page_title: Henry J. Crocker
section_title: Philately
hierarchical_section_title: Henry J. Crocker / Philately
caption_attribution_description: English: The two cent "Missionary" stamp of Hawaii, issued October 1, 1851.
context_page_description: Henry J. Crocker was a prominent San Franciscan businessman, one of the Committee of Fifty formed after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake; he was also a noted philatelist.
context_section_description: Crocker was one of the founders of the Pacific Philatelic Society in 1884.
  He had a notable collection of the famous Hawaiian Missionary stamps, the first stamps of Hawaii. Part of Crocker's collection was destroyed in the 1906 earthquake but important Missionary stamps were saved as they were on display in Britain at the time. Crocker was named a Fellow of the Royal Philatelic Society of London by King Edward VII in 1907.
  Crocker was entered on the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists in 1921 as one of the "Fathers of Philately".
caption: A 2c Hawaiian Missionary stamp of 1851
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