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Liberia - Errors

Liberia was the first African country to issue pictorial stamps, many of which were cancelled to order and sold to collectors. Waterlow and Sons, Ltd., London, made a 1-dollar issue available on September 1, 1862. The issue depicted a pygmy hippopotamus. It was printed in sheets of ten (2x5) as part of a set of twelve and then, eventually, seventeen. Because the U.P.U. letter rate from Liberia was only five-cents, it is unlikely that many of these stamps saw postal service. A quantity of these stamps was overprinted in London with ‘Official’ and sent to Monrovia, along with other stamps in the set, for use as government mail (Scott O10).

Philatelically the most curiously was the year 1892 which was marked by a variety of interesting errors such as inverted centers and some off center.

Inverted Stamps

Out Of Center

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Resource: (my Archives) - von Saleski, Lothar. LIBERIA Specialized Stamp Catalogue

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