HAWAII, 1883, $1.00 Rose Red (49). Four, each showing the different types of opium revenue cancels, including small Maltese Cross, large Maltese Cross in purple not joined, black Maltese Cross joined and the purple "A.S. Cleghorn" signature handstamp, couple with usual minor soiling, Fine-Very Fine, opium was imported for Chinese plantation workers, in an effort to control it each -1/2 pound tin, authorized for "medicinal purposes" only, was liable to a $1.00 customs duty -- the $1.00 Queen Emma was used exclusively for this

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