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An example of UPSS 4a sent from Hilo on February 4, 1886. This cover bears the Hilo
postmark type 238.02 in blue.
Postal Stationery was introduced in Hawaii in 1883. The 1¢, 2¢ and 4¢ values were
issued for domestic mail. See Postal Stationery
for details of the postal stationery. The 1¢ and 2¢ values come in different sizes and
with different knives, each giving rise to a separate UPSS number. Some of the 1¢
envelopes are rare used and one, UPSS 3, is unrecorded used. Among the 2¢ values, only
the pale pink, UPSS 6, is scarce used.
THE 1¢ ENVELOPES
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Here is a used example of UPSS 1, the small size 5 envelope, mailed at Honolulu on
January 4, 1894 and paying the 1¢ drop rate. Examples of UPSS 1 are considered rare
used.
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This envelope is UPSS 2, the light green size 6
envelope with knife P-10, mailed at Honolulu March 8, 1889 with a 1¢ Scott No. 42 stamp
to make up the 2¢ rate for domestic mail.
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A dark green UPSS 2a with knife P-10 mailed at
Honolulu on July 2, 1888 paying the 1¢ drop rate.
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Size 6 envelope with knife P-11 are found with and without the flaw at the bottom of
the ornament. Without the flaw, it is UPSS 3 and
none are recorded used. With the flaw, it is UPSS 3a,
as in this example mailed at Lihue, Kauai, on January 17, 1893. It pays a 1¢
unauthorized drop rate for mail within Kauai.
THE 2¢ ENVELOPES
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An example of the small size 5 2¢ envelope without lines for the address,
UPSS 4, mailed at Honolulu on March 12, 1888.
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Size 5 2¢ envelopes printed with the address lines are
UPSS 4a. This example was mailed March 12, 1886 at
Kahului, Maui.
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This example of UPSS 4a was mailed at Kapaa, Kauai,
on April 4, 1885.
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Another example of UPSS 4a, mailed at Wailuku. Maui, on April 29, 1885.
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Size 6 2¢ envelopes with knife P-10 are UPSS 5, and
this example was mailed November 29, 1886 at Honolulu with a Castle & Cooke football
handstamp. This envelope also comes with a blue inside and as such is designated
UPSS 12. Used examples of
UPSS 12 are rare.
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A pale pink size 6 envelope with knife P-11 is
UPSS 6, printed on a glazed paper. This example
was mailed at Honolulu on April 1, 1890 and sent to Hamakuapoko, Maui. C. H. Dickey
was the local postmaster at Hamakuapoko. Examples of UPSS 6 are scarce, used or unused.
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Size 6 2¢ envelopes with knife P-11 were issued in carmine and red shades and are
designated UPSS 6a. This example was mailed from
Paia, Maui on January 6, 1894.
THE 4¢ ENVELOPE
Only one envelope was printed in the 4¢ value, but it comes with both a white and blue
inside. The blue inside envelopes, designated UPSS 13,
are rare. White inside envelopes are designated UPSS 7.
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This example of UPSS 7 was mailed at Honolulu on
April 26, 1889 and sent to Hamakuapoko, Maui. It has the Lewers & Cooke corner card.
OVERPRINTED 1¢ AND 2¢ ENVELOPES OF THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT
In 1893, the Provisional Government ordered envelopes overprinted. There were no 4¢ envelopes to overprint, but the 1¢ envelopes
designated UPSS 3a and the 2¢ envelopes designated
UPSS 6a were overprinted. With overprints, the 1¢ value is
UPSS 16, and the 2¢ envelope is designated UPSS 17.
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This example of UPSS 16 is a drop letter mailed in Honolulu to a Honolulu addressee at
the 1¢ rate.
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The overprinted 2¢ value, UPSS 17 paid the 2¢ domestic rate for letters originating beyond
the post office of delivery, as shown in this example.
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