East African shilling (British forces in Eritrea usage only)

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East African shilling (British forces in Eritrea usage only)

Name: East African shilling
Defn: 2000c=20sh=20s=1lb
Symbol: £
Code:
Desc:
Units of money:
cent c 1
shilling sh 100
pound lb 2000

Users of this currency: Aden (55 stamps, 1951-1965), Kathiri State of Seiyun (22 stamps, 1951-1964), Quaiti State in Hadhramaut (33 stamps, 1951-1963), British forces in Eritrea (43 stamps, 1948-1951), British forces in Somalia (22 stamps, 1948-1950), Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania (336 stamps, 1922-1976), Somaliland Protectorate (32 stamps, 1951-1960), South Arabia (2 stamps, 1963), Tanganyika (79 stamps, 1922-1962), Zanzibar (181 stamps, 1931-1967) Show with all usages

Denominations used by British forces in Eritrea in this currency:

Denom	Usages	Selected stamps
5c	5	5/27/1948 grn issue=1948 due d=++on=½p ... 5/3/1951 ltorg d=King George VI (1937 a) ovpt=B. A.//ERITREA//value oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-1950-1/2d-ltorg-King George VI
10c	5	5/27/1948 carred issue=1948 due d=++on=1p ... 5/3/1951 ultra d=King George VI (1937 a) ovpt=B. A.//ERITREA//value oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-1p-ultra-King George VI
20c	5	5/27/1948 brnblk issue=1948 due d=++on=2p ... 5/3/1951 ltredbrn d=King George VI (1937 a) ovpt=B. A.//ERITREA//value oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-2p-ltredbrn-King George VI
25c	3	6/1948 ultra issue=1948 d=King George VI (1937 a) ovpt=B.M.A.//ERITREA/25//CENTS oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-2 1/2d-ultra-King George VI ... 5/3/1951 ver d=King George VI (1937 a) ovpt=B. A.//ERITREA//value oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-2 1/2d-ver-King George VI
30c	4	5/27/1948 vio issue=1948 due d=++on=3p ... 2/6/1950 vio issue=1950 d=King George VI (1937 a) ovpt=B. A.//ERITREA//value oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-3d-vio-King George VI
40c	2	6/1948 ltbrn issue=1948 d=King George VI (1938 a) ovpt=B.M.A.//ERITREA//40//CENTS oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-5d-ltbrn-King George VI, 2/6/1950 ltbrn issue=1950 d=King George VI (1938 a) ovpt=B. A.//ERITREA//value oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-5d-ltbrn-King George VI
50c	2	6/1948 roselil issue=1948 d=King George VI (1938 a) ovpt=B.M.A.//ERITREA//50//CENTS oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-6p-roselil-King George VI, 2/6/1950 roselil issue=1950 d=King George VI (1938 a) ovpt=B. A.//ERITREA//value oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-6p-roselil-King George VI
65c	2	1949 brtrose d=King George VI (1939 a) ovpt=B.M.A.//ERITREA//value oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-1939-8d-brtrose, 2/6/1950 brtrose issue=1950 d=King George VI (1939 a) ovpt=B. A.//ERITREA//value oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-8d-King George VI
75c	2	6/1948 dkgrn issue=1948 d=King George VI (1939 a) ovpt=B.M.A.//ERITREA//75//CENTS oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-9p-dkgrn-King George VI, 2/6/1950 dkgrn issue=1950 d=King George VI (1939 a) ovpt=B. A.//ERITREA//value oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-9p-dkgrn-King George VI
1sh	4	5/27/1948 bl issue=1948 due d=++on=1sh ... 2/6/1950 brn issue=1950 d=King George VI (1939 a) ovpt=B. A.//ERITREA//value oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-1sh-brn-King George VI
2sh50c	3	6/1948 yelgrn issue=1948 d=King George VI & arms of Britain ovpt=bars bars//B.M.A.//ERITREA//2 SH. 50 CTS. oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-1942-2sh6p-yelgrn ... 5/31/1951 grn d=HMS Victory & King George VI ovpt=B. A.//ERITREA//value oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-1951-2sh6p-grn
5sh	3	6/1948 dlred issue=1948 d=King George VI & arms of Britain ovpt=bars bars//B.M.A.//ERITREA//5 SHILLINGS oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-1939-5sh-dlred ... 5/31/1951 red d=cliffs of Dover & King George VI ovpt=B. A.//ERITREA//value oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-1951-5sh-red
10sh	3	6/1948 ultra issue=1948 d=King George VI (1939 b) ovpt=B.M.A.//ERITREA//10 SHILLINGS//bars bars oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-1942-10sh-ultra ... 5/31/1951 ultra d=St George slaying dragon ovpt=B. A.//ERITREA//value oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-1951-10sh-ultra

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