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Manfred
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C45: The surcharge does indeed exist in dark violet and in black, the obliterator line is always in black. The copy shown on philib.org has the violet surcharge, which is normal. The black surcharge is the variety. C48B: To my knowledge this surchar…
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Travis, these two dates are from Michel. According to Michel, 378 ($1) was also issued on this date, and all the 1958 stamps were issued on August 1. Michel is probably right. I have a cover with 372 and 373 canceled on August 1, 1958. And yes, I sh…
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The 30c only has 2/3, the $1 hardly gum at all on the back, but my own copies aren't much better. The brown paper varieties almost always have gum issues. The other stamps are LH to H. I haven't checked catalog values yet. Just let me know if you wa…
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The well placed inverted centers were obviously done intentionally. However, a shifted inverted center doesn't prove that it's an error. The printer would be smart enough to know that an inverted center not shifted into the frame when it should be i…
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The dot varieties of the mustard shade are also worth mentioning. They can occur at various positions on the sheets and are semi-constant, i.e. some of them can be found on more than one sheet at the same position, but not on all sheets. I assume th…
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The mustard shade is really much more yellow than the stamp in your scan. Your copy is a normal Scott #128a (there are 10 "pearls" above "REPUBLIC LIBERIA"), albeit in a very light shade of green. Please take a look at the scan below: a dark green v…
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A lot of speculation can be found in the literature about the nature of the buff and brown paper varieties. I just received a copy of the 1932 edition of the once famous German "Senf" catalog, and while checking the old Liberia listing I came across…
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Mik, it almost hurts to say this, but in my opinion the answer is eBay. Nevertheless, searching Delcampe and Hipstamp for new stuff is also part of my daily routine - you never know! Manfred.
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Travis, it seems that information about IRCs in general is difficult to find. All I know - from the German Wikipedia entry, which is a bit more elaborate than the English one - is that all coupons until at least 1999 were printed in Switzerland wit…
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Mik, it's too late for that: both covers were sold immediately after the sale, for prices way below estimate. I don't know the exact price of the 1862 cover, but the 1867 cover sold for £8000. No need to hope for a Christmas surprise...
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Well, the auction is over. Of the seven covers listed above only five sold, and only one of them within the estimated price range. The other four sold for much less. Doesn't really sound like a bidding war. Perhaps the estimates were a bit too optim…
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This is not mentioned anywhere, but the 6c and 12c facsimiles also have their own characteristic flaws - a small white spot in the mesh (not at the same position, though): I have never seen a genuine stamp with these flaws, but all Fournier forgeri…
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Mik, forget about the chin line and the rest. If a 24c stamp looks genuine otherwise, the only criterion that really works is if there is a gap between the leg and the shading of the sea, described in Cockrill's booklet no. 4 on page 19 under g). T…
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Is it a Fournier forgery?
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Mik, I wonder if the reason they were available for such a long time lies in the fact that they had been issued without gum. The missing gum meant they could only be used if there was a glue pot around, other stamps were easier to handle. At the sa…
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I don't have one in my collection, but Albert Little provided a scan of a cover for the Cover Gallery that has a #20 on it, and it was sent in 1920 from Monrovia to the U.S.A.: http://www.philib.org/covers/pics_full/1920-12-27_154N_177b_M7_O91_20.jpg
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Not sure about the 186x issues, but the 1880 issue definitely exists with dated postmarks: I have genuine copies with CP5 and CP12 in my collection, and I have seen CP6 and CP10.
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Mik, Rogers' comment is correct regarding the intended usage of this issue by the military. The bulk of the stamps was returned unused to Monrovia and sold over the counter. You can find this issue side by side with "normal" stamps on covers from t…
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It's true, the whole set of overprints exists inverted, but isn't listed anywhere. I have a few including F35. The normal overprints are already regarded as "speculative", apparently even more so the inverts. That's why not even Cockrill listed them…