1892-96 Pictorial Issue

33-49

Details

Issue date	September 1, 1892; 1896 for 10c, 15c, 20c, 25c and 30c
Designer
Printing method	Engraved
Printer	Waterlow & Sons
Paper	Watermarked: Rosette
Perforation	15
Sheet size	1c 6x10; 2c 6x10; 4c 10x6; 6c 5x8; 8c 5x6; 12c 4x5; 16c 3x5; 24c 4x5; 32c 3x5; $1 5x2; $2 2x5; $5 2x5
Subjects	1c, 2c - Numeral of Value in Liberian Star; 4c - Elephant; 6c - Oil Palm; 8c, 10c, $5 - President Hilary Richard Wright Johnson; 12c, 15c - Vai Woman; 16c, 20c, 30c, 32c - Coat of Arms; 24c, 25c, $2 - Liberian Star; $1 - Pygmy Hippopotamus

Specimens, proofs and essays

Bileski promotional write up on the 1892 Pictorial Issue specimens.

Waterlow & Sons 1952 presentation booklet sample
In the 1952, Waterlow & Sons produced a sales booklet to showcase their printing capabilities, A Century of Stamp Production. This is the front and back of one of the samples cut from the book.

Surcharges and Overprints

1892 Officials
1893 Surcharge
1893 Surcharged Official
1894 Officials
1898-1905 Officials
1902 Surcharge
1902 Surcharged Official
1904 Surcharges
1917 Surcharges

Further reading

• "Waterlow Color Die Proofs 1892-1897" / pp. 7-13 / LPS Journal / Korn, Bryant E. / Apr-Jun 2019
• "Waterlow and Sons Liberian Sample Stamps of the 1892-1894 Pictorial Issue" / pp. 6-14 / LPS Journal / Korn, Bryant E. / Jan-Mar 2018
• "The First Liberian Pictorials" / pp. 12-13 / Journal of the Liberian Philatelic Society / Hamilton, Ben / Jul-Sep 2006
• "Random Notes" / p. 8 / Journal of the Liberian Philatelic Society / Bird, Sidney / Jan-Mar 2005

See also

• 1892 Defaced President Johnson Postal Card
• 1892 Officials
• 1893 Surcharge
• Liberian Illustrated Stamp Identifier
• Liberian Philatelic Society Publications Subject Index
• Postage Stamps
• Waterlow and Sons Printing