::: Evolution of Town Postmarks Study :::
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Before 1879, only a few post offices had been issued postmarks by the postal service.
These marks, and their earliest known uses (EKU's) are:
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Lahaina type 243.02
August, 1862 EKU
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Lahaina type 243.02
February 21, ___
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Hilo type 242.13,
June 16, 1866 EKU
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Hilo type 242.13
June 16, 1866
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Lahaina type 242.13,
January, 1868 EKU
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Lahaina type 242.13
September 10, 1875
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Kawaihae type 244.02
July, 1868 EKU
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Kawaihae type 244.02
February 9, 1871
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Wailuku MH type 215
May 20, 1869 EKU
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Wailuku MH type 215
May 20, 1869
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Makawao type 243.02
September, 1870 EKU
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Makawao type 243.02
May 30, 1879
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Waihee type 237.02
December, 1876
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Waihee type 237.02
December, 1876
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Waiohinu type 214
April 24, 1878 EKU
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Waiohinu type 214
April 24, 1878
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Other post offices continued to use manuscript postmarks or cancels, often just penning
a stroke of ink across the face of the stamp.
Dating these early postmarks is difficult. Only the Wailuku and Waiohinu marks
included a year date. Determining the EKU of the other marks is based on manuscript
docket information written on a cover by the sender or recipient. However, without
docket information, it is almost impossible to pin down a year for a particular mark
and the exact EKU may never be known.
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Beginning in 1878, the Postal Service issued a standard type of postmark,
MH type 238.02, to several offices. The earliest
EKU for a type 238.02 mark is from Kohala in August, 1878. This type of postmark, and
most town postmarks issued thereafter, contain a year date. Type 238.02 and earlier
marks are for the most part from steel or wooden dies.
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Kohala type 238.02
May 14, 1881
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Town postmarks burgeoned starting in 1881 with the introduction of rubber
die handstamp devices. The earliest of these rubber devices produced a mark with a
double lined outer circle and single lined inner circle, often including side ornaments
of one kind or another. The earliest EKU for one of these marks is January, 1881, from
Kahului for type 282.013.
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Kahului type 282.013
October 27, 1882
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