WASC resources: Sierra Leone

An introduction to the postal history of the area

This link will take you to pages which describe the stamps and postal history of Sierra Leone.

Documents relevant to the area

Frank Walton reached the 4th edition of Sierra Leone Twopence-halfpenny on 2s. The free PDF (27Mb) may be downloaded at this link.

Frank Walton's work Sierra Leone 1949 Certified Postmark impressions from 1949 is available as a free download (52Mb .pdf).

Sierra Leone Registration by Frank Walton and Philip Quirk (December 2023 edition) is available as a free download (5.65Mb .pdf).

Sierra Leone monographs

From the 1950s onwards, Study Editors compiled documents on various aspects of WASC philately for circulation amongst interested members. In some cases the information therein was published in Cameo, or incorporated into books. However, not all such is already in the public domain, and we have added links below from which you can view and download copies of monographs relating to Sierra Leone.

S Leone 1876-77 issue.pdf
S Leone handstruck stamps and postmarks by McCaig.pdf
S Leone patrol post cancellations by McCaig.pdf
S Leone POs and agencies 1962-63.pdf
S Leone postmarks by Beale 1984.pdf
S Leone- the first type 6d by Macmillan and Mccaig.pdf
S Leone Travelling PO by Kidd.pdf

Format International Security Printers A summary of a talk given by Peter Rolfe in 2013, dealing with the Sierra leone issues printed by this firm between 1980 and 1988

British Intervention in War-torn Sierra Leone, 1997-2015

Michael Dobbs, of the Forces Postal History Society, has written a monograph on this subject. It provides very useful background to the collecting of postal history material of this period and is available free to download here.