The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-11-06
TEE HAWAIIAN STAMP erase.
A situstion that Attr.eted the Atteuttcn OF
PhiinteiI-ts the World Over.
From The San gSn1eison fah

| ffoa me San r'nncisco 6aa
OF oil the queer DEVELOPMENTS that have
| arisen In connection with the dethronement
| Of Queen Liliuokalani none Is stranger than
the exeitement which attended the speculation
| Government This speculation is not con fined
to stamp collectors and dealers, but is In
| zens OF this and other countries alike. even one
| OF the Spreckes family being credited with
having purchased and laid asid, ST. 900 worth
oil these labels Tor future profit
II was Anticipated that the Provisional Gov
eminent would be OF short duration and that
the improvised stamps were to have lie as
short n tho temporary Government. and this
led to the. scramble for the stamps. as 1t was
presumed that they would become exceedingly
There were twenty one varieties issued. in
slndrin n;, AL ne nerlorated stamps issued by
In value from one cent to 81. Each of these
was !verprnted; or surcharGed. to use a phila-
telic term. with the words. Provisional Govt.
1898. In three lines each word and date TAX
Ing SEPARATE line.
black letters and others with red. all OF ono
denomination being overprinted in tho same
cent mauve. was snrchnrged ia black, aud the
remainder Ia rcd, there beng twice as many
Of the latte, att, surchargsd AZ Of the tormcr Az
were on hand they were soon bought up. aud
as much as 81 eacl, was pnid for a specimen q
up he supply OF several OF the other valnes.
and 1t was not long after the date OF their Issue
a face value o; SA0i. were selling for Sis.
Recently. however, some Of the spccul ators
s ssvs na% de %sH % Sr ns esyn
handsome profit on the original cost,
Recent advices from Honolulu show that the
brother Of lie sx. Minister Of Finance Of the
Provisional Government, wrote as follows to a
They have gone crazy on Hawaiian stamps:
last night that one Chinese irm nonsht si "et
worth at the Post Office. II such Is the ease.
the Government has mighty good thing FOR /;
can grind them out for about ton cents per
thousand. l see in the windows about town
samples OF several kinds OF stamps. priced So"
to this city from the hawaiian capital that two
complete sets Of tho first four stamps issued
cent OF 1861 and tho 13.cent OF 1882. all
blue. were found In sale in on" OF the Gov
this news created may DO judged from the fact
that the NEXT outgoing steamer for Honolulu
mail also carried an order fol. MI the, stamps
optainahle of the issues from 80, to 1855 in
purchased at reasonable ngures. and also for
certain of the Provisional issues. Thia letter
Of Finance Of tho Gov
Dean SIN: You will not be able to get any
Of the stamps you want in this market. Their.
waian stamps. and everything has heen COB
bled up at fabulous prices went personally
to the Postmaster General. and az appointed
him. he would naturally have given me an in
side deal. but he told me frankly that all Of the
following issues were entirely exhausted:
Ono cent violet one cent blue. six cent green
two-cent brown. twclve-cent mauve sur
charged In red. twe!ve-cent muuve surchargrd
In black two-cent vermilion. and many old
kinds.
$3.50. aud the above one-cent from 20 to IS
cents earh.
"A man from New York purchased over
$4,000 worth in ono lot. and several orders |
have pissed through our bank for $500. 5000.
and $500 each.
again. and there ia likely to be n new issue Of |
"tne thousand dollars is freely offered for |
tho four stamps lirst,on your list-2-cent, g. |
cent. and the two l3-csnt-and 500 each for |
the old numeral stamps.
II can get Scent dark blue. Provisional |
Government. only OF ANYTHING that is old. and |
not many Of them are left"
Not long after the date OF the issue OF these
left for Honolulu with letter OF credit for |
$4,000 in his pocket for the purpose OF buying
up all the obsolete stamps vbtunnble at fair
prices. and such OF the Provisional issues rs
ne might deem suitable for investment. He
Jailed to obtain any great number of tho rare
early issues. but laid in q good supply OF tho
While the desire to obtain the Hawaiian
Provisional stamps is general among philat-
United States are particularly anxious to Sc
cure complete sets OF them. as 1t Is only q
question OF time when the land of the Kanakas
will become part OF the United States. and
usually make n specially Of the
stamps OF their own country.