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Regular Postage

1917

30 Mar: 1st Coronation

Apr-Sep: 2nd Coronation

28 May: Provisionals

1911

1919

April - September 1917 - Second Coronation Commemoratives

Quantity Issued: 1/4G-864,000; 1/2G 440,000; 1G 150,000; 2G red OP 2,250; 2G black OP 300,000; 4g Black OP 3,750; 4G Blue OP 308,000; 8G 175,000; 16G 130,000

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 Ababa, Ethiopia

Printing Process: Stamps - Typography; Overprint - Typography

Apr 1917

1/4 Guerche Blue-OP	Stanley Gibbons	Michel	Minkus	Scott	Y&T
1/4 Guerche Blue-OP	168	53	161	108	106

Apr 1917

1/2 Guerche Blue-OP	Stanley Gibbons	Michel	Minkus	Scott	Y&T
1/2 Guerche Blue-OP	169	54	162	109	107

July 1917

1 Guerches Blue-OP	Stanley Gibbons	Michel	Minkus	Scott	Y&T
1 Guerches Blue-OP	170	55	163	110	108

May 1917

2 Guerches Red-OP	Stanley Gibbons	Michel	Minkus	Scott	Y&T
2 Guerches Red-OP	171	56b	164	111	109a

Aug 1917

2 Guerches Black-OP	Stanley Gibbons	Michel	Minkus	Scott	Y&T
2 Guerches Black-OP	172?	56a	165	112	109

Apr 1917

4 Guerches Blue-OP	Stanley Gibbons	Michel	Minkus	Scott	Y&T
4 Guerches Blue-OP	174	54a	166	113	110

Sep 1917

4 Guerches Black-OP	Stanley Gibbons	Michel	Minkus	Scott	Y&T
4 Guerches Black-OP	173?	57b	167	113a	110a

Apr 1917

8 Guerches Blue-OP	Stanley Gibbons	Michel	Minkus	Scott	Y&T
8 Guerches Blue-OP	175	58	168	114	111

Apr 1917

16 Guerches Blue-OP	Stanley Gibbons	Michel	Minkus	Scott	Y&T
16 Guerches Blue-OP	176	59	169	115	112

2 Birr	Stanley Gibbons	Michel	Minkus	Scott	Y&T
2 Birr

3 Birr	Stanley Gibbons	Michel	Minkus	Scott	Y&T
3 Birr

5 Birr	Stanley Gibbons	Michel	Minkus	Scott	Y&T
5 Birr

10 Birr	Stanley Gibbons	Michel	Minkus	Scott	Y&T
10 Birr