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It's not actually "missionary" stamps. It'll be a mixture of stamps on paper that were received by a missionary. The mail coming from people sending in donations most likely.
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The stamps that have the nickname "Missionary Stamps" are a crudely done group printed in Honolulu to pay for letters back to New England written by the missionaries who sailed to the islands hoping to save the Hawaiian Natives from a life of happiness.
It is said that these men, and their women, came to the islands to do good, and judging from who wound up owning the land and the banks, they did quite well.
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DD, most likely Michael has the correct response to your specific question. This is also referred to as kiloware, and if it is not specifically defined, it could be anything. Charlie's answer is correct if they were talking about the Hawiain missionary stamps, but the big box (not the big island) tells me to listen to Michael, although Charlie is seldom wrong.
if you like soaking and sorting and routing through lord knows what, then this is your answer. But be prepared for damaged things, duplication, and the occasional shrunken head (or, as I like to say, off the topical).
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No, Dave, I was not suggesting that there was an actual box of Missionarys, the Hawaiian ones. It was just a point of information about the word as used in stamping.
Although there must be an ancient metal Tea Tin just stuffed with carefully trimmed corners of the Hawaiian Missionarys somewhere. That's why I never pass up looking at an old Tea Tinbox at flea markets.
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Hi Everyone;
I guess none of you were lucky enough to attend Catholic grade school, because that is not what
the term "missionary stamps" comes from.
At St Jean's parish Catholic School (French Catholic parish), and several other Catholic grade
schools in the 60s in Muskegon Michigan, they held a stamp drive. The object was for everyone,
especially stamp collectors to bring in stamps of any kind at all. They were to be sold in bulk to
raise money to help fund the costs of missionary work.
Also the missionaries themselves would gather stamps from where ever they were posted, to be
sold to big stamp companies for additional funding, of the works.
I still have fond memories of the warm hearted nuns who taught us good moral values and social
skills.
Just Chillin'....
TuskenRaider
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Well, I had one sentence of what you said correct...
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Hello everyone I was on ebay the other day when I saw a ad for missionary stamps it was a big box for $20.00 can some one tell me what these stamps are before I buy them ?
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It's not actually "missionary" stamps. It'll be a mixture of stamps on paper that were received by a missionary. The mail coming from people sending in donations most likely.
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Silence in the face of adversity is the father of complicity and collusion, the first cousins of conspiracy..
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02:07:09pm
re: missionary stamps
The stamps that have the nickname "Missionary Stamps" are a crudely done group printed in Honolulu to pay for letters back to New England written by the missionaries who sailed to the islands hoping to save the Hawaiian Natives from a life of happiness.
It is said that these men, and their women, came to the islands to do good, and judging from who wound up owning the land and the banks, they did quite well.
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DD, most likely Michael has the correct response to your specific question. This is also referred to as kiloware, and if it is not specifically defined, it could be anything. Charlie's answer is correct if they were talking about the Hawiain missionary stamps, but the big box (not the big island) tells me to listen to Michael, although Charlie is seldom wrong.
if you like soaking and sorting and routing through lord knows what, then this is your answer. But be prepared for damaged things, duplication, and the occasional shrunken head (or, as I like to say, off the topical).
David
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Silence in the face of adversity is the father of complicity and collusion, the first cousins of conspiracy..
18 Sep 2015
02:10:31pm
re: missionary stamps
No, Dave, I was not suggesting that there was an actual box of Missionarys, the Hawaiian ones. It was just a point of information about the word as used in stamping.
Although there must be an ancient metal Tea Tin just stuffed with carefully trimmed corners of the Hawaiian Missionarys somewhere. That's why I never pass up looking at an old Tea Tinbox at flea markets.
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Hi Everyone;
I guess none of you were lucky enough to attend Catholic grade school, because that is not what
the term "missionary stamps" comes from.
At St Jean's parish Catholic School (French Catholic parish), and several other Catholic grade
schools in the 60s in Muskegon Michigan, they held a stamp drive. The object was for everyone,
especially stamp collectors to bring in stamps of any kind at all. They were to be sold in bulk to
raise money to help fund the costs of missionary work.
Also the missionaries themselves would gather stamps from where ever they were posted, to be
sold to big stamp companies for additional funding, of the works.
I still have fond memories of the warm hearted nuns who taught us good moral values and social
skills.
Just Chillin'....
TuskenRaider
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Well, I had one sentence of what you said correct...
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