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During the UPU Period, United States stamps occurred naturally on covers from Hawaii in
four ways. First, if someone wanted to take advantage of the United States special
delivery system, it was necessary to prepay the service with a United States special
delivery stamp. Second, a paquebot cover mailed aboard ship en route to Hawaii from a
United States port and addressed to a destination beyond Hawaii (or back to the United
States for that matter) required United States postage and Hawaii was not permitted to
charge additional postage. Third, a United States paid return postal card was prepaid
with United States postage and Hawaii was not permitted to charge additional postage.
Fourth, soldier mail after annexation could be prepaid with United States stamps. So
far as I have determined, there is no other way a United States stamp was legally
sufficient to pay postage from Hawaii.
Special Delivery Mail
For someone in Hawaii to take advantage of United States special delivery mail, it was
necessary to affix United States special delivery stamp, so in this case we have the only
required reason for mixed frankings in the UPU Period.
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Postmarked December 9, 1894 at Honolulu and franked with a 5¢ Scott No. 76 and a United
States 10¢ orange special delivery stamp, US Scott No. E3. Special delivery service in
the United States began for larger post offices on October 1, 1885 and was expanded to
include all post offices the next year. The service meant a letter was to be delivered
during daytime and evening hours so it would not wait for the next regular mail delivery.
Paquebot Letters Mailed En Route From the United States and Addressed To Destinations Outside Hawaii
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Postmarked at Honolulu on February 16, 1899 and at San Francisco on February 28. This
cover was franked with the United States 5¢ Trans-Mississippi Issue, US Scott No. 288,
to prepay the UPU 5¢ rate from the United States to Hawaii and put in the mail aboard
the steamer Australia en route to Honolulu from San Francisco. The cover was returned to
San Francisco, also aboard the Australia, and thence to Coronado where it was
postmarked March 2. Under UPU rules, Hawaii was required to forward paquebot mail to
its destination without charging additional postage.
United States Paid Return Postal Cards
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Postmarked at Honolulu on December 4, 1894 and at San Francisco on December 15, this
United States 1¢ prepaid reply postal card required an additional penny postage, prepaid
with the United States 1¢ Columbian Exposition stamp, US Scott No. 230. Under UPU rules,
Hawaii was required to return the card without charging additional postage. By the same
rule, Hawaiian paid return cards would be returned to Hawaii without additional postage.
Soldiers Mail After Annexation
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Postmarked November 9, 1898 at Honolulu and franked with a 2¢ US Scott No. 279B to pay
the 2¢ soldier rate. Under rules established by the United States military and postal
authorities, American soldiers in Hawaii were entitled to the same letter postage rate
applicable to domestic mail in the United States.
See Soldiers Mail.
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