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November 7, 2007 > MAUI TODAY, > Maui Yesterdays No Comments |
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VEGAN MONTH
HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY – Aloha: reply
HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “Ua ola no i ka pane a ke aloha.
( There is life in a kindly reply)
November 7, 1851: Maui receives the first batch of stamps from the new Oahu post office. Henry M. Whitney established the first state government post office in 1850, and became Honolulu’s first postmaster general. He immediately set about designing stamps.
Initially, he created three - the 2, 5 and 13 cent stamps - in October, 1851, and by the end of that year they were in widespread use throughout the islands.
Whitney was a son of missionaries, had experience as a printer, and this group of three stamps became known as the “missionary stamps” collection.
