Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone stamps

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Sierra Leone is a Republic in Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea and Liberia. The name Sierra Leone (from the Portuguese name: Serra Leão) meaning is "Lion Mountains". During the 1700s Sierra Leone was an important centre of the Transatlantic Slave Trade. Like neighboring Liberia, it was founded by freed slaves, who in 1791 founded the capital, Freetown. In 1808, Freetown became a British Crown Colony, and in 1896, the interior of the country became a British Protectorate. The Crown Colony and Protectorate joined and gained independence in 1961.

From 1991 to 2000, the country suffered greatly under a devastating civil war that resulted in tens of thousands of deaths and the displacement of more than 2 million people (about one-third of the population). To end the civil war, UN and British forces disarmed 17,000 militia and rebels, in the largest UN peacekeeping act of the decade. The last UN peacekeepers withdrew in December 2005, leaving full responsibility for security with domestic forces, but a new civilian UN office remains to support the government. The average life span of a Sierra Leoneian is 38 years for men and 42 years for women.

#192

Scott: #192O

Issued: 10.10.1949

UPU Issue

Inside #192: Stamps on Envelopes

#369-74

#C84-9

Scott: #369O, #370O, #371P

#372O, #373O, #374O

#C84O, #C85O, #C86P,

#C87O, #C88O, #C89O

Issued: 1.3.1969

5^th Anniversary of Free form Self Adhesive Postage Stamps

Inside #369 (1C): Sierra Leone #3O

Lou wrote: Scott has changed the numbering of the “first” Sierra Leone stamp for about the fifth time! It went from #1 to #2 to #3, and there is now a #1 again, but it is not the stamp reproduced on all the Sierra Leone SOS. Scott now lists a bright violet stamp as #1, but the reproduced stamp which I own (bought as a #2 30+ years ago), and you have a scan for (as #3), is now listed as #1a/dull violet. Neither Gibbons nor Michel agree with this order. According to the Scott editor, their color policy is to give the primary # to a major color (br violet), even tho the minor listing (dull violet), is the actual first stamp.

#311 Inside #370 (2C): Sierra Leone #311O

#220 Inside #371 (3½C): Sierra Leone #220O

#315 Inside #372 (5C): Sierra Leone #315O

#189 Inside #373 (12½C): Sierra Leone #189O

#120 Inside #374 (1L): Sierra Leone #120O

http://www.sandafayre.com/gallery/country_335_1.htm

#C54 Inside #C84 (7½C): Sierra Leone #C54O

[Airmail - Cola Nut, Coat of Arms and Eagle, type CW] Inside #C85 (9½C): Sierra Leone #C70O

Inside #C86 (20C): Sierra Leone #C16O

Inside #C87 (30C): Sierra Leone #C26O

#165 Inside #C88 (50C): Sierra Leone #165O

Inside #C89 (2L): Sierra Leone #C7O

(#207 with “2^nd Year of independence” overprint - Thanks to Lou for the scan)

Self-adhesive stamp revolution sweeps world

http://www.linns.com/howto/refresher/selfadhesives_20020218/refreshercourse.asp?uID=

#C135-6

Scott: #C135-6O

Issued: 1.3.1971

Provisional Revalued on #C87

#459-61

Scott: #459-61P

Issued: 19.12.1979

Death Centenary of Sir Rowland Hill

+GBR M6 Inside #459: G.B. #6O

(thanks to Komlóssy Zoltán for the scan)

Inside #460: Sierra Leone #9O

#220 Inside #461: Sierra Leone #220O

#462

Scott: #462P

Inside #462: Sierra Leone #119O

Scott: #653-5O

Issued: 9.10.1984

125th Anniversary, Sierra Leone Stamps

SLE M1 Inside #653-5: Sierra Leone #2O

(thanks to Komlóssy Zoltán for the scan)

#1 LJ Inside #655: G.B. #1

#656

Scott: #656O

#741-3

Scott: #741-3O

Issued: 28.11.1985

40th Anniversary, UN


Inside #741: UN #30P(Burundi)	Inside #742: UN #59P	Inside #743: UN #44P(Burundi)

Scott: #744O

Thanks to Lloyd Gilbert for scan

Inside #744 (In Margin): UN #212P

[Stamp Exhibitions - Issues of 1987 Overprinted, type SZ1]

Scott: #965O

Issued: 19.4.1988

OLYMPHILEX '88

Inside #965: Pseudo Stamp Overprint

Scott: #1136O

Thanks to Lloyd Gilbert for scan

Issued: 17.11.1989

World Stamp Expo '89

Inside #1136 (In Margin): Pseudo Stamp

Scott: #1206-7O

Issued: 3.5.1990

150th Anniversary, Penny Black

sos gt britain 2 1840 Inside #1206: G.B. #2

Inside #1207: G.B. #3

Scott: #1208O

#1 LJ Inside #1208: G.B. #1

(Thanks to Lou for the scans)

Scott: #1343-50O

Issued: 13.5.1991

Phila Nippon '91

Inside #1343-50: Pseudo Stamp

[International Stamp Exhibition "Phila Nippon '91" - Tokyo, Japan - Japanese Trains, type ]

Scott: #1351-4O

Scott: #1451O

Issued: 24.12.1991

Walt Disney Christmas Cards

Inside #1451: Stamp on envelope

#1715a

Scott: #1715aO

Issued: 18.2.1994

Hong Kong '94

Inside #1714: Hong Kong #455O

(Thanks to Zhang for the scan)

#1084 Inside #1715: Sierra Leone #1084O

#1729

Scott: #1729a-fO

Issued: 11.7.1994

25^th Anniversary, First Moon Landing

#C76 Inside #1729f: United States #C76P

[International Stamp Exhibition "Hong Kong 2001" - Hong Kong, China - Dinosaurs, type ]

Scott: #2484P, #2485PP

Issued: 01.03.2001

International Stamp Exhibition "Hong Kong 2001" - Hong Kong, China

Inside #2484-5 (In margin): Pseudo Stamp

2006A1 2006A3 2006A4

Scott: #2842-5O

Issued: 07.04.2006

Olympic winter games

#1146 Inside #2842: United States #1146P

#1152 Inside #2843: Canada #1152P

2006

Scott: #2847O

Issued: 27.5.2006

300th Anniversary birth of Benjamin Franklin

#300 Inside #2847: United States #300P

Scott: #2911O

Issued: 14.5.2008

2008 World Stamp Championships, Israel

Inside #2911 (In margin): Pseudo Stamp

Thanks to G.B.

Scott: #2936O

Issued: 10.04.2009

Chang Dai-Chien - China 2009

Inside #2936: Pseudo Stamps (logo)

Thanks to G.B.

Scott: #2937O

Issued: 10.04.2009

China 2009

Inside #2937: Pseudo Stamps (logo)

Thanks to G.B.

Scott: #2938O

Issued: 16.02.2009

Summer Games - China 2009

Inside #2938: Pseudo Stamps (logo)

Thanks to G.B.

sierra leone ss 4v 6 26 15 sierra leone ss 1 v

Scott: #????-?P

Issued: 26.06.2015

175th Anniversary Penny Black

sos gt britain 1 1840 (2) Inside #????-?: G.B. #1 [M-H]

Inside #???? (in margin): G.B. #1 [L-D, L-E, L-F, M-D, M-E] From block of 6

Lou wrote: In the margin of the 1 v S/S, there is an incredible designer error: on a cover, the Penny Black stamp is placed OVER the red Maltese cross cancel, and has a black frame like a stamp mount around it. The designer obviously used the Wikipedia Penny Black scan with the M-H check letters exactly as it appears on that site.

Thanks to Lou Guadagno

[Stamps on Stamps, type ]

Scott: #????-?P

Issued: ??.??.2017

Stamps on Stamps

ss-4 v upper left

sos poland 3050 1991 Inside #????: Poland #3050O


Indonesia #2168fO	Irland #1362O	Moldova #386O

Paraguay #1498eO	Hungary #C427AP	Russia #B142P

ss-4 v upper right (2)

sos state of oman unlisted Inside #????: State of Oman unlistedO


Irland #1362O	USA #1713P	Russia #5390P

Czeck Rep. #3632aO		France #2228P

ss-4 v lower left (2)

sos moldova 386 2001 Inside #????: Moldova #386O


G.B. #3231O	TBI	Korea (north) #3022O

Hungary #2852P	Russia #7422aO	Jamaica #1055O

ss-4 v lower right

sos cuba 2768 1985 Inside #????: Cuba #2768O


State of Oman unlistedO	Russia #7422aO	Vietnam #478O

Korea (north) #3098O	USA #C14O

sierra leone ss 1v 1

ss 1v--sos hungary C427A 1981 Inside #????: Hungary #C427AP


USA #2425O	USA #C14O

TBI	Russia #B168 + LabelP

	USA #2721P

ss 1v margin detail 1


Russia #5050P	G.B. #668O	G.B. #3231O	USA #C76P

Russia #2465P	G.B. #3362O		Luxembourg #B496O

Burkina Faso #718O	Russia unissued (1984)O	Russia #3673P	G.B. #3415dO

ss 1v margin detail 2


Russia #4792P	Panama #478CO

sierra leone ss 1v margin detail 3


Vietnam #478O	Austrlia #892cP	Nicargua #87O	Japan #1196O

Indonesia #2168fO	Burkina Faso #718O		Russia #2463P

Thanks Lou Guadagno for the IDs and scans

Scott: #????-?O

Issued: 30.01.2018

150th Anniversary of the Birth of Paul P. Harris

Inside #????: Brazil #1079P

SLE W9479

SLE W9480 SLE W9481

SLE W9482

Scott: #????-?O

Issued: 27.02.2018

Stamps on stamps

Inside #????a: Laos #42P

sos u s 1041 1964 Inside #????a: U.S. #1042P

sos canada 274 1947 Inside #????a: Canada # 274P

sos cayman is 87 1935 Inside #????b: Cayman Is #87O

sos u s 1041 1964 Inside #????b: U.S. #1042P

sos monaco 993 1975 Inside #????b: Monaco # 993O

sos south africa 1022 1998 Inside #????c: South Africa #1022P

sos canada 274 1947 Inside #????c: Canada #274P

sos france 2227 1990 Inside #????c: France # 2227P

sos poland 1309 1965 Inside #????d: Poland #1309P

sos cuba 4853 2008 Inside #????d: Cuba #4853P

sos russia 7735a 2016 Inside #????d: Russia #7735aO

[Stamps on Stamps, type ]

Scott: #????O

[Stamps on Stamps, type ]

Scott: #????O

sos russia 7735a 2016 Inside #????: Russia #7735aO

sos u s 1041 1964 Inside #????: U.S. #1042P

sos monaco 993 1975 Inside #????: Monaco #993O

In margin Under magnifier:

sos german dem rep 684 1964 German - DDR #684P

In lower margin above maps:

sos u s 1041 1964 U.S. #1042P

In lower margin below maps:

sos laos 42 1958 Laos #42O

sos cuba 4853 2008 Cuba #4853P

In map of Western Hemisphere:

sos u s 2392 1988 U.S. #2392O

sos u s C78 1971 U.S. #C78P

sos u s 2343 1988 U.S. #2343O

sos u s 2345 1988 U.S. #2345P

sos u s 4469 2010 U.S. #4469O

Other TBI

Thanks to Komlóssy Zoltán and to Lou Guadagno for the IDs and scans

Scott: #????-?O

Issued: 28.03.2019

Fauna on Stamps on stamps

[World Wildlife Fund - Turtles, type UE] Inside #????: Anguilla 1983O

[WWF - Leopard, Scrivi ADI] Inside #????: Afghanistan #1173O

[World Wildlife Fund - Fish, Scrivi MF] Inside #????: Antigua & Barbuda 1987O

[Endangered Animals - Barbary Ape, Scrivi ZX] Inside #????: Algeria #875O

[Birds - The 25th Anniversary of the Austrian World Wildlife Foundation, Scrivi BDC] Inside #????: Austria 1988O

Inside#????: Albania 1990O

Inside #????: Angola 1990O

[Endangered Species - Ascension Frigatebird, type QE] Inside #????: Ascension Is. 1990O

[World Wildlife Fund - Birds - Bullfinch, type EE] Inside #????: Azores 1990O

Scott: #????-?O

Inside #????: Alderney 1993O

[The Burrowing Owl, Scrivi EA] Inside #????: Aruba #101O

Inside #????: Azerbaijan 1994O

Inside #????: Aland #124O

[World Wildlife Found - Bezoar Ibex, Scrivi GC] Inside #????: Armenia 1996O

[World Wildlife Fund - Birds, Scrivi BDW] Inside #????: Australia 1998O

Inside #????: Australian Antarctic Territory #L118cO

[Endangered Species - Blue Lorikeet, Scrivi SC] Inside #????: Aitutaki 2002O

[World Wildlife Fund for Nature, Scrivi CPW] Inside #????: Argentina 2002O

Scott: #????O

[World Wildlife Fund - Turtles, type UH] Inside #????: Anguilla 1983O

Scott: #????O

[WWF - Leopard, type ADJ] Inside #????: Afghanistan #1174O

Scott: #????O

[World Wildlife Fund - Fish, type MG] Inside #????: Antigua & Barbuda 1987O

Scott: #????O

Inside #????: Algeria #875O

Scott: #????O

[Birds - The 25th Anniversary of the Austrian World Wildlife Foundation, Scrivi BDC] Inside #????: Austria 1988O

Scott: #????O

Inside#????: Albania 1990O

Scott: #????O

Inside #????: Angola 1990O

Scott: #????O

[Endangered Species - Ascension Frigatebird, type QH] Inside #????: Ascension Is. 1990O

Scott: #????O

[World Wildlife Fund - Birds - Bullfinch, type EB] Inside #????: Azores 1990O

Scott: #????O

Inside #????: Alderney 1993

Scott: #????O

[The Burrowing Owl, type EC]

Inside #????: Aruba #103

Scott: #????O

Inside #????: Azerbaijan 1994O

Scott: #????O

Inside #????: Aland #124O

Scott: #????O

[World Wildlife Found - Bezoar Ibex, type GD] Inside #????: Armenia 1996O

Scott: #????O

[World Wildlife Fund - Birds, type BDZ] Inside #????: Australia 1998O

Scott: #????O

chad ss 1v-in margin--australian antarctic terr L118b 2001 Inside #????: Australian Antarctic Territory #L118bO

Scott: #????O

[Endangered Species - Blue Lorikeet, type SD] Inside #????: Aitutaki 2002O

Scott: #????O

[World Wildlife Fund for Nature, type CPT] Inside #????: Argentina 2002O

sierra leone ss 4v 5 30 19

Scott: #????O

Issued: 30.05.2019

Gandhi, 150th Birth Anniversary

Fauna on Stamps on stamps

sos india 201 1947 Inside #????: India #201P(India)

Thanks to Lou Guadagno

Scott: #????-?O

Issued: 01.10.2019

Fauna on Stamps WWF

[Fiji Tree Frog, Scrivi RY] Inside #????: Fiji #593O

[North Atlantic Whales, Scrivi GK] Inside #????: Faroes Is. 1990O

[Endangered Species - King Penguin, Scrivi QY] Inside #????: Falkland Isl. #535O

Inside #????: Finland #907cO

Scott: #????O

[Fiji Tree Frog, type RZ] Inside #????: Fiji #594O

Scott: #????O

[North Atlantic Whales, type GL] Inside #????: Faroe Is. 1990O

Scott: #????O

[Endangered Species - King Penguin, type QZ] Inside #????: Falkland Isl. #536O

Scott: #????O

Inside #????: Finland #907dO

Scott: #????-?O

Issued: 30.10.2019

Fauna on Stamps WWF

[fondo mondiale per la natura selvaggia, Scrivi ZJ] Inside #????: Ivory Coast 1985O

[Endangered Animals - The Orangutan, Scrivi AXB] Inside #????: Indonesia #1380O

Inside #????: Israel 2000P

[Salvaguardia della natura; flora e fauna da salvare - Stampatore: I.P.Z.S. Roma , Scrivi BMA] Inside #????: Italy 1991P

[Specie minacciate di estinzione, Scrivi TR] Inside #????: Ireland 1992O

[Protection of the Environment - Icelandic Falcons, Scrivi TV] Inside #????: Iceland #763O

Inside #????: Isle of Man 1989O

[WWF - Cheetah, Scrivi DRW] Inside #????: Iran 2003O

Scott: #????O

[World Wildlife Fund - Banded Duiker, type ZK] Inside #????: Ivory Coast 1985O

Scott: #????O

[Endangered Animals - The Orangutan, type AXC] Inside #????: Indonesia #1381O

Scott: #????O

[Nature Protection, type BLZ] Inside #????: Italy 1991P

Scott: #????O

Inside #????: Isle of Man 1989O

Scott: #????O

[Pine Martens, type TT] Inside #????: Ireland 1992O

Scott: #????O

[Protection of the Environment - Icelandic Falcons, type TX] Inside #????: Iceland 1992O

Scott: #????O

[WWF - Cheetah, type DRV] Inside #????: Iran 2003O

Scott: #????O

Inside: Israel 2000P

sierra leone ss 4v 11 28 19

Scott: #????-?O

Issued: 28.11.2019

85th Birth Anniversary, Yuri Gagarin

sos czechoslovakia 2140 1977 Inside #????: Czechoslovakia #2140P

Thanks to Lou Guadagno

sierra leone 3

Scott: #????-?P

Issued: 27.03.2020

180^th Anniversary of the Penny Black

sos gt britain 1 1840 (2) Inside #????: G.B. #1

Scott: #????O

sierra leone 1

Scott: #????O

Issued: 27.03.2020

Penny Black COVID-19

sos gt britain 1 1840 (2) Inside #????: G.B. #1 [S-C]

sierra leone 2

Scott: #????O

Issued: 27.03.2020

180th Anniversary of the Penny Black Stamp

sos gt britain 1 1840 (2) Inside #????: G.B. #1 [S-S]

sierra leone 2a

Scott: #????O

Issued: 19.06.2020

50th Anniversary of the launch of VENERA 7

[The 15th Anniversary of "Cosmic Era", type EKL] Inside #????: Russia #4012P

Scott: #????-?O

Issued: 12.06.2020

Fauna on Stamps WWF

Inside #????: Palau 1983

[Nature Protection - Animals of Paraguay, Scrivi DAC] Inside #????: Paraguay #2139g

[Protected Animals - The Wolf, Scrivi CSR] Inside #????: Poland #2678

Inside#????: Portugal #1717

[Endangered Species - Queen Alexandra's Birdwing Butterfly, Scrivi UB] Inside #????: Papua New Guinea #698

Inside #????: Pakistan 1989

[Endangered Species - The Philippine Eagle, Scrivi EVW] Inside #????: Philippines 1991

Inside #????: Panama #846a

[Global Conservation, Scrivi ES] Inside #????: Palestine #150a

[Endangered Species - Giant Otter, Scrivi BBX] Inside #????: Peru 2004

Scott: #????O

Inside #????: Palau 1983

Scott: #????O

chad ss 4v-4--sos paraguay 2139g 1985 Inside #????: Paraguay #2139f

Scott: #????O

[Protected Animals - The Wolf, type CSU] Inside #????: Poland #2681

Scott: #????O

Inside #????: Portugal #1715

Scott: #????O

Inside #????: Papua New Guinea #699

Scott: #????O

Inside #????: Pakistan 1989

Scott: #????O

[Endangered Species - The Philippine Eagle, type EVY] Inside #????: Philippines 1991

Scott: #????O

Inside #????: Panama #846c

Scott: #????O

Type ET Inside #????: Palestine #150b

Scott: #????O

[Endangered Species - Giant Otter, type BBY] Inside #????: Peru 2004

2022 album sierra leone wwf sos ss 3v 10.9.22

Scott: #????-?O

Issued: 09.11.2022

WWF

sos tajikistan 185a 2002 Inside #????a: Tajikistan #185aO

sos botswana 806 2005 Inside #????a: Botswana #806O

sos australia 1364d 1998 Inside #????a: Australia #1678O

sos canada 1688 1998 Inside #????b: Canada #1688O

sos cuba 3605 1994 Inside #????b: Cuba #3605O

sos indonesia 474 1959 Inside #????b: Indonesia #474O

sos papua new guinea 443 1976 Inside #????c: Papua New Guinea #443O

sos singapore 1254b 1997 Inside #????c: Singapore #1254bO

sos australia 1364d 1998 Inside #???? (In margin): Australia #1678O

sos laos 520 1984 Inside #???? (In margin): Laos #520O

Thanks Lou Guadagno

2022 album sierra leone ss 1v 2

Scott: #????-?O

Issued: 09.11.2022

WWF

sos angola 1364b 2011 Inside #????: Angola #1364bO

sos botswana 806 2005 Inside #????: Botswana #806O

sos australia 1364d 1998 Inside #????: Australia #1678O

sos new zealand 1162 1993 Inside #???? (In margin): New Zealand #1162O

sos estonia 271 1994 Inside #???? (In margin): Estonia #270O

sos uzbekistan 64 1995 Inside #???? (In margin): Uzbekistan #64O

Thanks Lou Guadagno

2022 album sierra leone ss 1v

Scott: #????O

Issued: 09.11.2022

WWF

sos australia 1675 1998 (1) Inside #????: Australia #1675O

sos botswana 806 2005 Inside #???? + In margin: Botswana #806O

sos australia 1364d 1998 Inside #????a + In margin: Australia #1678O

sos angola 1364d 2011 Inside #???? (In margin): Angola #1364dO

Thanks Lou Guadagno

sierra leone ss 11.30.22

Scott: #????O

Issued: 30.11.2022

The 65th Anniversary of the First Animal in Space

sos romania 1200 1957 Inside #????: Romania #1200P (Hungary)

Thanks Lou Guadagno

Scott: #????O

Issued: 15.01.2023

Pele

sos brazil 1144 1969 Inside #????: Brazil #1144O

Thanks Lou Guadagno

Best website related:

Weldon Padgett's Sierra Leone Stamp Site!

http://pages.sbcglobal.net/radgetters/index.html

Stamps of Sierra Leone

http://www.fixandfix.com/sierraleo.htm

The Internet Magazine for

Collectors of Sierra Leone Stamps

http://www.vreug.com/Stamps/

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SLE M1

Sierra Leone #2

Sierra Leone #3

Sierra Leone #9

Sierra Leone #119

#120

Sierra Leone #120

sos sierra leone 163 1933

Sierra Leone #163 for Mozambique

#165

Sierra Leone #165

Sierra Leone #C7

#189

Sierra Leone #189

#192

Scott: #192

Sierra Leone #C16

Sierra Leone #C26

#C54

Sierra Leone #C54

[Airmail - Cola Nut, Coat of Arms and Eagle, type CW]

Sierra Leone #C70

#220

Sierra Leone #220

#311

Sierra Leone #311

#315

Sierra Leone #315

#C84-9

Scott: #369O, #370O

#372O, #373O, #374O

#C84O, #C85O, #C86P,

#C87O, #C88O, #C89O

#C135-6

Scott: #C135-6O

Sierra Leone #583 for Niger

Sierra Leone #588 for Central Africa

Scott: #653-5O

#656

Scott: #656O

#741-3

Scott: #741-3O

Scott: #744O

[Stamp Exhibitions - Issues of 1987 Overprinted, type SZ1]

Scott: #965O

#1084

Sierra Leone #1084

Scott: #1136O

Scott: #1206-7O

Scott: #1208O

Scott: #1451O

#1715a

Scott: #1715aO

#1729

Scott: #1729a-fO

2006A1 2006A3 2006A4

Scott: #2842-5O

2006

Scott: #2847O

Scott: #2911O

Scott: #2936O

Scott: #2938O

Scott: #????-?O

SLE W9479

SLE W9480 SLE W9481

SLE W9482

Scott: #????-?O

[Stamps on Stamps, type ]

Scott: #????O

[Stamps on Stamps, type ]

Scott: #????O

sierra leone ss 4v 11 28 19

Scott: #????-?O

Scott: #????O

sierra leone ss 4v 5 30 19

Scott: #????O

Scott: #????-?O

Scott: #????O

Scott: #????-?O

Scott: #????O

sierra leone ss 4v 11 28 19

Scott: #????-?O

Scott: #????O

sierra leone 1

Scott: #????O

sierra leone 2

Scott: #????O

sierra leone 2a

Scott: #????O

Scott: #????-?O

Scott: #????O

2022 album sierra leone wwf sos ss 3v 10.9.22

2022 album sierra leone ss 1v 2

Scott: #????O

2022 album sierra leone ss 1v

Scott: #????O

sierra leone ss 11.30.22

Scott: #????O