Ethiopia    


Ethiopia 1905 Postcard of Port de Guildessa to ITALY
Early Undivided Back Picture Postcard (Editeur A. Michel, Harar), written from Harar and addressed to Italy cancelled by "Harar Postes Francaise" double ring, routed via Djibouti bearing Yvert 57, 10c Red and Black tied by Cote Francaise des Somalis datestamp with Lucca arrival. Nice item.
Ethiopia to France 1917 The ALA TRIBE Postcard Harrar
Picture Postcard of the "Ala Tribe", addressed to France bearing Scott 108, 1/4 gr blue green (Pair) tied by Harrar datestamp. Nice item.
Ethiopia 1936 Cover to Djibouti Censure Militaire
Envelope to Djjibouti bearing 1gr orange (2) and 4gr violet tied by Addis Abeba datestamp with boxed censor 1 and Empire D'Ethiope Censure Militaire in violet. (pt)
Ethiopia 1897 Cover to France Paquebot No.3
envelope cancelled by Harar datestamp with Ethiopia Scott 5, 4g brown lilac (4) un-cancelled routed via Djibouti bearing Cote de Somalis Yvert 12, 25c rose and blue tied by Djibouti circular in blue sent by French Paquebot with octagonal "La Reunion a Marseille L.V. No.3" datestamp with Paris arrival on reverse. Very fine mixed franking cover. (pt)
Ethiopia Somalia Coast 1905 Postcard Natives
Picture Postcard (Women) Abyssinie to France written from Ethiopia bearing Scott 43, 5c on 1/4g green tied by Harar datestamp in blue routed via Djibouti bearing Cote de Somalis Yvert 56, 5c green & black (pair) tied by Djibouti / Cote Francaise des Somalis double-ring with Marne arrival. (pt)
Ethiopia 1942 Censored Cover to USA via Sudan
envelope to the United States bearing 20c blue and black (3) tied by Addis Baba double-ring routed via Sudan with "Passed Censor Sudan / 2" cachet and Opened by Examiner 22 label with Lagos Nigeria transit cachet and boxed "Censor" in violet. Fine item of transit mail. (pt)
Ethiopia 1921 Cover to Constantinople Turkish
envelope bearing Scott 124, 2 gr blue & brown tied by Dire Daoua datestamp Routed via Port Taufio with Turkish Post Office arrival. Nice item of destination mail. (pt)
Ethiopia 1908 Postcard 1/2p on 1/2g to France
Picture Postcard bearing Scott 81, 1/2 piastre on 1/2g red tied by "Harar Postes" double-ring in blue. Very Scarce. (pt)
Ethiopia 1936 Censored Cover to England UK
envelope bearing 4 gur violet tied by Addis Abeba datestamp written from the British Ambulance Service in Ethiopia with large double-ring cachet and boxed censor 1 in violet routed via Dire Daoua. Scarce item. (pt)
Ethiopia 1897 Registered PSC to Switzerland
Postal Stationery Card 1/2 gur orange cancelled by Entotto datestamp written from Harar 10 Nov with forwarding cachet routed via Somali Coast bearing Djibouti Yvert 10, 10c green and brown and Yvert 12, 25c blue and rose, tied by Djibouti Postes datestamp with boxed handstruck registered sent by French Paquebot to Switzerland. Scarce item of registered mail from Ethiopia. (pt)
Ethiopia 1967 Sweden Incoming Airmail Cover
envelope from Karlstad, Sweden, underpaid with TAX 30 / 70 erased and circular T60 / 70 in Violet with Ethiopian Postage Dues 5c carmine and 20c orange applied and tied on arrival by Addis Ababa datestamp. Scarce combination. (pt)
Ethiopia Somali Coast 1908 Postcard French PO
Early Picture Postcard (Natives), to France, bearing Somali Coast Yvert 53, 1c grey & lilac and Yvert 55, 4c grey & carmine, tied by French Post Office Dirre Daoua Abyssinie datestamp (Pothion TO4FB). Scarce cancel. (pt)
Ethiopia 1929 Registered Cover to France
envelope bearing Scott 159, 2m blue & black (pair) tied by bilingual Harrar datestamp with registration label and Paris arrival on reverse. Very fine. (pt)
Ethiopia 1904 Postcard of Home of the Emperor
Early Picture Postcard of the Home of the Emperor Mahomed-Ali bearing Ethiopian Postage Due overprinted "Taxe a Percevoir" 1/4 gur green tied by Addis Abba datestamp in Violet. Fine item. (pt)
Ethiopia 1897 envelope to France Fr. Paquebot
cover bearing Ethiopia Scott 3, 1 gur blue (2) tied by Harar double-ring routed via Djibouti bearing Yvert 12, 25c rose & blue tied by Djibouti Postes datestamp in blue sent on French Paquebot with octagonal "Ligne N Paq Fr No.5" datestamp with Paris arrival on reverse. Nice combination cover. (pt)
Ethiopia 1918 Dire-Daoua envelope to France
cover bearing Scott 112, 2 gur blue tied by Dire-Daoua datestamp in blue with arrival in France on reverse. (pt)
Ethiopia 1918 Envelope to France Scott 110 x2
cover bearing Scott 110, 1 gur Orange & Green (2) tied by Dire-Daoua datestamp in Blue with arrival in France on reverse. (pt)
Ethiopia 1898 Postal Stationery Card Paquebot
PSC 1/4 gur Green cancelled by Harrar datestamp mixed with France Type Sage Yvert 102, 5c Yellow Green (2) tied by octagonal French Paquebot "Ligne N Paq Fr. No5" datestamp addressed to Bordeaux with arrival. Rare combination. (pt)
Ethiopia 1909 envelope to France
cover bearing Scott 90, 2 gur blue tied by Addis-Ababa Postes double-ring in Blue with La Madelene arrival on reverse. Rare cancel. (pt)
Ethiopia 1897 Postal Stationery Card 1 gur blue
PSC (lion) cancelled by bilingual Harar datestamp upgraded with Scott 2, 1/2 gur red cancelled in transit by Entotto datestamp addressed to France. Very fine combination. (pt)
Ethiopia 1936 envelope to Holland / Postage Dues
Red Cross Cover headed "Croix Rouge Neerlandaise Mission en Ethiopie" bearing Scott 237, 4 gur violet tied by Addis Abeba datestamp with Boxed 10 Censor, underpaid with Netherlands Postage Due SGD444, 5c blue applied on arrival by Amsterdam datestamp. Very fine item. (pt)
Ethiopia 1917 Cover headed Franco-Ethiopian Railway Djibouti to Addis Abeba
envelope bearing Scott 116, "1/2 gr on 8 gr" Orange & Green (Block of 4) tied by Dire-Daoua datestamp in Blue, addressed to the Director of the French Railway. (pt)
Ethiopia 1917 cover addressed to the Director of the French Railway
headed Franco-Ethiopian Railway Djibouti to Addis Abeba bearing Scott 102, 1/2 gr Rose (2), and Scott 111, 2 gr Blue with Red 1917 overprint, tied by Dire-Daoua datestamp in Blue. Very Scarce stamp on cover. (pt)
Ethiopia 1917 Very Scarce stamp on envelope (Railway)
Cover headed Franco-Ethiopian Railway Djibouti to Addis Abeba, bearing Scott 111, 2 gr Blue Pair with Red 1917 overprint, tied by Dire-Daoua datestamp in Blue, addressed to the Director of the French Railway. (pt)
Ethiopia 1917 envelope to the Director of the French Railway
Cover headed Franco-Ethiopian Railway Djibouti to Addis Abeba, bearing Scott 108, 1/4 gr Green (pair) with Blue 1917 overprint and Scott 111, 2 gr Blue with Red 1917 overprint, tied by Dire-Daoua datestamp in Blue. Very Scarce stamp on cover. (pt)
Ethiopia 1917 Cover headed Franco-Ethiopian Railway Djibouti to Addis Abeba
envelope bearing Scott 105, 4 gur Green and Carmine (Block of 4) with 1917 overprint in Black tied by Dire-Daoua datestamp in Blue, addressed to the Director of the French Railway. Very Scarce stamps on cover. (pt)
Ethiopia 1906 Picture Postcard internal mail
Internal mail postcard rate, bearing Ethiopia "0.5 on 5g" Green tied by Harar double-ring in Blue mixed in combination with Somalis Coast 1c Violet & Black Yvert 37, tied by Djibouti Cote Francaise Des Somalis double-ring paying internal mail postcard rate. Very attractive. (pt)
Ethiopia 1897 Printed matter rate envelope to France, Rare
cancelled by Entotto datestamp in Violet, routed via Cote des Somalis with Djibouti 5c Orange & Green Yvert 9, tied by Djibouti Postes datestamp in Blue applied for overseas Postage with Cote de Nord arrival on reverse. Very scarce printed matter rate from Ethiopia. (pt)
Ethiopia 1936 Registered and Censored envelope to France
bearing 8 gur Green and 1 taf Orange (2) tied by Addis-Abeba datestamp with matching registered label and Empire D'Ethiopie Censure Militaire cachet in Violet with Boxed Censor No.10. Very fine. (pt)
Ethiopia 1917 envelope from the Constructor of the Franco-Ethiopien Railway
addressed to Djibouti bearing Coronation of Empress Zauditu 1/4gr Blue Green Scott 108 (Pair), with Inverted surcharge and 1/4gr Scott 108 (Pair) with double surcharge tied by Dire-Daoua datestamp in Blue. Scarce item bearing these rare stamps on cover. (pt)
Ethiopia 1936 Registered Censored envelope to Djibouti
bearing 1gr Brown and 4gr Violet, tied by Addis Abeba datestamp with registered label, Boxed Censor 3 with Censor label and cachet Empire D'Ethiopie Censure Militaire in Violet. (pt)
Ethiopia 1936 Censored Military envelope to Djibouti
bearing "3c on 1/4gr" Violet tied by Addes Abeba datestamp with Boxed Censor cachet 1 and Censor label with cachet Empire D'Ethiopie Censure Militaire in Violet. Scarce franking. (pt)
Ethiopia 1911 Incoming Mail from France (Postage Dues)
bearing 3c Grey Yvert 87, and 5c Green Yvert 137, tied by Blois CDS, underpaid with TAX handstamp and instructional Non Reclame with Retour a L'Envoyeur Reclamations and French Postage Dues applied on return in Blois. Unusual and fine item. (pt)
Ethiopia 1926 Reg. Cover to French Djibouti
bearing 2 guerches Blue and 4 guerches Green & Orange tied by HARRAR CDS in Blue with Boxed R handstamp and French Somalis double-ring. Scarce incoming mail. (pt)
Ethiopia 1908 Picture Postcard of 3 Women, to France
PPC written from Dagola, bearing Cote des Somalis 1c Lilac & Grey Yvert 53, tied by the French Post Office Dierre Daoua Abyssinie (Pothion T04FB) datestamp. Very scarce. (pt)
Ethiopia 1935 Censored Military envelope to Djibouti
bearing 1 gur Orange (PAIR) tied by Addis-Abeba datestamp with Empire D'Ethiopie Censure Militaire in Violet. Scarce. (pt)
Ethiopia 1908 Picture Postcard (A Girl), Rare
bearing 1/2 Piastre Orange surcharge used from the French Post Office cancelled Dirre Daoua Abyssinie (Pothion Type TO 4FB), sent to France. Scarce postmark. (pt)
Ethiopia 1935 Censored Military envelope to Djibouti
bearing 1 gur Orange (4) tied by Addis-Abeba datestamp with Empire D'Ethiopie Censure Militaire in Violet. Scarce. (pt)
Ethiopia 1935 Censored Military envelope to Djibouti
bearing 1 gur Orange tied by Addis-Abeba datestamp with Boxed Censor 3 and Empire D'Ethiopie Censure Militaire in Violet. Scarce. (pt)
Ethiopia 1935 Censored Military envelope to Djibouti
bearing 1 gur Orange, tied by Addis-Abeba datestamp with Boxed Censor 10 and Empire D'Ethiopie Censure Militaire in Violet. Scarce. (pt)
Ethiopia 1935 Censored Military envelope to Djibouti
bearing 4 gur Violet (2) tied by Addis-Abeba datestamp with Empire D'Ethiopie Censure Militaire in Violet. Scarce. (pt)
Ethiopia 1935 Stampless envelope to Djibouti
with Censor label and Empire D'Ethiopie Censure Militaire cachet in Violet with Boxed Censor 1 in Violet. Scarce and very fine. (pt)
Ethiopia 1919 Postal Stationery Card 1/2g Orange
cancelled by Harar datestamp in Blue, routed via Obock with French Colony Obock 10c Black Yvert 36, tied by Cote Francaise des Somalis datestamp in Blue addressed to France. Superb and attractive item. (pt)
Ethiopia 1925 Registered envelope to France, Rare
bearing "4 guerches on 4 t" Brown & Rose Scott 135, tied by Dire Daoua datestamp with matching registered label and Marseille arrival on reverse. Difficult stamp on cover. (pt)
Ethiopia 1912 Picture Postcard to France
bearing 1/4 guerche Green Scott 87, tied by Arada-Addis-Abbeba datestamp. Nice item. (pt)
Ethiopia 1909 Picture Postcard (A Woman) to Belgium
bearing 1/2 gru Red tied by Harrar Postes (Pothion T84) datestamp in Blue with Mons arrival. Scarce cancel with Francais removed. (pt)
Ethiopia 1895 Envelope to Djibouti
bearing various 1st issues tied by bilingual Harar datestamp with Amharic year in center (Cockrill, very rare). (pt)
Ethiopia 1935 Censored envelope to Djibouti
bearing 1 gur Orange tied by Addis-Abeba datestamp with Boxed Censor 10 and Empire D'Ethiopie Censure Militaire in Violet. Scarce. (pt)
Ethiopia 1896 Picture Postcard (Map) to France
bearing 1/4gr Green Scott 1, tied by Harar datestamp in Blue. Very nice card. (pt)
Ethiopia 1897 Envelope to Djibouti bearing 1/2gr Green (3)
tied by bilingual Ankober datestamp in Violet, underpaid with Boxed Ethiopian TAX handstamp . All mail from Ankober was created for philatelic use but never the less is a very rare item. (pt)