Ethiopia, 1929, 1/2g Postage Due Stamp

Ethiopia · 1929 · 1/2g

This is a postage due stamp from Ethiopia, featuring a simple typographic design. The denomination '1/2g' is prominently displayed in the center, surrounded by decorative elements and inscriptions in Amharic script. Postage due stamps were used to collect payment for insufficient postage from the recipient of a mail item.

Issued during the reign of Empress Zewditu and the regency of Ras Tafari Makonnen (later Emperor Haile Selassie I), this stamp reflects the postal administration of the Ethiopian Empire before the Second Italo-Ethiopian War.