Postage stamps and postal history of Hawaii explained

This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Hawaii.

The Hawaiian Islands occupy most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States. It was governed by the Kingdom of Hawaii until 1893, Provisional Government of Hawaii through 1894, and Republic of Hawaii until 1898. It became the Territory of Hawaii in 1898 and then US State of Hawaii in 1959.

First stamps

The first stamps of Hawaii were the Hawaiian Missionaries issued in 1851 by Henry Martyn Whitney (son of missionaries).^{[1] [2]}

Later issues

Beginning in 1853, the government of Hawaii began issuing stamps engraved with the busts of members of the royal family of the Kingdom of Hawaii.^[3]

Provisional government

Following the overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii in 1893, the Provisional Government overprinted existing stamps.

Republican government

The Republic of Hawaii was established on July 4, 1894, and the republican government issued a set of stamps in 1894.

Final issues

The last stamps for Hawaii were issued in 1899 after the Territory of Hawaii had been established.

See also

• Hawaiian Missionaries
• Hawaiian Philatelic Society
• Revenue stamps of Hawaii
• Ryohei Ishikawa

Further reading

• Henry A. Meyer. Hawaii, its stamp and postal history. New York: Philatelic Foundation, 1948.

External links

• Hawaiian Philatelic Society

Notes and References

1. Web site: Missionary Stamps . Fred Gregory . Post Office in Paradise web site . March 13, 2011 .
2. Web site: Stamp World History: Hawaii. stampworldhistory.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20180303051313/http://www.stampworldhistory.com/country-profiles-2/americas/hawaii/. 12 August 2018. 2018-03-03.
3. Walter M. Giffard, "Descriptive Catalog of the Postage Stamps of Hawaii", in Thomas G. Thrum, compiler, All about Hawaii: The Recognized Book of Authentic Information on Hawaii (1891), p. 102.