Preview of Stamps Catalogue: VOLUME 1

HAWAII 1864-1899

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1864-1891 Various kings, ministers, princes and princesses, inscription "HAWAII"

6 c green 10 c black

  1 c violet
  1 c blue (1882)
  1 c green (1883)
  2 c red
  2 c red
  2 c brown
  2 c violet
  5 c blue
  6 c green
  10 c black
  10 c red
  10 c brown
  12 c black
  12 c lilac
  15 c brown
  18 c brown
  50 c red
  1 D red

For the specialist; these stamps are perforated 12.

Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon		*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value	Unused	Used	Remarks
1 c violet	***	***
1 c blue	**	**
1 c green	*	*
2 c red	***	***
2 c red	***	**
2 c brown	***	**
2 c violet	**	*
5 c	***	**	Shades of blue
6 c	***	***
10 c black	***	***
10 c red	***	***
10 c brown	***	**
12 c black	R	R
12 c lilac	R	R
15 c	R	R
18 c	***	***
50 c	RR	RR
100 c	RR	RR

Cancels:

(Negative 'H' cancel)

Forgeries:

Forgeries exist of these stamps, examples:

Forgeries and genuine stamp at the right. These forgeries were likely made by Kamigata, the cancel reads "MITATION MO? KAMIG??? POSTAGE ??"

Possibly another Kamigata forgery of the 50 c value.

Probably Spiro forgeries, one with a "FRANKFURT" cancel. I've seen similar Frankfurt cancels on forgeries of other countries. Also a forgery with a pattern of squares.

(Forgeries of the 2 c and 6 c stamps made by Spiro?)

Spiro(?) forgery of the 18 c value.

Another forgery of the 18 c value.

Image from a Torres catalogue
Note the different '8's in the upper circles in this forgery. A similar image appears in the catalogue of Placido Ramon de Torres "Album Illustrado para Sellos de Correo" of 1879 (information passed to me thanks to Gerhard Lang, 2016)

Most of these forgeries are quite primitive (for more examples see: http://www.hawaiianstamps.com/bankfor.html ). I have seen various Spiro forgeries (1 c violet, 2 c red, 5 c blue, 6 c green, 12 c lilac and 18 c brown) There are also some primitive forgeries of other forgers of the 5 c blue and 6 c green values.

Other primitive bogus forgery of a 2 c blue value (in the design of the 5 c).

The forger Oneglia has made a forgery of the 100 c stamp (he lists it in his 1906 pricelist). He also forged the 1893 overprint on this stamp.

A very dangerous forgery of the 50 c was made by Sperati. He used genuine stamps of a lower value, bleached the design and printed his own image on top. In this way, the paper and the cancel are genuine (for more details see the above mentioned website). Sorry, no image available yet.

1894 Various designs

  1 c orange
  1 c green (1899)
  2 c brown
  2 c red (1899)
  5 c red
  5 c blue (1899)
  10 c green
  12 c blue
  25 c violet
  25 c blue

These stamps are perforated 12.

Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon		*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value	Unused	Used	Remarks
1 c orange	*	*
1 c green	*	*
2 c brown	*	*
2 c red	*	*
5 c red	**	*
5 c blue	***	**
10 c	***	***
12 c	***	***
25 c violet	R	R
25 c blue	***	***

A mystery stamp, 25 c orange in the design of the 25 c violet, but with date "1892" instead of "1883":

(Bogus? stamp)

A forgery of the 25 c blue stamp.

1893 Provisional Goverment, overprinted "Provisional GOVT. 1893" in red or black

  1 c violet
  1 c blue
  1 c green
  2 c red
  2 c red (other type)
  2 c brown
  2 c violet
  5 c blue
  5 c blue
  6 c green
  10 c black
  10 c red
  10 c brown
  12 c black
  12 c lilac
  15 c brown
  18 c red
  25 c violet
  50 c red
  100 c red

Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon		*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value	Unused	Used	Remarks
1 c violet	**	***	Red overprint
1 c blue	**	***	Red overprint
1 c green	*	*	Red overprint
2 c red	R	R	Black overprint
2 c red	**	**	Black overprint
2 c brown	***	**	Red overprint
2 c violet	*	*	Red overprint
5 c	**	**	Red overprint, shades of blue
6 c	***	***	Red overprint
10 c black	***	***	Red overprint
10 c red	***	***	Black overprint
10 c brown	***	***	Black overprint
12 black	***	***	Red overprint (I have also seen a red overprint, forgery?)
12 c lilac	RR	RR	Red overprint
15 c	***	***	Black overprint
18 c	***	***	Black overprint
25 c	***	R	Red overprint
50 c	R	R	Black overprint
100 c	RR	RR	Black overprint

Forged overprints

There exist forgeries of this overprint, the genuine overprints have a damaged first "i" in the word "Provisional": it has no right bottom serif as the other "i" in this word:

(I think this is a genuine overprint)

I have seen forged overprints with no period after "GOVT", with missing "3" or "93", also forged inverted overprints, forged double overprints (all with a perfect "i" instead of a damaged one).

Forged overprint (second row) made by Fournier as can be found in the Fournier Album.

The forger Oneglia has made a forgery of the 100 c stamp (he lists it in his 1906 pricelist). Both stamp and overprint are forged.