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Hawaiian Statehood Commemorative Stamp

This is a 0.84 inch by 1.44 inch postal stamp created by the Post Office Department. It was issued on the 21st of August 1959, in commemoration of President Eisenhower’s announcement of the decision to admit Hawaii into the United States of America,…

Tags: 20th century, 50th state, Americanisation, commemorative, Cultural Appropriation, Cultural Assimilation, Culture, Hawai'i, Hawaii, Hawaiian Islands, Hawaiian Statehood, Material Culture, Material Object, Post Office, President Eisenhower, Stamp, Statehood, warrior

Proposal for a post office in British Columbia

This is a letter sent by Arthur Sleigh to the secretary of state for the colonies proposing the creation of a post office mail route to be set up in British Columbia, and requesting funding for it. He proposes a system based on ponies and horses to…

Tags: 19th century, British Columbia, Colonalism, Colonisation, Despatch, Letter, Lytton, Pony, Post Office, Railway, Transport

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