Postage stamps and postal history of Liberia
This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Liberia.
A 1956 stamp marking FIPEX in New York.
Liberia is a country on the west coast of Africa, bordered by Sierra Leone, Guinea, Côte d'Ivoire, and the Atlantic Ocean. The capital is Monrovia.
First stamps
An 1864 stamp depicting Liberty.
Began as a settlement of the American Colonization Society (ACS), Liberia declared its independence on July 26, 1847. The first stamps of Liberia were issued in 1860, depicting a sitting Liberty with a sailing vessel in the background.[1][2]
A 15 cents stamp featuring Vai woman, 1892.
A 1947 stamp of Liberia commemorating the centenary of the first United States postage stamp and CIPEX.
See also
- List of people on stamps of Liberia
References
- Rossiter, Stuart & John Flower. The Stamp Atlas. London: Macdonald, 1986, p.309. ISBN 0-356-10862-7
- https://web.archive.org/web/20171214165508/http://www.stampworldhistory.com/country-profiles-2/africa/liberia/ Retrieved 12 August 2018.
Further reading
- Bileski, Kasimir. A Century of Liberian Philately, 1971.
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