Internal Postmarks and Registration Markings of Liberia

This section about postal markings is mainly based on Philip Cockrill’s LIBERIA Series Booklet No. 8.

  • Bar Obliterators

    • Post Office Cancellations

        • hand stamped postmark in black
        • earliest known use: Jul 30, 1884 (MONROVIA)
        CP9
        • hand stamped postmark in black
        • same as CP9 showing start of bend in lower bar which eventually became a break
        CP9A
        • hand stamped postmark in black
        • earliest known use: Jul 1, 1884 (BASSA)
        CP9B
        • hand stamped postmark in black
        • earliest known use: probably 1884 (HARPER)
        CP9C
    • CTO Markings

        • hand stamped postmark in black
        • found only on 1903 10c registration set
        CTO5
        • hand stamped postmark in black
        • found on 1909 pictorials
        CTO6
        • hand stamped postmark in black
        • found only on 1903 10c registration set
        CTO_unlisted
        • hand stamped postmark in black
        • found only on 1903 10c registration set
        CTO7
        • hand stamped postmark in black
        • found on 1903 10c registration set and 1906 pictorials
        CTO8
        • hand stamped postmark in black
        • found on 1906 and 1909 pictorials
        CTO9
        • hand stamped postmark in black
        • found on 1909 pictorials
        CTO10
        • hand stamped postmark in black
        • found on 1909 pictorials
        CTO11