Hawaii #74, used, cancel dated August 5. 1897

Item Specifics

Country

United States - Hawaii

Catalog Number

74

Stamp Type

General Issue

Condition

Used

Stamp Format

Single

Year of Issue

1894

Item Description

The item in this listing is a pair of Hawaiian postage stamp listed in Scott as #74, and issued in 1894. The stamp has a face value of 1 cent and shows the coat of arms of the “Provisional Hawaiian Government” in existence between 17 January 1893 and 3 July 1894. (The stamp itself was issued in this period.)

This stamp is postally used, and has an unusual cancel. It is likely a type 253.9a1 cancel, which was widely used at multiple offices. This one has a very clear date of August 5, 1897, but the unusual part is neither the town name nor the island name printed. (Normally, with this type of cancel, it is the other way around if something fails to print. ) Based on the presence of a dot at 3 o'clock, this is likely a cancel applied at the Kohala post office on Hawai`i island, but this is conjecture.

The history of the stamp is as follows:

Following the legally questionable overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom on January 17, 1893, the Hawaiian post office at first issued provisionally overprinted stamps, and later a set of stamps known to Hawaiian collectors as the “Pictorial” series (Scott #74-82). 1-cent stamps of this era were issued primarily to pay printed matter and “drop” postal rates. In the late 1800’s, domestic first class postage was 2 cents, but a letter mailed at the same post office which would later deliver it paid 1 cent or the “drop” rate. Pairs of 1¢ stamps were also used to pay the basic domestic rate, and might have been used in combination with other stamps to pay international rates.

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Virginia, United States

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Returns Accepted

Yes

Returns Policy

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