The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1906-07-21
HAWAIIAN STAMPS WIN
GOLD PRIZE AT LONDON

The New York Sun saws The set OF Hawaiian stamps
bv Henry Crocker OF San Francisco recently gold
cup at the London Phiatelc OF the
plete OF its by The coec
embraces OF the stamps issued by Hawaii and
nearly varieties, including full set OF the
The raest of the last named stamp
sued in 1881 Only copies being Mr. Cocke
and the other being the British Museum It is valued at $4,000
copy the greatest stamp rarity in the world Mr.
Crocker paid $3.50 for his specimen
the Honolulu DESTROYED by fire The two e
sPE s56s were found said pasted o" the wall Of room
another great rarity of Mr. Crockers
cnly two specimens stamp They valued about
$500 each
OF the missionary Mr. cooer has ten OF the early
strip OF three thirteen missionary
having been preserved in this condition
gives additional value and they easily worth from
stamps noted collectors for the
es SERIES nearly every forv varieties
which ssued from 1851 to + 1865 now held at
OF 1893 held high figure being worth sloo apiece OF
mperfoated horizontally, which worth
The stamps OF the 1851 eight
enonnaionstwo five and thirteen cents They
inside of border Of rule was smaller square Of ornamental bor
DER M in 5 S @ OF M wo nas the 81 samp nns the Words
in two lines lines M At the bottom Ped out is st the
The thirteen cent stamps include varieties
design foregoing except that the bottom Cents
with small ornamental character "1' the
The second variety top
ls Cents character resembling four
dotted die and from this fact the specimen is know the Dice
Stamp f It se worth S.Goo In h the center @ 81 lar large figure snr, 49,
sign the other with the difference in the denomination 1t
is worth in the neghborfood of $1,000.
It said that full this issue of Hawaiian
including all the varieties, is worth nearly $4,000
In 1853 entirely issued These bore the
trait OF King AL III The Il thirteen cent variety t M with dah the
placed the to show that the remained
In 1856 stamps denomination bearing King
Boston were those of the 1858 issue
Stamps somewhat similar the first issue of 1851 out
1850 This issue typeset and not ornamental as
those of the first They include varieties diff
They shaped the ISSUE the border being
rule The top of the stamps bore the word ntersand On
side h words Hawaiian Postage while the other
ihese d stamps aeE every ea, h xTe ] fIT % oh n e9[
mend them collector Yet they eagerly sought by stamp
collectors.
Many varieties OF this general design of typeset
until 1865 The Inesand" stamps used
postage between the islands forming the Hawaiian group
plying between the islands L.
One stamps in black FIVE in blue
printed in sheets OF each 1865 and OF these there
f Ping u e % mere P ha ei re- & e FsIe sP o" ] 'u -
original forms Of both denominations were found in Honolulu
printing Office and that number OF sheets off
sold originals. i
stamps 1851 those Kingdom
Hawaii The Provisional Government stamp during
the 1885 while the 1894 stamps have been issued by authority
Of the Republic OF Hawaii In 1894 said that all the dies and
plates Of the Of Hawaii DESTROYED at the Office OF the
sides the company's officials the Hawaiian consul. \
Mr. Crcker the most general and complete stamp
d S as OF fl the total forpht books Which h eonfan
DESTROYED having been his
lime. The rest were at his residence and escapd
one-story house.