Rod, these stamps were reprinted in 1931 and all sorts of weird and wonderful varieties exist. The commonest is the inverted centre, and imperforate examples of all stamps exist. They were made exclusively for the philatelic market, as the first 1919 printing was pretty much error-free. You can't tell the difference with the naked eye with mint stamps so you're best to collect used with readable postmarks if you want the first printing.
Hiya Tim, thanks, Scott gave a clue to the varieties. Mine with smooth clear gum, had me thinking / assuming original. I hadn't put much value on my stamp, maybe a couple of dollars for interest only.
I love these stamps. Takes me back to around 1960 when my Dad bought me a kiddie's album and some stamps in Woolworth's. One of the Ethiopian stamps was shown on the first page (no-one had bothered moving on from Abyssinia in the printing process). I never had any of them, of course - one of the pleasures of collecting now is picking up these things that once seemed unbelievably exotic!
Hi guys, yes, the internet has shrunk the world somewhat, which can be a good thing too. I recall Djibouti stamps were similar in their exoticness..... :)
(For those unaware, the currency "dollar" has its roots in the Ethiopian term "Thaler" .)
I just spent some wasted minutes, trying to visually locate a stamp in Ethiopia, via the Scott catalogue, only to realise , on closer inspection, it was a stamp from Egypt.
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Posted 08/25/2016 9:43 pm
I think most of us share that good feeling every now and then 
