ISSUE 178 - October 3, 2025 - Stamp News Online Magazine
Landlocked Countries
Ethiopia, Part 3
By Geir Sør-Reime
Ethiopia after 1974
September 12, 1974, Emperor Haile Selassie was deposed by the Derg, a Soviet-backed military junta, and after harsh torture he died in August 1975.
The Derg ruled Ethiopia from 1974 till 1991. In 1975, on the first anniversary of their revolution, a set of five stamps were issued 1975 to celebrate the fall of the monarchy. Stamps were also issued for the second anniversary of the revolution in 1976, and a definitive series of 18 stamps and showing the . . .
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