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1919, June 16
Designer: Walter Plattner Engraver and Printer: Busag Works, Berne, Switzerland Printing: Lithography; Sheets: 100 (10 x 10); Perforation: 11½ Scott: 120-134. Stanly Gibbons: 181-195. Michel: 64-78. Yvert: 117-131. |
174 | 1/8 g Slate lilac and brown | Sommering's gazelle |
500,000
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175 | 1/4 g Green and drab brown | Giraffes |
500,000
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176 | 1/2 g Vermillion and olive green | Leopard |
500,000
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177 | 1 g Brown purple and bronze green | Ras Tafari |
500,000
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178 | 2 g Ultramarine and yellow brown | Ras Tafari |
500,000
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179 | 4 g Turquoise and yellow orange | Ras Tafari |
400,000
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180 | 6 g Blue and yellow oragne | St. George Cathederal |
400,000
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181 | 8 g Olive and black brown | White rhinoceros |
400,000
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182 | 12 g Magenta and grey black | Somali Ostriches |
300,000
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183 | $1 Carmine rose and grey black | Elephant |
300,000
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184 | $2 Black and yellow brown | Water buffalo |
200,000
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185 | $3 Green and brown orange | Lions |
150,000
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186 | $4 Bistre brown and rose | Empress Waizeri Zauditu |
150,000
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187 | $5 Scarlet and grey black | Empress Waizeri Zauditu |
100,000
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188 | $10 Bronze green and ochre | Empress Waizeri Zauditu |
100,000
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Notes:
1. $2 not issued - cancelled copies are CTO. 2. Impring BUSAG BERNE omitted on $3. 3. Some values are known on grey paper instead of white. 4. The only know printed proofs are of the 8g rhino design which comes in different color combinations, variously reported at 80, 92, and 125 different. Other imperforates and varieties are reprints. |
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Revised: January 16, 2003