Daryl Reiber's
Ethiopian Stamps, Postal History & Ephemera
1894/95
1895
27 Jan: Menelik & Lion
1897
(Navagation)
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27 January 1895: Menelik II & Lion of Judah In 1894, Ethiopia ordered from the Atelier de Fabrication des Timbres-Postes in Paris, France, a set of seven values depicting an effigy of Menelik II: ¼, ½, 1, 2, 4, 8, and 16 Guerche; and three values depicting the Lion of Judah: 4, 8, and 16 Guerche. Of the ten stamps, only seven were issued: the four lower Menelik values and the three Lion of Judah values. These were issued on 27 January 1895. Menelik II and the Lion of Judah represent the tradition of the unbroken lineage of the Ethiopian Solomonic dynasty that trace its roots back to the marriage of King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba. |
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| Doig | Kohl |
Stanley Gibbons |
Michel | Minkus | Payne | Scott |
Yert & Tellier |
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| 1/4 Guerche: Menelik II | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1/2 Guerche: Menelik II | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 1 Guerche: Menelik II | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 Guerche: Menelik II | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| 4 Guerche: Lion of Judah | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| 8 Guerche: Lion of Judah | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| 16 Guerche: Lion of Judah |
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1/4 Guerche: Document Date: 6/21/1984; Print Date: 6/18/1894; Control Number: M 1806; Quantity: 320,700 1/2 Guerche: Document Date: 6/28/1894; Print Date: 6/25/1894; Control Number: M 2506; Quantity: 307,500 1 Guerche: Document Date: 7/4/1894; Print Date: 6/28/1894; Control Number: M 2806; Quantity: 300,000 2 Guerche: Document Date: 7/7/1894; Print Date: 7/3/1894; Control Number: M 307; Quantity: 309,00 4 Guerche:
First Printing - Document Date: 8/11/1894; Print Date: 8/2/1894;
Control Number: O 208; Quantity: 201,000 8 Guerche:
First Printing - Document
Date: 8/13/1894; Print Date: 8/8/1894; Control Number: O 808;
Quantity: 201,000 16 Guerche:
First Printing - Document Date: 8/11/1894; Print Date: 8/7/1894;
Control Number: O 708; Quantity: 201,000 |
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| Designer: J. Lagrange; Engraver: Louis-Eugène Mouchon | ||||||||
| Printer: Atelier de Fabrication des Timbres-Postes, Paris | ||||||||
| Printing Process: Typography in 7 colors | ||||||||