U.S. and Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
June 13-14, 2017
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #352 ETHIOPIA 1943 Obelisk Issue, handstamped surcharge in Amharic and English at top. At center is "3/11" and "1943" and each value surcharge is increased by 5 cents. A complete set of five, n.h., v.f., one of only 40 issued (intended for use as presentations to Very Important Persons by H.I.M. Haile Selassie I during the inauguration ceremony of the new Obelisk, erected as a monument to the Ethiopian Patriots who fell during the Italian occupation of Ethiopia, and where another obelisk existed before), ex-Clinton Geisler (Yvert €5,500) ** Catalog #258-62var | Price Realized $1,600.00 |
