August 21.

1959.

10 AM

Honolulu, Hawaii

Air mail postage was 7 cents.

And Hawaii was now a state.

Fifty years ago, my mother bought these “First Day of Issue” covers and mailed them to me. Was that done so that, 50 years hence, I would have these small mementos of that moment in island history? That’s forward thinking.

In any case, I was surprised to find these and share them with you here. Each envelope is sealed, with a letter inside. I don’t know what those letters say, if anything.

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