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Details
| Issue date | 1881 |
| Designer | D. Feldwick. Design borrowed from Canada 1873 Small Queens Issue 3c stamp. See Borrowed Designs. |
| Printing Method | Lithographed |
| Printer | T. F. Todhunter |
| Paper | Unwatermarked |
| Perforation | 10½ |
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| Subjects | Liberian coat of arms. |
Specimens, Proofs and Essays
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Trial color proof
Fakes and forgeries
Forgeries of this stamp do exist. For more information on the forgeries of this issue:
1881 Coat of Arms Inland Issue Forgeries
Plating
There were ten transfers to the lithography stone, each having identifiable characteristics. Below is a guide on determining transfers based off of Cockrill's Book #24 and the transfers that I have.
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Transfer #1 - A: Line next to sun. B: Break in palm leaf. C: Break in small palm tree.
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Transfer #2 - A: Blunted palm leaf.
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Transfer #3 - A: Line under bird. B: Break on horizon.
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Transfer #5 - A: Palm leaf protrusion. B: Break in plow.
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Transfer #6 - A: Three diagonal lines under bird.
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Transfer #7 - A: Flaw shaped like a shooting star.
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Transfer #8 - A: Chopped palm leaves.
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Transfer #9 - A: Dash in front of bird. B: Flaw across palm leaves.
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Transfer #10 - A: Flaw across palm leaves.
Further reading
- Liberia. Plating the 1881 3 Cents and 1882 Numerical Issues. Series Booklet No. 24 / Philip Cockrill and Roy Mackal
- "Plate flaw" / pp. 1-2 / LPS Letter / Rogers, Henry H. / Jun 1968
- "Three Cockrill Annotated Pages of the 1881 Black Inland" / pp. 1-4 / Journal of the Liberian Philatelic Society / Chlanda, Henry / Jul-Sep 2013
- "The Small Queens Series of 1870–97" / p. 16 / Journal of the Liberian Philatelic Society / Hurst, Peter J. / Jul-Sep 2006