Philatelic Bookshop

General catalogue
with recent updates

Philately and postal history, postcards, catalogues, colonies, forgeries, fiscals, handbooks, air mail, maritime and military, preadhesive, postal rates, thematics, numismatics and general collecting.

Pdf download

Browse the catalogue


Cod. 1549E
EUR 60,00
Special Price
EUR 42,00


Roberto Sciaky
ETHIOPIA FROM TEWODROS TO MENELIK
Postal history from the Napier Expedition to the Independent Imperial Post 1867-1908 con floppy disk

160 pp. - 132 b/w ill. - format cm 21x29,7 - softbound - printed 2002
series "History through documents"
English text

ALSO AS FREE BOOK (class B)

ISBN: 88-85335-48-9
978-88-85335-48-6
Since the publication of the addendum it seemed necessary to have a more global, complete and detailed vision of the postal history of the early period (1867-1908) and to correct prior information that seemed incorrect. Thanks to the results of recent researches this task has been now achieved and the postal history of the pre- U.P.U. period has now been outlined in its essential features.

This completely 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includes many subjects not treated in the previous book such as detailed studies on the Napier expedition with some unpublished information, on Egyptian and Italian offices in Ethiopia, and a new study on the mail abroad by non-French means.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revised such as those concerning the years 1899, 1904-05 with the description of some newly found postal rates still unpublished and the organization period (1908).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 Djibuti, is also included. Reproductions, with a few exceptions, are new and unpublished.

An interesting peculiarity is the fact that a floppy disk 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.

A "definitive" text on the postal history of the pre-U.P.U. period of Ethiopia.

CONTENTS

NEW CHAPTERS
* 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 Expediton (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: the "Ethiopie" control overprint; the "Bosta" control overprint; the "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 organisation of the Ethiopian Post by a French staff
1929-2006. Born in Milan, after the war he took the Ph.D. in Industrial Chemistry and worked with Nobel laureate prof. G. Natta.
Afterwards, he worked in the pharmaceutical industry and for some years he was professor of organic chemistry at the University of Milan.
After retirement, he worked with many international companies in Europe and USA and with UNIDO (United Nations Industrial Development Organization) contributing to the development of some less developed countries.
Since his youth, he was interested in stamps collecting, his main interests being stamps and postal history of Ethiopia, Romania and Bulgaria.
He obtained gold medals for his postal history pre UPU (1867-1908) collection of Ethiopia at London 2000, Madrid 2000, Bruxelles 2001 and Japan 2001 world exhibitions.
His postal history collection of the UPU period (1909-1936) was awarded with large gold and special prize, and with large gold and special prize for the most beautiful collection of the postal history section at the Italian National exhibitions of S. Colombano (2002) and Sestri Levante (2003).
His Bulgaria collections were awarded the large vermeil at Ravenna (2004) and gold medal at Villa Manin (2005).
Other interests include modern graphics, classic and jazz music and sailing, making cruises in the Mediterranean sea.
GOLD - NEW ZEALAND LITERATURE EXHIBITION
25 giugno 2005
(Palmerston North, New Zealand)

LARGE VERMEIL - TEMEX 2003 (Buenos Aires)
8-13 dicembre 2003

LARGE VERMEIL - BANGKOK 2003 (Bangkok)
4-13 ottobre 2003

LARGE VERMEIL - TICINO 2003 (Locarno)
18-22 giugno 2003

LARGE VERMEIL - VASTOPHIL 2003 (Vasto)
30-31 maggio 2003
Nazionale italiana

VERMEIL - APS STAMPSHOW 2004
Sacramento, California (USA)
12-15 agosto 2004

VERMEIL - ESPAÑA 2004 (Valencia)
22-30 maggio 2004

Copyright © 2024 - 1996 Vaccari srl
All rights reserved