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18 Feb: Butterflies

23 Apr: Religious Series

27 May: Wild Animals

30 Jun: Int'l Women's Yr

19 Aug: Postal Museum

11 Sep: 1st Rev. Anniv

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18 February 1975 - Butterflies

     Quantity Issued: 100,000 Sets

     Designer: Bogale Belachew

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

     Printing process: Photoengraving

10 Cent

 Stanley Gibbons Michel Scott Y&T

915

806

720

725

25 Cent

 Stanley Gibbons Michel Scott Y&T

916

807

721

726

45 Cent

 Stanley Gibbons Michel Scott Y&T

917

808

722

727

50 Cent

 Stanley Gibbons Michel Scott Y&T

918

809

723

728

60 Cent

 Stanley Gibbons Michel Scott Y&T

919

810

724

729
 

First Day Cover
 
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Used First Day Cover
 
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Internal registered letter sent from Hiagere Hiwot to Addis Ababa.
21 February 1975 Hiagere Hiwot cancel.
45C pays the expected air mail rate: 20C for the first weight unit (up to 10 grams) + 25C registration fee.
Hiagere Hiwot is now called Ambo.
 
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Internal registered letter sent from Ghion to Addis Ababa.
7 March 1975 Ghion cancel.
$1.15 over pays the expected rate of 40C: 15C for the first weight unit (up to 20 grams) + 25C registration fee.
Ghion is part of Addis Ababa.
 
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Air mail letter sent from Adigrat to Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA.
12 March 1975 Adigrat cancel. 13 March 1975 Mekele transit cancel.
90C pays the expected air mail rate: 90C for the first weight unit (up to 10 grams).
Air mail was sent via the airport in Mekele
 
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Registered express letter sent from Makalie to Addis Ababa.
3 February 1981 Makalie cancel. 11 February 1981 Addis Ababa receiver.
90 pays the expected rate: 15C for the first weight unit (up to 20 grams) + 25C registration fee + 50C express fee.
8 days transit time. In the 1880s, Makalie was the Capital of Ethiopia.