Kamehameha’S Statue On
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New Hawaiian Stamps
From Our Own Correspondent
Honolulu. Oct. 27.
COLLECTORS specialising in Pacific Islands stamps will be interested in the official des cription of the new Hawaii commemorative stamp.
The 3-cent Hawaii stamp, first of the territorial series, was issued on October 18.
The description is as follows; “The new stamp, purple in colour, is 0.84 by 1.44 inches in size, arranged vertically, and has been printed in sheets of 50 by the rotary process. The central design is the statue of King Kamehameha 1., who first placed the islands under a single sovereignty.
This statue stands in front of lolani Palace in Honolulu. Rays of light as from a rising sun form a background. The title ‘Hawaii’ appears in white Roman in a horizontal panel with dark ground along the lower edge of the stamp, on which rests a similar but narrower panel contain ing the inscription ‘U.S. Postage’ in white Roman lettering. At the centre of the statue’s base is a circular panel with dark ground enclosing the denomination designation ‘3 cents’ in white. This panel is bordered at the top and sides by a floral wreath.”
Mr. W. Candler arrived in Suva by the Monterey on October 21 on one of his periodical visits to Fiji, and sailed for Australia by the Mariposa on the 26th,