LIBERIA 1937 cover, 5c Triangle Bird stamp, Firestone Rubber Plantation

Item Specifics

Country

Liberia

Stamp Type

General Issue

Condition

Cover (Postal History)

Centering

F/VF

Stamp Format

Single

Topic

Animals - Birds

Item Description

1937 cover from the Firestone Rubber Plantation, Monrovia to Ohio, franked with 5c Triangle stamp, depicting a Lesser Egret.

In 1926, the Liberian government granted Firestone a 99-year lease for a million acres (to be chosen by the company wherever in Liberia) at a price of 6 cents per acre. Firestone then set about establishing rubber tree plantations of the non-native South American rubber tree, Hevea brasiliensis in the country, eventually creating the world's largest rubber plantation. Firestone also provided a $5 million loan at a 7% interest rate to the government to pay the foreign debts it had and to build a harbour needed by Firestone. The loan was given in exchange for complete authority over the government's revenues until the loan was paid.

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