By 1923, the special postcard rate had been dropped, now classifying postcards as first class mail like regular handwritten letters requiring the same franking of 5 cents. Īt first, the rate seems to have been 3 cents flat, irrespective of destination (all stationery postcards are 3c), until about 1910, when it was lowered to 2 cents. In the early 1950s the rate changed to 3 cents for the first ounce only, and 2 cents for each additional ounce. for all destinations for a few years, probably sometime between 1918 (“3 CENTS” surcharged triangle stamp) and 1923, but by 1928 it had changed again to 3 cents per ounce. The inland rate later changed to 2 cents per ½ oz. 1” rate was only available until 1912 at most. for correspondence between townships of the same county – hence the 2c stationery envelope - but this “class no. Furthermore, in 1928 the 5 cent rate only applied to the first ounce, with heavier mail being charged at 3 cents per additional ounce (see also confirming the same rates for 1939).īy 1893, there was also in effect a cheaper inland rate of 2 cents per ½ oz. The 5 cent base rate essentially remained unchanged until 1968, but sometime between 19 the single rate changed from half-ounce to ounce. (5c and 10c stationery envelopes of 1893, triangle stamp of 1894). In 1892, the rate for foreign mail was lowered again to 5 cents per ½ oz. for inland mail and 8 cents for international mail. In the following, new stamps were issued in 1881/1882 for the rate of 3 cents per ½ oz.
The next two decades saw numerous changes, with different rates applied to different foreign destinations, until Liberia joined the UPU in 1879. In 1860, Liberia issued her first postage stamps matching the rates of 6 cents per half-ounce or fraction thereof for local letters, 12 cents for distant towns and Sierra Leone and 24 cents for international mail. The rates given below have been compiled from various sources and supplemented with my own findings, but I do not claim this listing to be complete or even error-free. Consequently, some items shown in this cover gallery cannot be taken as examples for correct franking. Even non-philatelists would use extra stamps on their covers for decoration because of their exotic appearance. The postal rates in use at a particular time are often difficult to assess because so may letters sent from Liberia are clearly over-franked.
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