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13c Hawaiian Missionary strip of three on cover
Object Details
- Description
- The unique strip of three 13-cent Missionaries, types I-II-I, on this triple rate cover illustrate the arrangement of the two typeset cliches. The stamps received red sugar cane cancellations and a Honolulu February 20, 1852 circular datestamp in addition to the "paid" handstamp and "18" rate manuscript marking. In 1905, a workman salvaged this envelope, written by William Dawson, with other old letters from the charred remains inside a furnace in an abandoned tannery. Sometime before World War II, the stamps were restored and repainted.
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- 1851
- Object number
- 1995.2098.8
- Type
- Covers & Associated Letters
- Medium
- paper; ink; adhesive
- Dimensions
- Height x Width: 3 1/8 x 5 1/2 in. (7.9 x 14 cm)
- Place of Origin
- Hawaiian Islands (kingdom)
- Place of Destination
- New York
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- National Postal Museum Collection
- On View
- Currently on exhibit at the National Postal Museum
- Title
- Scott Catalogue Hawaii 3
- Topic
- American Expansion (1800-1860)
- Covers & Letters
- U.S. Related Areas
- Record ID
- npm_1995.2098.8
- Usage
- CC0
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