ETHIOPIA, 1895, ½g RED USED WITH DJIBOUTI STAMPS TO ITALY, #2, strip of three and single, left stamp separated by two vertical scissors cuts (attached at bottom), tied by Harar d.s. on opened-up reg. cover to Italy, the Ethiopian stamps paid the postage to Djibouti, Somali Coast where a pair of 25c stamps added and tied by Djibouti d.s., French Packet "La Reunion A Marseille LV No. 2" d.s., Napoli arrival d.s., neatly displayed on exhibition page, fine-very fine, signed Raybaudi, ex. Rose (Image)

$300

ETHIOPIA, 1896, ¼ g. GREEN POSTAL CARD, used example cancelled by Harar d.s. to France, franked with 10c Djibouti tied by Cote de Somalis d.s., La Reunion A Marseille LV No. 2 French packet d.s., fine-very fine, ex. Rose (Image)

$125

ETHIOPIA "NEW CURRENCY" ISSUES ON ALBUM PAGES, showing regular issues, multiples and varieties, fine-very fine, ex. Michael Rogers (Image)

$300

ETHIOPIA, 1917 CORONATION ISSUES ON EXHIBITION PAGES, an attractive study on 22 pages, incl. the March 30th, April 5 - Oct, 1 and May 29th issues, mint and postally used, showing shade varieties, overprint varieties incl. inverts, error handstamps, date shifts, missing "1" variety, "TEE" for "TU", double overprints, multiples with shifted overprints, Official overprints, the 2g with red overprint: nine mint stamps incl. inverted and double overprint, second figure "1" inverted, block of four, also normal and inverted overprint cancelled on piece, plate flaws, postage due, paper varieties, an impressive assembly of these intriguing issues, ex. Rose (Image)

$500

ETHIOPIA, 1917 CORONONATION ISSUES TRAVELING POST OFFICE CANCELLATIONS, six stamps on exhibition page, each with "Chemin de Fer Franco - Ethiopien - Djibouti - Addis Abeba" cancel, scarce, fine-very fine, ex. Rose (Image)

$50

ETHIOPIA, 1925, 1g on 12g LILAC & GRAY SLIGHTLY SHIFTED SURCHARGE MINT NEVER HINGED, #147A, fine-very fine, ex. Michael Rogers (Image)

$300

ETHIOPIA, 1925-26, 1g PROVISIONAL ESSAYS ON EXHIBIYION PAGE, incl. two 1g on $10, 1g on $3 mint single and used block of four and 1g 12g mint, fine-very fine, ex. Rose (Image)

$200

ETHIOPIA, 1927, 1g on 12g RED VIOLET & GRAY SURCHARGES ON ANNOTATED ALBUM PAGES, #153, 153 vars., about 138 stamps in singles and multiples on well annotated album pages showing varieties and printing errors, overall fresh and fine-very fine, ex. Michael Rogers (Image)

$600

ETHIOPIA, 1930 SECOND PROCLAMATION ISSUE ON EXHIBITION PAGES, neatly annotated and presented, showing different printings, overprint color trials, line shifts, letter shifts, inverted overprints and numerous other varieties, fine-very fine, ex. Rose (Image)

$350

ETHIOPIA, 1931 PROVISIONAL SURCHARGE ISSUES VARIETIES ON ANNOTATED ALBUM PAGES, 400 stamps with many showing a number of different varieties, some that would warrant to be individual lots in their own right, varieties incl. inverted and double surcharges, "H" fo "K", vertical "K", "M" broken, missing fraction stroke, misplaced surcharges, surcharge in gutter, triple surcharges, reversed Amharic characters, transposed characters, double surcharge/one inverted, pair with normal and inverted surcharge on ¼ on 1m (one sheet known), partial surcharge, overall fine-very fine, a time-consuming group to assemble, ex. Michael Rogers (Image)

$1,250

ETHIOPIA, 1943, 10c on 8c OBELISK OVERPRINT - LARGE "0" IN "10" VARIETY IN PAIR WITH SMALL "3" IN "1943" VARIETY - MINT NEVER HINGED, #259 var., pos. 9-10, the large "0" variety occurs only once in the sheet, very fine, ex. Michael Rogers (Image)

$200

ETHIOPIA, 1943, 15c on 10c OBELISK OVERPRINT - SLANTING "3" VARIETY IN PAIR WITH NORMAL - MINT NEVER HINGED, #260var., pos. 34-35, fresh, very fine, ex. Michael Rogers (Image)

$150

ETHIOPIA, 1943, 15c on10c OBELISK OVERPRINT - LARGE "5" VARIETY IN PAIR WITH NORMAL - MINT NEVER HINGED, 258var., pos. 49-50, normal "5" stamp mount glaze spot in gum, very fine, ex Michael Rogers (Image)

$150

ETHIOPIA, 1943, 20c on 12c OBELISK OVERPRINT - SMALL "3" IN DAY DATE IN PAIR WITH NORMAL - MINT NEVER HINGED, #261 var., pos. 14-15, occurring once in the sheet in pos. 14, very fine, ex. Michael Rogers (Image)

$150

ETHIOPIA, 1961-79 ISSUES ON HAND-ILLUSTRATED CARDS INCL. FIRST DAY CANCELLED SETS, 97 cards in complete sets, all handpainted except nos. 410-14 on printed cards, however signed by the artist Afewerk Tekle, a handful of cards very slightly stained, vast majority pristine and very fine, ex. Michael Rogers, we scanned 17 sample pages (Image)

$350

ETHIOPIA, 1929 FIRST FLIGHT COVER ADDIS ABEBA - DIRRE DAOUA, six values from the first air post issue with red overprints tied by Addis Abeba d.s. on Dec. 29, 1929 reg. cover, reg. and flight labels, Dirre-Daoua arrival d.s. on back, fine-very fine, ex. Rose (Image)

$75

ETHIOPIA, 1930 FIRST PROCLAMATION ISSUE ON ANNOTATED ALBUM PAGES, #180//189, 91 stamps in singles and blocks showing various varieties, complete set in blocks with first day cancels, overall fine-very fine, ex. Michael Rogers (Image)

$300

ETHIOPIA, 1928 POST OFFICE INAUGURATION OVERPRINT VARIETIES ON ANNOTATED ALBUM PAGES, 130 stamps in singles and multiples showing varieties, overall fine-very fine, ex. Michael Rogers (Image)

$250