Here the rest of the story ----The Rev. Samuel H. DAVIS the second Vicar of Christ Church of Kealakekua on the Big Island of Hawaii. He was trying various ways to make money for his small church . He try a few methods even try to sell his guava jam which was unsuccessful .
Then he hit on the idea of selling stamps .Being on a remote Island in a farming community on the side of a volcano made it difficult . He hit on the idea of putting a ad requesting stamps in the Hawaiian Anglican Church Chronicle. Weeks later he put in a thank you notice with his general expression of thanks. This was a huge success .
The stamps we are not sure were they came from but it had to be both Hawaiian and foreign .
His effort yielded a surprising $443 .00 on a shippment to England . He continue this effort as he received more stamps . He put out other request but now he includedUSED Hawaiian postage and Fiscal stamps and even post cards .Most of you remember this was a time when Scott International Albums included corner cut outs of post cards .
He states in other place that most stamps were the 1 and 2 cent cancelled Hawaiian stamps .So in one year he states he has send his agent in England 13,822 stamps ,I wonder if this was Stanley Gibbons .
So now you have the story how a huge mass of Hawaiian stamps came to
the market ,maybe the biggest hoard of all. Here is the church which to me was the center for the rest of philately getting Hawaiian stamps , I was there this afternoon .....Got a lot more photo's of Davis 's grave and the people who made this happen .
Posted 05/07/2022 5:23 pm
