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Regular Postage
1895-1899
27 Jan: Menelik & Lion
Unissued Stamps
Proofs
& Specimens
Menelik & Lion Covers
Ras Makonnen Seal
JA Michael's Lion
Chocolate Cards
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27 January 1895: Menelik II & Lion of Judah
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| Quantity Issued: 320,700 each 1/4G
307,500 each 1/2G
300,000 each 1G
309,000 each 2G
211,500 each 4G
220,650 each 8G
219,00 each 16G |
| Designer: J. Lagrange; Engraver:
Eugene Mouchon |
| Printer: Atelier de Fabrication des
Timbres-Postes, Paris |
| Printing process: Typography in 7
colors |
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1/4 G |
Gibbons |
Michel |
Scott |
Y&T |
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1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
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1/2 G |
Gibbons |
Michel |
Scott |
Y&T |
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2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
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1 G |
Gibbons |
Michel |
Scott |
Y&T |
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3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
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2 G |
Gibbons |
Michel |
Scott |
Y&T |
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4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
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4 G |
Gibbons |
Michel |
Scott |
Y&T |
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5 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
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8 G |
Gibbons |
Michel |
Scott |
Y&T |
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6 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
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16 G |
Gibbons |
Michel |
Scott |
Y&T |
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7 |
7 |
7 |
7 |
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In 1894, Ethiopia ordered from the Atelier de Fabrication des
Timbres-Postes in Paris, France, a set of seven values
depicting an effigy of Menelik II: ¼, ½, 1, 2, 4, 8, and 16
Guerche; and three values depicting the Lion of Judah: 4, 8,
and 16 Guerche. Of the ten, only seven were issued: the four
lower Menelik values and the three Lion of Judah values. These
were issued on 27 January 1895. Menelik II and the Lion of
Judah represent the tradition of the unbroken lineage of the
Ethiopian Solomonic dynasty that trace its roots back to the
marriage of King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba.
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