Bird stamps from Ethiopia.

Ethiopia is a country located in the Horn of Africa. 

Introduction.

Ethiopia officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia is a country located in the Horn of Africa.

It shares borders with Eritrea to the north and northeast, Djibouti and Somalia to the east, Sudan and South Sudan to the west, and Kenya to the south. With over 100 million inhabitants.

Ethiopia is the most populous landlocked country in the world.

Ethiopia is the most populous landlocked country in the world, as well as the second-most populous nation on the African continent. It occupies a total area of 1,100,000 square kilometres (420,000 sq mi), and its capital and largest city is Addis Ababa.

Some of the oldest evidence for anatomically modern humans has been found in Ethiopia. It is widely considered as the region from which modern humans first set out for the Middle East and places beyond.

According to linguists, the first Afroasiatic-speaking populations settled in the Horn region during the ensuing Neolithic era.

Governmental system.

Tracing its roots to the 2nd millennium BC, Ethiopia's governmental system was a monarchy for most of its history. In the first centuries AD, the Kingdom of Aksum maintained a unified civilization in the region, followed by the Ethiopian Empire circa 1137.

During the late 19th-century Scramble for Africa, Ethiopia was the only territory in Africa to defeat a European colonial power and retain its sovereignty.

Read also: Bird stamps from Angola.

Many newly-independent nations on the continent subsequently adopted its flag colours. Ethiopia was also the first independent member from Africa of the 20th-century League of Nations and the United Nations.

In 1974, the Ethiopian monarchy under Haile Selassie was overthrown by the Derg, a communist military government backed by the Soviet Union. In 1987, the Derg established the People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, but it was overthrown in 1991 by the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front, which has been the ruling political coalition since.

Bird Stamps Issues.

Face value | Family number | English name | Scientific name

1919.01

  16.06.1919

  Definitives

12g

    2

    Common Ostrich    Struthio camelus

1925.01

  Surcharge on 1919.01

1g

    2

    Common Ostrich    Struthio camelus

1962.01

  05.05.1962

  Ethiopian birds

5c

    94

    Abyssinian Ground Hornbill    Bucorvus abyssinicus

15c

    86

    Abyssinian Roller    Coracias abyssinicus

30c

    37

    Bateleur    Terathopius ecaudatus

50c

    102

    Double-toothed Barbet    Lybius bidentatus

1$

    72

    Diederik Cuckoo    Chrysococcyx caprius

1963.01

  12.09.1963

  Ethiopian birds

10c

    159

    Ethiopian Oriole    Oriolus monacha

15c

    227

    Sahel Paradise Whydah    Vidua orientalis

20c

    37

    Bearded Vulture    Gypaetus barbatus

50c

    71

    White-cheeked Turaco    Tauraco leucotis

80c

    227

    Village Indigobird    Vidua chalybeata

1966.01

  15.02.1966

  Ethiopian birds

10c

    88

    Collared Kingfisher    Todiramphus chloris

15c

    91

    Blue-breasted Bee-eater    Merops variegatus

25c

    162

    African Paradise Flycatcher    Terpsiphone viridis

40c

    225

    Village Weaver    Ploceus cucullatus

60c

    69

    White-collared Pigeon    Columba albitorques

1967.01

  29.09.1967

  Ethiopian birds

10c

    9

    Blue-winged Goose    Cyanochen cyanoptera

15c

    9

    Yellow-billed Duck    Anas undulata

20c

    25

    Wattled Ibis    Bostrychia carunculata

25c

    185

    Lesser Striped Swallow    Cecropis abyssinica

40c

    109

    Black-winged Lovebird    Agapornis taranta

1972.01

  07.02.1972

  Ethiopian river craft

  4v set

60c

    25

    African Sacred Ibis    Threskiornis aethiopicus

1980.01

  12.02.1980

  Birds of prey

10c

    37

    Lappet-faced Vulture    Torgos tracheliotos

15c

    37

    Long-crested Eagle    Lophaetus occipitalis

25c

    35

    Secretarybird    Sagittarius serpentarius

60c

    74

    Abyssinian Owl    Asio abyssinicus

70c

    105

    Lanner Falcon    Falco biarmicus

1985.01

  04.01.1985

  Birds

5c

    14

    Harwood's Francolin    Pternistis harwoodi

15c

    45

    Rouget's Rail    Rougetius rougetii

80c

    91

    Little Bee-eater    Merops pusillus

85c

    225

    Red-headed Weaver    Anaplectes rubriceps

1989.01

  18.05.1989

  Endemic birds of Ethiopia

10c

    108

    Yellow-fronted Parrot    Poicephalus flavifrons

35c

    219

    White-winged Cliff Chat    Monticola semirufus

50c

    232

    Yellow-rumped Seedeater    Crithagra xanthopygia

1b

    159

    Ethiopian Oriole    Oriolus monacha

1993.01

  22.04.1993

  Endemic birds of Ethiopia

15c

    102

    Banded Barbet    Lybius undatus

35c

    219

    Rüppell's Black Chat    Myrmecocichla melaena

50c

    202

    Abyssinian Catbird    Parophasma galinieri

1b

    216

    White-billed Starling    Onychognathus albirostris

1998.01

  12.01.1998

  The Golden-backed Woodpecker

5c

    104

    Abyssinian Woodpecker    Dendropicos abyssinicus

10c

    104

    Abyssinian Woodpecker    Dendropicos abyssinicus

    = 5c

Read also: Bird stamps from Equatorial Guinea.

15c

    104

    Abyssinian Woodpecker    Dendropicos abyssinicus

    = 5c

20c

    104

    Abyssinian Woodpecker    Dendropicos abyssinicus

    = 5c

25c

    104

    Abyssinian Woodpecker    Dendropicos abyssinicus

    = 5c

30c

    104

    Abyssinian Woodpecker    Dendropicos abyssinicus

    = 5c

35c

    104

    Abyssinian Woodpecker    Dendropicos abyssinicus

    = 5c

40c

    104

    Abyssinian Woodpecker    Dendropicos abyssinicus

    = 5c

45c

    104

    Abyssinian Woodpecker    Dendropicos abyssinicus

    = 5c

50c

    104

    Abyssinian Woodpecker    Dendropicos abyssinicus

    = 5c

55c

    104

    Abyssinian Woodpecker    Dendropicos abyssinicus

    = 5c

60c

    104

    Abyssinian Woodpecker    Dendropicos abyssinicus

    = 5c

65c

    104

    Abyssinian Woodpecker    Dendropicos abyssinicus

    = 5c

70c

    104

    Abyssinian Woodpecker    Dendropicos abyssinicus

    = 5c

75c

    104

    Abyssinian Woodpecker    Dendropicos abyssinicus

    = 5c

80c

    104

    Abyssinian Woodpecker    Dendropicos abyssinicus

    = 5c

85c

    104

    Abyssinian Woodpecker    Dendropicos abyssinicus

    = 5c

90c

    104

    Abyssinian Woodpecker    Dendropicos abyssinicus

    = 5c

1b

    104

    Abyssinian Woodpecker    Dendropicos abyssinicus

    = 5c

2b

    104

    Abyssinian Woodpecker    Dendropicos abyssinicus

    = 5c

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3b

    104

    Abyssinian Woodpecker    Dendropicos abyssinicus

    = 5c

5b

    104

    Abyssinian Woodpecker    Dendropicos abyssinicus

    = 5c

10b

    104

    Abyssinian Woodpecker    Dendropicos abyssinicus

    = 5c

1999.01

  08.09.1999

  National parks (Abijata-Shalla, Nechisar, Awash)

  4v set

45c

    29

    Great White Pelican    Pelecanus onocrotalus

and

    12

    Helmeted Guineafowl    Numida meleagris

and

    24

    Marabou Stork    Leptoptilos crumenifer

and

    9

    Fulvous Whistling Duck    Dendrocygna bicolor

and

    57

    Spur-winged Lapwing    Vanellus spinosus

and

    33

    African Darter    Anhinga rufa

and

    22

    Greater Flamingo    Phoenicopterus roseus

70c

    94

    Abyssinian Ground Hornbill    Bucorvus abyssinicus

and

Not identified

and

    38

    Kori Bustard    Ardeotis kori

2b

    2

    Somali Ostrich    Struthio molybdophanes

1999.02

  30.11.1999

  National parks (Yangudi Rassa)

  4v set

80c

    2

    Somali Ostrich    Struthio molybdophanes

2001.01

  29.11.2001

  Endemic birds of Ethiopia

50c

    185

    White-tailed Swallow    Hirundo megaensis

60c

    57

    Spot-breasted Lapwing    Vanellus melanocephalus

90c

    230

    Abyssinian Longclaw    Macronyx flavicollis

2b

    71

    Ruspoli's Turaco    Tauraco ruspolii

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