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.