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15 Jan: Flowers II

27 Feb: 10th African Cup

27 Feb: 1st Telephone Call

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15 January 1976 - Flowers II

Quantity Issued: 100,000 Designer: Bogale Belachew Printer: Hélio Courvoisier S.A., La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland Printing Process: Photoengraving
5 Cents Stanley Gibbons Michel Scott Y&T 953 844 758 763
10 Cents Stanley Gibbons Michel Scott Y&T 954 845 759 764
	20 Cents Stanley Gibbons Michel Scott Y&T 955 846 760 765
	40 Cents Stanley Gibbons Michel Scott Y&T 956 847 761 766
80 Cents Stanley Gibbons Michel Scott Y&T 957 848 762 767   Issued in Sheets of 20 Stamps       First Day Cover   External air mail sent from Addis Ababa to Stuttgart, West Germany. 2 November 1978 Addis Ababa cancel. $1.60 pays the expected air mail rate for two weight units at 80C per unit (up to 20 grams).     External air mail sent from Addis Ababa to Helsinki, Finland. 9 January 1979 Addis Ababa cancel. 80C pays the expected air mail rate for a single weight unit at 80C per unit (up to 10 grams).   Internal air mail sent from Dessie to Addis Ababa. 29 February 1979 Addis Ababa cancel. 40C pays the expected rate: 15C for a single weight unit at 15C per unit (up to 10 grams) + 25C registration fee.