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1973

23 Jan: Gold Stamps

23 Feb: Sea

20 Mar: INTERPOL

15 May: Fine Arts

26 May: African Unity

10 Jul: Scouting

4 Sep: Meteorology

1 Nov: Makonnen Hospital

5 Nov: Selassie Definitives

16 Nov: Human Rights

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1979

20 March 1973 - 50th Anniversary of INTERPOL

Quantity Issued: 100,000 sets Designer: Bogale Belachew Printer: Thomas De La Rue & Company, Limited, London Printing Process: Photoengraving
40 Cents Stanley Gibbons Michel Scott Y&T 838 729 643 648
50 Cents Stanley Gibbons Michel Scott Y&T 839 730 644 649
	60 Cents Stanley Gibbons Michel Scott Y&T 840 731 645 650
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Used First Day Cover
External air mail sent from Addis Ababa to Vienna, Austria. 19 April 1973 Addis Ababa cancel. $1.10 pays the expected rate: 60C for the first weight unit (up to 10 grams) + 50C registration fee.
Internal mail sent from Adua (Adwa) Addis Ababa. 13 August 1973 Adua cancel. 14 August 1973 Asmara transit cancel. 40C pays the expected rate:  15C for the first weight unit (up to 20 grams) + 25C registration fee. Note the two Amharic spellings: ኣድዋ፡ on the cancel; and ዓድዋ፡on the registration label.
Internal mail sent from Adua (Adwa) Addis Ababa. 6 September 1973 Adua cancel. 7 September 1973 Asmara transit cancel. 40C pays the expected rate:  15C for the first weight unit (up to 20 grams) + 25C registration fee. Note the two Amharic spellings: ኣድዋ፡ on the cancel; and ዓድዋ፡ on the registration label.
External Air mail sent from Asmara to Bergamo, Italy. 19 September 1973 Asmara cancel. 60C pays the expected rate for the first weight unit (up to 10 grams).
External mail sent from Harrar to Vienna, Austria. 5 December 1973 Harrar cancel. 70C pays the expected rate for the second weight unit (over 20 grams up to 50 grams). Cover likely did not travel by air mail.