Showing posts with label Liberian Postage Stamps. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Liberian Postage Stamps. Show all posts
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Friday, August 5, 2011
Liberian Postage Stamps-Commemorating a Presidential Visit
Commemorating President Tubman's European Tour (in 1956).Issued in 1958, frames engraved and vignettes lithographed by H.L. Peckmore & Sons, USA on unwatermarked paper, perforated 10¼. 7 stamps were issued. The set consisted of 3x 5 Cent issues in light brown, deep rose red and blue with 1 x 10 Cent issue in grey-black and 3 x 15 Cent issues in ultramarine, green and deep reddish violet.
Liberia's First Airmail Stamps
Engraved by Perkins, Bacon & Company, England on paper watermarked "Crosses and Circles"( perf 14.), On September 30, 1936, Liberia issued her first airmail set — showing a Ford Trimotor aeroplane landing in Liberia. The set consisted of a 1 Cent (yellow-green), a 2 C (scarlet), 3 C (violet), 4 C (orange), 5 C (greenish-blue), and 6 C (green) the full set is illustrated below. With a detail of the 6 Cent issue below the set.
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