The $2 stamp (above left) pays for extra charges, such as additional weight. It shows the Curtiss biplane Model D, very similar to the Curtiss P18 piloted by J.C. Bud Mars for the first powered flight in Hawai'i. The Curtiss biplane was sent to Hawai'i from California in pieces as freight via a ship and then re-assembled in Honolulu. Bud Mars took off from the Moanalua Polo Field (just west of Honolulu) at 2:30pm on Saturday December 31st 1910. He made a series of four flights which consisted of loops, taking off and landing each time at the Moanalua Polo Field. After the first loop the biplane was officially christened the "Honolulu Skylark" with a bottle of champaign. An estimated 3,000 Hawaiians watched the spectacle (many paying $1 for the privilege) which made headline news in the "Honolulu Advertiser" the next day.

The $5 stamp (above middle) prepays the Overnight rate. It shows a McDonnell-Douglas DC-10 operated by Air Hawaii in 1985. Although the airline did not last long, it is typical of the kind of tourist jet that services Hawaii every day by many different airlines from all over the world.

The $8 stamp (above right) prepays the Same Day rate. It shows the supersonic Concorde jet just after taking off and before retracting its landing gear and raising its nosecone for a supersonic flight. Before it ceased flying in 2003, the Concorde made several trips to and from Hawai'i, but not as a regularly scheduled flight. The stamp celebrates the supersonic jet's arrival at Kailua-Kona Airport on the Big Island in 1996 on it's way around the world. Affluent passengers paid about $60,000 for each round-the-world ticket. It was the Big Island's first visit by a supersonic jet.

The $8 mini-sheet (above) prepays the Same Day rate. It shows a colorful art-deco poster originally drawn by artist P.G. Lawler for Pan American Airways in the late 1930's. It promoted their clipper flying boats to Hawai'i and the Pacific. It shows a wahine watching the landing of a Boeing B-314 flying boat on a lagoon somewhere in the Pacific. The mountain peaks are more like those on Moorea in French Polynesia than Hawai'i, although Pan-Am never flew there. In 1939, the round-trip airfare by Pan-Am clipper from San Francisco to Hawai'i was about $500 - a lot of money back then which only the very rich could afford. The last clipper flight was on April 8 1946 from Honolulu to San Francisco. After the clippers, Pan-Am used more economical land-based aircraft. Until it's demise, Pan-Am was one of the airlines that helped in the dramatic development of Hawai'i as a tourist destination.