Ethiopian Philatelic Society: a club for collectors of Ethiopia stamps

The Ethiopian Philatelic Society (EPS) is a non-profit club with its membership open to anyone interested in collecting postage stamps, covers, and related material of Ethiopia. The major service to members is our medal-winning, 20-page or more quarterly bulletin titled Menelik's Journal. Sample pages may be clicked on below and the January-March 2008 Menelik's Journal (Volume 24, No. 1) can be viewed in pdf format by clicking here . For more details about the history of the EPS and the benefits it provides, click on background. An application blank is also available for those interested in joining. Any questions that you have about the EPS can be directed to our Secretary-Treasurer Floyd Heiser at the above address or email him at fbheiser@comcast.net .

WESTPEX 2008 SPECIAL FEATURE

EPS President and Editor of Menelik's Journal, Ulf Lindahl, has developed a 3-frame exhibit titled, "ETHIOPIA--The First Issue and its Overprints on Commercial Covers: 1895-1911." The exhibit provides an informative history of the development of the Ethiopian Posts including many not well known details of the printing of the original issue and the subsequent overprinting of these stamps. His pages are filled with fascinating postal history items that are rarely seen and which many of us wish we had in our collection. The exhibit will be on display at WESTPEX 2008 being held in San Francisco April 25-27 at the Airport Marriott. Click on the link for frame 1 below to go to the first frame. Once there, click on each thumbnail image for an enlarged view of each exhibit page. A second click may be necessary to see the image at its full size. Once finished viewing the image, use your "go back to the previous screen" arrow at the top of your browser to return to the thumbnail page for the frame. The pages are in exhibit order going from left to right starting with the left image in the top row and then continuing left to right as you drop down to the next row (follow the page numbers). Once you are through viewing Frame 1, click on the link to Frame 2 to see the next frame.

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PROFESSOR SCIAKY'S EXHIBITS AVAILABLE FOR VIEWING

EPS's former Vice President Roberto Sciaky (now deceased) was a member of the prestigious AICPM (Associazione Italian Collezionisti Posta Militare) which issues the most important journal of postal history in Italy. The Society has its own website and as a feature of the site, collections/exhibits are available for viewing. The Association's President asked the Professor to submit two of his Ethiopia collections which include "Ethiopia 1909-1936" and "Ethiopia 1941-1952." At the Association's website you will have the opportunity to see some beautiful as well as very rare Ethiopia postal history items (all in color). Professor Sciaky did a masterful job of writing up the pages and they provide a wealth information on the postal history for those two time periods. If you are an exhibitor or have the desire to become one here is is your chance to visually see how to lay out an exhibit. Roberto's success in exhibiting at the international level is a testament to his skills in writing up an presenting a collection. The AICPM's website address is www.aicpm.net and once there click on the "Collezioni" link to view the collections. The introductory pages are in Italian but the rest of the collections are in English. Professor Sciaky's bibliography can also be viewed at the site. Click on the "Bibilioteca" link. While in Italian it is fairly easy to decipher.