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Postmarked at Honolulu, Hawaii, June 3, 1898, a day after the first expedition of US volunteer soldiers arrived at Honolulu en route to the Philippine Islands to conquer the Spanish occupation troops. A United Postal Union double rate was paid with a 10c Hawaii Official Stamp provided free to the writer at a writing room set aside for soldiers in the chamber of the Hawaii House of Representatives.

Bio:

• Luff Award for Philatelic Research (2016)
• Distinguished Philatelist, US Philatelic Classics Society (2015)
• Fellow, Royal Philatelic Society London
• Hall of Fame, APS Writers Unit #30 (2011)
• US Philatelic Classics Society (immediate past president and ex-officio member of the board of directors)
• Trustee, Philatelic Foundation (2014-2024)

Author: Hawaii Postal History to 1870, Philatelic Foundation (2011) [large gold medal and best-in-show, 2016, NY world stamp exhibition, large gold medal and best-in-show PhilaKorea world stamp exhibition 2014; large gold medal world stamp exhibition, Melbourne, Australia, 2013; USPCS Stanley B. Ashbrook cup winner, 2012; gold medal and grand award Stamp Show 2012]

Author, Post Office in Paradise (www.hawaiianstamps.com) [best philatelic website, FIP 2001]

Member: Collectors Club (NY), Collectors Club of Southern California (past-chair), Western Cover Society, (director and Hawaii editor), Hawaiian Philatelic Society, US Postal Stationery Society, Philatelic Society Los Angeles, Club de Monte Carlo, Royal Philatelic Society London, APS Writers Unit #30, US Philatelic Classics Society, American Philatelic Society.

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