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Ethiopian birr (Ethiopia usage only)
Name: Ethiopian birr
Defn: 100c=1$=1br=1b
Symbol:
Code: ETB
Desc:
First year: 1936
Units of money:
cent c 1
birr $, b 100
Users of this currency:
Eritrea
(143 stamps, 1991-1997),
Ethiopia
(1670 stamps, 1936-2018)
Show with all usages
Denominations used by Ethiopia in this currency:
Denom
Usages
Selected stamps
1c
3
4/1/1936 issue=1936 provisional
...
4/2/1951 grn issue=1951 due
2c
2
4/1/1936 issue=1936 provisional
,
8/23/1947 blvio issue=1947 d=Trinity Church & Haile Selassie
3c
3
4/1/1936 issue=1936 provisional
...
7/19/1965 dt=development
4c
5
4/1/1936 issue=1936 provisional
...
4/27/2000 d=Cross of Lalibela
0.05b
4
12/2/2014 issue=Diamond Jubilee Celebration of the University of gondar
...
6/5/2018 issue=Churches 3rd Series d=Narga Selassie Monastery (Baher Dar)
=
5c
113
4/1/1936 issue=1936 provisional
...
6/20/2005 issue=Black Rhinoceros d=black rhinoceros (2005)
5+10c
1
5/8/1950 grn issue=Red Cross 1950
8c
4
6/22/1942 issue=1942 d=Haile Selassie 1942 b
...
8/28/1959 vio issue=30th Anniversary of Airmail Service in Ethiopia
8+8c
1
11/17/1951 issue=Industrial and Agricultural Exhibition 1951
0.10b
6
3/19/2013 issue=Golden Jubilee of African Union
...
6/14/2016 issue=Waterfalls 2016 d=Habera Waterfall - Bale
=
10c
136
3/23/1942 rose&ind&blk d=Haile Selassie 1942 a
...
6/20/2005 issue=Black Rhinoceros d=black rhinoceros (2005)
10c+2c
1
7/23/1963 viobl issue=Aid for the Disabled Fund
10+10c
1
5/8/1950 red issue=Red Cross 1950
12c
5
6/22/1942 issue=1942 d=Haile Selassie 1942 b
...
8/23/1947 issue=1947
12+5c
1
11/17/1951 issue=Industrial and Agricultural Exhibition 1951
0.15b
8
9/28/2006 issue=60th Anniversary of Ethiopian Airlines d=C-47A Dakota III
...
8/24/2017 issue=Gates of Harar d=Buda
=
15c
129
11/3/1943 issue=obelisk restoration
...
8/28/2005 issue=Sabean inscriptions dt=Sabean inscriptions
15c+2c
1
5/7/1959 red&ol issue=Red Cross 100th
15c+3c
1
7/23/1963 red issue=Aid for the Disabled Fund
0.20b
5
5/24/2011 dt=mosques (2011)
...
9/8/2012 issue=Ethiopian Writers 2nd series d=Temesegen Gebre
=
20c
104
3/23/1942 ultra&ind&blk d=Haile Selassie 1942 a
...
6/20/2005 issue=Black Rhinoceros d=black rhinoceros (2005)
20+3c
1
12/15/1958 viogray&red issue=Anti-tuberculosis Fund 1958
=
20c+3c
1
5/7/1959 grn&vio issue=Red Cross 100th
0.25b
2
8/26/2014 issue=Dallol - Erta Ale
,
1/28/2016 issue=70th Anniversary of Ethiopian National Archives and Library Agency d=Letter of King Téwodros to Queen Victoria
=
25c
74
4/1/1943 issue=1942 d=Haile Selassie 1942 b
...
6/20/2005 issue=Black Rhinoceros d=black rhinoceros (2005)
25+4c
1
12/15/1958 issue=Anti-tuberculosis Fund 1958
25+10c
1
5/8/1950 bl issue=Red Cross 1950
0.30b
2
12/30/2008 issue=60th Anniversary of Diplomatic Relations between Ethiopia and India
,
8/26/2014 issue=Dallol - Erta Ale
=
30c
81
11/3/1943 issue=obelisk restoration
...
6/20/2005 issue=Black Rhinoceros d=black rhinoceros (2005)
30c+5c
1
5/7/1959 rose&blgrn issue=Red Cross 100th
30+15c
1
11/17/1951 issue=Industrial and Agricultural Exhibition 1951
0.35b
8
6/9/2011 issue=Churches dt=churches (2011)
...
8/24/2017 issue=Gates of Harar d=Fallana
=
35c
49
3/15/1955 bl issue=Landscapes and Buildings
...
6/20/2005 issue=Black Rhinoceros d=black rhinoceros (2005)
35+5c
1
12/15/1958 redvio&red issue=Anti-tuberculosis Fund 1958
0.40b
15
9/28/2006 issue=60th Anniversary of Ethiopian Airlines d=Douglas DC-6B Super Cloudmaster 1958
...
4/26/2018 issue=75th Anniversary of the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia d=Tefera Degefé
=
40c
64
5/22/1963 grn&blk issue=Conference of African Heads of States
...
8/28/2005 issue=Surma hairstyles dt=Surma hairstyles
0.45b
15
6/6/2006 dt=endemic aloes d=Chlorophytum neghellense
...
6/5/2018 issue=Churches 3rd Series d=Adadi Mariam (Oromia)
=
45c
41
5/2/1967 issue=Expo 67
...
8/28/2005 issue=Sabean inscriptions dt=Sabean inscriptions
0.50b
5
3/19/2013 d=Churches
...
12/28/2018 issue=120th Anniversary of the Establishment of Ethiopia and Russia Diplomatic Relationships d=Nikolay Leontiev and Dejazmach Balcha Safo - Russian Red Cross Balcha Hospital
=
50c
114
4/1/1943 issue=1942 d=Haile Selassie 1942 b
...
12/12/2002 issue=2002 d=Tragelaphus scriptus meneliki
50c+5c
1
7/23/1963 grn issue=Aid for the Disabled Fund
50+10c
1
5/8/1950 brn issue=Red Cross 1950
0.55b
5
6/6/2006 dt=endemic aloes d=Aloe bertemariae
...
10/12/2010 issue=75th Anniversary of Ethiopian Red Cross Society
=
55c
41
11/5/1973 issue=1973 d=Emperor Haile Selassie I
...
11/27/2003 dt=plants (2003 Ethiopia) d=Kniphofia insignis
0.60b
7
11/15/2007 issue=Ethiopian Millennium
...
8/31/2018 issue=Ethio-Djibouti Electrified Railway Train
=
60c
85
4/1/1943 issue=1942 d=Haile Selassie 1942 b
...
12/28/2004 dt=gesho plant
60c+5c
1
7/23/1963 vio issue=Aid for the Disabled Fund
60+7c
1
12/15/1958 ultra&red issue=Anti-tuberculosis Fund 1958
0.65b
2
6/9/2011 issue=Churches dt=churches (2011)
,
8/26/2014 issue=Dallol - Erta Ale
=
65c
20
12/31/1944 bisbrn issue=Menelik II 100th d=Menelik II with sceptre
...
12/12/2002 issue=2002 d=Tragelaphus scriptus meneliki
65+7c
1
12/15/1958 dkvio&red issue=Anti-tuberculosis Fund 1958
0.70b
1
12/30/2008 issue=60th Anniversary of Diplomatic Relations between Ethiopia and India
=
70c
39
4/18/1947 issue=Ethiopian post 50th
...
12/12/2002 issue=2002
70+70c
1
11/17/1951 issue=Industrial and Agricultural Exhibition 1951
75c
15
11/2/1962 issue=Haile Selassie reign 32nd
...
7/27/2004 dt=marble
0.80b
4
5/24/2011 dt=mosques (2011)
...
9/8/2012 issue=Ethiopian Writers 2nd series d=Hiruy Woldeslassie
=
80c
72
5/5/1949 issue=liberation 8th
...
3/11/2004 dt=amaranths
80+9c
1
12/15/1958 redvio&red issue=Anti-tuberculosis Fund 1958
85c
32
6/3/1983 issue=International Maritime Organization 25th d=IMO emblem
...
12/14/2000 issue=50th Anniversary of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
90c
20
11/5/1973 issue=1973 d=Emperor Haile Selassie I
...
6/27/2002 dt=trees (2002 Ethiopia) d=Aningeria adolfi-friederici
95c
3
10/26/2000 dt=Flags of Ethiopia
...
9/7/2004 issue=FIFA 100th
$1
9
8/7/1945 issue=Victory
...
11/2/1962 issue=Haile Selassie reign 32nd
=
1.00b
24
9/28/2006 issue=60th Anniversary of Ethiopian Airlines d=Boeing 767-300ER, 2003
...
12/28/2018 issue=120th Anniversary of the Establishment of Ethiopia and Russia Diplomatic Relationships d=Ethiopian and Russian Traditional Musical Instruments
=
1$
16
8/23/1947 bl issue=1947 air d=Source of the Nile
...
9/13/1976 issue=1976 d=sunburst Around crest
=
1b
125
9/8/1978 issue=4th Anniversary of Revolution
...
12/28/2004 dt=gesho plant
$1+10c
1
5/8/1950 vio issue=Red Cross 1950
1$+80c
1
11/17/1951 issue=Industrial and Agricultural Exhibition 1951
1.50b
1
11/6/2016 issue=75th Anniversary of Ethiopian Patriots Victory
$2
2
5/23/1947 issue=Franklin D. Roosevelt memorial
,
9/11/1952 issue=Eritrea federation
=
2.00b
27
9/28/2006 issue=60th Anniversary of Ethiopian Airlines d=Boeing 787 Dreamliner, 2008
...
12/28/2018 issue=120th Anniversary of the Establishment of Ethiopia and Russia Diplomatic Relationships d=Castle of Fasilides (Gondar) and Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin
=
2$
3
3/20/1947
...
9/13/1976 issue=1976 d=sunburst Around crest
=
2b
38
7/4/1986 issue=12th Anniversary of Discovery of Oldest Known Hominid Skeleton
...
12/28/2004 dt=gesho plant
$3
1
8/23/1947 issue=1947
=
3.00b
24
8/28/2005 issue=Sabean inscriptions dt=Sabean inscriptions
...
12/28/2018 issue=120th Anniversary of the Establishment of Ethiopia and Russia Diplomatic Relationships d=Traditional tableware & household appliances of Ethiopia and Russia
=
3$
3
1947 issue=1947 air
...
9/13/1976 issue=1976 d=sunburst Around crest
=
3b
9
4/30/1990 issue=1990 d=Revolutionary Flag
...
12/7/2004 issue=Olympics 2004
4.00b
12
6/20/2005 issue=Black Rhinoceros d=black rhinoceros (2005)
...
6/5/2018 issue=Churches 3rd Series d=Maryam Korkor (Tigraye)
=
4b
1
11/30/2000 issue=50th Anniversary of Addis Ababa University
$5
2
8/23/1947 ol issue=1947 d=Ras Dashan Mountains & Haile Selassie
,
9/11/1952 issue=Eritrea federation
=
5.00b
1
3/21/2017 issue=Fishes 2017 d=Labeobarbus osseensis
=
5$
3
8/23/1947 lil issue=1947 air d=airplane over Magdala
...
9/13/1976 issue=1976 d=sunburst Around crest
10$
1
8/23/1947 pur issue=1947 air d=Ras Dachane
15$
2
12/24/1971 issue=Tourism 1971
Used by 1670 stamps of Ethiopia:
(See all uses as list)
4/1/1936 1c issue=1936 provisional perf=12x12.5
4/1/1936 2c issue=1936 provisional perf=12x12.5
4/1/1936 3c issue=1936 provisional perf=12x12.5
4/1/1936 4c issue=1936 provisional
4/1/1936 5c issue=1936 provisional perf=12x12.5
3/23/1942 20c ultra&ind&blk d=Haile Selassie 1942 a perf=14x13.5
3/23/1942 10c rose&ind&blk d=Haile Selassie 1942 a perf=14x13.5
3/23/1942 4c ltblgrn&ind&blk d=Haile Selassie 1942 a perf=14x13.5
6/22/1942 20c issue=1942 d=Haile Selassie 1942 b perf=14x13.5
6/22/1942 12c issue=1942 d=Haile Selassie 1942 b perf=14x13.5
6/22/1942 10c issue=1942 d=Haile Selassie 1942 b perf=14x13.5
6/22/1942 8c issue=1942 d=Haile Selassie 1942 b
6/22/1942 4c ltblgrn&ind issue=1942 d=Haile Selassie 1942 b perf=14x13.5
4/1/1943 60c issue=1942 d=Haile Selassie 1942 b perf=14x13.5
4/1/1943 50c issue=1942 d=Haile Selassie 1942 b perf=14x13.5
4/1/1943 25c issue=1942 d=Haile Selassie 1942 b perf=14x13.5
11/3/1943 5c issue=obelisk restoration perf=14x13.5
11/3/1943 10c issue=obelisk restoration perf=14x13.5
11/3/1943 15c issue=obelisk restoration perf=14x13.5
11/3/1943 20c issue=obelisk restoration perf=14x13.5
11/3/1943 30c issue=obelisk restoration perf=14x13.5
12/31/1944 10c redlil issue=Menelik II 100th d=Menelik II 1944
12/31/1944 5c grn issue=Menelik II 100th d=Menelik II palace
12/31/1944 20c dpbl issue=Menelik II 100th d=Menelik II statue
12/31/1944 65c bisbrn issue=Menelik II 100th d=Menelik II with sceptre
... skipping 1620 ...
3/21/2017 0.45b issue=Fishes 2017 d=Labeobarbus gorguari perf=13.5
3/21/2017 1.00b issue=Fishes 2017 d=Labeobarbus acutirostris perf=13.5
3/21/2017 5.00b issue=Fishes 2017 d=Labeobarbus osseensis perf=13.5
8/24/2017 0.15b issue=Gates of Harar d=Buda perf=14
8/24/2017 0.35b issue=Gates of Harar d=Fallana perf=14
8/24/2017 1.00b issue=Gates of Harar d=Senga perf=14
8/24/2017 2.00b issue=Gates of Harar d=Showa perf=14
8/24/2017 3.00b issue=Gates of Harar d=Erer perf=14
4/26/2018 0.40b issue=75th Anniversary of the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia d=Tefera Degefé perf=14
4/26/2018 0.50b issue=75th Anniversary of the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia d=State Bank of Ethiopia perf=14
4/26/2018 0.60b issue=75th Anniversary of the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia d=The 'Golden' Building perf=14
4/26/2018 2.00b issue=75th Anniversary of the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia d=CBE-Head Office Building perf=14
4/26/2018 3.00b issue=75th Anniversary of the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia perf=14
6/5/2018 0.05b issue=Churches 3rd Series d=Narga Selassie Monastery (Baher Dar)
6/5/2018 0.45b issue=Churches 3rd Series d=Adadi Mariam (Oromia)
6/5/2018 2.00b issue=Churches 3rd Series d=Medhane Alem Kesho (Tigraye)
6/5/2018 4.00b issue=Churches 3rd Series d=Maryam Korkor (Tigraye)
8/31/2018 0.60b issue=Ethio-Djibouti Electrified Railway Train perf=13
8/31/2018 1.00b issue=Ethio-Djibouti Electrified Railway Train perf=13
8/31/2018 2.00b issue=Ethio-Djibouti Electrified Railway Train perf=13
8/31/2018 3.00b issue=Ethio-Djibouti Electrified Railway Train perf=13
12/28/2018 0.50b issue=120th Anniversary of the Establishment of Ethiopia and Russia Diplomatic Relationships d=Nikolay Leontiev and Dejazmach Balcha Safo - Russian Red Cross Balcha Hospital perf=13
12/28/2018 1.00b issue=120th Anniversary of the Establishment of Ethiopia and Russia Diplomatic Relationships d=Ethiopian and Russian Traditional Musical Instruments perf=13
12/28/2018 2.00b issue=120th Anniversary of the Establishment of Ethiopia and Russia Diplomatic Relationships d=Castle of Fasilides (Gondar) and Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin perf=13
12/28/2018 3.00b issue=120th Anniversary of the Establishment of Ethiopia and Russia Diplomatic Relationships d=Traditional tableware & household appliances of Ethiopia and Russia perf=13
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