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23 Jan: 13 Months Sunshine

23 Feb: Sea

20 Mar: INTERPOL

15 May: Fine Arts

26 May: African Unity

10 Jul: Scouting

4 Sep: Meteorology

1 Nov: Makonnen Hospital

5 Nov: Selassie Definitives

16 Nov: Human Rights

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10 July 1973 - Ethiopian Scout Movement

Quantity Issued: 100,000 sets

Designer: Mr. & Mrs. Jacques Dubois

Printer: Hélio Courvoisier S.A., La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland

Printing Process: Photoengraving in Four Colors

5 Cents

Stanley Gibbons Michel Scott Y&T
851 742

656

661

15 Cents

Stanley Gibbons Michel Scott Y&T
852 743

657

662

30 Cents

Stanley Gibbons Michel Scott Y&T
853 744

658

663

40 Cents

Stanley Gibbons Michel Scott Y&T
854 745

659

664

60 Cents

Stanley Gibbons Michel Scott Y&T

855

746

660

665

 
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First Day Cover.
 
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External air mail sent from Addis Ababa to Bremen, Germany.
10 July 1973 Registered 1 AA (Addis Ababa) cancel.
$1.50 over pays by 55C the expected air mail rate of 60C for the first weight unit (up to 10 grams) + 35C registration fee.
Privately produced First Day Cover by Theo. Michaelides. Cover originally contained a note and Ethiopian  postage stamps.
 
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Internal mail sent from Ghinnir to Addis Ababa.
23 May 1974 Ghinnir cancel. 24 May 1974 Gobba transit.
65C pays the expected rate of 30C for the first weight unit (up to 20 grams) + 35C registration fee.
Note: Violet box handstamp in lower right has a very faint avis de réception indication, but the service was not included in the franking.
 
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External air mail sent from Addis Ababa to Stuttgart, West Germany.
9 July 1974 Addis Ababa cancel.
$2.10 pays the expected rate of 70C for the first weight unit (up to 10 grams) + $1.40 for four extra weight units at 35C each unit (total weight up to 50 grams).
 
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Internal mail sent from Debre Berhan to Addis Ababa.
14 November 1979 Debre Berhan cancel.
40C pays the expected rate of 15C for the first weight unit (up to 20 grams) + 25C registration fee.