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31 Jan: Wicker

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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.