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15 Jan: Flowers II

27 Feb: 10th African Cup

27 Feb: 1st Telephone Call

14 May: Jewelry

15 Jul: XXI Olympics

5 Aug: Development

9 Sep: 2nd Revolution Anniv

13 Sep: DERG Definitives

28 Oct: EAL 30th

15 Dec: Reptiles

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15 December 1976 - Indigenous Reptiles

Quantity Issued: 60,000

Designer: Bogale Belachew

Printer: Harrison and Sons Limited, London, Great Britain

Printing Process: Photoengraving

10 Cents

Stanley Gibbons Michel Scott Y&T
1007 898

812

817

20 Cents

Stanley Gibbons Michel Scott Y&T
1008 899

813

818

30 Cents

Stanley Gibbons Michel Scott Y&T
1009 900

814

819

40 Cents

Stanley Gibbons Michel Scott Y&T
1010 901

815

820

80 Cents

Stanley Gibbons Michel Scott Y&T

1011

902

816

821

 

Note crown on lion is crossed out in black felt tip pen on the cover and in the interior of the folder.
 
 
First Day Cover
 

External air mail from Harar to Washington, DC, USA.
1 March 1977 Harrar cancel.
50C pays the expected air mail post card rate.
 
 
Internal mail from the Ministry of Urban Development and Housing in Metu to Addis Ababa.
19 July 1979 Metu cancel.
40C pays the expected rate: 15C for the first weight unit (up to 20 grams) + 25C registration fee.
 
 
Internal mail from the Nazareth District Administration in Nazreth to Addis Ababa.
9 November 1979 Nazreth cancel.
40C pays the expected rate: 15C for the first weight unit (up to 20 grams) + 25C registration fee.