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19xx: Jigjiga Customs

19xx: Harar Customs

1917: Coronation Officials

1919: A&R Officials

1921/22: A&R Narrow OP Officials

1927/28: A&R Wide OP Officials

1928: Definitives Officials

1928: Definitive Gov't Business Officials

1930: Coronation Gov't Business Officials

1931:Low Value Provs OP Gov't Business Officials

1942?: Restoration Fiscals

1948: Imperial Lion Proofs and Specimens - $MTD

1948: Imperial Lion - $MTD

1949: AA C of C Revenues

1952: Imperial Lion (1st Issue) - $Eth

1952: Imperial Lion (2nd Issue) - $Eth

1952mperial Lion - 3rd Issue - $Eth

1952 Imperial Lion - 3rd Issue - Pelure Paper 

1950x: Eritrean Revenues Overprinted in $Eth 

1950x: Eritrean Revenues Denominated in $Eth 

1955/6 Eritrea Revenues - Trilingual OP Values

1959: Ethiopian Eritrea Selassié Vignette

1969?: Imperial Lion - New Design 

1971: AA C of C PMG Revenues

1974: PMG Revenues

1989: PDR Revenues

1991: FDR Revenues

Alcohol Tax

Tobacco Tax

Airport Departure Tax

Ethiopian Related Revenue 

Eritrea Inland Revenue

Asmara Municipality

Italian A.O.I.

(Navagation)

Restoration Fiscals

Denominated in Centimes

By order of the Ministry of Finance, the Restoration Fiscals were overprinted in Addis Ababa.

Each value bears two Amharic characters ገቢ that spell out the word Gebi, or “that which is owed.”

	10 Centimes • Payne No. R33 • Gebi in Black • Gebi Left of Center
	5 Centimes on 4 Centimes • Payne No. R34 • Font in Black • 1 Double Angular Deleting Bar in Red • No Gebi
	5 Centimes on 4 Centimes • Payne No. R35 • Fonts in Black • 2 Angular Deleting Bars in Red • No Gebi
	5 Centimes on 4 Centimes • Payne No. R36 • Fonts in Black •1 Double Angular Deleting Bar in Red • Gebi in Black • Gebi Centered
	5 Centimes on 4 Centimes • Payne No. R37 • Fonts in Black • 1 Double Horizontal Deleting Bars in Red • Gebi in Black • Gebi Right of Center
	5 Centimes on 4 Centimes • Payne No. R38 • Fonts in Red •2 Horizontal Deleting Bars in Red • Gebi in Red
	5 Centimes on 4 Centimes • Payne No. R39 • Fonts in Red • 2 Horizontal Deleting Bars in Red • 5 in Different Font from the two 0s • Gebi in Red
	5 Centimes on 4 Centimes • Payne No. R40 • Fonts in Red • 2 Horizontal Deleting Bars in Red • First 0 in Different Font from 05 • Gebi in Red
	50 Centimes on 12 Centimes • Payne No. R41 • Fonts in Red • 2 Horizontal Deleting Bars in Red • First 0 in Different Font from 50 • Gebi in Red
	50 Centimes on 12 Centimes • Payne No. R42 • Fonts in Red • 2 Horizontal Deleting Bars in Red • Last 0 in Different Font from 0.5 • Gebi in Red
	5 Centimes on 4 Centimes • Payne No. R43 • Fonts in Black •2 Horizontal Deleting Bars in Black • Gebi in Black
	5 Centimes on 4 Centimes • Payne No. R44 • Fonts in Black • 2 Horizontal Deleting Bars in Black • First 0 in Different Font from .05 • Gebi in Black
	10 Centimes on 4 Centimes • Payne No. R45 • Fonts in Black • 2 Horizontal Deleting Bars in Black • First 0 in Different Font from .10 • Gebi in Black
	10 Centimes on 8 Centimes • Payne No. R46 • Fonts in Black • 2 Horizontal Deleting Bars in Black • First 0 in Different Font from .10 • Gebi Slightly Left or Right of Center
	10 Centimes on 8 Centimes • Payne No. R47 • Fonts in Black • 2 Horizontal Deleting Bars in Black • 1 in Different Font from Both 0s • Gebi in Black
	50 Centimes on 4 Centimes • Payne No. R48 • Fonts in Black • 2 Horizontal Deleting Bars in Black • Gebi in Black
	1 Thaler on 8 Centimes • Payne No. R49 • Fonts in Black • 2 Horizontal Deleting Bars in Black • Gebi in Black
	5 Thaler on 8 Centimes • Payne No. R50 • Fonts in Black • 2 Horizontal Deleting Bars in Black • Gebi in Black