Daryl Reiber's
Ethiopian Stamps, Postal History & Ephemera
1909
28 Jan: Definitives
| 29 January 1909 - 1909 Definitives | |||||
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| Stanley Gibbons | Michel | Minkus | Scott | Yvert & Tellier | |
| 1/4 Gurche | 147 | 40 | 134 | 87 | 86 |
| 1/2 Guerche | 148 | 41 | 135 | 88 | 87 |
| 1 Guerche | 149 | 42 | 136 | 89 | 88 |
| 2 Guerches | 150 | 43. | 137 | 90 | 89 |
| 4 Guerches | 151 | 44 | 138 | 91 | 90 |
| 8 Guerches | 152 | 45 | 139 | 92 | 91 |
| 16 Guerches | 153 | 46 | 140 | 93 | 92 |
| Quantity Issued: first printing 100,000 sets; second printing 1/4G 1,000,000, 1/2G 700,000, 1G 600,000, 2G 550,000. 4G 300,000, 8G 100,000, 16G 50,000; total of 4,000,000 stamps between the first two printings. A possible third printing was made consisting of : 1/4G 150,000, 1/2G 287,500, 1G 225,000, 2G 112,500, 4G 37,500, 8G 37,500, 16G 12,500. The initial 100,000 sets were delivered to Ethiopia on 22 January 1909 to Mr. J. Cardot, the Director of the Ethiopian Posts. | |||||
| Designer: Stamp - Emile Dete, based on 3 paintings by Victor Marec | |||||
| Perforations: 11 1/2 X 11 1/2 | |||||
| Printer: Atelier de Fabrication des Timbres, Paris, France | |||||
| Printing Process: Stamp - Typography | |||||
| Perforation 11 X 11 | |||||
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| *Earliest known cancel on a single stamp, 29 January 1909 is earliest known use of stamps on cover | |||||