Ethiopia – Global Postcard Sales

Total: 16 postcards

Lalibela, priest
This vintage postcard was mailed from Addis Ababa in 1969. It has two stamps and mostly legible postmark. Other than minor corner abrasions, it’s in great condition. Grade: 1

Code: 20418001
Price: $8.00
Religious festivity
Card (Marzari) dates from early 1970s in Asmara, was never mailed, and is in as-new condition apart from minor aging on reverse. Grade: 1

Code: 20418003
Price: $5.50
Gondar, Bath of King Fasilidas
Unused 1970s card. Front is in terrific condition; reverse is beginning to mottle and age a bit. Grade: 2

Code: 20418006
Price: $5.00
Lalibela, Biete Giorgis rock-hewn church
1970s card produced by Ethiopian Tourist Organization. Unused, gently aging on reverse but in superb condition otherwise. Grade: 1

Code: 20418007
Price: $5.00
Addis Ababa by night
Card from early 1970s was never mailed, and apart from minor corner abrasions is unmarked and in very good condition. Grade: 2

Code: 20418008
Price: $7.00
Lake Sidamo, Galla women
This exotic postcard was bought new in the mid-1970s and still looks new today. Captions in Amharic, English, and French on reverse. Grade: 1

Code: 20418009
Price: $9.00
Addis Ababa, the Addis Ababa Restaurant
This unused card from the 1970s is nearly as-new, and certainly one of the less-common restaurant cards you are likely to encounter. Grade: 1

Code: 20418011
Price: $5.50
Gondar, Debre Berhan, Selassie Church
We genuinely would like to know which way is right-side-up but, you know, we have a 50-50 chance of getting it right. Unused card issued by the Ethiopian Tourist Organization in the 1970s. Grade: 1

Code: 20418012
Price: $3.00
Gondar, painting in Debre Berhan Selassie Church
Unused card. Grade: 1

Code: 20418013
Price: $3.00
Dek Island, Narga Selassie Church
Mailed in 1975 from Addis Ababa, with stamp and legible postmark. There’s a long crease on upper right corner. Grade: 3

Code: 20418014
Price: $5.00
Addis Ababa, Churchill Avenue
Card from 2010, not postally used but with a written message taking up all of the reverse. Grade: 4

Code: 20418015
Price: $4.00
Harar, shadow of a donkey
Unused card dated 2010. Grade: 1

Code: 20418016
Price: $4.00
Lalibela, Bete Abba Libanos
Unused card dated 2009. Bilingual captions in Amharic and English. Grade: 1

Code: 20418017
Price: $5.00
Addis Ababa, Haile Selassie International Airport
Unused card from the 1970s. Grade: 1

Code: 20418018
Price: $7.00
Addis Ababa, woman
The card was mailed in 1972. Stamp and postmark are missing, but there’s a bilingual Amharic/French airmail label affixed. Grade: 4

Code: 20418019
Price: $3.00
Sidamo, Gallo Girl
We resist saying this too often, but if postcards could talk … this one was typed out by a grad student to his professor at an American university, and the message is so familiar. Clearly the professor did not throw the card away, and we would really like to know how we wound up with it. That will forever be a mystery, but the card itself has its stamp and much of the postmark, and a crease through the upper right corner, and the whiff of history about it. Grade: 2

Code: 20418020
Price: $5.00

Total: 16 postcards