::: Island of Maui Postmarks, Part 4 - Spreckelsville to Wailuku :::
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Spreckelsville, Wailuku District
named for Claus Spreckels, the "Sugar King" of Hawaii
1883-1900
Postmasters: George C. Williams (1884-1887), Hugh Morrison (1888-1890), W. Barclay
(1890), H. Morrison (1890-1891), H. Center (1891-1894), D. Center (1894-1896), G. M.
Boote (1897-1898) and W. J. Lowrie (1899-1900). Stamps sales in 1884-1885 were about
$117 annually. Stamp sales in 1898 were $240.
Located on the isthmus and site of the major Spreckels sugar operation on Maui.
Construction of the sugar mill and planting were underway in 1880. Postal affairs were
conducted as an adjunct to the plantation store. Mail service was mostly by the
Kahului Railroad, which passed through Spreckelsville.
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281.01
29mm double lined outer and single lined inner circle
Color: Purple, Black
Scarcity: 4
Usage: March __, 1885 - __, 1894
In December, 1886, the device was described as "much defaced and obliterated."
Most strikes lack a year and the entire date often is weak. Late strikes are worn. Noted
with unclear date on Scott No. 78 issued in February, 1894.
Nine strikes are in my collection.
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January 26, 1894
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Date missing
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September 30, 1887
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259.04
33mm double lined circle
Color: Purple, Red
Estimated: 5
Usage: January __, 1890 – September __, 1894
Noted on favor bisects and on fake overprinted envelopes.
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August 5, 1893
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282.011
33mm double lined outer and single lined inner circle
Color: Purple, Red,
Black, Blue
Estimated: 8
Usage: November __, 1894 – June 12, 1900
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June 12, 1900
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Torbertsville, Makawao District
named for an early planter
1856-1859
Probably a postal agency rather than a post office, located at Ulupalakua. No postmark
is known.
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Ulupalakua, Makawao District
"breadfruit ripening" as on the back of a carrier [Pukui]; "ripe breadfruit ridge" [Davey]
1859-1900
Postmasters: Jas. Makee (1858-1879), Mrs. Makee (1879-1881), J. J. Halstead
(1884-1887; listed as acting in 1884, but the note was dropped by 1886), Mrs. Charlotte
Halstead (1887-1889), C. W. Wilcox (1889-1890), C. A. Buchanan (1890-1892), Leonard
Parrish (1892-1894) and W. W. K. Apua (1894-1900). Stamp sales in 1884-1885 were about
$17 annually. Stamp sales in 1898 were $90.
Site of cattle ranches, best known by the legendary Rose Ranch and later the Raymond
Ranch; earlier site of the Torbert plantation. Ulupalakua is located in upland Kula
on the slopes of Haleakala and was a stop on the overland carrier route. Mail service
also was provided directly from the port of Makena.
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801
Ulupalakua
manuscript
Rarity: 1RRRR
Noted on Scott No. 31
One strike, on cover, is in my collection.
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Ulupalakua
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281.011
30mm double lined outer and single lined inner circle
Color: Purple
Rarity: 1RRRR, three strikes recorded
Usage: August 31, 1894 – May __, 1895
One strike, on cover, is in my collection.
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Aug. 31, 1894
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254.02
__mm double lined circle [it should be about 28mm]
Color: ?
Rarity: 1RRRR
Usage: March __, 1898
This mark is considered tentative at this time.
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no image available
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Waiakoa, Makawao District
"water used by warrior" [Pukui]; "Koa's water" [Davey]
1893-1900
Postmasters: Mr. Naaieono (1893-1894) and J. S. Nishwitz (1894-1900). Stamp sales in
1898 were unrecorded but the postmaster was alloted a salary of $5.
Located in upland Makawao.
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255.01
29mm double lined circle
Color: Purple, Black
Rarity: 1RRR; seven strikes recorded
Usage: June __, 1899 - January 3, 1900 [the April date on the upper image shows the usage period either
started earlier or ended later]
One strike is in my collection.
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April __
Courtesy of Gary Peters
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Waihee, Wailuku District
"squid slime" [Pukui]; "water of flight" [Davey]
1872-1878; 1891-1900
Postmasters: T. H. Paris (1875-1876), C. B. Wells (1891-1893), C. M. Walton
(1893-1894), W. H. Campbell (1895-1898) and W. G. Ogg (1899-1900). Stamp sales in
1898 were unrecorded and no salary was alloted for the postmaster.
Site of the Waihee Sugar Co. plantation in the northeast corner of West Maui. In 1888,
the population of Waihee was estimated at 300 people.
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237.527
29mm single lined circle
Color: Black
Rarity: 1RRRR; five strikes recorded
Usage: June 29, 1871 to December __, 1876
One strike, on cover, is in my collection.
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December __, 1876
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Wailuku, Wailuku District
"water of destruction"
1854-1900
Postmasters: Ed. W. Bailey (1854-1859), J. D. Havercost (1859-1866), W. F. Mossman
(1866-1878), J. H. Hare (1878-1880), James W. Girven (1880-___), Ed. H. Bailey
(1883-1887) and W. A. McKay (1887-1900). Until 1859, the post office here was
unofficial. Havercost was the first official postmaster and ran the office from his
store. McKay was doing the real postal work of the office from 1883 and Mrs. McKay
assisted from 1898. In 1868, stamp sales were about $35 per quarter and in the years
1884-1885, they were about $475 annually and the postmaster was paid $600 annually.
Stamp sales at Wailuku in 1898 amounted to $1,137.60 and the postmaster was paid a
salary of $75.
A mission station was opened at Wailuku in 1833 and a girl's school there in the 1830's
and 1840's was reopened in the 1870's. Wailuku had a general store in the 1850's and a
boarding house by the 1870's. In his Hawaiian Guide Book of 1875, Henry Whitney
described Wailuku as a place of considerable importance." Notably, four significant
sugar plantations were in the immediate vicinity of Wailuku. When the sugar planting
craze of the 1870's propelled Wailuku to the forefront of Maui towns the administrative,
social and commercial centers of Maui shifted to Wailuku. In 1888, Wailuku had two
general stores. Mail service was from the landings on Maalaea Bay or by the overland
service from Lahaina. A carriage road connected most of central Maui by the 1860's.
In 1879, the Kahului Railroad connected Wailuku with the new port at Kahului. In 1877,
Charles Dickey of Haiku connected Wailuku and Haiku by telephone and by 1880, the line
crossed the mountain to Lahaina. In 1880, Wailuku was estimated to have 50-60
commercial establishments along its streets.
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215
oval
Color: Bluish-Green
Rarity: 1RRR; six strikes are recorded
Usage: May 20, 1869 – July 26, 1872
Two strikes, both backstamps on cover, are in my collection.
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May 20, 1869
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February 16, 1870
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238.02
30mm single lined circle; note the long comma after Wailuku
Color: Black
Scarcity: 2
Usage: August 2, 1879 – September __, 1883
An 1883 strike is noted on the 5¢ ultramarine Scott No. 39.
Four strikes, all on cover, are in my collection.
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May 7, 1881
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285.012
36mm double lined outer and single lined inner circle; the outer circle was either
worn or cut off after mid-1884; year often is weak or missing
Color: Black
Scarcity: 2
Usage: September 21, 1883 – January __, 1885
Style 277.012 is included with 285.012 because the same device made both.
Nineteen strikes, including four covers, are in my collection; they are about evenly divided between double outer
circles and single outer circles.
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January 5, 1884
double outer circle
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August 8, 1884
single outer circle
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281.01 (I)
31mm double lined outer and single lined inner circle; inner circle is 16mm
diameter and town letters are 4mm tall
Color: Black
Estimated: 5
Usage: December __, 1884 – August __, 1887
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September 17, 1886
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September 3, 1886
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281.01 (II)
31mm double lined outer and single lined inner circle; inner circle is 18mm
diameter and town letters are about 4mm tall by 5.5mm wide and heavily serifed; year is smudged; WAILUKU
and MAUI are spread wider than in type I
Color: Black
Scarcity: 4
Usage: April __, 1885 - November 6, 1885 but there are strikes dated in November with
no year date.
Six strikes, one on cover, are in my collection.
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April 29, 1885
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282.01 (I)
34mm double lined outer and single lined inner circle; town letters ar 3.7mm tall;
separation between inner circle and outer circle is 5mm
Color: Black
Scarcity: 4
Usage: September __, 1887 – July __, 1888
Six strikes, two on cover, are in my collection
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November 16, 1887
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282.01 (II)
33mm double lined outer and single lined inner circle; town letters ar 3.4mm tall;
separation between inner circle and outer circle is 5.5mm; the dater is oriented
sideways in some strikes
Color: Purple, Blue
Estimated: 6
Usage: October 7, 1888 – June __, 1893
This mark is found on the Wailuku "Paid" stampless covers (See
Rate Marks in Service Marks); blue is noted in early
strikes to at least December, 1888.
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December 14, 1888
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November 18, 1889
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August 22, 1890
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281.011
30mm double lined outer and single lined inner circle
Color: Purple, Black
Estimated: 9
Usage: January 16, 1892 – February __, 1897
Purple strikes are noted to at least October, 1892; black from about June, 1893 to
at least December, 1893; purple from about October, 1894 to 1896
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June 21, 1893
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October 22, 1892
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235.01
27mm single lined circle; outer circle is broken on both sides in all of my
strikes; the year date rarely printed (if ever)
Color: Purple
Estimated: 5
Usage: __, 1894 - __, 1895
This mark is a puzzle to me because it appears to have had a heavy philatelic use and
is often found on large blocks of overprinted stamps generally unavailable for ordinary
postal use. All of my strikes showing any date at all are dated October 20, __. I
wonder whether this mark was in actual use or was a philatelic concoction.
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October 20, __
on a block of 10
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281.02
30mm double lined outer and single lined inner circle; inner circle is faint or
missing on late strikes
Color: Purple, Black
Estimated: 9
Usage: March __, 1897 – May 18, 1900
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October 15, 1898
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253.01
27mm double lined circle
Color: Purple
Estimated: 6
Usage: November 18, 1899 – June 2, 1900
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November 18, 1899
Courtesy of Gary Peters
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February 2, 1900
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May 28, 1900
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