Stamp data values used by Ethiopia for `design'

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338 distinct values used for design among 1886 stamp types.

Value Uses Things referenced
Menelik II 48 Menelik II
lion of Judah 32 lion of Judah
Simien fox 32 Simien fox (syn. of Ethiopian wolf)
Tragelaphus scriptus meneliki 26 Tragelaphus scriptus meneliki (syn. of kéwel)
Revolutionary Flag 19 Revolutionary Flag (syn. of flag of Ethiopia)
Emperor Haile Selassie I 18 Emperor Haile Selassie I (syn. of Haile Selassie)
sunburst Around crest 18 sunburst
Dendropicos abyssinicus 14 Dendropicos abyssinicus
black rhinoceros (2005) 10 black rhinoceros
Haile Selassie 1942 b 9 Haile Selassie
Canis simensis (1987) 7 Canis simensis (syn. of Ethiopian wolf)
Ensete ventricosum 5
Churches 4
Equus grevyi (2001) 4 Equus grevyi (syn. of Grévy's zebra)
Freedom from Hunger 4
President Mengistu 4
Capra ibex walie 3 Capra ibex walie (syn. of Walia ibex)
Eleanor Roosevelt (1964 Ethiopia) 3 Eleanor Roosevelt
Haile Selassie 1942 a 3 Haile Selassie
ICY emblem (1965 Ethiopia) 3 ICY emblem
ITU emblem (1965 Ethiopia) 3 ITU emblem
microscope & Ethiopian Flag 3 microscope, Ethiopian Flag (syn. of flag of Ethiopia)
Prince Tafari 3 Prince Tafari (syn. of Haile Selassie)
Shah of Iran and Haile Selassie I 3
throne 3 throne
boat on Lake Tana 2 boat, Lake Tana
Empress Waizeri Zauditu 2 Empress Waizeri Zauditu
Menelik a 2 Menelik (syn. of Menelik II)
Menelik b 2 Menelik (syn. of Menelik II)
Prince Makonnen 2 Prince Makonnen
Abyssinian Ground Hornbill 1 Abyssinian Ground Hornbill
Abyssinian roller Coracias abyssinicus 1 Abyssinian roller, Coracias abyssinicus (syn. of Abyssinian roller)
Acacia abyssinica 1 Acacia abyssinica
Achaea saboeareginae 1 Achaea saboeareginae
Acinonyx jubatus (1980 Ethiopia) 1 Acinonyx jubatus (syn. of cheetah)
Adadi Mariam (Oromia) 1 Adadi Mariam (Oromia)
Addis Ababa post office 1 Addis Ababa post office
Addis Abeba 1 Addis Abeba
Adioryx diadema 1 Adioryx diadema
Adis Abeba post office 1
Afework Gebreyesus 1 Afework Gebreyesus
Africa's first 787 Dreamliner 1 787 Dreamliner (syn. of Boeing 787 Dreamliner)
Africa's first B777-200LR Passenger Aircraft 1
Africa's first B777-F6N Cargo Aircraft 1
Agapornis taranta 1 Agapornis taranta
airplane over Magdala 1 airplane, Magdala
Ajora Fall - Wolaitta 1 Ajora Fall - Wolaitta
Alcelaphus buselaphus (1980) 1 Alcelaphus buselaphus (syn. of hartebeest)
Alestes dentex 1 Alestes dentex
Allium sativum 1 Allium sativum (syn. of garlic)
Allophylus abbyssinicus 1 Allophylus abbyssinicus
Aloe bertemariae 1 Aloe bertemariae
Aloe schelpel 1 Aloe schelpel
amaranth seeds 1 amaranth seeds
Amba Alaguie 1 Amba Alaguie
Amba Alaguie & Haile Selassie 1 Amba Alaguie, Haile Selassie
Ambo Sandstone 1 Ambo Sandstone
Ammodorcas clarkei (1980) 1 Ammodorcas clarkei (syn. of dibatag)
Anas undulata rueppelli 1 Anas undulata rueppelli (syn. of yellow-billed duck)
Aningeria adolfi-friederici 1 Aningeria adolfi-friederici
Artemisia absinthium 1 Artemisia absinthium
Asio abyssinicus 1 Asio abyssinicus (syn. of Abyssinian owl)
Asmara 1
Awash river bridge 1 Awash river bridge
Balistapus undulatus (1970) 1 Balistapus undulatus (syn. of Orange-lined Triggerfish)
Barbus degeni 1 Barbus degeni
bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus (1962) 1 bateleur, Terathopius ecaudatus (syn. of bateleur)
Batuana rougeoti 1 Batuana rougeoti
Begena harp 1 Begena harp
Beshela River Bridge 1 Beshela River Bridge
Bitis parviocula 1 Bitis parviocula
black-billed barbet 1 black-billed barbet
Black-finned butterflyfish 1 Black-finned butterflyfish
Blue Nile Bridge 1 Blue Nile Bridge
Blue Nile Fall - Gojam 1 Blue Nile Fall - Gojam (syn. of Blue Nile Falls)
Boeing 720-060B, 1962 1 Boeing 720-060B, 1962 (syn. of Boeing 720)
Boeing 767-300ER, 2003 1 Boeing 767-300ER (syn. of Boeing 767)
Boeing 787 Dreamliner, 2008 1 Boeing 787 Dreamliner, 2008 (syn. of Boeing 787 Dreamliner)
Book of Cultural Medicine 1
Book of Enoch 1
Bos taurus (1978) 1 Bos taurus (syn. of cattle)
Bostrychia carunculata 1
Boswellia papyrifera 1
Brassica carinata 1 Brassica carinata
Brucea antidysenterica 1 Brucea antidysenterica
Buda 1
buffalo (1919) 1 buffalo
C-47A Dakota III 1 C-47A Dakota III (syn. of Douglas C-47 Skytrain)
C. variabilis 1 C. variabilis
Camelus dromedarius (1978) 1 Camelus dromedarius (syn. of dromedary)
Canarina eminii 1 Canarina eminii
Canis simensis (1975) 1 Canis simensis (syn. of Ethiopian wolf)
Caprimulgus fraenatus 1
Capsicum frutescens 1 Capsicum frutescens
Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos (1991 Ethiopia) 1 Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos (syn. of grey reef shark)
Carum carvi (1993) 1 Carum carvi (syn. of caraway)
Castle of Fasilides (Gon.. Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin 1
Cave of Sol Omar 1 Cave of Sol Omar
CBE-Head Office Building 1
Cecropis abyssinica 1 Cecropis abyssinica (syn. of lesser striped swallow)
Chaetodon larvatus (1970) 1 Chaetodon larvatus
Chaetodon lunula (1970 Ethiopia) 1 Chaetodon lunula (syn. of raccoon butterflyfish)
Charaxes achaemenes (1975) 1 Charaxes achaemenes
Charaxes druceanus (1975) 1 Charaxes druceanus
Charaxes epijasius (1967) 1 Charaxes epijasius (syn. of Charaxes jasius)
Charaxes galawadiwosi 1 Charaxes galawadiwosi
Charaxes varans 1 Charaxes varans (syn. of Charaxes varanes)
Chlorophytum neghellense 1 Chlorophytum neghellense
Chondrostoma dilloni 1 Chondrostoma dilloni
Chrysococcyx cupreus (1962) 1 Chrysococcyx cupreus (syn. of African Emerald Cuckoo)
Cicindela petitii 1 Cicindela petitii
Cissus quadrangularis 1 Cissus quadrangularis
Clarius gariepinus 1 Clarius gariepinus
Commercial Bank emblem 1 Commercial Bank emblem
Corythaixoides leucogaster 1
Crinum abyssinicum 1 Crinum abyssinicum
Crinum bambusetum 1 Crinum bambusetum
Crocuta crocuta 1 Crocuta crocuta (syn. of spotted hyena)
Cross of Lalibela 1 Cross of Lalibela
Crotalaria laburnifolia 1 Crotalaria laburnifolia
Cuculloea Lefeburiana 1 Cuculloea Lefeburiana
Cuminum cyminum 1 Cuminum cyminum
Curcuma longa 1 Curcuma longa
Cyanochen cyanopterus 1 Cyanochen cyanopterus
Delphinium dasycaulon 1 Delphinium dasycaulon
Dese 1
dinke 1 dinke
Dorstenia barminiana 1 Dorstenia barminiana
Douglas DC-6B Super Cloudmaster 1958 1 Douglas DC-6B Super Cloudmaster (syn. of Douglas DC-6)
Dr Haddis Alemayehu 1 Dr Haddis Alemayehu
Dr Kebede Michael 1 Dr Kebede Michael
Dr Sindu Gebru 1 Dr Sindu Gebru
Dr. Robert Koch (1982 Ethiopia) 1 Dr. Robert Koch (syn. of Robert Koch)
dusky turtle dove 1 dusky turtle dove
Echinops amplexicaulis 1 Echinops amplexicaulis
elephant (1919) 1 elephant
elephant (1961) 1 elephant
embitta 1 embitta
Emperor Menelik II Entoto Palace 1 Emperor Menelik II Entoto Palace
Empress Menen 1 Empress Menen
Empress Menen face 1 Empress Menen
Epilobium hirsutum (1992) 1 Epilobium hirsutum
Epiphora elianae 1 Epiphora elianae
Equus africanus somalicus 1 Equus africanus somalicus
Equus asinus (1978) 1 Equus asinus (syn. of donkey)
Equus caballus (1978) 1 Equus caballus (syn. of horse)
Equus grevyi (1980) 1 Equus grevyi (syn. of Grévy's zebra)
Erer 1
Ethio Telecom 1
Ethiopian and Russian Tr..onal Musical Instruments 1
Ethiopian House Snake Lamprophis erlangeri 1 Ethiopian House Snake (syn. of Lamprophis erlangeri), Lamprophis erlangeri
Euphaedra neophron (1967) 1 Euphaedra neophron
Falco biarmicus (1980) 1 Falco biarmicus (syn. of lanner falcon)
Fallana 1
feldspar (2007) 1 feldspar
Frankolinus harwoodi 1 Frankolinus harwoodi
Gazella soemmeringi (1998) 1 Gazella soemmeringi
gesho 1 gesho
Giraffa camelopardalis (1961) 1 Giraffa camelopardalis (syn. of giraffe)
giraffes (1919) 1 giraffe
Graphium leonidas (1993) 1 Graphium leonidas
Graphium policenes (1993) 1 Graphium policenes
Guenete Leul Palace 1 Guenete Leul Palace
Guizotia abyssinica 1
Gypaetus barbatus meridionalis 1 Gypaetus barbatus meridionalis
gypsum (2007) 1 gypsum
Habera Waterfall - Bale 1 Habera Waterfall - Bale
Hagenia abyssinica 1 Hagenia abyssinica
Haile Selassie & Franklin D. Roosevelt 1 Haile Selassie, Franklin D. Roosevelt
Haile Selassie I and Addressing League 1 Haile Selassie
Harrar 1 Harrar
Heliocopris dillonii 1 Heliocopris dillonii
Hidassie Bridge 1 Hidassie Bridge
Hippopotamus amphibius (1985) 1 Hippopotamus amphibius (syn. of hippopotamus)
Hippotragus equinus (1989) 1 Hippotragus equinus (syn. of roan antelope)
Hiruy Woldeslassie 1 Hiruy Woldeslassie (syn. of Heruy Wolde Selassie)
Homoeogryllus xanthographus 1
hura 1
Hyaena hyaena 1 Hyaena hyaena (syn. of striped hyena)
Hypericum lanceolatum 1 Hypericum lanceolatum
Hypochera ultramarina 1 Hypochera ultramarina (syn. of village indigobird)
Ichneumia albicauda (1993) 1 Ichneumia albicauda (syn. of white-tailed mongoose)
IMO emblem 1 IMO emblem
Jima 1 Jima
Kabaro drum 1
King Sahle Selassie 1 King Sahle Selassie
King Sahle Selassie portrait 1 King Sahle Selassie
Kniphofia foliosa 1
Kniphofia insignis 1
Kniphofia isoetfolia 1
Kobus defassa (1998) 1 Kobus defassa (syn. of waterbuck)
Labeo cylindricus 1 Labeo cylindricus
Labeobarbus acutirostris 1 Labeobarbus acutirostris
Labeobarbus gorguari 1 Labeobarbus gorguari
Labeobarbus macrophtalmus 1 Labeobarbus macrophtalmus
Labeobarbus osseensis 1 Labeobarbus osseensis
Lamprophis abyssinicus - Abyssinian house snake 1 Lamprophis abyssinicus (syn. of Abyssinian house snake), Abyssinian house snake
Lates niloticus (2001) 1 Lates niloticus (syn. of Nile perch)
Laureate Tsegaye Gebremedhin 1 Laureate Tsegaye Gebremedhin
leopard (1919) 1 leopard
Letter of King Téwodros to Queen Victoria 1
lighthouse & ship 1 lighthouse, ship
Linum Usitatissimum 1 Linum Usitatissimum
Lion of Judah 1944 1 lion of Judah
lions (1919) 1 lion
Lippia adoensis 1 Lippia adoensis (syn. of Lippia abyssinica)
Litocranius walleri (1985) 1 Litocranius walleri (syn. of gerenuk)
Lophaetus occipitalis (1980) 1 Lophaetus occipitalis (syn. of long-crested eagle)
Lutra maculicollis (1993) 1 Lutra maculicollis (syn. of spotted-necked otter)
Lybius bidentatus (1962) 1 Lybius bidentatus (syn. of double-toothed barbet)
Lybius undatus 1 Lybius undatus
Lycaon pictus (1980 Ethiopia) 1 Lycaon pictus (syn. of African wild dog)
Lycus trabeatus 1
Macronyx flavicollis 1 Macronyx flavicollis
Malachius bifasciatus 1 Malachius bifasciatus
Malimbus rubriceps 1 Malimbus rubriceps
Maryam Korkor (Tigraye) 1
Maskal daisy 1
Medhane Alem Kesho (Tigraye) 1
meleket 1 meleket
Mellivora capensis (1993) 1 Mellivora capensis (syn. of honey badger)
Menelik II (1944) 1 Menelik II
Menelik II mausoleum 1 Menelik II mausoleum (syn. of Te'eka Negist Mausoleum)
Menelik II palace 1 Menelik II palace (syn. of Menelik Palace)
Menelik II statue 1 Menelik II statue
Menelik II with sceptre 1 Menelik II
Menelik Palace 1 Menelik Palace
Merops pusillus (1985) 1 Merops pusillus (syn. of little bee-eater)
Messenko guitar 1 Messenko guitar
motorcycle messenger 1 motorcycle messenger
Myrrnecocichla melaena 1 Myrrnecocichla melaena
Narga Selassie Monastery (Baher Dar) 1 Narga Selassie Monastery (Baher Dar)
National Bank emblem 1
National Palace 1 National Palace
Nations and Nationalities - Daasanach 1
Nations and Nationalities - Erbore 1
Nations and Nationalities - Hamer 1
Nations and Nationalities - Karo 1
Natl & Commercial Bank buildings 1
Nikolay Leontiev and Dej..ed Cross Balcha Hospital 1
Ocimum basilicum (1986) 1 Ocimum basilicum (syn. of basil)
Ocimum lamiifolium 1 Ocimum lamiifolium
Onototragus megaceros 1
Onychognathus albirostris 1 Onychognathus albirostris
Oreochromis niloticus (2001) 1 Oreochromis niloticus (syn. of Nile tilapia)
Oriolus monacha 1 Oriolus monacha
Oriolus monacha meneliki 1 Oriolus monacha meneliki
Orycteropus afer (1975) 1 Orycteropus afer (syn. of aardvark)
Oryx gazella beisa 1 Oryx gazella beisa
Ostracion cubicus (1978) 1 Ostracion cubicus (syn. of yellow boxfish)
Ostrea plicatissima 1 Ostrea plicatissima
ostriches 1 ostrich
Ovis aries (1978) 1 Ovis aries (syn. of sheep)
Panthera leo (1961) 1 Panthera leo (syn. of lion)
Papilio aethiops 1 Papilio aethiops (syn. of Papilio microps)
Papilio dardanus (1975 Ethiopia) 1 Papilio dardanus
Papilio demodocus (1975) 1 Papilio demodocus
Papilio echerioides (1993) 1 Papilio echerioides
Papilio rex 1 Papilio rex
Parophasma galinieri 1 Parophasma galinieri
Pepsis dedjaz 1 Pepsis dedjaz
Pepsis heros 1 Pepsis heros
Plumbago zeylanicum 1 Plumbago zeylanicum
Poekilocerus vignaudii 1 Poekilocerus vignaudii
Pomacanthus imperator (1970) 1 Pomacanthus imperator (syn. of Emperor Angelfish)
Precis clelia 1 Precis clelia
President Lt.-Col. Mengistu Haile Mariam 1
Procavia habessinia 1
Protea gaguedi (1984) 1 Protea gaguedi
Proteles cristata 1 Proteles cristata (syn. of aardwolf)
Protopterus annectens (1985) 1 Protopterus annectens (syn. of West African lungfish)
Prunus africanus 1 Prunus africanus
Pygoplites diacanthus (1991) 1 Pygoplites diacanthus (syn. of royal angelfish)
quartz (2007) 1 quartz
Ras Dachane 1 Ras Dachane (syn. of Ras Dashen)
Ras Dashan Mountains & Haile Selassie 1 Ras Dashan Mountains (syn. of Ras Dashen), Haile Selassie
Ras Makonnen 1 Ras Makonnen
red-fronted tinker bird 1 red-fronted tinker bird (syn. of red-fronted tinkerbird)
rhinoceros (1919) 1 rhinoceros
Rhinotyphlops somalicus 1 Rhinotyphlops somalicus
Rhynchotragus guentheri 1 Rhynchotragus guentheri
Rosa abyssinica 1 Rosa abyssinica
Rougetius rougetti 1 Rougetius rougetti
runner in front of maple leaf 1 runner, maple leaf
Sabian multicolored marble 1 Sabian multicolored marble
Sagittarius serpentarius (1980) 1 Sagittarius serpentarius (syn. of secretarybird)
Salamis aethiops (1967) 1 Salamis aethiops (syn. of Protogoniomorpha parhassus)
Sea of computus 1
Securidaca longepedunculata 1
Sedum epidendrum 1
Senga 1
Serinus atrogularis xanthopygius 1 Serinus atrogularis xanthopygius
Serranus luti 1 Serranus luti
Serranus summana 1 Serranus summana (syn. of Epinephelus summana)
Showa 1
Sinapis alba 1 Sinapis alba
Sommerings gazelle 1 Sommerings gazelle
Sor Waterfall - Ilu Abba Bora 1 Sor Waterfall - Ilu Abba Bora
Source of the Nile 1 Source of the Nile
Star Alliance - joined December 2011 1
State Bank of Ethiopia 1
Sylvicapra grimmia 1 Sylvicapra grimmia
Syncerus caffer (1998) 1 Syncerus caffer (syn. of African buffalo)
Tauraco leucotis 1 Tauraco leucotis
Tauraco ruspolii 1 Tauraco ruspolii
Taurotragus oryx (1961) 1 Taurotragus oryx (syn. of common eland)
Tefera Degefé 1
Temesgen Gebre 1 Temesgen Gebre
Terebratula abissinica 1 Terebratula abissinica
Terebratula subulata 1 Terebratula subulata
Tetraodon maculatus 1 Tetraodon maculatus (syn. of northern puffer)
Tezeke Bridge No 3 1 Tezeke Bridge No 3
Thammolaea semirufa 1 Thammolaea semirufa
The 'Golden' Building 1
The Four Gospels 1
Theropithecus gelada (1975) 1 Theropithecus gelada (syn. of gelada)
Thymus achimperi 1 Thymus achimperi
tom 1
Torgos tracheliotus (1980) 1 Torgos tracheliotus (syn. of lappet-faced vulture)
Traditional tableware & ..s of Ethiopia and Russia 1
Tragelaphus imberbis (1989) 1 Tragelaphus imberbis (syn. of lesser kudu)
Tragelaphus scriptus (1998) 1 Tragelaphus scriptus (syn. of bushbuck)
Tragelaphus strepsiceros (1989) 1 Tragelaphus strepsiceros (syn. of greater kudu)
Trigonia cousobrina 1 Trigonia cousobrina
Trinity Church & Haile Selassie 1 Trinity Church, Haile Selassie
Vanellus melanocephalus 1 Vanellus melanocephalus
Vidua orientalis (1963) 1 Vidua orientalis (syn. of Sahel paradise whydah)
view of Ankober 1
Viverra civetta (1975 Ethiopia) 1 Viverra civetta (syn. of African civet)
Wachent flutes 1 Wachent flutes
Walia ibex fighting 1 Walia ibex
warthog (1975) 1 warthog (syn. of Phacochoerus)
white-tailed swallow Hirundo megaensis 1 white-tailed swallow, Hirundo megaensis (syn. of white-tailed swallow)
yellow-fronted parrot 1 yellow-fronted parrot
Yoftahe Nigussie 1 Yoftahe Nigussie
Zebrasoma veliferum (1970) 1 Zebrasoma veliferum (syn. of sailfin tang)
Zingiber officinale (1986) 1 Zingiber officinale (syn. of ginger)