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7 August 1945 - Victory

The unissued 1936 Red Cross Issue was overprinted in Amharic ድ ል (de le) and V for Victory

The Amharic letters are ~133 mm apart; and the height of the V is ~150 mm.

Genuine issued stamps were only printed in Red. Several different shades of red exist.

The Amharic and V were included on the same cliché, thus stamps bearing Vs without Amharic letters are fake.

	Böhringer & Schmuck	Stanley Gibbons	Michel	Minkus	Scott	Yvert & Tellier
5 Cents	217	344	217	354	268	240
10 Cents	218	345	218	355	269	241
25 Cents	219	346	219	356	270	242
50 Cents	220	347	220	357	271	243
1 Thaler	221	348	221	358	272	244
Quantity Issued: 30,000 overprinted sets in Red
Designer: From documentation of the General Post Office, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Perforations: 11.5X11.5
Printer: Stamps - Hélio Courvoisier S.A., La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland; Overprint - Berhanena Selam Printing Press, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Printing Process: Stamps - Photogravure; Overprint - Typography
1 Ethiopian Thaler = 100 Ethiopian Cents
Recto-Verso
Recto-verso is the only known variety of the V overprint issue. It occurs during the printing process when a sheet of stamps is placed on top of another sheet of stamps on which the ink is not completely dry. Recto-verso is also known on the forged issues.