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HAWAII 1859-1863

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1859 Inscription 'Hawaiian Postage INTER ISLAND Uku Leta'

  1 c blue ("Hawaiian Postage" at the left)
  1 c blue ("Hawaiian Postage" at the right)
  1 c black
  2 c blue ("Hawaiian Postage" at the left)
  2 c blue ("Hawaiian Postage" at the right)
  2 c black
  5 c blue ("Hawaiian Postage" at the left)
  5 c blue ("Interisland" at the left)

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

Dangerous forgeries exist of these stamps. Useful information about the numerous forgeries of this serie can be found on http://www.hawaiianstamps.com/nuforgery.html, examples of forgeries:

"Hawaiian Postage" forgeries:

Spiro forgeries:

The Spiro forgeries can be recognized by the fact that the 'E' of 'POSTAGE' is slightly damaged at the top. Spiro made forgeries of the 1 c, 2 c and 5 c. In addition to this a bogus 13 c (see picture above) was produced. They can be found with a variety of cancels, including a deceptive red 'HONOLULU' cancel (see images above), but also uncancelled.

(Damaged 'E' in Spiro forgeries)

These are the forgeries most commonly met with. Fournier also offers these forgeries in his 1914 pricelist (1 c, 2 c, 5 c and 13 c for 5 Swiss Francs as first choice forgeries).

It should be noted that two types of these Spiro forgeries exist;

(Left without dots, and right with dots)

1) The 1 c without dots behind 'Hawaiian Postage' and '1 Cent', and with dots behind these words (as in the genuine stamps).
2) The 2 c without dots behind 'Hawaiian Postage', '2 Cents' and 'Uku Leta' and with dots behind these words (as in the genuine stamps).
3) The 5 c without any dots behind the words (as in the genuine) or with dots behind 'Hawaiian Postage' (left and right side) and '5 cents'.

The types not resembling the genuine stamps are most commonly met with, the other can easily be recognized by the damaged 'E'.

Fournier forgery

Fournier forgery as obtained from a 'Fournier Album of Philatelic Forgeries'.

Other forgery:

The '1' of '1 Cent' has a very long sloping down top side. This forgery also exists cancelled with a pen-stroke, for examples see: http://www.hawaiianstamps.com/nuforgery.html Note the very tall "H" and "P" in the above forgeries.

This forgery also exists in black, note the distorted large '2' and the blurred printing.

Three forgeries, two of the 1 c and one of the 5 c, both with the 'S' of 'ISLAND' very peculiar (very small on top). No 5 c black 'INTER ISLAND' on top stamp exists! Also note the Papal States cancel on one of them.

Other forgeries:

Other forgeries exist, for example Sperati made forgeries of these stamps (they are quite expensive and not often met with). An example of a 2 c forged Sperati stamp can be seen on Richard Frajola's website: http://www.seymourfamily.com/rfrajola/Sperati/speratiindex.htm and one of a 1 c Sperati forgery on http://www.hawaiianstamps.com/nu_current.html

Sperati forgery of a 1 c value and a 2 c value.

Sperati forgery of a 5 c 'Interisland' value

(Peter Winter forgeries)

The above stamps are Peter Winter forgeries, I've been told that the 1 c closely resembles the Sperati forgeries. I've seen a 2 c blue forgery Peter Winter forgery on an envelope (which is also forged) addressed to "Eliza A. Danzon, or Jacob H. Danzon from 273 Chevy Street New York" (for another image of such an envelope see the 1851 issue, which was also used to make similar forgeries).

Another bogus 13 c issue with '13' written sideways (reduced size)

1861 Inscription "UKU LETA ELUA KENETA", so-called 'Boston lithographed issue'

(I presume the above stamps are genuine)

  2 c red

Exists overprinted "CANCELLED." (made in 1869), "SPECIMEN." (1885) and "REPRINT" (1889). Genuine stamps should have the line just above "UKU LETA" ending below the label containing the "2" at the right hand side. On the left hand side this line starts a little above the label containing the "2".

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

An excellent site on these forgeries can be found on http://www.hawaiianstamps.com/bostonfor.html.

Spiro forgery of this stamp:

This forgery can be recognized by the absence of a "." behind "KENETA" (according to 'The Spud Papers'). Furthermore the "2" in the upper left corner is too far to the right (it should be in the center). The frame-line above "UKU LETA" ends too high on the right hand side. I've also seen this forgery with a cancel consisting of four concentric rings or other 'Spiro cancels' such as a New South Wales cancel. This forgery also seems to exist in blue, but I have not seen it.

Other forgery.

Taylor forgeries.

Other forgeries exist, made by Allan S. Taylor, Fournier and Sperati. The Fournier forgery has the words "ELUA KENETA" quite large and the face different from the genuine stamps. The Sperati forgeries seem to be quite deceptive. More information with a detailed description of all the forgeries can be found on : http://www.hawaiianstamps.com/bostonfor.html. Genuine stamps with forged cancels also exist.

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