CONTENTS

* Preface
* Foreword
* Introduction
* Colour Plates
* An outline of the history of Ethiopia from Lucy to 1850
* The Emperor Tewodros and the Napier expedition (1855-1868)
* The Emperors Johannes IV and Menelik II (1868-1894)
* The first Ethiopian stamps and the beginning of postal activities (1894-1899)
* The handstamp "ETHIOPIE" (1900-1902)
* The handstamp "BOSTA" (1902)
* The handstamp "MELIKT" (1903)
* The handstamp "MILIKIT" (1904)
* The numerals issue and the Harar provisionals (1905)
* The new post offices of Dire Daoua and the two issues handstamped "Menelik" (1906)
* The shutting down of the Ethiopian post and the transition period (1907)
* The organization period and the admission of Ethiopia to U.P.U. (1908)
* The definitive set and the new postal services (1909)
* The Dire Daoua provisionals (1911)
* The Coronation of Empress Zawditu and the three 1917 issues (1917)
* The definitive set "Animals and Rulers" (1919)
* The provisional surcharges of the years 1919-1928
* The new definitive set and the two handstamped issues
* The proclamation of Ras Tafari Negus (King) (1928)
* The arrival of the first Ethiopian aircraft to Addis Ababa (1929)
* The death of Empress Zawditu and the Coronation of Ras Tafari as Emperor with the name of Hailé Selassié (1930)
* The provisional low values and the new issue of definitives (1931)
* The inauguration of the first radio station (1935)
* The Italian occupation and end of the Ethiopian Empire (1936)
* The use of Ethiopian cancellers by Italians (1936)

APPENDIX
* Identification of faked covers and postal cards
* The cancellations
* Postmarks and registration labels (November 1908-May 1936)
* The postal rates (January 1895-May 1936)
* The period of validity of the various issues
* Sales of stamps and mail forwarded
* The evaluation of covers and postal cards
* The postal organization
* The Ethiopian calendar and the Amharic numerals

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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.

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