RARE HAWAII OVERPRINTED STAMP WITH SPLIT OVERPRINT AND A PARTIAL LETTER "O"  SPLIT OVERPRINT.

THIS IS THE HAWAII ONE CENT OVERPRINTED IN RED, PROVISIONAL GOVT. 1893 STAMP, WITH THE PORTRAIT OF PRINCESS LIKELIKE,

SCOTT HAWAII #55

MOST IMPORTANTLY, IT HAS THE RARE RED HORIZONTAL SPLIT OVERPRINT AND A SPLIT PARTIAL LETTER "O" IN

THE SPLIT "PROVISIONAL GOVT. OVERPRINT.

THIS IS NO OTHER KNOWN SURVIVING EXAMPLE OF THIS STAMP WITH THESE TWO SPLIT HORIZONTAL OVERPRINTS.

IT IS FROM THE FAMOUS JOSEPH D'ASSIS HAWAII STAMP COLLECTION, WHICH I PURCHASED A FEW YEARS AGO.

THIS STAMP WAS IN THE RARITIES SECTION OF HIS COLLECTION.

THIS STAMP IS MINT, NO GUM, AND IN COMPLETELY SOUND CONDITION.