ETHIOPIA

ETHIOPIA / ኢትዮጵያ.

Mount Zuqualla and portrait of Emperor Haile Selassie I.
Airmail stamp issued on 11.04.1952.
Face value: 25 cents of Ethiopian birr.
Printing: Recess.

Catalogues
- Michel No. 310.
- Scott No. C25
- StampWorld No. 376.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 479a.
- Yvert et Tellier No. PA 24A.

Mount Zuqualla (ዝቋላ, also spelled Zoquala, Zuquala or Chuqqaala) is an extinct volcano located in the Great Rift Valley, in the Oromia region of Ethiopia. With a height of 2,989 m (9,806 ft), it is known for Lake Dembel, in its crater. Both the mountain and the lake are considered sacred by the Ethiopian Orthodox Church and by the pagan people of the Oromo.