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31 Jan: Wicker

20 Feb: Rinderpest

17 Apr: Selassié Foundation

26 Jun: Ceremonial Robes

19 Aug: World Population Year

9 Oct: UPU Centenary

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31 January 1974 - Ethiopian Wicker Works

Quantity Issued: 100,000 sets

Designer: Jacque Dubois

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

Printing Process: Photoengraving

5 Cents

 Stanley Gibbons Michel Scott Y&T
885 776

690

 695

10 Cents

 Stanley Gibbons Michel Scott Y&T
886 777

691

 696

30 Cents

 Stanley Gibbons Michel Scott Y&T
887 778

692

 697

50 Cents

 Stanley Gibbons Michel Scott Y&T
888 779

693

 698

60 Cents

 Stanley Gibbons Michel Scott Y&T

889

780

694

699
 

First Day Cover
 

External air mail letter sent from Addis Ababa to Hellersberg, Germany.
16 March 1978 Addis Ababa cancel.
$1.10 over pays the expected external air mail rate of 70C (up to 10 grams).
Philatelic franking. Karl Schmidt was a known Ethiopian stamp collector.
 

External Aerogram sent from Addis Ababa to Brno, Czechoslovakia.
17 October 1977 Addis Ababa cancel.
40C pays the expected rate: 40C aerogram with no enclosures.