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Martin Rogers states the LPS was founded in 1955 http://philib.org/data/LPS_Journal/LPS_1990_07-09.pdf
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It had me fooled!
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I did wonder what the "Dutch factory" was and what the factory actually made I wasn't aware the Dutch had a presence in Liberia at that time but apparently the "factory" word was used to indicate a trading post or warehouse rather than in the Weste…
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I'm looking at the first Postal Treaty between Bryant & Liberia and trying to get my head around exactly how packet mail would have worked prior to 1860 Suppose I had mail in Monrovia to go to GB or USA on a GB packet ship before 1860 How would…
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Hi Gilldad There are others on the Forum with more expertise than me on this However I started doing the same thing a short while ago First, I used Mackal’s revised list of forgers (Mackal, R. P. First Issue Liberian Forgeries Revisited. Journal o…
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I couldn't make it out
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Hi do you actually want info on the forgers themselves or the forgeries and how to identify them? Manfred Beier's website has a great side by side visual comparison of the 1860-1880 forgeries. Cockrill details specifically what to look for each is…
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Marty, I'd appreciate a copy Thanks
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Martin I was about to post about my experience also having heard a lot of AI but not having used it before I'm looking into the background of the early forgers of Liberia so I asked for information about "Francois Fournier, the well-known stamp for…
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Given the first postage stamps appeared in 1840 in Britain and 1847 in the US you wonder how much mail they actually dealt with!
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My fees are very reasonable!
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Bryant I've found in some of my own notes that I've written " Mackal - Fournier forgeries are 0.5/0.75 mm smaller"
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"slight" = be interesting to see the original Swedish. This could be seen as a light cancel or a partial cancel The stamp I have in this series are virtually all CTO with a partial cancel - Marshall, Harper, etc and a (19)24 date when it can be seen
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Bryant Thanks I also seem to remember reading something about the overall size from Mackal. I'll see if I can dig it out
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thanks to both for the comments
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Bryant/Manfred thanks for both comments
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Has anyone any information about the France and Germany treaties? (or any others) Apparently the US didn'ty have one in spite of the links with Liberia until the UPU Perhaps because there was no regular direct shipping between the US and LIberia at…
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Might be a date?
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I don't see the attachment
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Martin consensus seems to be "vertical" and "horizontal" https://golowesstamps.com/reference/formatprinters/Gutter Pairs/gutter_pairs.htm
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Vince you can buy direct from Wolfgang "Dear Mik, thank you for your interest in my Liberia study. If you tell me your postal address I will be happy to send you a copy. The price is 15 Euros (3.70 Euros shipping costs included), the easiest way…
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thanks
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Thanks also Manfred
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Ignore my post! - Query resolved
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Bryant, give me a few days to get this done
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Bryant I've been putting together an informal list of cancel dates for these - some of which will be CTO/favour cancels Earliest I've come across so far for the non-defaced postcard is March 6 1892 and latest is Mar 27 1896 For the defaced card Ba…
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Bryant thanks for the posts Odd that in the article he talks about the portrait head being "in the top left corner"
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Sorry Albert all mine look boringly "normal"!
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Marty I don't have one of these but two references that may be of use: a) Rogers mentions this in the LPS Journal Sep. 1971: 3–4[3] " This cover is franked 86 as foreign surface mail with #115, #164, #216 and a unique variety of #229, which has a …
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Interesting that "The late Postmaster General writes the Monthly Journal that they were ordered by him from America" Rogers states that all postal stationery was produced by Waterlow (p151) although Saleski indicates that Waterlow were responsible…