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USS Colorado Navy Ship Taro Island Curio #166~Postcard Hawaii Private Mailing-H7

$ 5.17

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
  • Condition: Used
  • State: Hawaii
  • Restocking Fee: No
  • City/Region: Honolulu
  • Item must be returned within: 30 Days
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Type: Printed (Lithograph)
  • Era: Divided Back (c. 1907-1915)
  • Postage Condition: Unposted

    Description

    Historic Hawaii postcard published by Island Curio of Honolulu
    series
    # 166.
    From my own collection of US military ship cancels on IC postcards.....I decided to keep a #166 with sender message talking about making poi from taro and how they
    wouldn't
    eat poi even if paid a bite.......whateveas, lol.
    Published about 1907/08.  Mailed Honolulu 1911.
    The second
    USS
    Colorado
    was an Armored Cruiser of the 13,900 ton Pennsylvania class and was commissioned in 1905. After initial operation on the east coast she served in the Pacific alternating between the Asiatic Station and the eastern Pacific.
    Keith Steiner's book;
    Hawaii's early Territorial Days
    illustrates all known postcards in the Island Curio collection. It is a valuable resource for anyone collecting Hawaii postcards from this era.
    CONDITION: Good. Mailed. Antique. Light wear but no creases.
    SIZE: about 3 1/2" x 5 1/2"
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