The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-01-24
The Noted Stamp Collection For
the Museum.
BOUGHT BY CHAS. R. BISHOP
Represent Attention of Twenty
Seven Years-Said to be En-
tirely Complete.

For twenty-seyen years l have been
gathering my collection of stamps and
it is with a good deal of reluctance
that I part with it," said T. G.. Thrum
last evening. Il am reconciled con-
siderably in having the collection pass
into the custody of the Bishop Muse
um. Here l know it will be we'll taken
care Of"
Mr. Thrum's Hawaiian collection
has no rival in the world unless it be
that held by the British Museum. 1t is
full and complete in all the various
series of type printed, Autographed
and engraved postage stamps, postal
cards, stamped envelopes and reven-
ues, except the pen written 3 on the
red Is cent engraved stamp and per-
haps some few in varieties of shade,
or texture of paper-as to laid or wove
in some issues. The collection con-
tains quite a number of these so-called
varieties and rare error stamps, in
Guiding unperforated and partially per-
forated issues seldom met with.
The printed 5 on the red Is cent
stamp was not recognized by stamp
experts for many years. 1t has not
until DR.. Wetmore of Hilo, wrote
letter in which he traced the stamp
and proved it's genuineness that it was
recognized. Charles Hustace has this
letter in his possession now.
The Provisional Government series
were perfected by Mr.. Thrum by Sc
curing the two stamps without the pc
10 cent with red surcharge, enriched
the series There was but one sheet
of this stamp, the existence of which
is known to but few collectors.
The cent green, unperforated, is a
remarkable and valuable stamp. This
issue was run off in the 70's during
the regime of S. G.. Wilder as Minister
of the Interior and Mr.. Brickwood as
Postmaster General The scent green
issue had been ordered perforated and
when a few unperforated stamps Of the
same issue put in an appearance, Post
master Brickwood Immediately insti-
tuted an investigation. He was CON
fident that a forgery had been COM
mitted 4 diligent search revealed the
fact that an unperfOrated sheet had
gotten into the issue in some manner
and that it had been sent out by Mr.
Brickwood to the Postmaster at Homo
kaa, Hawaii The broken sheet was
sent back to Mr.. Brickwood, who di-
vided the stamps among the collectors
gathering stamps in Honolulu at that
time.
The scent pale blue and the 2-cent
Liliuokalani are only partially perfor-
ated. They are very important stamps
in the collection.
| Mr. Thrum's last purchase before
long looked for plain bordered numer-
al blue 2-cent stamp
| During his many years of stamp col
Letting Mr.. Thrum would not tolerate
the gathering of specimens which are
crooked or double printing, especially
in this Provisional Government series
Mr.. Thrum says he has had too much
| experience in this line to pay higf
tribute to botch press work. Hence
| their absence from his album.
| Some collectors in the city are pin
ming their faith in stamps which have
the horizontal and vertical lines. Mr.
Thrum positively refuses to recognize
the validity of these stamps, inSistin!
that the reason that all the stamp
have not the vertical lines, is becaus
the pressman has fed the paper upsid
down, making the horizontal lines.
S. NJ Damon negotiated with MI
Thrum for the purchase of the collec
ton, on behalf OF Charles r. BishoI
who made the presentation to tn
Bishop Museum. The collection ha
been neatly bound into an album an
stamped on the title page as the It. {
Thrum Collection" 1t is not good fC
stamps to have them exposed in til
light.
Mr.. Thrum has spared neither effol
: nor expense TO make his collection fu
and complete. The collection is in
condition that commends it to all il
terested in philately. The trustees
the Bishop Museum are to be col
graduated upon their purchase.
1t is said that Stanley Gibbons on
offered $27OO for single stamp Of Il
collection.