Ethiopia

The Italian colony of Ethiopia was established as the result of a war with Ethiopian forces in 1936. It was quickly made part of the Italian East Africa colony by Mussolini, which included the Italian colonies of Eritrea and Somaliland. Unlike some of the other regions in east Africa, the Ethiopians resisted colonial rule and fought Italian forces for years.

These stamps all depict the King, Vittorio Emanuele III. The head of Ethiopia at the time it was conquered used the title of Emperor – which seems like a misnomer to me. So when Ethiopia became an Italian colony, Vittorio Emanuele III was declared emperor. That seemed a little presumptious. I can’t imagine he used that title back in Italy and with other world leaders. Instead, he was just sometimes referred to as King of Italy, Emperor of Ethiopia, King of the Albanians, etc.

Note

It doesn’t seem like much, but only these seven stamps were issued for use in the Italian colony of Ethiopia since it wasn’t long before it became part of the Italian East Africa colony. From that point, stamps for that colony, Africa Orientale Italiana would be used instead. Those stamps are in my East Africa Colony album.

Contains 7 spots: own 7 – 7 unused, 0 used.
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Stamp Details

The table below lists information about the stamps shown on this page of Lighthouse’s stamp album. For more details about a particular stamp, click on its description. That will take you to the related web page of Colnect.

spot

own

catalog

subject

description

comment

The King in Ethiopia

1.1	✓	1	Vittorio Emanuele III	10c (dec 1936) definitive, yellow brown
1.2	✓	2	Vittorio Emanuele III	20c (dec 1936) definitive, violet
2.1	✓	3	Vittorio Emanuele III	25c (may 1936) definitive, green
2.2	✓	4	Vittorio Emanuele III	30c (may 1936) definitive, dark brown
2.3	✓	5	Vittorio Emanuele III	50c (may 1936) definitive, red
3.1	✓	6	Vittorio Emanuele III	75c (dec 1936) definitive, brown orange
3.2	✓	7	Vittorio Emanuele III	1.25₤ (dec 1936) definitive, blue

Footnotes

Spot refers to the postion of the stamp on the album page (e.g., 3.2 indicates row 3, position 2).
Amt. is an abbreviation for the face amount of the stamp.
Own indicates the stamp status: ✓ for unused; ✗ for used or canceled; ⭑ signifies I ordered one; ; ✨ indicates it was bought recently; ✠ means an auction bid is pending; and ◎ is used, and it costs too much for unused.
To search by catalog number, go to the search box and enter it in the catalog number box. However, it’s a bit broken; I need to fix it.