POST MARK COLLECTORS CLUB - POST OFFICE PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION

Post Office: Honolulu, Hawaii 96820 (Honolulu County)
Date of Photo: circa 1922
Contributor: Paul E. Petosky, Postmarks from the Past
Comment: (Originally established in OAHU COUNTY, TERRITORY OF HAWAII) on June 26, 1900 with Joseph M. Oat as its first postmaster. (Changed to HONOLULU COUNTY) on March 1, 1931. (Changed to HAWAII) on August 21, 1959. IMPORTANT HISTORICAL FACTS: The Post Office, Customs offices, Internal Revenue, Lighthouse Service, Public Health Service and the United States District Court are all housed in this magnificent new building, completed in 1922.