U.S. and Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
February 28-March 1, 2017

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #334
ETHIOPIA
1897 (13 Sep) cover (opened for display) from Harar, via Djibouti to Paris, mixed franking with 2x1g paying internal postage and 25c for the transmission to France, proper transit and arrival markings, minor cover flaws, still fine
Envelope
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #335
ETHIOPIA
1903 (13 Mar) cover from Harar to Paris, franked with the surcharged set of seven ("Bosta"), used in combination with Obock 25c, canceled 2 May, cover creases and toning, scarce
Envelope
Catalog #15-21
Price Realized
$240.00

Lot #336
ETHIOPIA
1904-6 handstamps and surcharges, five stamps (four diff.) incl. "Malekathe" in violet on 1/2g red, also 5c (blue) on 16c black, "Bosta" in black, plus surcharged "20" on 1/2g green and 2x "05" on 1/2g green, all tied by blue Harar 1907 postmarks on cover, little toning, part of backflap missing, fine
Envelope
Catalog #37,55,64,64a
Price Realized
$900.00

Lot #337
ETHIOPIA
1905 (17 Sep) registered cover from Harar, via Addis Ababa and Djibouti to Boston, attractive mixed franking with French Colonial adhesives, proper sequences of transit and arrival pmks, fine cover to uncommon destination, ex-Boksenbom collection
Envelope
Price Realized
$625.00

Lot #338
ETHIOPIA
1907 (10 Nov) picture postcard (Place Menelik in Djibouti), franked with pair of 1/4g surcharges "Dagmawi", used from Addis Ababa, via Djibouti, combination franking with 2x5c Somali Coast, sent to Belgium, with Brussels arrival pmk, fine (mail from second half of 1907 from Addis Ababa is apparently scarce)
Envelope
Catalog #71
Price Realized
$400.00

Lot #339
ETHIOPIA
1908 (22 May) picture postcard with mixed franking (Somali Coast), sent from Addis Abeba to France, fine pre-UPU usage
Envelope
Price Realized
$475.00

Lot #340
ETHIOPIA
1911 Dire-Dawa Provisional Surcharges, set of seven, n.h., fine-v.f., signed Brun, with 2000 Raybaudi cert. (YT 93-99)
**
Catalog #94-100
Catalog Value €1,400
Price Realized
$750.00

Lot #341
ETHIOPIA
1911 Dire-Dawa Issue surcharges, complete set of seven canceled on locally addressed cover, filing folds away from the stamps, fresh, fine-v.f.
Envelope
Catalog #94-100
Price Realized
$210.00

Lot #342
ETHIOPIA
1919-31 varieties, selection including 4g center inverted, three imperforate singles, 1m on 2m strip of five, four stamps variety upright "1", also 1g on 12g double surcharge, block of four, 1/2m on 1m flat "2" (2) in block of four with regular varieties; also Air Post 1931 1g-3t six imperforate singles (missing only 8g), h.r., fine-v.f.
Box *
Catalog #125/C17var
Unsold
Lot #343
ETHIOPIA
1940-46 group of nine covers, mostly commercial usage to USA, England, Cyprus, different markings, one originating from Sudan, flown and censored; another registered to Nairobi, huge franking on both sides, some obvious faults, useful group
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #344
ETHIOPIA
1943 Obelisk Issue, specialized selection with five complete sets of five, including one on large piece, canceled First Day of Issue, also additional singles, showing varieties such as thin "K", small thin "K", different fonts, color shades, l.h., also three unoverprinted strips of three, used, missing bar and other varieties, fine-v.f., cat. $3,000+ as regular stamps
Envelope *O
Catalog #258-62var,C18-20
Unsold
Lot #345
ETHIOPIA
1945 Suez Canal Conference, Roosevelt and Haile Selassie, set of five sheetlets of 12, n.h., v.f.
Box **
Catalog #278-280,C21-22
Price Realized
$240.00

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