U.S. and Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
June 13-14, 2017
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #380 ETHIOPIA Postal Stationery 1896-1905 group of 13 used or unused stationery cards, various cancels, two used in combination with Somali Coast franking, from Harar, via Djibouti to Paris; one with Maltese Cross cancel, others canceled Entotto and Harar, fine group  | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #381 ETHIOPIA Postal Stationery 1897 1g Menelik postal card canceled Harar (20.4.97), addressed to Djibouti, with arrival pmk on back. The card was written in French by Alexander Bulatovich (A Russian Cavalry officer, member of the Russian mission of the Red Cross in Ethiopia, later a confidant of Emperor Menelik II, also a military aide during the war with Italy and the southern tribes. Bulatovich was the first European to provide a scientific description of the Kaffa province (conquered by Menelik II with Bulatovich's help). He was also the first European to reach the mouth of the Omo River. Among the places named by Bulatovich is the Nicholas II Mountain range. After Bulatovich's return to Russia, he resigned from the Army and became a monk of the Skeet of Saint Andrew Monastery on Mount Athos in Greece. He also visited Ethiopia again trying to establish a Russian Orthodox Monastery there. He was tonsured as Father Antony and became known as Hieromonk Antony Bulatovich) | Price Realized $675.00 |
 | Lot #382 ETHIOPIA Postal Stationery 1898 1/4g postal card sent from Harar (15 Apr), via Djibouti, with 10c added for further transmission to Paris, redirected to Ghers, appropriate transit and arrival pmks, card creases, otherwise fine | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #383 ETHIOPIA Postal Stationery 1901 1g postal card with violet Ethiopie handstamp, sent from Addis Ababa (11 Dec), via Harar (20 Dec) and Djibouti, with 10c added for further transmission to Switzerland, with Bern (21 Jan 02) arrival pmk, corner crease, otherwise fine | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #384 ETHIOPIA Postal Stationery 1902 1g postal card with Melikt black handstamp, sent by Henri Muhle, the postmaster from Addis Ababa (27 Nov), via Harar (8 Dec) and Djibouti, with Somali Coast 10c added for further transmission to Switzerland, with Basel (28 Dec) arrival pmk below, v.f. The official release date for this card was 1st January, 1903, so the one offered here is used prior to first day of issue | Price Realized $375.00 |
 | Lot #385 ETHIOPIA Postal Stationery 1903 1g postal card with Melikt black handstamp, sent from Harar (9 July), via Djibouti, with Somali Coast 10c added for further transmission to Switzerland, with Basel (29 July) arrival pmk below, fine | Unsold |
 | Lot #386 ETHIOPIA Postal Stationery 1905 1/4g postal card with Melikt black handstamp, sent from Addis Ababa (5 Mar), via Djibouti, with Somali Coast 10c added for further transmission to Germany (sent by Carl Bosch of the first German mission to Ethiopia) | Price Realized $400.00 |
 | Lot #387 ETHIOPIA Postal Stationery 1906 1/4g postal card with Melikt black handstamp, sent from Addis Ababa (14 Feb), via Harar and Djibouti, with Somali Coast 10c added for further transmission to Switzerland, with Bern (14 Mar) arrival pmk below, fine. The overseas rate was 1g, this card underpaid by 3/4g but escaped the postage due fee | Price Realized $240.00 |
