Show THE HAWAIIAN STAMP CRAZE A situation that attracted alio attention of the world over ot all tho queer developments that have arisen in connection with the de of queen none is st than tho excitement which attended the speculation in the provisional stamps issued by tho present government this speculation is not confined to stamp collectors and dealers but is indulged in by residents of honolulu and of this and other countries alike the spreckels family being credited with having purchased and laid aside worth of these labels for future profit it was anticipated that the provisional government would bo of short duration and that tho improvised stamps acro to have a life as short as the temporary government ern ment and this led to the scramble for stamps as it was presumed that they would become exceedingly and valuable there were 21 varieties issued including all tho perforated stamps issued by the hawaiian government since 1861 ranging in value framl cent to 1 each of these was overprinted or surcharged to use a philatelic term with tho words provisional goat 1893 in tarco lines each word and date taking a separate line somo of tho stamps were surcharged with black letters and others with red all of one denomination being overprinted in the same color but the portion of one value the 13 cent mauve was surcharged in black and the remainder in red thero being twice as many of the latter surcharged as of the former but a few thousands of this particular stamp acro on hand they were soon bought a and as audi as beach waa paid for a specimen of trio black surcharge speculators soon bought up the supply of several of the other values and it was not long after tho date of their issue that completo set of cheso stamps had a faco of was selling for 15 recently however some of the speculators have deemed to unload and the entire set can now be purchased for 10 still leaving a handsome profit on the original cost vices olula show that abu mania for stamp collecting has had somewhat what of a sensational effect there F F porter a brother of tho minister ex of finance of the provisional government wrote as follows to a friend in this city they havo gono crazy on hawaiian stamps even the chinese aro in it I 1 saw by the paper last night that one chinese firm 1700 worth at the post office if such is the case tho government bus a mighty good thing for it can grind them out for about 10 cents per I 1 seo in the windows about town samples of several kirias of stamps priced 10 san francisco call |