These Hawaiian Missionaries Stamps came in the denominations of 2, 5, and 13 cents. They were the first stamps issued in Hawaii and were most often used by missionaries working there at the time.
Missionaries - a nickname for the 1851-1852 stamps of Hawaii.
Mixed Franking - 1) a cover bearing the stamps of two or more nations. 2) a cover with any other unusual combination of stamps used together, such as an Official and a definitive.
MISSIONARIES: The first four stamps of the Hawaiian Islands.
MOUNT: Plastic sleeve which allows stamp to be placed in album without using a hinge.
Missionaries: The first stamps of Hawaii, issued 1851-52, considered among the great classics of philately.
Mixed Perforation: See Compound perforation.
Uganda Missionaries - the first stamps of Uganda, typewritten.
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21: became state, transferred to the United States; see Hawaiian Missionaries.
Hawaii: Pineapple Post, local, 1970s.
Hawaiian Is.: inscription used on stamps of Hawaii, 1853-68.
The Post Office "Mauritius," the Hawaiian "Missionaries," the "24-cent inverted airmail," the "Hawker," the "Pinedo" and all of the others have become legendary and are as much a part of stamp collecting as are stamps themselves.
The Hawaii "Missionary" stamps (1851) issued by the native government and used mostly by American missionaries serving in Hawaii, an unused set of eight is valued at about $100,000.
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They were used by the American missionaries who came to the islands in the 19th century.
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During his reign, the royal family adopted Christianity. American missionaries spread Protestantism through the islands, and the old religion was suppressed.
Type-set stamps are usually crudely done, and are frequently State stamps or locals. Some of the Confederate provisionals, the Hawaiian "Missionaries" and the early British Guiana issues were produced in that manner.
Hawaiian Islands 1851 2¢ and 5¢ blue Missionaries on cover - Sold by Siegel for $2,090,000, November 1995
Baden, 1851 unused 9 kreuzer black on blue green error of paper color - Sold for $2,061,662, April 2008 ...
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