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::: Towns with Postmarks in the Convention Period :::

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Island Town Postmark type (Meyer and Harris numbers) Usage Period Notes
Hawaii Hamakua 801 Circa 1870s Rarity 1RRRR, not noted used on foreign mail in this Period.
Hilo 242.13 June '66-May '79 Scarcity 3; noted as a backstamp on foreign mail; seen on multiple dates starting June 6, 1871
Hilo 238.02 June '79-Feb. '88 Scarcity 3; noted on foreign mail on November, 1880
Kawaihae 244.02 July '68-Sept. '78 Scarcity 2; noted as a backstamp on foreign mail on February 9, 1871, August 19, 1876 and September, 1878
Kawaihae 238.02 July '79-Dec. '88 Scarcity 2; noted on foreign mail on multiple dates starting September 3, 1879
Kohala 238.02 Aug. '78-May '83 Scarcity 2; noted on foreign mail; seen on multiple dates starting February 14, 1880
Ookala Plantation 216 Sept. 24, 1880-Nov. 23, 1883 Rarity 1RRRR, not noted used on foreign mail in this Period.
Waiohinu 214 __ '77-Apr. '78 Rarity 1RRRR; noted as a backstamp on foreign mail dated April 24, 1878
Waiohinu 238.02 Dec. '79-Apr. '83 Rarity 1RR; not noted on foreign mail
Maui Haiku 238.02 Aug. '79-June '82 Rarity 1RRR; noted on foreign mail on October 2, 1879
Hana 282.013 April __, 1881-Dec. 11, 1882 Rarity 1RRRR, not noted used on foreign mail in this Period.
Kahului 238.42 July '80-Nov. '85 Scarcity 2; not noted on foreign mail
Kahului 282.013 Jan. '81-Oct. '83 Rarity 1R; not noted on foreign mail
Lahaina 242.13 Jan. '68-Jan. '79 Scarcity 2; noted as backstamp on foreign mail; seen on multiple dates between Sept. 16, 1870 and December 27, 1877
Lahaina 238.02 July '79-Aug. '85 Scarcity 2; noted on foreign mail on January 17, 1880
Makawao 243.22 Sept. '70-Aug. '79 Rarity 1RRR; noted on foreign mail on March 27 and December 21, 1878 and May 9, 1879
Makawao 238.02 Jul. '79-July '83 Scarcity 2; noted on foreign mail on multiple dates starting January 17, 1880
Paia 282.013 Aug. '81-March '93 Scarcity 6; not noted on foreign mail
Waihee 237.527 June '71-Dec. '76 Rarity 1RRRR; noted on December, 1876 foreign mail
Wailuku 215 May '69-Jul. '72 Rarity 1RRR; noted as a backstamp on foreign mail June 1 and July 26, 1872
Wailuku 238.02 Aug. '79-Sept. '83 Scarcity 2; noted on foreign mail in May, July and September 1881
Kauai Hanalei 238.02 Dec. '79-Jan. '88 Rarity 1RR; not noted on foreign mail
Lihue 238.02 May '80-Dec. '86 Scarcity 2; not noted on foreign mail in this Period
Waimea 238.02 July '80-Dec. '89 Scarcity 3; not noted on foreign mail in this Period
Molokai Kaunakakai 238.02 _/_1879 - _/_/1880 Rarity 1RRRR, not noted used on foreign mail in this Period.
Lanai Lanai City manuscript Aug. '71-Aug. '72 Rarity 1RRRR; noted on foreign mail August 7, 1870 and July 29, 1872

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