Ethiopia Postage Due Stamp

Ethiopia · 1908 · 1/2 G

This is one of Ethiopia's first postage due stamps, featuring a simple design with the denomination '1/2 G' (Guerche) prominently displayed in the center. The text is in Amharic script, with the country name at the top and the denomination spelled out at the bottom. The design is functional, intended to clearly indicate the amount of postage owed by the recipient.

Issued in 1908 during the reign of Emperor Menelik II, these stamps marked the formalization of collecting unpaid postage in the Ethiopian postal system, which was still developing at the time.