The Ethiopian Postal Service announces to the public that a new definitive stamp depicting Golden-backed woodpecker which is endemic to Ethiopia will be on sale in all post offices as of 12 January, 1998.

The set shall consist of Twenty-three denominations and the details are given below:

Denominations:

Birr 0.05, 0.10, 0.15,0.20, 0.25, 0.30, 0.35, 0.40, 0.45, 0.50, 0.55, 0.60, 0.65, 0.70, 0.75, 0.80, 0.85, 0.90, 1.00, 2.00, 3.00, 5.00, and 10.00,

Quantity:

1,000,000 2,000,000 500,000 3,000,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 3,000,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 1,000,000 500,000 2,000,000 500,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 and 500,000

Size: 28.56 x 39.23 mm including perforation

Designer: Bogale Belachew

Printer: Helio Courvoisier, Switzerland

Printing Process: Photogravureof Ethiopia Campo- Rodan 9 Rue du Lombard 13-I,000 Brussels, Belgium for Europe, Orders for stamps (in advance payment) to the Ethiopian Postal Service, Philatelic Section Post Box 1112, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia or to Philatelic Agencies of the Federal Democratic Republic British Isles and the Commonwealth Countries or IGPC P.O. Box 4107 Grand Central Post Office 460 West 34 Street New York City N.Y 10001 U.S.A for North Central and South America.