Philatelic Bibliopole, Leonard H. Hartmann

BOOKS on PHILATELY

ETHIOPIA, From Tewodros to Menelik

Postal History from the Napier Expedition to the Independent Imperial Post 1867-1908

• 2002, 160 pages, 132 black and white illustrations, floppy disk having a data base of 763 covers and cards, in English, card $60.00

This new book includes many subjects not treated in the previous book such as detailed studies on the Napier expedition with some unpublished information, on Egyptian and Italian offices in Ethiopia, and a new study on the mail abroad by non-French means. One chapter devoted to the newly discovered early cancellors, a study on mail of the Italian-Ethiopian war of 1895-96, on the French Post of Harar and the use of its cancellors from October 1899 are also included.

Other chapters have been completely revised such as those concerning the years 1899, 1904-05 with the description of some newly found postal rates still unpublished and the organization period (1908). Each chapter includes detailed information on the known mail. A detailed report of all cancellors used in Ethiopia with all types and colours, including those of Obock and Djibouti, is also included.

A floppy disk provided with the book containing the essential information on all known covers, postal cards and picture postcards of the period 1895-1908 is enclosed to the book. The "List of Ethiopian mail" (Lem) floppy disk is PC and Mac formatted; Acrobat .pdf, Microsoft Excel .xls and html files.

INDEX

• The pre-philately of Ethiopia (1750-1894)
• The Egyptian offices (1867-1885)
• The Italian offices (1880-1890)
• The introduction of postal cards.
• The so-called postage dues of 1896.
• The Ankober cancellor (1896-1898)
• The Italian invasion of Ethiopia and the battle of Adwa (1895-1896)
• The beginning of the Ethiopian mail by non-French means (1896-1907)
• The independent Imperial Post (November 1908)
• Equivalence between the different catalogues
• The ''List of Ethiopian Mail 1895-1908'' with floppy disk.
• Revised or rewritten chapters with many new additions: The Napier Expedition (1867-1868)
• The postal concession. The preparation of the Ethiopian stamps (1893-1894)
• The beginning of the Ethiopian Post at the Harar Capuchin Catholic Mission.
• The cancellor of Harar -
• The beginning of the Ethiopian Post at the Addis Ababa French legation.
• The cancellor of Entotto (1895-1898) -
• The beginning of the Ethiopian Post.
• The opening of post offices in Addis Ababa and Harar.
• The first year of their activity (1899-1900)
• The Harar French Post after the opening of the Ethiopian Post office in Harar in August 1899
• The overprinted issues : ''Ethiopie'' control overprint, ''Bosta'' control overprint, ''Melikt'' control overprint
• The Ethiopian Post under Michel's direction.
• The changes of postal rates. The introduction of the Registration tax (1904-1905)
• The opening of a new French post office in Dire Daua (1906)
• The end of the postal concession.
• The postal activity of the Addis Ababa French Legation during the second half of 1907
• The organization of the Ethiopian Post by a French staff

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