1893 Surcharged Official
With the reduction in the foreign letter rate from 8c to 5c and no 5c stamp available, the 1892 officials 6c stamp was surcharged to 5c.
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O13
Details
| Issue date | 1893 |
| Designer | |
| Printing method | Engraved |
| Printer | Waterlow & Sons |
| Paper | Watermarked: Rosette |
| Perforation | 15 |
| Sheet size | 40 (8x5) |
| Subjects | Oil Palm |
| Overprint | Locally surcharged "Five Cents" in black. |
Sheet
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Varieties
Most of the varieties are fairly easy to distinguish but some people get confused about the "short" flags. Here is a comparison scan. The 5 on the left has the normal flag. The stamp on the right has the short flag.
- Missing Dot Over i in Five
- One Short Flag
- Two Short Flags
- Fives in Different Fonts
- Broken e
- Damaged e
- Damaged C
- Thin dot over i
- Broken n
- Broken dot
- Broken v
This occurs in position 30 in the sheet of 40.
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Surcharges and Overprints
Further reading
- Liberia. The Provisional Surcharged Issues 1892-1918. Series Booklet No. 9 / Philip Cockrill
- "1893 Provisional Issue" / Journal of the Liberian Philatelic Society / pp. 4-5 / Rogers, Henry H. / Mar 1967