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::: MISSIONARY STAMPS - Hawaiian Postage Panel Compared :::

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Differences in the lettering of Hawaiian Postage, found in the top panel of Scott Numbers 1, 2 and 3, show none of the Grinnells match the type used in the genuine stamps. Two panels must be examined for each value - one for each of the two types. Thus, there are six panels to study among the genuine and six panels to study among the Grinnells.

Type I

2c, Type I
Advertiser, Lot 12
Adv lot 12 2c - Hawaiian Postage - 300
Grinnell No 4-Hawaiian Postage-600

Grinnell #4

Trepel Census 2-I-UNC-16
5c Chang - Hawaiian Postage -1- 600
Grinnell No 22 - Hawaiian Postage - 1200

Grinnell #22

13c Type I
Advertiser Lot #21
13c Adv 21 - 300 - Hawaiian Postage
Grinnell No 53 - Hawaiian Postage - 300

Grinnell #53

Type II

2c, Type II
Advertiser, Lot 11
2c Adv lot 11 - Hawaiian Postage 300
Grinnell No 3 Hawaiian Postage - 1200

Grinnell #3

5c, Type II
Advertiser, Lot 15
5c Adv lot 15 - Hawaiian Postage - 300-1
Grinnell No 25 - Hawaiian Postage - 1200

Grinnell #25

13c, Type II
Advertiser, Lot #20
13c Adv 20- 300 Hawaiian Postage
Grinnell No 52 - 600 - Hawaiian Postage

Grinnell #52

Details of Letters

Genuine stamps are in blue; Grinnells are in black

"H"

Remarkable among the "H's" is the diagonal cross-bar of the Type II Grinnell. Without examining the actual items, it is difficult to assess whether other differences result from the imaging process, paper shrinkage variations or differences in printer's type.

2¢ I

2¢ I

2¢ II

2¢ II
2c Adv lot 12 - H - 1200
Grinnell No 4-H-1200
2c Adv lot 11-H-1200
Grinnell No 3 H - 1200

5¢ I

5¢ I

5¢ II

5¢ II
5c Chang - H 1200
Grinnell No 22 - 1200 H
5c Adv lot 15 - H - 1200
Grinnell No 25 - 1200 H

13¢ I

13¢ I

13¢ II

13¢ II
13c Adv 21 - 600 - H
Grinnell No 53 - H - 600
13c Adv 20- 600 H
Grinnell No 52 - 600 - H

First "a"

There are four a's in "Hawaiian Islands." In the genuine stamps, the four "a's" are all squarish in shape compared to the rectangular Grinnells; the genuine stamps have thicker lined fonts, particularly noticeable in the shape of the bottom front which, in the genuine, is quite fat and angles back to the vertical back line to touching it or nearly touching it. Differences specific to the first "a" include a nearly rectangular interior space of Type I Grinnells and an angled figure 8 interior space of Type II Grinnells, neither similar to the genuine "a's."

2¢ I

2¢ I

2¢ II

2¢ II
2c Adv lot 12 - 1st a - 1200
Grinnell No 4-first a-1200
2c Adv lot 11-first a-1200
Grinnell No 3 first a - 1200

5¢ I

5¢ I

5¢ II

5¢ II
5c Chang - 1st a 1200
Grinnell No 22 - 1200 1st a
5c Adv lot 15 - 1st a - 1200
Grinnell No 25 - 1200 1st a

13¢ I

13¢ I

13¢ II

13¢ II
13c Adv 21 - 600 - 1st a
Grinnell No 53 - 1st a - 600
13c Adv 20- 600 1st a
Grinnell No 52 - 600 - 1st a

"w"

All of the Grinnell "w's" have different interior spaces than the genuine.

2¢ I

2¢ I

2¢ II

2¢ II
2c Adv lot 12 - w - 1200
Grinnell No 4-W-1200
2c Adv lot 11-w-1200
Grinnell No 3 w - 1200

5¢ I

5¢ I

5¢ II

5¢ II
5c Chang - w 1200
Grinnell No 22 - 1200 w
5c Adv lot 15 - w - 1200
Grinnell No 25 - 1200 w

13¢ I

13¢ I

13¢ II

13¢ II
13c Adv 21 - 600 - w
Grinnell No 53 - w- 600
13c Adv 20- 600 w
Grinnell No 52 - 600 - w

Second "a"

Noted above is the difference between the squarish shape in all genuine "a's" and the rectangular shape of all the Grinnell "a's." Specific differences found in the second "a's" are the remarkably cruder appearance of the Grinnells and significantly different shapes of the interior spaces.

2¢ I

2¢ I

2¢ II

2¢ II
2c Adv lot 12 - 2nd a - 1200
Grinnell No 4-second a-1200
2c Adv lot 11-second a-1200
Grinnell No 3 second a - 1200

5¢ I

5¢ I

5¢ II

5¢ II
5c Chang - 2nd a 1200
Grinnell No 22 - 1200 2nd a
5c Adv lot 15 - 2nd a - 1200
Grinnell No 25 - 1200 2nd a

13¢ I

13¢ I

13¢ II

13¢ II
13c Adv 21 - 600 - 2nd a
Grinnell No 53 - 2nd a - 600
13c Adv 20- 600 2nd a
Grinnell No 52 - 600 - 2nd a

Double "ii"

Examination of the actual items is needed to verify the point, but the Grinnells all seem thinner and the dots and serifs have different shapes than the genuine.

2¢ I

2¢ I

2¢ II

2¢ II
2c Adv lot 12 - double ii - 1200
Grinnell No 4-double i-1200
2c Adv lot 11-doulbe i-1200
Grinnell No 3 double i - 1200

5¢ I

5¢ I

5¢ II

5¢ II
5c Chang - ii 1200
Grinnell No 22 - 1200 double i
5c Adv lot 15 - double i - 1200
Grinnell No 25 - 1200 double i

13¢ I

13¢ I

13¢ II

13¢ II
13c Adv 21 - 600 - ii
Grinnell No 53 - 4th ii- 600
13c Adv 20- 600 ii
Grinnell No 52 - 600 - ii

Third "a"

Noted above is the difference between the squarish shape in all genuine "a's" and the rectangular shape of all the Grinnell "a's." In the third "a" the Type I Grinnells copy the open top, but none have the distinctive curled tail of the genuine. In Type II, the Grinnells the bottom fronts uniformly fail to curl back to touch the vertical backs.

2¢ I

2¢ I

2¢ II

2¢ II
2c Adv lot 12 - 3rd a - 1200
Grinnell No 4-third a-1200
2c Adv lot 11-third a-1200
Grinnell No 3 third a - 1200

5¢ I

5¢ I

5¢ II

5¢ II
5c Chang - 3rd a 1200
Grinnell No 22 - 1200 3rd a
5c Adv lot 15 - 3rd a - 1200
Grinnell No 25 - 1200 3rd a

13¢ I

13¢ I

13¢ II

13¢ II
13c Adv 21 - 600 - 3rd a
Grinnell No 53 - 3rd a - 600
13c Adv 20- 600 3rd a
Grinnell No 52 - 600 - 3rd a

"n"

It is easy to see many differences in the "n's." The legs of the Grinnells are thinner and the interior space is wider than the genuine. The short right leg of the genuine Type II was copied in both types of the Grinnell and in Type I, the Grinnell "n's" are tilted away from the third "a."

2¢ I

2¢ I

2¢ II

2¢ II
2c Adv lot 12 - n - 1200
Grinnell No 4-n-1200
2c Adv lot 11-n-1200
Grinnell No 3 n - 1200

5¢ I

5¢ I

5¢ II

5¢ II
5c Chang - n of Hawaiian 1200
Grinnell No 22 - 1200 n
5c Adv lot 15 - n - 1200
Grinnell No 25 - 1200 n HawPost

13¢ I

13¢ I

13¢ II

13¢ II
13c Adv 21 - 600 - n
Grinnell No 53 - n - 600
13c Adv 20- 600 n
Grinnell No 52 - 600 - n

"P"

In Type I, the Grinnell "P" slants to the right and the interior space has a Moorish doorway look, unlike the smoothly rounded corners of the interior space in the genuine. Type II Grinnells have a widely broken top where the genuine touches or nearly touches.

2¢ I

2¢ I

2¢ II

2¢ II
2c Adv lot 12 - P - 1200
Grinnell No 4-P-1200
2c Adv lot 11-P-1200
Grinnell No 3 P - 1200

5¢ I

5¢ I

5¢ II

5¢ II
5c Chang - P of Postage 1200
Grinnell No 22 - 1200 P
5c Adv lot 15 - P - 1200
Grinnell No 25 - 1200 P

13¢ I

13¢ I

13¢ II

13¢ II
13c Adv 21 - 600 - P
Grinnell No 53 - P - 600
13c Adv 20- 600 P
Grinnell No 52 - 600 - P

"o"

Interior spaces of the genuine are uniformly narrower than the Grinnells, almost cat-eyes in genuine stamps of both Types. The Grinnells attempt to copy the out of round elliptical shape of the genuine but look crude by comparison.

2¢ I

2¢ I

2¢ II

2¢ II
2c Adv lot 12 - o - 1200
Grinnell No 4-o-1200
2c Adv lot 11-o-1200
Grinnell No 3 o - 1200

5¢ I

5¢ I

5¢ II

5¢ II
5c Chang - o of Postage 1200
Grinnell No 22 - 1200 o
5c Adv lot 15 - o - 1200
Grinnell No 25 - 1200 o

13¢ I

13¢ I

13¢ II

13¢ II
13c Adv 21 - 600 - o
Grinnell No 53 - o - 600
13c Adv 20- 600 o
Grinnell No 52 - 600 - o

"s"

All of the genuine "s's" have thicker center lines than the Grinnells, throwing off the shapes of the interior spaces.

2¢ I

2¢ I

2¢ II

2¢ II
2c Adv lot 12 - s - 1200
Grinnell No 4-s-1200
2c Adv lot 11-s-1200
Grinnell No 3 s - 1200

5¢ I

5¢ I

5¢ II

5¢ II
5c Chang - s of Postage 1200
Grinnell No 22 - 1200 s
5c Adv lot 15 - s - 1200
Grinnell No 25 - 1200 s

13¢ I

13¢ I

13¢ II

13¢ II
13c Adv 21 - 600 - s
Grinnell No 53 - s - 600
13c Adv 20- 600 s
Grinnell No 52 - 600 - s

"t"

Type I of both the genuine and Grinnell show a broken bottom serif and overall look very similar. Type II of the genuine has a neatly curled serif but the Grinnell has a short, stubby, serif.

2¢ I

2¢ I

2¢ II

2¢ II
2c Adv lot 12 - t - 1200
Grinnell No 4-t-1200
2c Adv lot 11-t-1200
Grinnell No 3 t - 1200

5¢ I

5¢ I

5¢ II

5¢ II
5c Chang - t of Postage 1200
Grinnell No 22 - 1200 t
5c Adv lot 15 - t - 1200
Grinnell No 25 - 1200 t

13¢ I

13¢ I

13¢ II

13¢ II
13c Adv 21 - 600 - t
Grinnell No 53 - t - 600
13c Adv 20- 600 t
Grinnell No 52 - 600 - t

Fourth "a"

Noted above is the difference between the squarish shape in all genuine "a's" and the rectangular shape of all the Grinnell "a's." In the fourth "a," the Type I genuine has a fat vertical back the Grinnell copies, but with a thinner bottom front. The Type II Grinnells look crude by comparison to the genuine.

2¢ I

2¢ I

2¢ II

2¢ II
2c Adv lot 12 - 4th a - 1200
Grinnell No 4-fourth a-1200
2c Adv lot 11-fourth a-1200
Grinnell No 3 fourth a - 1200

5¢ I

5¢ I

5¢ II

5¢ II
5c Chang - a of Postage 1200
Grinnell No 22 - 1200 4th a
5c Adv lot 15 - 4th a - 1200
Grinnell No 25 - 1200 4th a

13¢ I

13¢ I

13¢ II

13¢ II
13c Adv 21 - 600 - 4th a
Grinnell No 53 - 4th a - 600
13c Adv 20- 600 4th a
Grinnell No 52 - 600 - 4th a

"g"

The g's were difficult to copy. None of the Grinnell g's are right. Most obvious is the difference in the shape of the bottom loop.

2¢ I

2¢ I

2¢ II

2¢ II
2c Adv lot 12 - g - 1200
Grinnell No 4-g-1200
2c Adv lot 11-g-1200
Grinnell No 3 g - 1200

5¢ I

5¢ I

5¢ II

5¢ II
5c Chang - g of Postage 1200
Grinnell No 22 - 1200 g
5c Adv lot 15 - g - 1200
Grinnell No 25 - 1200 g

13¢ I

13¢ I

13¢ II

13¢ II
13c Adv 21 - 600 - g
Grinnell No 53 - g - 600
13c Adv 20- 600 g
Grinnell No 52 - 600 - g

"e"

All of the Grinnells have the wrong shape interior spaces and the Type II Grinnells look quite crude compared to the genuine.

2¢ I

2¢ I

2¢ II

2¢ II
2c Adv lot 12 - e - 1200
Grinnell No 4-e-1200
2c Adv lot 11-e-1200
Grinnell No 3 e - 1200

5¢ I

5¢ I

5¢ II

5¢ II
5c Chang - e of Postage 1200
Grinnell No 22 - 1200 e
5c Adv lot 15 - e - 1200
Grinnell No 25 - 1200 e

13¢ I

13¢ I

13¢ II

13¢ II
13c Adv 21 - 600 - e
Grinnell No 53 - e - 600
13c Adv 20- 600 e
Grinnell No 52 - 600 - e

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