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Manfredthanks - very helpful I've been using Cockrill but that gets very complicated sometimes!
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Manfred thanks Back to check them all again!
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Manfred not sure According to Cockrill Fournier forgeries - the chin line is not connected to the hair - the right lower stroke of the R in Liberia is flat and doesn't project below the level of the other letters - the E has 3 even length str…
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I posted this time last year asking about forgeries and gum on these issues I have a 24c (I think 1864 as it has a single frame line) I'm pretty sure it's a forgery (according to Cockrill) but it also has partial gum
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Could be another reason is that "officially" they might have been withdrawn but staff in the post office may not always realise This was in the 20s When I was there in the 70's literacy and numeracy generally were still very low I can im…
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Manfred thanks - 40 years after the stamp was issued!
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Manfred I should have read Cockrill more carefully - the comment applies specifically to the 186x issues He doesn't mention the 1880
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Started looking at these again with the advantage that I now have some marked as Fournier forgeries (which I hope are "genuine" forgeries!) Am I right in thinking that according to Cockrill any postmarks for this issue would NOT have a date stamp…
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thanks
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thanks guys (Don't know how you know so much :-) )
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Manfred when you say "facsimile" - is this then a copy of a forgery not the actual forgery?
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I also have a set of the 195-208 with what look to be CTO
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Albert/Manfred thanks I wonder what they sold for back then? Even today a used CTO set has a catalogue price of maybe $4 so 10000 sets would be $40000 - hardly a fortune I also wonder how many Liberia collectors there were in those days -…
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I've always assumed that CTOs were done to raise extra revenue by selling to collectors but has anyone any information on how much revenue might be raised this way? Presumably a very large number of CTOs would be need to make it worthwile
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thanks guys hardly seems worth bothering
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Another question to add Scott states that the Type II #64 (10 pearls) was unissued but is available CTO If it was unissued how can it be cancelled even CTO? Also, Manfred you said earlier "If I had to guess I would say someone took the s…
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Albert, I'll keep my eyes open just in case!
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Albert here's a scan of the brown/buff officials I don't have any cancels for 26 or 27
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Albert - will do (if I can figure how to attach a scan to the forum!)
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Albert not sure what you mean by "unusual" I have a number of these stamps spare. Some have early postmarks (eg 1923, 1924 etc,) some have cancels from Harper, Buchanan, Robertsport Also have a few spare of the officials on buff/brown paper …
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Albertnot sure - at least 5 years I guess but no more than 10 years
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manfredthanks As I said I have a full set of these all looking the same. Unfortunately I can't remember where I got them!
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Albert I have this strip of 5 I assume they're (probably) genuine as I can't imagine a forger going to the trouble of mis-perforating a forgery
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Manfred - sold! Let me know how best to pay for these
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Albert - thanks
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thanks
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Hello everyone As mentioned I have several gaps in my collection that are proving difficult to fill. These are mostly individual but low-value stamps that rarely seemed to be offered for sale or exchange. I'm posting details below of the first…
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Makes sense in terms of colonial history I remember when I was there, there was a big German presence linked to Bong Mine, a huge mountain of iron ore
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Manfred when I worked in Liberia I noticed the strong connections with Germany - German companies based there, German shipping and transport etc - but I never understood why the links had developed Any ideas why Germany is linked so closely?
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Manfred thanks - will start to do do this over the next few days