Scouts treating a patient
Piece details
Identity
- Piece codeStamp code YYYY.ENT.SS-PP — series code plus stamp order (e.g. 1900.CGH.01-02).
1973.ETH.02-01- SeriesThe set this stamp belongs to.
- Prince Makonnen Memorial Hospital
1973.ETH.02· piece 1 of 1 - EntityPostal authority that issued the stamps (country, territory, or historical entity).
Ethiopia (ETH)- Year / date
- 1973-11-01
- Face valueDenomination on the stamp; +n is a charity surcharge when present.
- 40 c
- Format
- Stamp
- TypeIssue kind. Charity issue = postage + voluntary surcharge (e.g. 6+4), not an overprint.
- Commemorative
- Colors
- Multicolour
- CollectionIn collection if you have it; Purchased if it is bought but not yet received (do not buy again); Wanted otherwise.
- ○ Wanted
Production
- Designer
- L. Peterlongo
- Printer
- Harrison & Sons Ltd.
- Process
- Photogravure
- PerforationsHole gauge between stamps (e.g. 12, 13½). Higher ≈ finer.
- Comb 14¾
- Quantity printed
- 100,000
Catalog numbers
- DomfilDomfil thematic catalog number (scouting).
- 973.28
- ScottScott catalog number (Americas).
- ET 667
- MichelMichel catalog number (Europe / DE).
- ET 753
- YvertYvert & Tellier catalog number (FR).
- ET 672
Notes
Four Scouts in campaign hats bandaging a patient in a white shamma on the lawn before a multi-storey hospital. Captioned Prince Makonnen Memorial Hospital, with Amharic above. Inscribed ETHIOPIA vertically, 40c, and Amharic at the left. Imprint HARRISON & SONS LTD and L. PETERLONGO.
Series history
Ethiopia issued a 40 cent commemorative on 1 November 1973 for the opening of the Prince Makonnen Memorial Hospital. L. Peterlongo designed the stamp (signed L. PETERLONGO); Harrison & Sons printed it by photogravure, comb perforated 14¾. The print run was 100,000.
Four Scouts in campaign hats treat a patient in a white shamma on the lawn before a multi-storey hospital. The stamp is lettered Prince Makonnen Memorial Hospital, ETHIOPIA, 40c, and Amharic, with the printer's imprint HARRISON & SONS LTD.
