1948-60 Presidents Issue
This definitive set portrays the presidents of Liberia and was issued 1948-60.
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Regular stamps: 313-28
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Air mail stamps: C65, C118
Details
| Issue date | 1c (older Roberts) - November 18, 1948 1c (correct Roberts) - 1950 1c salmon - December 27, 1958 2c salmon - July 22, 1949 2c bright yellow - December 27, 1958 3c - July 22, 1949 4c - July 22, 1949 5c - July 22, 1949 6c - July 22, 1949 7c - 1950 8c -July 22, 1949 9c - July 22, 1949 10c yellow - 1950 10c blue gray - August 1, 1958 15c yellow orange - July 22, 1949 15c bright blue - December 27, 1958 20c blue gray - July 22, 1949 20c dark red - December 27, 1958 25c cerise - July 22, 1949 25c blue - December 27, 1958 50c aquamarine - July 22, 1949 50c red lilac - December 27, 1958 $1 rose lilac - July 22, 1949 $1 bistre brown - 1960 |
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| Printing method | Engraved |
| Printer | E. A. Wright Bank Note Company |
| Paper | Unwatermarked |
| Perforation | 12½; Reissued stamps (1958) - 12 |
| Sheet size | 25 (5x5) |
| Subjects | 1c - Joseph J. Roberts; 2c - Stephen A. Benson 3c - Daniel B. Warner 4c - James S. Payne 5c - Executive Mansion 6c - Edward J. Roye 7c - Anthony W. Gardiner and A. F. Russell 8c - Hilary R. W. Johnson 9c - Joseph J. Cheeseman 10c - William D. Coleman 15c - Garreston W. Gibson 20c - Arthur Barclay 25c - Daniel E. Howard 50c - Charles D. B. King $1 - Edwin J. Barclay |
Specimens, proofs and essays
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Varieties
Further reading
- Reprint from Stamps / p. 15 / Journal of the Liberian Philatelic Society / Jul-Sep 2007
- "Liberia’s Presidentials" / p. 20 / Journal of the Liberian Philatelic Society / Jul-Sep 2007