Not White Paper

 These are circa 1923 issues from Liberia. My catalogue lists them as being on white paper in the heading of the column and numbers them 222-224. A note at the end tells me they exist in white,buff or brownish paper and to check the Specialized Classic catalogue and that the values... 0.60, 1.00, and 1.00 are for the common variety, but gives me no clue as to what the common variety is!! These look like brownish paper to me. I'm hoping someone's got a Specialized Classic catalogue and can clue me in on whether these are worth a nickel more than the common variety(or if these are the common variety). The 3 scenes depicted on these stamps are Grebos(a native African tribe) making dumboy(which is a type of doughlike food made by pounding yams or such and boiling them), a pineapple(and I always thought that Hawaii was the only place they grew) and a couple fellas carrying an ivory tusk.

Update......Bill Seymour from the Facebook group "Collecting Stamps" gave me this response..... My 2007 Classic Specialized shows the high values (30c through $5) available in white, buff or brownish paper. They have a footnote that the 30c to 75c carry a 10% premium over the white paper. The $1 shows white paper only in mint, at $30.00 vs, $4.50 for buff or brown. The $2 value shows a slight premium for buff or brown ($5.75/$0.60 vs $5.00/$0.55). The $5 value is again $30.00 for white vs. $12.00 for buff or brown and only shown mint in white.

JimmyB