Liberia's First Airmail Stamps

Engraved by Perkins, Bacon & Company, England on paper watermarked "Crosses and Circles" (perf 14) on September 30, 1936, Liberia issued her first airmail set — showing a Ford Trimotor aeroplane landing in Liberia on six stamps.

The set consisted of a 1 Cent (yellow-green), a 2 C (scarlet), 3 C (violet), 4 C (orange), 5 C (greenish-blue), and 6 C (green) the full set is illustrated below. With a detail of the 6 Cent issue below the set.

An Edwardian Postcard from Australia

An illustration of an Edwardian Postcard of (the now unknown) Miss Ada Reeve.

Posted in Brisbane on May 30th (no year date) and sent to Paddington in Sydney.

2 Old Postage Stamps of Sirmoor-Indian Princely States

Shown below are 2 stamps issued in Sirmoor  between 1885 and 1896

They show  a portrait of the Raja Shamsher  Parkash (who died in 1898)

The Set consisted of  values of  3 pies, 6 pies, 1 anna and 2 anna in orange,

blue-green, bright-blue and pink with some varieties in colour. There were

also some variations in printing ,  the dots between  the value and the

beginning  and end of the words Sirmoor State Postage Stamp  showing variation

In size and position. The examples illustrated here are of the large and even spaced

dot variety.

2 Old Postage Stamps of Soruth-Indian Princely States

Illustrated below are two stamps issued in the Feudatory Indian State of

Soruth. They are imperfs on laid paper issued between 1878 and 1886. The

only values issued were  the 1 anna (green) and the 4 anna (vermilion) shown

 here

Cochin Maharaja Postage Stamps-Some Overprint Varieties

Some examples of the many varieties of overprint on Cochin Maharaja

Stamps. With some detail illustrations of stamps shown below. Click on an image to enlarge it,

then back page to return to the blog.

JAIPUR-Postage Stamps-Silver Jubilee of the Maharaja-1947

Illustrated below is a partial set of the stamps issued for the Silver Jubilee of the Maharaja of Jaipur Sawai Man Singh the second. The Maharaja came to the throne in 1922. The set consisted of a quarter anna (red-brown and green) half anna (green and violet), three quarter anna (black and lake), 1 a (red-brown and ultramarine), 2a (violet and scarlet), 3a (green and black), 4a (ultramarine and brown), 8a (vermilion and brown), 1 rupee (purple and green). Originally issued in 1947 the quarter anna, three quater anna, 3 anna and 1 rupee were issued in 1948. The detail is of the 8 anna  coupling a portrait of the Maharaja with the state emblem of the Chariot of the Sun God

Indian Convention States-Patiala Postage-George the 5th Overprint Varieties

Shown below is a block of 6 George the 5th postage stamps half anna value Patiala officials with the overprint "Telephone Service"