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  • Lot# : 753 Ethiopia

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    1896: 1 g. blue postal stationery card, registered 1896 usage to Zurich cancelled on despatch by faint "ENTOTTO" Type I datestamp in black, franked by 1894 Djibouti 10 c. brown & green and 25 c. rose & blue cancelled by "Djibouti / Postes" datestamp in blue (Oct 10). French Paquebot "La Reunion A Marseille" at right and carried on the Steammer 'Iraouaddy' (Oct 18). Zurich arrivals on obverse (Oct 30) in black. A rare usage. Note: The card is written by Alfred Ilg who helped Leon Chefneux establish the Concessionary Post Offices in Addis Abeba, Harar and Entotto, it is the sole recorded usage of this card with the Tyype I "Entotto" datestamp and the only known usage in 1896.
    Starting bid : 350 CHF
    Hammer price : 800 CHF