BOOKS on PHILATELY

Philatelic Bibliopole

Leonard H. Hartmann

Ethiopia 1867 - 1936,

History, Stamps and Postal History

by Roberto Sciaky

• 1999, 224 pages, 16 color plates, 200 black and white illustrations, cloth $72.50
• 2001, addendum, 78 pages, card, $30.00

In the last few years Ethiopian philately has aroused more interest than in the previous ones and this is due to the enthusiasm of some collectors and the activity of some associations. In this book the author has put together all the information collected from available sources adding also elements derived from his personal experience, research and discoveries. Inter alia, he studied the postal rates of the period 1895-1936 up to the Italian invasion, a difficult task due to the difficulty to reconstruct the main rates. This is due to the scarcity of documentation and availability of covers as well as the ontradictory information, which can be deduced from examination of covers. Some of the information here reported contradicts many important catalogues. They need some revision and updating in particular as dates and definition of the issues are concerned. In addition some catalogues ignore some issues which are rarely found on covers and report some issues which now are considered as fake or illegal. There are also some outlines of Ethiopia's history so that the collector can see the link between historical facts and the reasons for new issues. At the end of the book the appendices report hard to find information on topics such as cancellations, postal rates, sales of stamps of the early period and so on. English text.

INDEX

• An outline of the history of Ethiopia from Lucy to 1850
• The Emperor Tewodros and the Napier expedition (1855-1868)
• Emperors Johannes IV and Menelik II (1868-1894)
• The first Ethiopian stamps and the beginning of postal activities (1894-1899)
• The handstamp "ETHIOPIE" (1900-1902) -
• The handstamp "BOSTA" (1902)
• The handstamp "MELIKT" (1903)
• The handstamp "MILIKIT" (1904)
• The numerals issue and the Harar provisionals (1905)
• The new post offices of Dire Daoua and the two issues handstamped "Menelik"
• The shutting down of the Ethiopian post and the transition period (1907)
• The organization period and the admission of Ethiopia to U.P.U. (1908)
• The definitive set and the new postal services (1909)
• The Dire Daoua provisionals (1911)
• The Coronation of Empress Zawditu and the three 1917 issues (1917)
• The definitive set "Animals and Rulers" (1919)
• The provisional surcharges of the years 1919-1928
• The new definitive set and the two handstamped issues -
• The proclamation of Rasafari Negus (King) (1928)
• The arrival of the first Ethiopian aircraft to Addis Ababa (1929)
• The death of Empress Zawditu and the Coronation of Ras Tafari as Emperor with the name of Hailé Selassié (1930)
• The provisional low values and the new issue of definitives (1931)
• The inauguration of the first radio station (1935)
• The Italian

Ethiopia by Roberto Sciaky

• The History, Stamps and Postal History 1936 - 1974, 2003, 219 pages, cloth, $92.50
• Ethiopia from Tewodros to Menelik, Postal History from the Napier Expedition to the Independent Imperial Posts 1867-1908 A wonderful continuation to his 1999 book and the 2001 supplement, 2002, 160 pages, card, with floppy disk, published 60 Euro, $72.50

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