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Interesting question! I know that Cockrill at times used teh word "pulls" rather than "proofs" - ie printed from the die/plate but not for proofing purposes I've also seen the word "reprint" used I think any glossary would need to be put together …
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Travis I'll leave others to give their opinion but my own casual research concludes that (some) philatelists are quite careless about their terminology at times which doesn't help us amateurs. I've been trying to get my head around "proofs" and tra…
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Interesting that in the Victorian/Edwardian heyday of stamp collecting even the royals got involved Maybe LPS should apply for the "By Royal Appointment" logo given the royal connections - although that might not sit well with our US colleagues gi…
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Martin I think you're right about this referring to the future Edward VIII Those around in 1906 would have been: - King Edward VII (died in 1910) - his second eldest son George Frederick Ernest Albert (born 1865) who was Prince of Wales in 1906…
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Several of the 1906 issue illustrations were apparently taken from Harry Johnston's two volume book on Liberia according to Harry Heyman (LPS Journal Apr/May 2021)
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Travis apologies - it was Bryant who posted about the date
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Travis thanks for this. Most helpful. You mentioned the first lot in the late 1800s Do you have any more information on this? I've only seen references to "mid 20th c"
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I'm still puzzling over these with help still needed These are usually described as "defaced die proofs". I assume this to mean that the die proof itself (on paper) has been defaced rather than the actual die itself. The deface line seems to confi…
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In trying to reconcile the published information about these proofs from the 4 authors (above) there are a few (!) inconsistencies The following measurements are typically given for all 5 values by Rogers, Saleski and for a) by Cockrill: a) size o…
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Bryant/Manfred - thanks So if there were two reprintings, the first would have been in the late 1800s and the second around the time of WW2 Presumably the first lot would relate to those referenced by Wickersham and Cockrill (2 of each, one black,…
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Mike I did the same as Albert and printed out at home I found these very useful at organising my then embryo collection The only slight issue is that they don't cover all variants but I was able to duplicate the layout with text in Acrobat to pri…
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Can't help I'm afraid All mine are mint
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Marty can't help directly It seems unlikely that several different employees would all have surnames beginning with D terms I've seen used linked to die proofs include: Engravers DP Common DP Hybrid DP Posthumous DP
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Bryant thanks On re-reading Cockerill I find that he comments that CTO #1 is the same as CP 11 but without any date He also makes the distinction between CTO and cancelled-by-favour and concludes that CTO's started with the 1892 high values I'd l…
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Thanks for the comments Thanks also for flagging the error. We'll get this changed (sometimes the misspelling is in the original Newsletter/Journal)
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Thanks Alan Accepted wisdom seems to be that the stamps were given to LFF troops (not sure of the numbers issued) for them to use when on the campaign As I said, the rebellion was suppressed by June 2016 after which the LFF troops would disperses…
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Anyone else have cancels for these showing dates?
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Travis thanks for the reply Apologies - my post should have read overprinted "IN" 1916 The London Philatelist mentions these overprints in its July 1916 edition The majority of cancels I've tracked down - like yours - are from 1919/1920 suggesting…
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Bryany technically not quite a colony as it was set up by the US as an independent republic for freed slaves Ironically, the local African population was displaced to make room for the freed slaves who were shipped across. When I was there in the …
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Bryant out of curiosity, where do you get your information about issue numbers? I agree about the issue of stamps surviving. Having worked and lived in Liberia in the 70's and seen conditions then I'm surprised there are any stamps around from the …
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Bryant thanks. Happy to help. There are some interesting snippets It's interesting to see how complimentary they were about several of the early designs Also, the very last item refers to the auction of a small number of early Liberia that fetch…
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Bryant here's the technical explanation if it helps! https://plantscientist.wordpress.com/2014/12/04/why-is-my-orange-green/
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Chili's were everywhere Everyone used them in cooking so everything was HOT! Partly to add flavour to anything and partly to disguise low quality ingredients When I got back to the UK everything tasted so bland after chilis with everything for yea…
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Bryant I lived and worked in Monrovia for several years in the early 70's and can confirm that local oranges were common although whether they were exported in any number I don't know A common sight was to see a woman with a small roadside stall s…
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sorry Alan can't help with these
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Travis, I'm slowly going through the old copies of the Journal which are now available online. It;s surprising how often Liberia issues crop up
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Just noticed that jjroberts has an imperf pair with gum for sale on eBay https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Liberia-1903-3c-inland-Postage-IMPERFORATE-PAIR-94/372994191345?hash=item56d82faff1:g:hMYAAOSwmj5ec6p-
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Bryant my pair does have gum so similar to your block of 4
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thanks both I assumed this was a dealer and/or someone who could expertise A Google search finds no one with that name associated with either Liberia or philately Saleski mentions an imperforate variant of the 1903 issue ( S112B) but no mention o…
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here it is