New stamps from Hawaii

Aloha,
Greetings from Hawai'i Post in the Hawaiian Islands. Hawai'i Post is
an express mail delivery company on the island of O'ahu that requires
stamps to prepay postage on all urgent letters and packages.

Three stamps and a mini-sheeet were issued on November 11th 2004 to
celebrate the 75th Anniversary of Hawaiian Airlines. The airline
started as "Inter-Island Airways" with two Sikorsky S-38's, two more
were added later. Its first commercial passenger flight was on
November 11th 1929 from John Rodgers Airport (now Honolulu
International Airport) to Hilo on the Big Island via Ma'alaea Airport
on Maui. The airline was a tremendoous success and carried over 10,000
passengers in 1930. A considerable feat considering each Sikorsky S-38
airplane could only carry 8 passengers ! The name was changed to
Hawaiian Airlines in October 1941.

The first stamp prepays extra charges, such as additional weight. It
shows the Sikorsky S-38 named "Maui", the second plane in the
Inter-Island Airways fleet. It was christened, together with "Hawaii"
on November 11th 1929.

The second stamp prepays the Overnight rate. It shows a luggage label
issued by Inter-Island Airways that included a map of the Hawaiian
Islands and their inter-island routes.

The third stamp prepays the Same Day rate. It shows passengers from
the "Molokai" being taken ashore in an outrigger canoe after landing
in the water near Kailua-Kona on the Big Island.

The minisheet prepays the Same Day rate. The image is from a
continuous design from the front and back cover of a brochure for
Inter-Island Airways in 1930. It shows passengers embarking on an
8-seater Sikorsky S-38, with another flying overhead. The other plane
in the sky (on the left) is a Bellanca with a single Wright J-6
engine. It was the original airplane of the airline used for short
sightseeing trips on O'ahu starting on October 6 1929, with only 5
seats for passengers

For more information about this issue, please go to:
http://www.hawaii-post.com/2004-11NOV.html

For more information about other issues from Hawai'i Post, please go
to:
http://www.hawaii-post.com/stamps.html

Mahalo (Thank you),

Hawai'i Post
P O Box 8735
Honolulu Hawai'i 96830
U.S.A.

http://www.hawaii-post.com