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Liberia 1860–1996

• First Pictorials 1892-1905 and Overprints

  • Regular Stamps (September 1892)

    33

    34

    35

    36

    37

    39

    41

    43

    46

    47

    47a

    48

    49

    • errors

      33a

      34a

      35a

      37a

      41a

      46a

      49a

  • Official Stamps ovpt “OFFICIAL"” (September 1892)

    O1

    O2

    O3

    O4

    O5

    O6

    O7

    O8

    O9

    O10

    O11

    O12

  • Provisional Stamps (1893)

    • regular and official stamp

      50

      O13

  • Triangular Issue (November 1894)

    • regular and official stamp

      52

      53

      O26

      O27

  • Official Stamps ovpt “O S” (November 1894)

    O15

    O16

    O17

    O18

    O19

    O20

    O21

    O22

    O23

    O23a

    O23a large OS

    O24

    O25

  • New Values – Regular Stamps (December 1896)

    54

    54a

    57

    60

    60a

    38

    40

    42

    44

    45

    63

  • New Values – Official Stamps (December 1896)

    O28

    O31

    O34

    O37

    O38

    O39

    O40

    O41

    O42

  • UPU Colors – Regular Stamps (1900–1905)

    55

    56

    58

    59

    61

    62

    62a

  • UPU Colors – Official Stamps (1900–1905)

    O29

    O30

    O32

    O33

    O35

    O36

  • “ORDINARY” Overprint (1901–1902)

    all canceled stamps are either postmarked Monrovia or Buchanan; apparently two types were used for the overprint, one of them used in both towns, and a second, slightly larger type, in Monrovia only; some excellent forgeries exist!

    • on “OFFICIAL” stamps

      O6 ordinary

      64B

      64C

      64D

      64E

      64F

    • on “O S” stamps

      O28 ordinary

      65

      66

      66A

      67

      68

      69

      70

      71

      72

      73

      74

      75

      76

      77

      77A

      78

      79

      80

      81

    • on regular stamps with handstamped “O S”

      the additional “O S” handstamp, only known from Buchanan, was applied to regular stamps accidentally overprinted “ORDINARY”, and, except for the 1 cent and 5 cent values which were overprinted in black, in a color matching that of the printed “O S”.
      82

      83

      84

      85

      86

      87

      88

      89

      90

  • Provisional for Parcel Post (1902)

    91

    91a

  • Provisionals (1903)

    95

    96

    97

  • Provisionals (1904)

    • regular and official stamps

      98

      99

      99e

      100

      O44

      O45

  • WWI Provisionals (1915–1917)

    • regular and official stamp

      160

      O92

  • Provisional Military Stamp (1916)

    "LFF" are the initials of "Liberian Frontier Force", a military unit established in 1908. These overprints were applied locally in Monrovia when about 800 of the troops were sent to the field in 1916 to defeat a Krus revolt. The regular stamps were meant for the soldiers, the official stamps for the officers, but very little use was made of them at all since most are known mint or CTO. See also under "Second Pictorials 1906 and Surcharges" and "Third Pictorials 1909-1912 and Surcharges".
    M1

    M1a

    M1b