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| | POST OFFICE IN PARADISE - Postal Stationery |
 | | In the first order for postal stationery (1883), envelopes were specified in three sizes and three thicknesses, making twenty-four varieties scattered among the five values. |
 | | In the 1889 and later orders, the envelopes were made in a different "knife" (referring to the cut of the envelope, best seen in the shape of the back flap), thus adding additional varieties. |
 | | Whitney's first order, dated September 6, 1883, was sent to the American Bank Note Company together with a sketch of Honolulu Harbor made by Whitney in the 1850's and used in the masthead of one of Honolulu's leading newspapers, The Pacific Commercial Advertiser. |
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