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ኦብሊስክ ፡
O-Be-Li-Sa-Ke
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1943
1 Apr: 2nd Restoration
Definitives
3 Nov: Obelisks
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Obelisk OP Varieties
Red Trial OP 15C on 10C
Black OP 5C on 4C
Black OP 10C on 8C
Black OP 15C on 10C
Brown OP 20C on 12C
Brown OP 30C on 20C
Obelisk Covers
1942
1944
1945
1947
1949
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Obelisk Overprints: Major Varieties
This listing of the major overprint varieties is based upon work done by
Espen Solheim, a fellow Ethiopian Philatelic Society member. He did
extensive research on the Obelisk overprint and included my collection
of Obelisk stamps in his study. Through his study, he expanded the
number of known major OP varieties and developed a scheme to relate a
particular combination of errors to a specific plate position. His
results are reported in Menelik's Journal, Volume 19, Number 3,
September - July 2003, pages 9-15. The nucleus of my collection was
purchased at auction and was originally part of the John Boksenbom
Ethiopian collection. Over the year since its purchase, I have acquired
additional material ... some real, some fake. My entire collection is
displayed on this site. This page cites the major overprint errors that
appear consistently from sheet to sheet. There are numerous minor
overprint errors that are likely specific to an individual sheet and
therefore are not included below.
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Varieties of K in OBELISK |
Thin K sans Serifs
Bottom Legs 13 mm
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Small K, Serifs
Bottom Legs ~13mm
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Large K, Serifs [Normal]
Bottom Legs of K 15 mm
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Long Leg K, Serifs
Bottom Legs of K 20mm
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Thin K, Serifs Pointing Forward
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Alignment of
ሊ
in
ኦብሊስክ ፡ and L in OBELISK |
Tail of
ሊ
to Left of L
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Tail of
ሊ to Slight Left of L
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Tail of
ሊ and L Aligned
[Normal Alignment]
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Tail of
ሊ to Slight Right of L
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Tail of
ሊ to Right of L
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Alignment of B in OBELISK and N in Nov. |
B in OBELISK and N in Nov. Aligned
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B in OBELISK to Right of N in Nov
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| Varieties of 9
in 1943 |
Small 9, Ball Serif
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Large 9, Ball Serif [Normal 9]
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Large 9 sans Ball Serif
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Varieties of 4 in 1943 |
Open Top 4 [Normal 4]
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Open Top 4, Broken
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Closed Top 4
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Closed Top 4, Broken
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Closed Top 4, Small
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| Varieties
in 3 Nov. 1943 |
Large 3 [Normal]
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Small 3
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Tilted or Italic 3
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Small 3 + Small Period
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Varieties of
፡ in
ኦብሊስክ ፡ |
Colon [Normal]
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Dots in Colon Touching
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1 Dot Instead of Colon
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No Colon
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Varieties of Nov. 1943 |
Normal Spacing
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Period After Nov. Closer to 1 |
Wide Spaced 1943 |
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Amharic Character Varieties in
ኦብሊስክ ፡
Character Transliteration =
O-Be-Li-Sa-Ke
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Amharic A: አ; for Amharic
O: ኦ
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Faint/Small Amharic Sa: ስ
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Faint/Small Amharic Ke:
ክ
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Surcharge Varieties |
Inverted 5 in 5C
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Large 5 in 5C (in Red and Black) and 15C
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Large 0 in 10C
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Wide Spacing of 1 0 in 10C
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