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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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26 June 1974 - Traditional Ceremonial Robes

Quantity Issued: 100,000 sets

Designer: L. Peterlongo

Printer: Thomas De La Rue Security Print, High Wycombe/Byfleet

Printing Process: Photoengraving

15 Cents

Stanley Gibbons Michel Scott Y&T
899 790

704

709

25 Cents

Stanley Gibbons Michel Scott Y&T
900 791

705

710

35 Cents

Stanley Gibbons Michel Scott Y&T
901 792

706

711

40 Cents

Stanley Gibbons Michel Scott Y&T
902 793

707

712

60 Cents

Stanley Gibbons Michel Scott Y&T

903

794

708

713

   

First Day Cover
 

Internal registered letter.sent from and to Addis Ababa.
8 August 1974 Addis Ababa cancel.
35C pays the expected rate: 10C in-city rate (up to 20 grams) + 25C registration fee.
 

External air mail letter sent from Addis Ababa to Corcelles-près-Payerne, Switzerland.
8 August 1974 Addis Ababa cancel.
60C pays the expected external air mail rate: 60C (up to 10 grams).
 

Internal letter sent from Yigalem to Addis Ababa.
26 August 1974 Yirgalem cancel.
50C pays the expected internal surface mail rate: 15C (up to 20 grams) + 10C for the second weight unit (up to 30 grams) + 25C registration fee.
 

Internal letter sent from Wonji Sub Post Office to Addis Ababa.
Undated Wonji Sub Post Office handstamp. WSPO is located in an old bus depot. 24 October 1974 Nazareth transit.
15C pays the expected internal surface mail rate: 15C (up to 20 grams).
Letter did not go by air mail as neither Wonji nor Nazareth have an airport.