This page last updated: 1 September 2009


::: BOOK PROJECT :::
Hono Post Office


On the left of this hand tinted c.1900 Island Curio Co. post card view is the colonnaded Honolulu Post Office on Merchant Street.




People ask when the long expected update to Meyer and Harris will be finished. A project to update this classic work was commenced about 1984 under the auspices of the Philatelic Foundation. In time, the project evolved into creating an entirely new set of books rather than being presented as an update to Meyer and Harris.

The entire set will be titled Post Office in Paradise, Hawai'i Postal History and Postage Stamps in the Nineteenth Century. Publication of the set by the Philatelic Foundation will begin in 2010 with three volumes covering Hawaii postal history to 1870, together with a sailing list of vessel arrivals and departures at Hawaii from 1800 to 1870. A fourth volume will address Hawaii postal history 1870-1900 - publication is anticipated in 2011. Subsequent volumes will appear annually to cover the postage stamps, postal stationery, revenue stamps, local stamps and domestic postal history including town postmarks. You can help by sending new information to me through the web site Feedback features.

Publication of the set is made possible with private donations from collectors and auction houses. If you wish to contribute funds toward the publication and be listed on the contributor recognition page, you can contact the Philatelic Foundation Philatelic Foundation for details. Details for purchasing the set will be broadcast by the Philatelic Foundation when a firm release date is set.



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