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Hawai'i // Honolulu, HI // Western Region // Hawaii-Aleutian Time (The Aloha State)
Kingdom established:	(1795 -) 1810 by King Kamemahea I.
Provisional Government:	January 7, 1893 after forced (coup d'etat) abdication of Queen Lili'uokalani
Republic founded:	July 4, 1894
US annexation:	July 7, 1898
Formal transfer to the US:	August 12, 1898 with Sanford B. Dole as first Governor
Territory established:	February 22, 1900
Statehood granted:	August 21, 1959 // 50^th state
[View map of US territorial acquisition]

The Hawaiian Islands are an archipelago of 137 islands and atolls in the North Pacific Ocean.
The eight major islands are:
Hawai'i	The Big Island
Maui	The Valley Isle, surfing paradise
O'ahu	The Gathering Place, location of Hawai'i's capital Honolulu
Kaua'i	The Garden Isle
Moloka'i	The Friendly Isle, genuine Hawai'ian traditions and way of living are still practiced on the island
Lāna'i	The Pineapple Isle
Ni'ihau	The Forbidden Isle, semi-private property, permission required to enter the island
Kaho'olawe	The Target Isle, uninhabited private property


#4287 // September 2, 2008 (self-adhesive coil definitive) Flags of Our Nation Series Hawai'i State Flag red 'ohi'a lehua blossoms	#1963 // April 14, 1982 (ex pane of 50 different stamps) State Bird & Flower of Hawai'i Hawaiian Goose (Branta sandvicensis) and Hibiscus	#1682 // February 23, 1976 (ex pane of 50 different stamps) American Bicentennial Series Hawai'i State Flag The eight stripes of the flag represent Hawaii's eight islands, and the Union Jack honors Hawaii's early friendship with Great Britain

#647/648 // August 13, 1928 // Honolulu, HI
Landing of Captain James Cook on January 20, 1778 on Kaua'i Island
(English navigator and explorer, * 1728, † 1779 killed by Hawaiian natives)
Sesquicentennial

Two-line overprint "HAWAII 1778 - 1928" on regular stamp issues
#634 2¢ George Washington and #637 5¢ Theodore Roosevelt


#799 // October 18, 1937 // Honolulu, HI (ex Territories Issue, 1st of 4 stamps) Hawai'i Territory Statue of King Kamemahea I. (* 1758, r. 1775, † 1819) in Honolulu, O'ahu, HI Hawai'ian Kingdom 1795 [1810] - 1893	#C46 // March 26, 1952 // Honolulu, HI Air Mail Stamp Issued to cover the air parcel post rate of one pound Aeroplane over National Natural Landmark volcanic cone Diamond Head (Le'ahi) near Honolulu, O'ahu, HI


#C55 // August 21, 1959 Air Mail Stamp Hawai'i Statehood Ali'i warrior, Hawai'i Archipelago, Star of Statehood	#1153 // July 4, 1960 // Honolulu, HI 50-Star US Flag after Hawai'i Statehood	#2080 // March 12, 1984 25^th Anniversary of Hawai'i Statehood Eastern Polynesian Canoe, Golden Plover, and Mauna Loa Volcano


#C84 // May 3, 1972 // Honaunau, HI Air Mail Stamp National Parks Centennial City of Refuge, Hawai'i The area on Hawai'i Island was founded in the 1500s as a sacred religious sanctuary, and is now called Pu' uhonua o Honaunau National Historic Park. Kii statue and temple	#1733 // January 20, 1978 // Honolulu, HI Captain James Cook's visits to Hawaii Bicentennial Cook's two ships, the "Resolution" and the "Discovery" at anchor offshore Kaua'i Island Cook named Hawaii the "Sandwich Islands", after the British chief naval minister, the Earl of Sandwich.


#3660 // August 24, 2002 // Honolulu, HI Duke Kahanamoku (* 1890, † 1968) Olympic gold medal swimming champion (1912, 1920), champion surfer, Hollywood actor, and Hawaiian folk hero Portrait of Kahanamoku, Diamond Head and surfers in the background	#4415 // August 21, 2009 // Honolulu, HI 50^th Anniversary of Hawai'i Statehood Surfer riding a wave on a longboard, two people paddling an outrigger canoe to shore

#3694 // October 22, 2002 // New York, NY
Souvenir sheet
150^th Anniversary of Hawaiian Postage Stamps
The "Hawaiian Missionary" Stamps of 1851 - 1853

Reproduction of 2¢, 5¢, 13¢ (1851), and 13¢ (1852) stamps
(13¢ valid for postage in the Kingdom of Hawai'i and the United States)

These stamps acquired their nickname because most were used on correspondence from American missionaries in Hawaii to their families back home. Because of their rarity, they are considered among the worlds foremost philatelic items.

Souvenir sheet illustrations:

The header image features a detail of a wood engraving of Diamond Head. The engraving appeared in an 1862 book titled "Hawaii: The Past, Present, and Future of Its Island Kingdom".

Also on the souvenir sheet is a photograph of an envelope known as the "Dawson cover" (the only surviving envelope to bear a 2¢ Hawaiian Missionary stamp). Addressed to Eliza A. Dawson of New York, the envelope bears 2¢ and 5¢ Hawaiian Missionary stamps as well as two US 3¢ stamps (#10), depicting George Washington, and a Honolulu postmark Oct 4.

Pearl Harbor
	#2559i // September 3, 1991 // Phoenix, AZ (ex sheetlet "1941: A World at War" consisting of a large center map framed by five stamps on the top and five on the bottom) 50^th Anniversary of World War II Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor located on O'ahu Island, HI, December 7, 1941 Burning and sinking ships
On December 7, 1941 Japanese carrier planes attacked the US fleet at anchor in Pearl Harbor, O'ahu Island, HI. 2,343 Americans died. The next day, December 8, USA declared war on Japan and entered into World War II against Nazi Germany (declaraton of war December 11) and its allies Italy and Japan. On September 2, 1945 the Empire of Japan signed unconditional surrender after the US Air Force dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima (August 6, 1945) and Nagasaki (August 9, 1945). The state of war between the Empire of Japan and the United States of America formally ended with the Treaty of San Francisco, effective on April 28, 1952.

#3571 // April 4, 2002
(ex pane of 50 stamps, one for each state)
Greetings from Hawai'i

Illustration of contemporary postcard
in the style of the 1930s/1940s

View Hawai'i state quarter
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View Hawai'i clock

The origin of the state name is uncertain. The island state may have been named after Hawai'iloa, a hero of an ancient Hawaiian legend or is based on the native Hawaiian word for homeland "Owhyhee". The alphabet of the Hawai'ian language has twelve letters only: five vowels (a, e, i, o, u) and seven consonats (h, k, l, m, n, p, w). Find out more facts & trivia
Land Area rounded mi² [km²] 6,423 [16.636] ranked 47^th	Population (census 2010) 1,360,301 ranked 40^th	Population Density per mi² [km²] of land area 212 [82] ranked 14^th
The State of Hawai'i has five counties.

#UX81 // October 1, 1979 // Eugene, OR
Stamped Postal Card
Historic Preservation Series
Iolani Palace, Honolulu, HI

Royal residence of the former monarchy of Hawai'i,
the palace was built 1879/1882 in American Florentine architectural style.