Hawai`i - 1853-68 Kamehameha III keiki


Mo'i Kamehameha III
 (Wikipedia link)



5c Blue
Unwatermarked - Imperf - Scott #5 - 1853
Thick Wove Paper



5c Blue
Line through Honolulu
Unwatermarked - Imperf - Scott #5a - 1853
Thick Wove Paper



13c Dark Red
Unwatermarked - Imperf - Scott #6 - 1853
Thick Wove Paper



13c Dark Red Provisional Issue
applied by Alvah Clark (Postmaster Jackson's clerk)
5 black manuscript surcharge
Unwatermarked - Imperf - Scott #7 - 1857
Thick Wove Paper


5c Blue
Unwatermarked - Imperf - Scott #8 - 1857
Thin White Wove Paper

5c Blue
Double Impression
Unwatermarked - Imperf - Scott #8b - 1857
Thin White Wove Paper


5c Blue
Unwatermarked - Imperf - Scott #9 - 1861
Thin Bluish Wove Paper


5c Blue
Unwatermarked - Imperf - Scott #9 var - 1861
Thin Bluish Wove Paper
NO BAR IN THE LETTER H OF HONOLULU
Only 2,000 known

5c Blue
Line through Honolulu
Unwatermarked - Imperf - Scott #9a - 1861
Thin Bluish Wove Paper


Blue 5c Re-issue
Unwatermarked - Imperf - Scott #10 - 1868
Ordinary White Wove Paper

Blue 5c Re-issue
Normal (#10) and Line through Honolulu (#10a)
Unwatermarked - Imperf - Scott #10 and 10a - 1868
Ordinary White Wove Paper


Blue 5c Reprint
Unwatermarked - Imperf - Scott #10R - 1889
Ordinary White Wove Paper

Blue 5c Specimen
Unwatermarked - Imperf - Scott #10S - 1889
Ordinary White Wove Paper

Dull Rose 13c Re-issue
Normal and Line through Honolulu
Unwatermarked - Imperf - Scott #11 - 1868
Ordinary White Wove Paper

Orange Red 13c
REPRINT
Unwatermarked - Imperf - Scott #11R - 1889
Ordinary White Wove Paper

Orange Red 13c
SPECIMEN
Unwatermarked - Imperf - Scott #11S - 1889
Ordinary White Wove Paper


1860 1c Essay
Holland Printing Company
Design rejected as the
word Hawaii was required
instead of Honolulu

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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