d.s. (home of Williams College) on buff cover to Punahou, Oahu, Hawaiian Islands, "3 Feb. (18)55" pencil docketing (probably from the original contents which are no longer present), the U.S. stamps pay the 6c transcontinental rate (for over 3,000 miles) indicating the cover was used prior to March 31, 1855 and the 5c Hawaiian postage was paid in cash, slight cover edge wear, OTHERWISE FINE, SCARCE AND DESIRABLE USAGE ON INCOMING MAIL TO HAWAII photo