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7 Oct: Tafari Negus OP

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7 October 1928 - Proclamation of Negus Tafari Overprint

Violet Overprint: Normal Position
  

Violet Overprint: Crown Position

Violet OP: Face Position
 
 

Red Overprint: Normal Position

Red
Overprint: Crown Position 

Red OP: Face Position
 

Blue Overprint: Normal Position

Black Overprint: Normal Position
 
  

Black Overprint: Crown Position
 
 

Black Overprint: Face Position
  
 
Stanley
Gibbons
Michel Minkus Payne Scott Y&T
1/8 Mehalek: V; R 233 116 236 172 175 166
1/2 Mehalek: V; R; Blk 234 117 237 173 176 167
2 Mehaleks: V; R 235 118 238 174 177 168
8 Mehaleks: V; R; Bl; Blk 236 119 239 175 178 169
2 Thalers: V; R; Prpl 237 120 240 176 179 170
             
Quantity Issued: 3,000; Unknown Quantity Reprinted 
Designer: Adapted from Photographs 
Perforations: 13.5X14 
Printer: Stamps - Institut de Gravure, Paris, France; Overprint - Leon de Robilliard Printing Press, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 
Printing Process: Stamps - Typography; Overprint - Typography 
 
 
 

 

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