On January 1 1972, Liberia issued two stamps, 3c and 25c, and a miniature sheet of 50c., for the 150th anniversary of the founding of Liberia in 1822. The design shows the arrival of the sailing ship Elizabeth, anchored off Providence Island with a boat making for the shore. Liberia represents America's only attempt at overseas colonisation. The American Colonisation Society received its charter in 1816 for the purpose of assisting freed slaves to return to Africa. Branch societies were established. In February 1820, the first shipload of colonists left in the ship Elizabeth, which had been chartered by the U.S. Government for the purpose. She carried two agents of the U.S. Government, an agent of the Colonisation Society and 88 emigrants. The first settlement was at Monrovia. SG1099