Scarce, 1893, Hawaii U2, Honolulu To Kalae, Molokai (DPO-5-1902-1909)

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Offered is a useful and historic Hawaii U2 cover postmarked from Honolulu on 19 August, 1893. Cover addressed to Kalae, Molokai (DPO-5). There is no receiving mark on backside. Cover has slight soil from age. Cover slit open on both left and right ends, suggesting possible use as a wrapper. Cover Cover addressed to O. S. Meyer a prominent Hawaiian businessman, see below. The Meyer family, in 1853, established a family homestead in the remote north central area known as Kala ʻ e. In 1866 O. S. Meyer became the surveyor for the island, with the titles Commissioner of Fences and Road Supervisor. About this time, the Kalaupapa Peninsula just to the north of the Meyer homestead and below a steep cliff, was converted into a leper colony. He acted as supply agent to the colony, and liaison to the few healthy people willing to work there, such as Saint Father Damien (1840–1889). Meyer and his sons established and grew a business. Crops included corn, wheat, Brynn, and beans as well as traditional Hawaiian taro. After the removal of tariffs on sugar exports to the United States, he operated a sugar mill from 1876 to 1889. Since the Meyer's did not have the large cash investments of planters on other islands, only about 30 acres of sugarcane was cultivated, and a mill was built in 1850. The Meyer Brothers were the first on Moloka ʻ i to grow read more

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