1952 United Nations World Conference Issue
Issued to honor the United Nations since one of their branches, the World Health Organization (WHO) held an international conference in Liberia in 1952.
Regular stamps: 338-40
Air mail stamp: C70
Souvenir sheets: 340a, C70a
Details
Issue date | December 20, 1952 |
Designer | Stanley S. Wager |
Printing method | Lithographed |
Printer | E. A. Wright Bank Note Company |
Paper | Unwatermarked |
Perforation | 12½ |
Sheet size | 20 (5x4) |
Subjects | 1c - UN Headquarters Building; 4c - Scroll and Flags; 10c - Liberia Arms, letters "UN" and "UN Seal"; 25c - Flags of Five Nations |
Specimens, proofs and essays
Proofs in black
Progressive proofs in single color
Varieties
Imperforates
Inverted control numbers
Imperforate with inverted control numbers
Missing control number
Imperforate with missing control number
Further reading
- Various reprint articles / p. 22 / Journal of the Liberian Philatelic Society / Oct-Dec 2007
- "Liberia offers U.N. Series of 4" / p. 21 / Journal of the Liberian Philatelic Society / Jul-Sep 2007