The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-11-10
FOUR MILLION IN
postage STAMPS
Worlds Greatest Collections 10
Be on View at Panama
Fair in 1918.

San FRANCISCO, October 3D.
Henry j. Croker, president Of the Pa.
cifc Philatelie Society, and who pos.
scsses one Of the greatest stamp colloc.
tions in the world, announced that the
Philatelic exhibit in 1915 viii DO a foa-
ture Of the Panama Pacific Information.
al Exposition.
Mr.. Crockor states that the eollec-
tions owned by King George Of Eng
land, Queen of Netherlands, Lord Craw.
ford, and the German, Italian, Austrian,
and South American governments will
be sent to this city for exhibition pur-
poses. He has received assurances from
the exposition officials that tho building
to house these priceless collections viii
contain fireproof vaults and that the
stamps will be carefully guarded
A portion of the Croker collection
is now in Sydney, Australia. Croker
has been collecting since 1879. In the
conhagration of 1906, he lost $4,000
worth of stamps, which were contained
in eleven of forty-three books that
made up his collection.
He believes that the 1915 exhibit win
contain more than $4,000,000 worth of
stamps. Two hundred and thirty-eight
of his stamps, which no values at $685.
900 have been exhibits in practically
every part of the world. They attract
ed great deal OF attention in Vienna,
and, at the earnest request of the Phila-
telic Society of Sydney, he directed
that the collection be exhibited in that
distant city.
% In my opinion, there will never be
finer exhibition of stamps than that
which viii be held in this city in 1915, -
said Mr.. Crocker yesterday. "It is ex-
pected that the first issues Of the Isle
of Mauritius of lS47, of which there are
only twenty copies in existence, two of
which are owned by the King of Eng
land and valued at $500, will be shown.
My collection of Hawaiian Island
stamps, which is considered one of the
finest in the world and which contains
the issue of 1851 and 1852, of which
eleven of the first issue are in existence
aud each is valued at from $4,000 to
$500, win be part of the exhibit, as
well as the first issues of Moldavia,
Hungary, valued at $500 each.
"One of the precious stamps expect
to exhibit is the FIVE shilling denomina-
ton of the Cape of Good Hope. This is
an unused stamp and has the water
mark, Crown and C. A. 1t is very
seldom exhibited and is considered one
of the most priceless in the collections
of the world.n
Among those who will exhibit at the
exposition in 1915 are William d.
Croeker, vice president of the Panama
Pacific International Exposition, who
has most superb collection of Austrian
and English colony stamps; William j.
Gardiner, who has a specialized collec-
tion of Chinese stamps; H. B. Phillips
of the Union Trust Company, who has
superb collection of eastern franks
which is a collection of the Old Pony
Express, Wells Fargo and Local Stage
Company stamps and were used before
the railroads were in existence in this
State; A. H. Weber of the Humboldt
Bank; q. Folse of the German Savings
and Loan Bank, Frank Koenig, and
the George Worthington collection
which is valued at $500 and which was
donated to the City of Cleveland, Ohio,
will be brought to this city for exhibi.
tion purposes during the exposition
year.