Postage stamps and postal history of Liberia
This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Liberia.
A 1956 stamp marking FIPEX in New York.
Liberia is a country on the west coast of Africa, bordered by Sierra Leone, Guinea, Côte d'Ivoire, and the Atlantic Ocean. The capital is Monrovia.
First stamps
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An 1864 stamp depicting Liberty.
Began as a settlement of the American Colonization Society (ACS), Liberia declared its independence on July 26, 1847. The first stamps of Liberia were issued in 1860, depicting a sitting Liberty with a sailing vessel in the background.[1][2]
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A 15 cents stamp featuring Vai woman, 1892.
A 1947 stamp of Liberia commemorating the centenary of the first United States postage stamp and CIPEX.
gollark: What, in CC or for switchcraft?
gollark: T̙hͬi̭s̫ ̆įs̀ ͭa̲ ̕g͞r͙éa͜t͓ ̨d͏e͛m͖o͖nͦs̼t͙r͝a̤t̰i͖o̩n̗ ͅo̥f́ ̆tͮh͑ḙ ̆n̏e͑ȅd̔ ͓f̍o̔r͂ ̿U͆n̘i̛c̋o͍d̝ē ͏s̙u̥p͉pͨǫr̓t͓ ͢iͫnͯ ̀C̞Cͧ.̪~
gollark: ṳn̴ìc͇o̔ḋe̤ ͖i̺s̽ ̇s͑u͒c͡h̵ ͪfͬu͟n͘.̐~
gollark: What's your point? CC is weird?
gollark: Well, I apparently can't actually DM it to you.
See also
- List of people on stamps of Liberia
References
- Rossiter, Stuart & John Flower. The Stamp Atlas. London: Macdonald, 1986, p.309. ISBN 0-356-10862-7
- https://web.archive.org/web/20171214165508/http://www.stampworldhistory.com/country-profiles-2/africa/liberia/ Retrieved 12 August 2018.
Further reading
- Bileski, Kasimir. A Century of Liberian Philately, 1971.
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