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	1 November 1908: Piastres Overprint   Quantity Issued: 1/4, 1/2. 1 and 2 Piastres =15,000 for Each Value; 4, 8 and 16 Piastres = 6,000 for Each Value Designer: Stamp - Eugene Muchon Perforations: 14 X 13.5 Printer: Atelier de Fabrication des Timbers, Paris, France; Overprint: Addis Ababa Printing Process: Stamp - Typography; Overprint - Typography     1/4 Piastre on 1/4 Guerche Kohl Payne Stanley Gibbons Michel Minkus Scott Y&T 52 75 133 33 120 80 79 1/2 Piastre on 1/2 Guerche Kohl Payne Stanley Gibbons Michel Minkus Scott Y&T 53 76 134 34 121 81 80 1 Piastre on 1 Guerche Kohl Payne Stanley Gibbons Michel Minkus Scott Y&T 54 77 135 35 122 82 81 2 Piastres on 2 Guerches Kohl Payne Stanley Gibbons Michel Minkus Scott Y&T 55 78 136 36 123 83 82 4 Piastres on 4 Guerches Kohl Payne Stanley Gibbons Michel Minkus Scott Y&T 56 79 137 37 124 84 83 8 Piastres on 8 Guerches Kohl Payne Stanley Gibbons Michel Minkus Scott Y&T 57 80 138 38 125 85 84 16 Piastres on 16 Guerches Kohl Payne Stanley Gibbons Michel Minkus Scott Y&T 58 10 139 39 126 86 85                   Inverted D for P Variety     Missing Serif on A Veriety       Complete Pane of 25 Stamps - Inverted Overprint     Inverted Overprint       Triple Overprint          Double and Inverted Double Overprint       Various Errors         Various Errors         Letter sent from Joseph Guillet, Postmaster of Harrar, to Rome, Italy. 7 November 1908 Harrar cancel. 10 November 1908 Djibouti transit cancel. 22 November 1908 Rome receiving cancel. 2 Piastres pays the expected external rate for one weight unit (up to 20 grams. Transit time was 15 days.     Letter sent from Jean Adolph Michel, Postmaster of Adis Ababa, to his brother in Bern, Switzerland. 20 November 1908 Adis Ababa (Payne AA1) cancel. 11 December Bern receiving cancel. 5 Piastres pays the expected rate: 2 Piastres for the first weight unit (up to 20 grams) + 1 Piastre for the second weight unit (up to 40 grams) + 2 Piastres registration fee. Transit time was 21 days. Note: Blue 1 Piastre stamp has an inverted overprint and a san serif “a”.     Letter sent from Dirré-Daoua to Bern, Switzerland. 2 December 1908 Dirré-Daoua (Payne DD2) cancel. 4 December 1908 La Réunion À Marseille paquebot transit. 17 December 1908 Bern receiving cancel. 4 Piastres pays the expected rate: 2 Piastres for the first weight unit (up to 20 grams) + 2 Piastres registration fee. Transit time was 15 days.     Postcard sent from Harrar to Florence, Italy. 12 December 1908 Harrar (Payne HR5B) cancel. 15 December 1908 La Réunion À Marseille paquebot transit. 1/2 Piastre pays the expected external postcard rate.   External mail sent from Adis Abeba to Paris, France. The firm of Arthur Maury was a world famous stamp dealer, and it still exists. 21 December 1908 Adis Abeba (Payne AA1) cancel. 14 January 1909 paquebot transit cancel. 26 January 1909 Paris receiving cancel. Hand Drawn griffe de chargement documents the letter weight as 61.5 grams and that there is 1 red was seal bearing the initials SA. 8.5 Piastres under pays by 3.5P the expected 12P rate: 7P (2P first weight unit + 5P for the next five weight units) + 2P registration fee + 3P Value declared fee for up to 300 Francs. A hand written note on the left hand side of the back of the cover states: Aff[ranchie] p[ar] exp[éditeur] 4? refus regularisez, meaning the sender corrected the franking amount by 4P. The comment explains why there was no postage due applied to the letter. Transit time was 36 days.     Postcard sent from Dirré-Daoua to Seine-et-Oise, France. 5 January 1909 Dirré-Daoua (Payne DD2) cancel. 1/2 Piastre pays the expected external postcard rate.     Postcard from Adis Abeba to Évreux, France. 8 January 1909 Adis Abeba (Payne AA1) cancel. 1/4 Piastre underpays the expected 1/2P external postcard rate. Card was likely created as a souvenir and hand carried back to France.     Letter sent from Adis Abeba to Stuttgart Germany. 16 January 1909 Adis Abeba  (Payne AA1) cancel. 1 February 1909 Djibouti transit cancel. 15 February 1909 Stuttgart receiving cancel. 2 Piastres pays the expected external rate for one weight unit (up to 20 grams). Transit time was 30 days.     Letter sent from Dirré-Daoua to Paris France. 29 January 1909 Dirré-Daoua (Payne DD2) cancel. 5 Piastres pays the expected rate: 2 Piastres for the first weight unit (up to 20 grams) + 1 Piastre for the second weight unit (up to 40 grams) + 2 Piastres registration fee. APS Cert 182580.     Postcard sent from Harrar to Florence, Italy. Card was sent by Guido Bartolozzi, an Italian employed by the Ethio-Djibouti Railway. 7 February 1909 Harrar (Payne HR5B) cancel. 15? February 1909 Port Said, Egypt transit cancel. 21 February 1909 Florence, Italy receiving cancel. 1/2 Piastre pays the expected external postcard rate. 14 day transit time.     Postcard sent from Harrar to Milan, Italy. 7 February 1909 Harrar (Payne HR5B) cancel. 15 February 1909 Port Said, Egypt transit cancel. 1/2 Piastre pays the expected external postcard rate.     Letter sent from Dirré-Daoua to Paris France. 13 February 1909 Dirré-Daoua (Payne DD2) cancel. 5 Piastres pays the expected rate: 2 Piastres for the first weight unit (up to 20 grams) + 1 Piastre for the second weight unit (up to 40 grams) + 2 Piastres registration fee.     Postcard from : Dirré-Daoua to Grenoble, France. 24 July 1909 : Dirré-Daoua (Payne DD2) cancel. 8 August 1909 Grenoble receiving cancel. 1/2 Piastre pays the expected external postcard rate. 15 days transit time.     Postcard sent from Adis Abeba to Lausanne, Switzerland. 17 September 1909 Adis Abeba (Payne AA1) cancel. 1/2 Piastre pays the expected external postcard rate.     Letter sent from Adis Abeba to the Vienna Bank Association in Constantinople, Turkey. 24 December 1910 Adis Abeba (Payne AA1) cancel. 11 January 1911 Port Taufiq (8:30AM) and Alexandria (9 AM) transit cancels. 15 January 1911 Stamboul arrival cancel. 16 January 1911 Constantinople Galata arrival cancel. 4 Piasters pays the expected rate: 2P for one weight unit (up to 20 grams) + 2P registration fee. 23 day transit time. Founded in 1869, the Viener Bank Verein was a major bank during the Hapsburg Monarchy and the First Austrian Republic. A run on the bank forced it to closed on 1 August 1914 due to the impending war.     Postcard sent from Dirré-Daoua to Grenoble, France. 13 November 1911 Dirré-Daoua (Payne DD2) cancel. 25 November 1911 Grenoble Isere receiving cancel. 1/2 Piastre pays the expected external postcard rate. 12 days transit time. Card was sent by Joseph Guillet to his daughter Renée, while she was at the Lycée de Jeunes Filles. The school dates back to 1660. It contains a famous solar clock created in 1673 by astronomer Jean Bonfa.     Letter sent from Harrar to Bléré, Indre-et-Loire, France. 12 January 1915 Harrar (Payne HR6B) cancel. 4 Piasters pays the expected rate: 2P for one weight unit (up to 20 grams) + 2P registration fee. Emile Gautier was a watchmaker-jeweler and then (1910 to circa 1928) a photographer.     Letter sent from Adis Abeba to Besançon France. 13 May 1915 Adis Abeba (Payne AA1) cancel. 2 Piastres pays the expected external rate for one weight unit (up to 20 grams). Note inverted 2 on the 2P overprint.   Go To Top of Page