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1/4 Guerche |
Stanley Gibbons |
Michel |
Minkus |
Scott |
Yvert & Tellier |
| 147 |
40 |
134 |
87 |
86 |
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1/2 Guerche |
Stanley Gibbons |
Michel |
Minkus |
Scott |
Yvert & Tellier |
| 148 |
41 |
135 |
88 |
87 |
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1 Guerche |
Stanley Gibbons |
Michel |
Minkus |
Scott |
Yvert & Tellier |
| 149 |
42 |
136 |
89 |
88 |
 |
2 Guerche |
Stanley Gibbons |
Michel |
Minkus |
Scott |
Yvert & Tellier |
| 150 |
43 |
137 |
90 |
89 |
 |
4 Guerch |
Stanley Gibbons |
Michel |
Minkus |
Scott |
Yvert & Tellier |
| 151 |
44 |
138 |
91 |
90 |
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8 Guerche |
Stanley Gibbons |
Michel |
Minkus |
Scott |
Yvert & Tellier |
| 152 |
45 |
139 |
92 |
91 |
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16 Guerche |
Stanley Gibbons |
Michel |
Minkus |
Scott |
Yvert & Tellier |
| 153 |
46 |
140 |
93 |
92 |
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Perforation: 11 X 11 |
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External postcard sent from Dire Daoua to
Château-du-Loir, Sarthe, France.
2 March 1909 Dire Daoua cancel.
1/2G pays the expected rate. |
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External letter sent from Addis Ababa to Berlin-Südende,
Germany.
6 August 1909 Addis Ababa cancel. 18 August 1909
Djibouti transit.
2G franking pays the external letter rate for one weight
unit (up to 20 grams). |
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Forwarded external registered letter sent from Adis
Abeba to Juja, Kenya, forwarded to London.
10 September 1909 Adis Abeba cancel. 29 September 1909
Mombasa registered transit. 30 September 1909 Nairobi
EAP transit. 1 October 1909 Juja EAP (East Africa
Protectorate) receiver. Travel time from Adis Abeba to
Juja was 21 days.
Forwarded to London. 3 October 1909 Juja EAP transit. 5
October 1909 Mombasa transit. Two type of 29 October
1909 London receivers.
4 Guerches pays the expected rate: 2G for one weight
unit (up to 20 grams) + 2G registration fee.
This Juja cancel was used for a period of about five
years between 1909 and 1 July 1914.
Earliest recorded cover to Kenya. |
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External letter sent from Addis Ababa to Southam,
Warwickshire, England.
18 December 1909 Addis Ababa cancel. 8 January 1910
Rugby Station receiver. Rugby Station contained a post
office and wireless office.
2 Guerches pays the expected external rate.
Transit time 21 days.
Note darker red color of top center and right stamps.
Color variations were a result of inconsistent inking. |
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External registered letter sent from Addis Ababa to
Buffalo, New York.
24 March 1910 Adis Ababa cancel. 24 April 1910 New York
Registry transit. 25 April 1910 Buffalo Registry
receivers.
5 Guerches pays the expected rate: 2G for one weight
unit (up to 20 grams) + 1G for the second weight unit
(20 to 40 grams) + 2G Registration.
32 days travel time. |
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External postcard sent from Dire-Daoua to Poissy,
France. 4 May 1910 Dire Daoua cancel. 20 May 1910
Poissy, Seine-et-Oise receiver.
1/2G pays the expected rate.
Poissy was the birthplace of King Louis IX of France. He
was revered as Saint Louis. |
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External letter sent from Addis Ababa to S. Francisco,
Mexico?
27 May 1910 Addis Ababa cancel. 29 June ??? Certificado
handstamp.
4½G over pays the expected rate by 1/2G: 2G for one
weight unit (up to 20 grams) + 2G registration fee.
33 days travel time. |
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External postcard sent from Addis Ababa to Bourg-en-Bress,
Ain, France.
9 September 1910 Addis Ababa cancel. 5 October 1910
Bourg-en-Bress, Ain receiver.
1/2G pays the expected rate.
Transit time 26 days. |
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External registered mail sent from Adis Abeba to
Neratovice, Austria. Neratovice is north of Prague. It
was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire when this letter
was sent.
14 October 1910 Adis Abeba cancel. 30 October 1910 Port
Taufiq transit. 31 October 1910 Port Said transit.
4G pays the expected rate: 2G for one weight unit (up to
20 grams) + 2G registration fee. |
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External postcard sent from Addis Ababa to Turbenthal,
Switzerland. Tössthal (Tösstalstrasse) is the main
throughfare in Turbenthal.
12 December 1910 Addis Ababa cancel.
1/2G pays the expected rate. |
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External mail sent from Dire Dawa to Valence, Drôme,
France.
8 January 1911 Dire Dawa cancel.
1/2G pays the expected rate for second class mail
(letter was sent unsealed).
Louis Mailhat was likely one of the proprietors of
Maison Jean, Mailhat et Faquet, a drugstore in
Valence, Drôme. |
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External postcard sent from Dire-Daoua to Louvigné-du-Désert,
France.
11 February 1911 Dire Daoua cancel. 25 February 1911
Louvigné-du-Désert, Ille-et-Vilaine receiver.
14 days travel time. |
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External registered letter sent from Addis Ababa to
Cairo, Egypt.
24 March 1911 Addis Ababa cancel. 12 April 1911 Port
Taufiq transit. 12 April 1911 Cairo receiver.
4G pays the expected rate: 2G for one weight unit (up to
20 grams) + 2G registration fee.
18 days travel time.
The letter was sent to Julie Camenzind, the daughter of
the sender, R. O. Camenzind. |
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External postcard sent from Dire-Daoua to Cairo, Eqypt.
12 April 1911 Port Taufiq transit.
1/2G pays the expected rate. |
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External registed postcard sent from Addis Ababa to
Cairo, Egypt.
13 April 1911 Addis Ababa cancel. 30 April 1911 Port
Said transit.
? May 1911 Cairo receiver.
2 1/2G pays the expected rate: 1/2G external postcard
rate + 2G registration. |
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Philatelic postcard postmarked with 10 August 1911
Dire-Daoua cancel. Addressed to Addis Ababa. Likely
never travelled. |
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External postcard sent from Harrar to the Orsolyita
Convent in Jopron, Hungary.
5 September 1911 Harar cancel. 11? September 1911 Port
Taufiq transit.
1G over pays the expected 1/2G external postcard rate. |
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External visiting card sent from Addis Ababa to Mazières,
France.
7 October 1911 Addis Ababa cancel.
27 October 1911 Mazières receiver.
1G pays the expected rate for visiting/calling cards. |
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External postcard sent from Harrar to Silkeborg,
Denmark.
20 January 1912 Harrar cancel.
1/2G pays the expected rate. |
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External registered letter sent from Arada Addis Abbeba
to Caracal, Romania. Marked as return to sender.
12 February 1912 Arada Addis Abbeba cancel. 3 March 1912
Port Raufiq R transit. 13? March? 1912 Uskup, Serbia
transit. 14 March 1912 Stamboul transit. 17 March 1912
Stamboul return transit. 28 March 1912 Port Taufiq R
return transit.
4 Guerches pays the expected rate: 2G forthe first
weight unit (up to 20 grams) + 2G registration fee. |
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External postcard sent from Dire Daoua to Port Said,
Egypt.
29 April 1912 Dire Daoua cancel. 5 May 1912 Port Taufiq
transit. 5 May 1912 Port Said receiver.
6 days transit time.
Manuscript 4 August 1912 in red ink, Return to Sender
black oblong handstamp. 5 August 1912 Return to Sender
red oval handstamp.
1/2G pays the expected external post card rate.
Stefan Balian, associated with the Maison Kévorkoff, was
a well know postcard collector trading cards with people
all over the world. |
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External postcard sent from Addis Ababa to
Pierre-Buffière, Haute Vienne, France.
18 May 1912 Addis Ababa cancel. 7 May 1912?
Pierre-Buffière receiver.
1/2G pays the expected external postcard rate. |
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External, triple weight registered letter sent from Dire
Daoua to Juniper Island, Ontario, Canada.
20 June 1912 Dire Daoua postmark. 15 July 1912 New York
Reg’y. Div. transit. 16 July 1912 Toronto, Canada
receiver.
Forwarded to Juniper Island, Post Office via Lakefield
located in Peterborough County in Ontario, Canada. 17
July 1912 Toronto “D” duplex transit. 18 July 1912
Lakefield, Ontario transit. 18 July 1012 Juniper Island
receiver.
Transit time 28 days.
4 Guerches pays the expected rate: 2G for one weight
unit (up to 20 grams) + 2 extra weight units at 1G per
unit (total weight between 40-60 grams) + 2G
Registration.
The sender was Louis Compondu; an engineer with the
Franco-Ethiopian railroad. He was located in Dire Daoua. |
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External post card sent from Harrar to Benghazi, Libya.
20 July 1912 Harrar postmark. 24 July 1912 Aden transit.
½ Guerche pays the expected external postcard rate.
The card is addressed to Generale Moccagatta. He was an
Italian general stationed in Benghazi, Libya and was
active in repressing rebellious uprising in Italian
controlled areas of northern and eastern Africa.
The post card depicts Ras Bitwoded Tessema Nadew. He was
an Ethiopian military officer and politician. On 28
October 1909, he was proclaimed as Ethiopia's future
Regent Plenipotentiary to Lij Iyasu, upon the latter's
appointment as heir to the throne by Emperor Menelik II.
He died in 1911, predeceasing Menelik and thus never
assuming that office. He previously served as governor
of Illubabor Province, and fought in the Battle of Adwa. |
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External letter sent from Addis Ababa to St. Gallen,
Switzerland.
17 August 1912 Arada Addis Ababa cancel. 7 September
1912 St. Gallen Brieftrager receiver.
2G franking pays the expected rate: 2G for one weight
unit (up to 20 grams).
Transit time 21 days.
Albert Bousson was the Addis Ababa Postmaster. |
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Internal mail sent from Dire Daoua to Djibouti.
25 September 1912 Dire Daoua cancel. 28 September 1912
Djibouti receiver.
1 Guerche pays the expected rate: 1 Guerche for one
weight unit (up to 20 grams). Mail to Djibouti was
considered as internal mail.
Travel time was three days. |
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External letter sent from Dire Daoua to Romainville,
France.
8 October 1912 Dire Daoua cancel. 26 October 1912
Romaineville Seine receiver.
2G franking pays the expected rate for one weight unit
(up to 20 grams).
Transit time 18 days. |
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External registered double weight letter from Addis
Ababa to to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
4 January 1913 Arada Addis Ababa cancel. 1 February 1913
NY Registry transits. 3 February 1913 Milwaukee Registry
receiver.
31 days transit time.
5 1/2 Guerches over pays the expected 5G rate: 3G for
the first 2 weight units (2G for the first + 1G for the
second, up to 40 grams) + 2G Registration.
23 days travel time.
The Alhambra Building was a famous Milwaukee Theatre. |
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External letter send from Addis Abeba to Paris, France.
13 February 1913 Arada Addis Ababa cancel. 16 March 1913
Paris Distribution receiver.
2G pays the expected external letter rate (up to 20
grams).
31s day transit time. |
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External registered letter from Dire Daoua to Wallendorf,
Thüringen, Germany.
13 February 1913 Dire Daoua cancel. 1 March 1913
Wallendorf (Sachs-Mein) receiver.
4 Guerches pays the expected rate: 2G for one weight
unit (up to 20 grams) + 2G Registration.
Travel time 17 days. |
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External letter from Addis Ababa to London.
12 April 1913 Addis Ababa cancel.
2 Guerches pays the expected rate for one weight unit
(up to 20 grams). |
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External registered letter sent from Harrar to Naples,
Italy.
10 May 1913 Harrar cancel. 25 May 1913 Port Taufiq
transit. 26 May 1913 Port Said transit. 1 June 1913
Centro (8) Recommadate receiver.
4 Guerches pays the expected rate: 2G for one weight
unit (up to 20 grams) + 2G Registration.
Travel time 22 days. |
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External postcard sent from Dire Daoua to Troyes,
France.
4 June 1913 Dire Daoua cancel.
1/2G pays the expected external postcard rate.
Transit time 14 days. |
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External registered letter sent from Addis Ababa to
Beirut.
28 June 1913 Addis Abbeba cancel. 14 July 1913 Port
Taufiq transit. 14 July 1913 Port Said transit. 18 July
1913 Beyrouth receiver.
2 Guerches pays the expected rate for one weight unit
(up to 20 grams).
20 days total travel time. |
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External registered letter sent by the German Legation
located in Addis Ababa to Charlottenburg, Germany.
5 July 1913 Addis Ababa cancel. 26 July 1913
Charlottenburg receiver.
4 Guerches pays the expected rate: 2G for one weight
unit (up to 20 grams) + 2G Registration.
23 days travel time. |
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External registered letter sent from Addis Ababa to
Mengen, Baden, Germany.
12 July 1913 Addis Ababa cancel. 2 August 1913 Mengen
(Baden) receiver.
5 Guerches pays the expected rate: 2G first weight
unit(up to 20 grams) + 1G second weight unit (up to 40
grams) + 2G Registration.
18 days total travel time.
Adolf Jacob Mayer was the sender of this letter. Born on
18 December 1881, he was the tenth child of Johannes
Mayer, an Ethiopian missionary, and Sara Néguie, a minor
Ethiopian Oromo Princess.
He was an intimate of Lij Iyasu, a counselor to Menelik
II, and diplomat. He was instrumental in the creation of
the imperial alcohol production monopoly. He did not get
on well with Ras Tafari, and left Ethiopia in 1923. |
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External registered, return receipt letter sent from
Addis Ababa to Pepperell, Massachusetts.
22 September 1913 Addis Ababa cancel. 27 October 1913
Pepperell receiver. Forwarded to Dorchester Centre,
Massachusetts. 27 October 1913 Boston, Mass.
registration receiver. 27 October 1913 Dorchester
Centre, Mass. registration receiver.
5 ½ Guerches is the expected franking: 2 G for the first
weight unit (up to 20 grams) + 2 G registration fee + 1
½ G for the return receipt fee. It was not uncommon to
put the postage on the AR form rather than on the cover.
According to a brief obituary notice in the American
Philatelist magazine, philatelist Harry Wesley Legg was
“extremely well posted in philatelic matters.” He died
on 21 July 1915 and was buried on 24 July 1915 in
Arlington Cemetery in Arlington, Massachusetts.
He was a APS member #1762. |
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External registered letter sent from Addis Ababa to
Bern, Switzerland.
29 September 1913 Arada Addis Ababa cancel. 17 February
1913 Bern Brieftrager receiver.
Transit time of 18 days.
4 Guerches pays the expected rate: 2G for one weight
unit (up to 20 grams) + 2G Registration.
Letter was sent by Jean Adolphe Michel to F. Reinhard, a
stamp dealer in Bern. Michel returned to Ethiopia in
1908 and resided in Addis Ababa. He worked for the
Imperial Rubber Trust and subsequently served as
Counselor of State from 1912 - 1918. |
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External letter from Addis Ababa to Vienna, Austria.
29 September 1913 Arada Addis Ababa cancel. 3 October
1913 Post Taufiq transit.
2 Guerches pays the expected rate for one weight unit
(up to 20 grams).
J. A. Michel returned to Ethiopia in 1908 and resided in
Addis Ababa. He worked for the Imperial Rubber Trust and
subsequently served as Counselor of State from 1912 -
1918. |
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External postcard sent from Harrar to Livorno, Italy.
4 October 1913 Harrar cancel. 12 October Port-Taufiq (1
PM) transit. 12 October Port Said (11:15 PM) transit.
1/2G pays the expected external postcard rate.
13 day transit time. |
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External registered letter sent from Arada Addis Ababa
to Bern, Switzerland.
20 October 1913 Arada Addis Ababa cancel. 7 November
1913 Bern Brieftrager and Bern Breiefausgabe receivers.
Transit time of 18 days.
8 Guerches pays the expected rate: 2G the first weight
unit (up to 20 grams) + 4G for 4 extra weight units (1G
per 20 grams) + 2G Registration.
Letter was sent by Jean Adolphe Michel, the Addis Ababa
Postmaster |
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External postcard sent from Addis Ababa to Grivegnée,
Belgium.
15 November 1913 Arada Addis Ababa cancel.
1/2G pays the expected external postcard rate. |
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External postcard sent from the Arada post office in
Addis Ababa to Kinkempois, Belgium.
17 November 1913 Arada Addis Ababa cancel.
1/2G pays the expected external postcard rate.
The Kinkempois quarter is located in the Angleur section
in Liège. It is adjacent to the Meuse River. La Rue de
Renory is an old street that runs through the quarter
along the right bank of the Meuse. |
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External postcard sent from Addis Ababa to Zurich,
Switzerland.
29 December 1913 Arada Addis Ababa cancel.
1/2G pays the expected external postcard rate. |
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External registered letter sent from Harrar to Vienna,
Austria.
24 January 1914 Harrar cancel. ?? February 1914 Port
Taufiq? transit.
2G pays the expected rate for one weight unit (up to 20
grams). |
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External letter from Addis Ababa to Rome, Italy.
13 April 1914 Arada Addis Ababa cancel. 26 April 1914
Port Taufig R transit. Indistinct Alexandria R transit.
3 May 1914 Rome receiver.
20 days transit time.
4G pays the expected rate: 2G for one weight unit (up to
20 grams) + 2G Registration. |
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External letter sent from Addis Ababa to San Francisco,
California.
13 April 1914 Addis Ababa cancel. Misrouted to Paris. 1
May 1914 Paris R. P. Ertanger transit.
2G pays the expected rate for one weight unit (up to 20
grams).. |
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External double weight (20-40 grams), registered letter
sent from Addis Ababa to New York, New York.
10 June 1914 Addis Ababa cancel. 10 July 1914 New York,
New York Registry Division transit. 10 July 1914 New
York, New York Registry Received 25th Street Station
receiver.
7G franking overpays the expected rate of 6.5G: 2G first
weight unit + 1G second weight unit + 2G Registration +
1.5 G return receipt. |
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External postcard sent from Harrar to New Bedford,
Massachusetts.
21 July 1914 Harrar cancel.
1/2G pays the expected external postcard rate.
Stephan Balian was a well know post card collector.
Balian’s “Angel” handstamp frequently appears on his
correspondence.
Message reads: Harar, July 21. I received your card. I
exchange card for card. Please send me a color card of
your country. See stamp on other side. My address S.
Balian, Harar Abyssinie. |
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External triple weight (40-60 grams), registered letter
sent from Addis Ababa to San Francisco, California.
25 July 1914 Addis Ababa cancel. 31 August 1914 New
York, New York Registry transit. 4 September 1914 San
Francisco, CA Registry receiver.
Purple Registered handstamp applied in the US along with
registration number 50416. Green US Customs label,
serial number 96497 applied over top flap of envelope.
6G pays the expected rate: 2G for the first weight unit
(up to 20 grams) + 2G for the second and third weight
units (1G each additional unit, up to 60 grams) + 2G
registration fee. |
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External single weight, registered letter sent from the
Arada post office in Addis Ababa to Jersey City, New
Jersey, USA.
7 September 1914 Arada Addis Ababa cancel. 18 October
1914 New York Registry transits. 19 October 1914 Jersey
City Sta? and Jersey City Registry receivers.
4G pays the expected rate: 2G for one weight unit (up to
20 grams) + 2G registration fee.
42 days travel time. |
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External letter sent from Addis Ababa to Neuchâtel,
Switzerland.
18 January 1915 Arada Addis Ababa cancel. 16 February
1915 Neuchâtel Exp. Lettr receiver.
2G franking pays the external letter rate for one weight
unit (up to 20 grams).
Travel time 29 days. |
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External post card sent from Harrar to Elvora, Portugal.
26 January 1915 Harrar (Payne HR6C) cancel. 1 March 1915
Lisob Cental transit. Indistinct 1 March 1915 ??
transit. 2 March 1915 Elvora receiver.
1/2 G franking pays the expected external post card
rate.
Travel time 35 days.
It was marked return to sender. Stephan Balain was a
well know collector of stamps and postcards. |
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Internal postcard sent from Addis Ababa to Harrar.
22 June 1915 Addis Ababa cancel. 29 June 1915 Harrar
receiver. 7 days transit time.
Stephan Balian was a well know post card collector.
1/2G over pays the expected 1/4G intenal postcard rate. |
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External registered letter sent from Addis Ababa to Zug,
Germany. Zoug, as written on the cover, is the French
spelling.
8 July 1915 Addis Ababa cancel. 31 July 1915 Zug
receiver.
5 Guerches pays the expected rate: 2G first weight unit
(up to 20 grams) + 1G second weight unit (up to 40
grams) + 2G Registration.
23 days total travel time.
The red metal button letter closure bears the initial
A.M. An identical button was used by Adolf Jacob Mayer
on his other correspondence leaving Ethiopia. He may
have been the sender of this letter.
Born on 18 December 1881, he was the tenth child of
Johannes Mayer, an Ethiopian missionary, and Sara
Néguie, a minor Ethiopian Oromo Princess .
He was an intimate of Lij Iyasu, a counselor to
Menelik II, and diplomat. He was instrumental in the
creation of the imperial alcohol production monopoly. He
did not get on well with Ras Tafari, and left Ethiopia
in 1923. |
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External letter sent from Addis Ababa to Zurich,
Switzerland.
5 August 1915 Arada Addis Ababa cancel. 19 August 1915
Zurich Brf. Exp. receiver.
24 days transit time.
2G pays the expected rate for one weight unit (up to 20
grams).
Samuel Behesnilian was an importer and merchant in Addis
Ababa. |
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External postcard sent from Dire Daoua to Dijon, France.
14 December 1915 Dire Daoua cancel.
1/2G pays the expected external postcard rate.
Stelios Georges Bollolakos, Consul of Greece in Dire
Daoua, died on January 20, 1936, at the age of 87. He
spent 39 years of his life in Ethiopia.
Bollolakos acquired a concession from Empress Taitu
Betul (3rd wife of Menelik II) to build the Grand Hotel
Continental shortly after the arrival of the railroad in
Dire Daoua. |
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External double weight, registered letter sent from
Addis Ababa to Hilversum, Holand.
29 September 1915 Arada Addis Ababa postmark. 25 October
1915 Hilversum receiver.
7G franking overpays the expected rate of 6.5G: 2G first
weight unit (up to 20 grams) + 1G second weight unit (up
to 40 grams) + 2G Registration + 1.5 G Return Receipt.
Black AR handstamp (partially covered by censor tape).
Manuscript notation in French: co[ntient] des timbr[es]
pour collecti[onneurs] translates as "contains stamps
for collectors". Opened by British Censors in Egypt.
J. C. Auf Der Heide was a well known Dutch philatelist
and author. His main shop was located at Koornstraat 31C
in Helversum, with additional shops in Amsterdam and
Haarlem. |
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External letter sent from Dire-Daoua to Amiens, France.
11 June 1916 Dire-Daoua cancel. 28 June 1916 Amiens
Somme receiver.
Transit time of 17 days.
2 Guerches pays the expected rate for one weight unit
(up to 20 grams).. |
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External postcard sent from Dire Daoua to Poissy,
France.
13 August? 1916 ? Dire Daoua cancel. 25 August? 1916
Poissy, Sein-et-Oise receiver.
1/2G pays the expected external postcard rate.
Tansit time 12 days. |
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External letter, registered and censored, sent from
Addis Ababa to Marseille, France.
26 October 1916 Addis Ababa cancel. Opened by French
military censors in Egypt. Letter resealed with Controle
Postal Militaire censor tape, Ouvert Par l’Autorité
Militaire 302 handstamp in black, and Ouvert Par
l’Autorité Militaire 170 handstamps in blue. 18 November
1916 Marseille-Gare-Centralisateur transit. 1 December
1916 Bouches-du-Rhône receiver.
4G pays the expected rate: 2G for one weight unit (20
grams) + 2G Registration.
Total transit time was 36 days.
Assadourian was an Armenian import and export agent in
Addis Ababa. Siméon Mirzayantz was a prominent Armenian
living in Marseille and was an honorary consul to
Persia. |
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External letter, registered and censored, sent from
Addis Ababa to Marseille, France.
6 December 1916 Addis Ababa cancel. Opened by French
military censors in Egypt. Letter resealed with Controle
Postal Militaire censor tape, Ouvert Par l’Autorité
Militaire 303 handstamp in black, and Ouvert Par
l’Autorité Militaire 170 handstamps in blue. 26 December
1916 Marseille-Gare-Centralisateur transit. 9 January
1917 Marseille Marseille-Gare-Centralisateur and
Bouches-du-Rhône receivers.
4G pays the expected rate: 2G for one weight unit (20
grams) + 2G Registration.
Total transit time was 33 days.
Assadourian was an Armenian import and export agent in
Addis Ababa. Siméon Mirzayantz was a prominent Armenian
living in Marseille and was an honorary consul to
Persia. |
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External letter sent from Harrar to London, England.
26 January 1917 Harrar cancel.
2 Guerches pays the expected rate for one weight unit
(up to 20 grams).
Between April and May 1916, Postal Censorship was
transferred from Imperial House on Kingsway to Stand
House on Portugal Street. The building still exists and
is now the British Library of Political and Economic
Science. |
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External letter, registered and censored, sent from
Addis Ababa to Marseille, France.
5 February 1917 Addis Ababa cancel. 28 February 1917
Marseille-Gare-Centralisateur and ?? 1917 Marseille ??
receivers. Opened by French military censors in Egypt.
Letter resealed with Controle Postal Militaire censor
tape, Ouvert Par l’Autorité Militaire 302 handstamp in
black, and Ouvert Par l’Autorité Militaire 170
handstamps in blue.
Transit time was likely 25 days.
4G pays the expected rate: 2G for one weight unit (20
grams) + 2G Registration.
Assadourian was an Armenian import and export agent in
Addis Ababa. Siméon Mirzayantz was a prominent Armenian
living in Marseille and was an honorary consul to
Persia. |
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External letter, registered and censored, sent from
Harrar to Brétigny-sur-Orge, France.
9 February 1917 Harrar cancel. 28 February 1917
Marseille-Gare-Centralisateur transit. 5 March 1917
Brétigny et Orge, Seine et Orge receiver. Opened by
French military censors in Egypt. Letter resealed with
Controle Postal Militaire censor tape, Ouvert Par
l’Autorité Militaire 302 handstamp in black, and six red
wax Controle Postal Militaire seals.
4G pays the expected rate: 2G for one weight unit (up to
20 grams) + 2G Registration.
Total transit time was 25 days. |
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External registered letter from Addis Ababa to Queen
Wilhelmina at The Hague, Netherlands.
26 January 1917 Addis Ababa cancel. 22 March 1917
s’Gravenhage (The Hague) receiving cancel.
55 days transit time.
5 Guerches pays the expected rate: 2G for the first
weight unit (up to 20 grams) + 1G for the second weight
unit (up to 40 grams) + 2G Registration.
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