The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-01-28
CUSTOMS DUES INCREASE WERE BURNED 70 ASHES.
THOUSANDS OF GOVERNMENT
STAMPS GO UP IN SMOKE.
A Stamp Dealer Wanted to Purchase
But Could Not-Interesting Time at
the Electric Light Works.

Obsolete stamps of the Hawaiian
Government, with face value of over
100000 went up in smoke this morn
ing at the Hawaiian Electric Works.
The little squad that left the Ex-
ecutive Building for the Electric Light
works few moments after 8 o'clock
bore all the semblance of funeral
procession. Leading the way was Min
lister of Finance Damon and Lieut..
Col. Soper. Then came the express
wagon driven by Superintendent of
General Delivery KenalSe and contain
ing half dozen large mail sacks filled
with the condemned stamps. Messrs.
w. NJ. Gffard and f. l.. Stolz brought
up the rear.
Manager Theodore Hoffman, of the
Electric works, had everything in
readiness upon the arrival of the party
there. Postmaster General Oat and
Mr.. Stanley Gibbons, of the big stamp
firm of Stanley Gibbons S Company,
QimitedD were on hand. The work of
destroying the stamps was under
taken at once.
Mr.. Stanley Gibbons, the famous
! philatelist, was very interested spec
tator. He had never seen anything of
the kind before. 81 have often wanted
| to witness such a spectacle" said he,
because there has been so much said
about fraud in such cases. But | can
refute any statements to the contrary
in case Of the Hawaiian stamps should
I ever be confronted with any. 1t Is
too bad that these stamps should be
destroyed. Wouldn't they make the
heart OF many stamp collector
happy?
While the burning of the stamps was
in progress many jocose remarks were
made by Mn. Gibbons. He offered
$1,000 for the lot when the issue was
about half destroyed.
"We can't sell Them" replied Mr..
1 Giffard, who is on the commission.
The stamps destroyed this morning
comprised all issues during the days
of Kalakaua, Liliuokalani and the Pro-
vsional Government-everyt up
to the establishment of the present
Republic Originally the face value
was $147,000 but about $40. 900 worth
of the stamps had been sold at the
post office at face value.
The inventory of the Provisional
Government surcharged postage
stamps on hand was:
2-cent violet, 9,4OO sheets, so stamps
to sheet.
scent Light Blue, 6,375 sheets, so
stamps to sheet
1O-cent Chocolate, 1865 sheets, so
stamps to sheet.
12-cent Black, 2122 sheets, so stamps
to sheet.
1s-cent Lake, 1910 sheets, so stamps
to sheet.
1s-cent Lake, 719 1850 sheets, un-
surcharged, so stamps to sheet.
50-cent Red, 474 sheets, so stamps to
sheet.
1OO-cent Red, s72 sheets, so stamps
to sheet.
STAMPED ENVELOPES.
scent Envelopes, 1884.
10-cent envelopes, 11,92s.
OBSOLETE STAMPS, HAWAIIAN
GOVERNMENT.
2-cent Reprint, 1867 sheets, IS
stamps to sheet.
scent Reprint, 55 sheets, 20 stamps
to sheet.
scent Specimen, no sheets, 20
stamps to sheet.
13-cent Specimen, no sheets, 20
stamps to sheet
1a-cent Reprint, 445 sheets. 20
stamps to sheet.
The Legislature, in ordering the
stamps destroyed, adopted this resolu-
/ tion:
"Be it Resolved, by the Senate and
House of Representatives, that on and
after December 81, 1896, the sale of
! postage stamps, postal cards and
stamped envelopes, issued previous to
! the present issue, shall cease at the
| post Office, after which date all, if any,
/ that may remain will be destroyed,
and the President shall appoint COM
mittee of three disinterested persons,
who shall serve without pay, to act
with the Minister of Finance and
Postmaster General, for the purpose of
checking off all remaining stock on
| that date, and see that the part of
this Resolution relating to the destroy
ing of same is strictly carried out"
President Dole appointed on the
commission Messrs. j. ii. Soper, w.
NJ. Giffard and f. l.. Stoltz.
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