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15 Jan: Flowers II

27 Feb: 10th African Cup

27 Feb: 1st Telephone Call

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15 Jul: XXI Olympics

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13 Sep: DERG Definitives

28 Oct: EAL 30th

15 Dec: Reptiles

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9 September 1976 - 2nd Anniversary of Ethiopia Tikdem

Quantity Issued: 60,000

Designer: Isaac Sahle

Printer: Naipes Heraclio Fournier SA, Vitoria & Legutio, Spain

Printing Process: Photoengraving

5 Cents

Stanley Gibbons Michel Scott Y&T
979 870

784

789

10 Cents

Stanley Gibbons Michel Scott Y&T
980 871

785

790

25 Cents

Stanley Gibbons Michel Scott Y&T
981 872

786

791

50 Cents

Stanley Gibbons Michel Scott Y&T
982 873

787

792

90 Cents

Stanley Gibbons Michel Scott Y&T

983

874

788

793

 

5C Color Trail: Magenta - Yellow - Magenta/Yellow - Cyan - Magenta/Yellow/Cyan - Black
 
 
5C Imperf Block of Four
 

10C Color Trail: Magenta - Yellow - Magenta/Yellow - Cyan - Magenta/Yellow/Cyan - Black
 

10C Imperf Block of Four
 

25C Color Trail: Magenta - Yellow - Magenta/Yellow - Cyan - Magenta/Yellow/Cyan - Black
 
 
25C Imperf Block of Four
 

50C Color Trail: Magenta - Yellow - Magenta/Yellow - Cyan - Magenta/Yellow/Cyan - Black
 

50C Imperf Block of Four
 
 
90C Color Trail: Magenta - Yellow - Magenta/Yellow - Cyan - Magenta/Yellow/Cyan - Black
 

90C Imperf Block of Four
 
 
Collective Proofs
 

Souvenir Folder
 

First Day Cover
 

External registered letter from Addis Ababa to New York, New York, USA.
12 October 1976 Addis Ababa cancel. 18 October 1976 New York, New York Lenox Hill receiving cancel.
$1.65 pays the expected air mail rate: 90C for one weight unit (up to 10 grams) + 75C registration fee.
 

Letter sent from and to Addis Ababa.
1 March 1982 Addis Ababa cancel.
25C pays the expected second weight unit (over 20 grams up to 50 grams).
Franking reflects the internal rate rather than the local rate.