First Issues - 1858 to 1860

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Post Due 1925 SG-D11 Sc-J11	Centenary commemorative 1960 SG301 Sc281	First stamp of the Republic 1975 SG536 Sc488

← The first post due is an interesting but inexpensive typeset and the first typographed issue is also attractive.
Malta became a republic in 1975.

St. Lucia

18th December 1860 SG1 Sc1	Commemorative 1902 SG63 Sc49 Fourth centenary of the discovery of the island by Columbus	Airmail 1967 SG240 Sc-C1 Independence	Charity 1916 SG90 Sc-MR2 War Tax	Official 1983 SG Sc-O1	Post Due 1930 SG-D1 Sc-J1

A strong set of colonial stamps. The difference between the SG89 and SG90 charity stamps is that one has the words over two lines, the other on one line: the latter catalogues at 10% of the former’s price. The first airmail was issued on the first day of independence in 1967, together with a set of definitive overprints. The first post due is a typeset label.

Liberia

late 1860 SG7 Sc1	Commemorative 1923 SG466 Sc209 First settlers landing at Cape Mesurado	Airmail 1936 SG530 Sc-C3a	Official 1892 SG-O87 Sc-O1	Post Due 1892 SG-D99 Sc-J1 o/p Sc26

Charity 1915 SG290 Sc-B1 o/p Sc127	Charity 1918 SG349 Sc-B3 War Tax SG Sc

Libera rounds off this display and, as with Russia in the 1855-57 pages, provides the highlight with a varied and attractive range of stamps. The date of Liberia’s first issue is uncertain: Mackay states ‘late 1860’. The first three airmails issued (all 1936) are pricey overprints and so the first real airmail is shown. On charity, Scott starts in 1915 with SG290 Sc-B1, Mackay and Gibbons in 1918 with SG349 Sc-B3.

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