Object Details
Description
The Post Office Department issued a 7-cent Hawaii Statehood commemorative airmail stamp in Honolulu, Hawaii, on August 29, 1959, the date of the President's proclamation of Hawaii's admission into the Union.
This stamp, portraying a Hawaiian warrior, a five-pointed star, and a map of the islands, is 0.84 x 1.44 inches in dimension, arranged horizontally, printed by the rotary process, electric-eye perforated, and issued in sheets of fifty. The color of the stamp is red. The POD authorized an initial printing of 90,000,000.
Reference: Postal Bulletin, July 30, 1959.
Date
August 21, 1959
Object number
2006.2004.47
Type
Postage Stamps
Medium
paper; ink (rose red); adhesive / engraving
Place
Hawaii
United States of America
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Data Source
National Postal Museum
Topic
Maps
Asian-Pacific American Heritage
U.S. Stamps
Link to Original Record
Record ID
npm_2006.2004.47