Eritrea - Show Them Here

[kacyds]

Eritrea - an Italian Colony located in northeast Africa, bordering the Red Sea.

The three that I have in my collection are overprinted stamps of Italy.



Scott# 19 
Issued 1903-28
Watermarked 140 - Crown
Perf. 14
Typo.

[kacyds]

Scott# 20  Coat of Arms
Issued 1903-28
Watermarked 140 - Crown
Perf. 14
Typo.

[kacyds]

Scott# 36
Issued 1908-28
Watermarked 140 - Crown
Perf. 14
Typo.

[Dorincard]

The WWF maxicards have been probably manufactured entirely in Switzerland, but the stamps have been valid for postal use in Eritrea, I guess.


It looks like a hyena, it walks like a hyena, but...it eats TERMITES!

"The aardwolf (Proteles cristata) is a small, insectivorous mammal, native to East Africa and Southern Africa. Its name means "earth wolf" in the Afrikaans / Dutch language.[2] It is also called "maanhaar jackal",[3] or civet hyena, based on the secretions (civet) from their anal glands.[4] The aardwolf is in the same family as the hyenas. Unlike many of its relatives in the order Carnivora, the aardwolf does not hunt large animals, or even eat meat on a regular basis; instead it eats insects, mainly termites – one aardwolf can eat about 250,000 termites during a single night by using its long, sticky tongue to capture them.[5] "
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aardwolf

[Perfs14]

May 10, 2014 23:42:31 GMT -5 kacyds said:

Eritrea - an Italian Colony located in northeast Africa, bordering the Red Sea.

I was born there! In Asmara (or Asmera) in 1946!



The cathedral



Walking near the Cathedral with my Grandmother and Auntie

[Perfs14]

TYVM for all the 'likes'

[stampfan]

sign0173 Great thread

[dcstamps]

Thanks for starting the thread. Actually Italian Eritrea is one of my better collections, however I haven't had time to put together an album as of yet.

But I thought I would scan and share a few stamps.

Italian Eritrea

Scott #1-7

Eritrea officially became an Italian colony in 1890,  and the first stamps were issued in 1892.  As with most Italian Colonies, the earlier issues consisted of Italian stamps overprinted with the colony name. Here are the first 7 stamps issued by Italian Eritrea.  (unfortunately #4 has a nibbed upper left corner)

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Italian Eritrea

Scott #47, 48 and 49, 50
The first stamps specifically printed  by the Italians Eritrea in 1910.  Scott #47-48 were issued from 1910-1929 and featured the Government Building in Massaua.  Scott #49 & 50 appeared in 1914 and were used until 1928.  These issues depicted a farmer plowing in the field.

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Italian Eritrea

Scott #119-123 (I am missing the last two stamps in this set)
As mentioned above, most of the stamps for Italian Eritrea were overprinted Italian stamps, but there were a few very beautiful sets specifically printed for Eritrea.  This set is one such example, which was issued in 1930. 

The images were as follows (sorry, just noticed that they are out of order):

2c - A horse lancer

5c and 10c - A Postman delivering the mail

15c - A lineman, laying electric or telegraph wire

25c - An Askari (Eritrean infantryman)

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Italian Eritrea

Scott #158

This camel design was part of a set of photogravure stamps issued in 1934

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Italian Eritrea

Scott #159
This scene depicts Shark Fishing and was also part of set of photogravure stamps issued in 1934

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Italian Eritrea

Scott #179

In 1934, The second Colonial Arts Exhibition was held in Naples, and all of the Italian Colonies issued unique designs for the Exhibition.  Each colony issued a set of 6 regular postage stamps, and a set of 6 air post stamps.  For Eritrea, the 6 regular issue stamps featured a picture of Grant's Gazelle. 

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Italian Eritrea

Scott #C3 and C6
As mentioned above, in 1934, each of the Italian Colonies issued stamps for the second Colonial Arts Exhibition was held in Naples. The air post set from Eritrea featured two different designs.  The first 3 stamps in the set featured a Desert Scent with an airplane flying overhead, and the last 3 stamps in the set depicted a Airplane and a Globe, with Africa as its central feature.

 

[kacyds]

Very nice additions to the thread dcstamps!!! I think there were other countries that issued stamps like the two above.....

[dcstamps]

May 23, 2014 10:35:28 GMT -5 kacyds said:

Very nice additions to the thread dcstamps!!! I think there were other countries that issued stamps like the two above.....

In addition to Eritrea, Italian Somalia, Tripolitania and Cyrenaica shared the same "style" for this exhibition. Tripolitania and Cyrenaica featured the same designs, but the Eritrea and Italian Somalia sets were both unique to the Colony.

Michael

[kacyds]

I didnt think I was going crazy.......... or am I??

Anyways, thanks for posting that great information....