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30 March 1917 - First Coronation Commemoratives

Quantity Issued: 1/4G in Blue = 864,000; 1/2G Blue = 440,000; 1G Blue = 150,555; 2G Red = 2,250; 2G Black = 300,000; 4G Blue = 308,000; 4G Black = 37,500; 8G Blue = 175,000; 16G Blue = 130,000

Printing: 5-20 April: 1/4G; 1/2G; 4G; 8G; 16G Blue

Printing by 15 May: 2G Red

Printing 13 July: 1G Blue

Printing 13 August: 2G Black

Printing 1 October: 4G Black

Designer: Stamps - Victor Marec

Perforations: 11.5 X 11.5

Printer: Stamps - Atelier de Fabrication des Timbres, Paris, France; Overprint - A. Desvages Printing Press, Addis Abeba

Printing Process: Stamps - Typography; Overprint - Typographed

	1/4 Guerche Blue OP	Stanley Gibbons	Michel	Minkus	Scott	Y&T
		168	53	161	108	106
	1/2 Guerche Blue OP	Stanley Gibbons	Michel	Minkus	Scott	Y&T
		169	54	162	109	107
	1 Guerche Blue OP	Stanley Gibbons	Michel	Minkus	Scott	Y&T
		170	55	163	110	108
	2 Guerches Red OP	Stanley Gibbons	Michel	Minkus	Scott	Y&T
		172	56b	164	111	109a

	2 Guerches Black OP	Stanley Gibbons	Michel	Minkus	Scott	Y&T
		171	56a	165	112	109
	4 Guerches Blue OP	Stanley Gibbons	Michel	Minkus	Scott	Y&T
		174	54a	166	113	110
	4 Guerches Black OP	Stanley Gibbons	Michel	Minkus	Scott	Y&T
		173	57b	167	113a	110a
	8 Guerches Blue OP	Stanley Gibbons	Michel	Minkus	Scott	Y&T
		175	58	168	114	111
	16 Guerches Blue OP	Stanley Gibbons	Michel	Minkus	Scott	Y&T
		176	59	169	115	112

Date Shift Error: 1 Located Beneath የ : On the 5th Stamp in Each Row of Each Pane of 25 Printed



Zautudi Error: Appears only on the 2 Guerche Value; Corrected Early in the Printing of the Issue



Zauditi Error: Appears only on the 4, 8 & 16 Guerches Values; Constant Error; Not Corrected During Printing Process



Normal Date - Short Left Fraction Bar Error



Date Shift & Short Left Fraction Bar Errors



Normal Date - Short Right Fraction Bar Error



Date Shift & Short Left Fraction Bar Errors

Double Overprint at Top Error



Double Overprint at Top & Date Shift Errors