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  • Lot# : 758 Ethiopia

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    Incoming 1905 (7 June): Cover from Vienna to Addis Abeba, franked on reverse with Austria 1905 25 h. ultramarine without lacquer stripes, tied by bluish black WIEN despatch cds with adjacent ADEN (19 June) and DJIBOUTI (29 June) transit cds's. On front the cover was charged with 1 piastre tax stamp, tied by HARAR cds in blue. A fine and fresh combination cover.rnNote: The addressee of the cover is Friedrich Julius Bieber (1873-1924), an Austrian, who visited Ethiopia three times in 1904, 1905, and 1909, and he is recognized as the leading ethnologist dealing with the Kafa in southwestern Ethiopia. In 1905, under the leadership of Ludwig Ritter von Höhnel, an Austrian public mission was despatched to Ethiopia. Bieber joined the journey as a specialist on Ethiopia and an Amharic interpreter.
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,400 CHF

    Lot# : 759 Ethiopia

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    1911 (15 April): Registered cover from Addis Abeba to Cairo bearing 1908 UPU issue 1 pia. on 1 g. blue, two single examples, the right one with an distorted 'piastre' overprint, in combination with Throne of Solomon ¼ g. green, a block of six on front, a block of ten on reverse, all cancelled / tied by bilingual ADIS ABEBA datestamp with R handstamp alongside, reverse with indistinct Egyptian cds (30 April).
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,100 CHF

    Lot# : 760 Ethiopia

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    Catalogue# : 207/211
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    1943: Restoration of the Obelisk and 13th. Anniv. of Coronation of Haile Selassie, the complete ovpt. set of five values from 5 c. - 30 c. 100 complete sets unmounted og. in blocks, part sheets and a few singles. Mi = € 50'000.
    Starting bid : 2,000 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 761 Ethiopia

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    Catalogue# : 207/211
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    1943: Substantial stock of "Obelisk" surcharged sets in sheets of eighty for the 8 c. orange, 12 c. violet and 20 c. blue (folded in half) and sheets of forty of the 4 c. green and 15 c. red, with the addition of irregular sheets of thirty-eight plus horizontal pairs for both (making 80 for each value), unused, original gum, fresh; additionally, a number of other larger multiples and the odd single (at least 65 examples of each value), some minor imperfection, overall fine to very fine and extremely rare multiples and quantity (145 sets) Mi = € 72'500+ as sets of five.
    Starting bid : 2,500 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 762 Ethiopia

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    1943: Obelisk, the Souvenir printed folder, containing the complete set of five values, each tied to the inside by 'Addis Ababa' 3 November 1943 First Day of Issue cancels, some creasing and soiling, scarce and most attractive Mi = € 500+ as used set.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 240 CHF

    Lot# : 763 Ethiopia

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    1943: 'Obelisk', full set, unused, original gum, with handstamped surcharge in Amharic and English at top, at center the '3/11' and '1943' and each value surcharge increased by 5 cents, the 12 c. and 20 c. have uniform diagonal creases, otherwise fine, rare; one of 40 issued which were intended for use as gifts for VIPS from H.I.M. Haile Selassie I, presented during the inauguration ceremony of the new Obelisk erected as a monument to the Ethiopian patriots who fell during the Italian occupation of Ethiopia; signed AS Bolaffi in margins. Not listed in Michel Cert. Raybaudi (2005) Yvert = € 5,500.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,000 CHF

    Lot# : 764 Ethiopia

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    1943: 'Obelisk', the Souvenir folder containing the full set of the five values handstamped surcharge in Amharic and English at top, at center the '3/11' and '1943' and each value surcharge increased by 5 cents, tied by 'Addis Ababa' datestamp 4 November 1943, some creasing to folder and soiling, otherwise fine, a rare survivor; one of 40 sets with the handstamped surcharge which were intended as gifts for VIPS from H.I.M. Haile Selassie I, normally found in unused sets.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,100 CHF

    Lot# : 765 Ethiopia

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    1894/1981: Comprehesive dealer stock of stamps, predominately unused, comprising one large and two smaller stock books, includes complete run of sets, much never hinged especially the later and modern issues, as well as a number of envelopes with sets and unsorted, also a folder album containing specialised and scarcer examples, noted several sets of the 1943 'Obelisk' two with varieties and first day souvenir booklet, duplication in places, condition is fine to very fine, a substantial holding.
    Starting bid : 600 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,100 CHF

    Lot# : 766 Ethiopia

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    1894/1908: Group of five postal stationery cards, comprising set of three values unused ¼ g. green,  ½ g. orange and 1 g. blue, with used examples of the ¼ g. green and ½ g. orange sent from Entotto to Germany with handstamp blue cachet 'Printed Matter', fine and scarce.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold
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