| 词条 | Postage stamps and postal history of Hawaii | |||||
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This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Hawaii. The Hawaiian Islands occupy most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States. It was governed by the Kingdom of Hawaii until 1893, Provisional Government of Hawaii through 1894, and Republic of Hawaii until 1898. It became the Territory of Hawaii in 1898 and then US State of Hawaii in 1959. First stampsThe first stamps of Hawaii were the Hawaiian Missionaries issued in 1851 by Henry Martyn Whitney (son of missionaries).[1][2] Later issuesLater issues featured members of the royal family of the Kingdom of Hawaii. Provisional governmentFollowing the overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii in 1893, the Provisional Government overprinted existing stamps. Republican governmentThe Republic of Hawaii was established on July 4, 1894, and the republican government issued a set of stamps in 1894. Final issuesThe last stamps for Hawaii were issued in 1899 after the Territory of Hawaii had been established. See also
References1. ^{{cite web |title= Missionary Stamps |author= Fred Gregory |work= Post Office in Paradise web site |url= http://www.hawaiianstamps.com/missionary.html |accessdate= March 13, 2011 }} 2. ^https://web.archive.org/web/20180303051313/http://www.stampworldhistory.com:80/country-profiles-2/americas/hawaii/ Retrieved 12 August 2018. Further reading
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