Stamps of Liberia 1860 - 1996

In this section you can find all basic stamps and souvenir sheets issued by Liberia through 1996. If should be seen as a help for identification; therefore, stamps are organized mainly by design regardless of catalog number or intended purpose, meaning that regular, official and airmail stamps including surcharges are grouped together.
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Below each stamp are given its Scott catalog number to the left, date of issue to the right, and information about the catalog value in the middle (mint - used). Values are mainly based on Scott and Michel 2012 catalogs, and are coded by falling into one of ten price ranges, indicated by the number of diamonds: ” = below 30c, ♦♦” = 30c..99c, ♦♦♦” = $1..$2.99, ♦♦♦♦” = $3..$9.99, ♦♦♦♦♦” = $10..$29, ♦♦♦♦♦♦” = $30..$99, ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦” = $100..$299, ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦” = $300..$999, ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦” = $1000..$2999, ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦” = $3000 and above. Catalog prices for many Liberian stamps are dubious, but at least this should give you a hint if some stamp is waste paper or your ticket to Rio!

Stamp images have a resolution of 150 dpi, except for souvenir sheets which have 100 dpi. Thus, on the average 96 dpi monitor souvenir sheets will show close to their natural size, while stamps are enlarged by 50 percent.

Crosses and Circles watermark Crosses and Circles
Rosette watermark Rosette
Watermarks
In general, Liberia's classic postage stamps were printed on paper without dedicated watermark – some are known with paper-makers watermark – but there are two exceptions: most of the early Waterlow & Sons issues are watermarked “Rosette” (not the triangle stamps), and all issues printed in Germany are watermarked “Crosses and Circles”.
  • Fifth Pictorials 1914-1921 and overprints

    engraved by Reichsdruckerei (Imperial Printing Office), Berlin on paper watermarked "Crosses and Circles", perforated 14.

    • regular issue

      • 183
        1920
      • 134
        1914, June 19
        ♦♦ - 
      • 135
        1914, June 19
        ♦♦ - 
      • 184
        1920
        ♦♦ - 
      • 185
        1920
        ♦♦ - 
      • 186
        1920
        ♦♦♦♦ - ♦♦
      • 187
        1920
        ♦♦♦ - ♦♦
      • 188
        1920
        ♦♦♦♦ - ♦♦
      • 189
        1920
        ♦♦♦ - 
      • 190
        1920
        ♦♦♦ - ♦♦
      • 191
        1920
        ♦♦♦ - ♦♦
      • 191a
        1920
         - ♦♦♦♦♦♦
      • 192
        1920
        ♦♦♦♦♦ - ♦♦♦
      • 193
        1920
        ♦♦♦♦♦ - ♦♦♦
      • 194
        1920
        ♦♦♦♦♦♦ - ♦♦♦
    • official issue

      • O116
        1920
        ♦♦♦ - 
      • O113
        1920
        ♦♦♦♦ - 
      • O114
        1920
        ♦♦♦ - 
      • O117
        1920
        ♦♦♦ - 
      • O118
        1920
        ♦♦ - 
      • O119
        1920
        ♦♦♦♦ - ♦♦
      • O115
        1920
        ♦♦♦ - ♦♦
      • O115_bleached
        1920
      • O120
        1920
        ♦♦♦♦ - ♦♦
      • O121
        1920
        ♦♦♦ - 
      • O122
        1920
        ♦♦♦ - 
      • O123
        1920
        ♦♦♦♦ - 
      • O124
        1920
        ♦♦♦♦♦ - ♦♦
      • O125
        1920
        ♦♦♦♦♦ - ♦♦♦
      • O126
        1920
        ♦♦♦♦♦ - ♦♦♦
    • regular issue ovpt 1921

      compete set exists with inverted overprint, which is the normal variety for the 20 cents stamp (Scott #201); Philip Cockrill states to have seen “just two mint copies the correct way up in 50 years”.
      • 195
        1921
        ♦♦♦♦♦ - ♦♦
      • 196
        1921
        ♦♦♦♦♦ - ♦♦
      • 197
        1921
        ♦♦♦♦♦♦ - ♦♦
      • 198
        1921
        ♦♦♦♦ - ♦♦
      • 199
        1921
        ♦♦♦♦♦♦ - ♦♦
      • 200
        1921
        ♦♦♦♦♦ - ♦♦♦
      • 201
        1921
        ♦♦♦♦♦ - ♦♦♦
      • 201_normal_ovpt
        1921
      • 202
        1921
        ♦♦♦♦♦ - ♦♦♦
      • 203
        1921
        ♦♦♦♦ - ♦♦
      • 204
        1921
        ♦♦♦♦ - ♦♦
      • 205
        1921
        ♦♦♦♦ - ♦♦
      • 206
        1921
        ♦♦♦♦♦♦ - ♦♦♦
      • 207
        1921
        ♦♦♦♦♦ - ♦♦♦
      • 208
        1921
        ♦♦♦♦♦♦ - ♦♦♦
    • official issue ovpt 1921

      compete set exists with inverted overprint.
      • O127
        1921
        ♦♦♦♦ - 
      • O128
        1921
        ♦♦♦♦ - 
      • O129
        1921
        ♦♦♦♦ - 
      • O130
        1921
        ♦♦♦♦ - 
      • O131
        1921
        ♦♦♦♦ - 
      • O132
        1921
        ♦♦♦♦ - 
      • O133
        1921
        ♦♦♦♦ - ♦♦
      • O133_inverted_ovpt
        1921
        ♦♦♦♦ - ♦♦
      • O134
        1921
        ♦♦♦♦ - ♦♦
      • O135
        1921
        ♦♦♦♦ - 
      • O136
        1921
        ♦♦♦♦ - 
      • O137
        1921
        ♦♦♦♦ - 
      • O138
        1921
        ♦♦♦♦♦ - ♦♦♦
      • O139
        1921
        ♦♦♦♦♦ - ♦♦♦
      • O140
        1921
        ♦♦♦♦♦ - ♦♦♦♦