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  • Lot# : 760 Ethiopia

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    Catalogue# : 1/IV+2/IV
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    1903: "Malekt" in violet on ¼ g. green postal stationery card, a used example in combination with Jan 1903 "Malekt" surcharged ¼ g. green and ½ g. red all cancelled by "ADDIS ABEBA" cds in black (Sept 6). Blue transit cds of Harar (9/9), Obock 10 c. (uncancelled) at right and Djibouti cds (22/9), Aden transit (23/9) alongside. A rare issue on cover.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 380 CHF

    Lot# : 761 Ethiopia

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    Catalogue# : 2/III
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    1903 (April 18): "Malekt" in black on ¼ g. green postal stationery card, a superb example mailed three days after issue, used with "Bosta" surcharged 1902 ½ g. red tied by "HARAR" cds in blue; sent registered to Paris with Obock 25 c. and French Somali Coast 5 c. green (2) tied by Djibouti datestamps in blue (April 30). A fine and unusual usage.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 420 CHF

    Lot# : 762 Ethiopia

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    1904 (March 26): "Malekt" in black on 1 g. postal stationery card, a fine used example cancelled "ADDIS ABEBA" mailed to Berlin also franked by French Somali Coast 5 c. green (2) each tied by Djibouti vds's (April 12) in blue. Berlin arrival cds (27/4) alongside.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 170 CHF

    Lot# : 763 Ethiopia

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    Catalogue# : 9
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    1905 (Nov 22): Postcard of Addis Abeba franked by lightly cancelled Jan 1905 "10" c. on 1894 ½ g. pale red, Harar transit in blue at lower right and French Somali Coast 1 c. (2) and 4 c. (2) tied by Djibouti cds's in black and by Zurich arrival cds (15/12). Cert. RPS (1982).
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 150 CHF

    Lot# : 764 Ethiopia

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    1905: '20' in violet on 1896 1 g. blue postal stationery card, a used example cancelled by "HARAR" datestamp (Feb 9) mailed to Vienna with French Somali Coast 10 c. red & orange tied by Djibouti cds (Feb 11) in blue. Vienna arrival datestamp (24/2) above in black. A fine and attractive usage. Note: The card was written by a member of the Austrian Mission, led by Lieutenant Von Hoehnel, which travelled to Addis Abeba to sign a Treaty between Austria and Ethiopia.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF

    Lot# : 765 Ethiopia

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    Catalogue# : 16
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    1905: ½ g. pale red diagonally bisected and surcharged "5 c/m" in violet on each (five examples), used on 1906 registered cover to Vienna and tied by "HARAR" datestamps (May 15) in blue. Mailed via "HARAR / POSTES FRANCAISES" with green datestamp adjacent (May 16), with 1894 Obock 15 c. blue & red, French Somali Coast  1894 40 c. yellow & blue (on reverse) and two 25 c. blue & pale blue all tied by Djibouti cds's in black (May 18). Cover with crease at base away from adhesives but a very rare usage of these adhesives on letter. Cert. Jamet (1975).
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 950 CHF

    Lot# : 766 Ethiopia

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    Catalogue# : 1/II+1/III+1/IV+8+16/17
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    1905 (April 1): Document typed at Harar with violet handstamp at upper left "Administration Des Postes et Telégraphes Ethiopiens / Harar", with side one giving examples of the "Harar" Type I and Type II cancellations struck in blue, thereafter a list of the sequence of the "Ethiopie", "Bosta", "Malekt" and "Malekathe" overprints illustrated with examples of the ¼ g. green (5 stamps all cancelled by Harar Type II cds). Further examples from the 1905 issue are displayed (uncancelled) as the writer explains the 500 stamps issued in March 1905 of  5 c. on 16 g. black issued in March 1905 (two examples) etc. Signed at base of third page by the Postmaster, J. A. Michel. Not all the stamps appear to have genuine overprints, however, an historical and extraordinary piece.    
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,200 CHF

    Lot# : 767 Ethiopia

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    Catalogue# : 19/I
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    1906: '10' in violet on ½ g. pale red, used on 1906 postcard (of French Consulate in Addis Abeba) to Zurich tied by "ADIS ABEBA" cds in black (Jan 31) with French Somali Coast 10 c. red & black tied by Djibouti cds (Feb 13). Harar transit cds in blue  (11/2) at lower left and Zurich arrival (23/2) alongside. A fine and rare usage.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 260 CHF

    Lot# : 768 Ethiopia

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    Catalogue# : 18/I
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    1906: '05' in violet on ½ g. green used on 1906 cover to Grandson, Switzerland tied by "HARAR" datestamp in blue (July 16), with Somali Coast 25 c. blue at right tied by "Djibouti" cds in black for onward transmission. French Paquebot "Ligne N / Paq. Fr. No. 3" at upper right and carried on Steamer 'Oceanien'. Reverse of envelope with "Telegraphes Ethiopiennes" coloured seal and Grandson arrival (27/7) cds. A fine and scarce cover.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 440 CHF

    Lot# : 769 Ethiopia

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    Catalogue# : P10
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    1905 (Nov 11): Cover from Chicago to Addis Abeba franked by Lincoln 5 c. blue, reverse of envelope with Aden transit cds (Dec 3) and Djibouti cds (Dec 6). Third Issue Postage Due 1905 violet overprinted 1 g. blue applied and tied by "HARAR" cds (Dec 11) in blue. A rare and appealing cover. Cert. RPS (1975).
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,200 CHF
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