2002 37c Hawaii Scott 1 (2c of 1851)

Issue Date: October 24, 2002
City: New York, NY
Quantity: 1,610,000
Printed by: Banknote Corp of America
Printing Method: Lithographed
Perforations: 11
Color: Multicolored

 

In 1778, Captain James Cook of the British Navy discovered the Hawaiian Islands. Although the islands remained independent under the rule of King Kamehameha and his successors, by the 1840s many American missionaries and traders had settled on the islands. 

 

This stamp is from a sheet picturing rare “Hawaiian Missionary” stamps along with the famous “Dawson” cover.