1918 Pictorial Issue

Regular issue: 163-175

Details

Issue date 1918 (delivered to Liberia from Dec 12, 1916 through Jul 29, 1919[1])
Designer Frame designed by J.D. Heath[1]
Printing Method Engraved
Printer Perkins, Bacon & Co.
Paper Unwatermarked
Perforation 14 except for the 25c stamp which is 12.5
Sheet size 10x5 or 5x10; $ values 4x5 or 5x4
Subjects 1c - Bongo antelope; 2c - Palm civet; 5c - Symbols of Liberia; 10c - Numeral value; 15c - Oil palm; 20c - Vignette of Hermes borrowed from 1901 Greece stamps. See Borrowed Designs; 25c - Traveler's tree; 30c - Fishing vulture; 50c - Mud skipper; 75c - Mandingos; $1 - Coast view; $2 - Liberia College' $5 - Liberty

Specimens, proofs and essays

Proofs in black

Details

Overprints and Surcharges

1918 Officials
1918 Red Cross Semi-Postal Surcharges
1920 Surcharges
1920 Surcharged Officials
1926 Surcharge
1926 Surcharged Officials
1927 Surcharge
1927 Surcharged Official
1936 Surcharges
1936 Surcharges on Officials

Further reading

References

1. Liberia Specialized Catalogue, 1975 / Von Saleski, Lothar / 1975

See also

Unless otherwise stated, the content of this page is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 License