East African shilling (Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania usage only)

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East African shilling (Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania 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 Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania in this currency:

Denom	Usages	Selected stamps
1c	3	11/1/1922 brn issue=1922 d=King George V (1922 Kenya and Uganda lo) ... 1938 redbrn&blk issue=George VI pictorials d=King George VI & cranes
5c	13	11/1/1922 vio issue=1922 d=King George V (1922 Kenya and Uganda lo) ... 10/18/1960 bl issue=1960 official
10c	14	11/1/1922 grn issue=1922 d=King George V (1922 Kenya and Uganda lo) ... 10/18/1960 olgrn issue=1960 official
12c	1	11/1/1922 blk issue=1922 d=King George V (1922 Kenya and Uganda lo)
15c	9	11/1/1922 carrose issue=1922 d=King George V (1922 Kenya and Uganda lo) ... 3/21/1963 issue=Freedom from Hunger d=tractor plowing field
20c	16	11/1/1922 org issue=1922 d=King George V (1922 Kenya and Uganda lo) ... 10/18/1960 lilrose issue=1960 official
25c	2	4/1/1952 car&blk issue=George VI pictorials d=dhow on Lake Victoria & King George VI, 10/1/1960 issue=1960 d=ostriches
30c	44	11/1/1922 ultra issue=1922 d=King George V (1922 Kenya and Uganda lo) ... 4/24/1972 issue=UNICEF 25th
40c	20	1928 issue=1928 due ... 2/24/1975 issue=East African Game Lodges dt=East African Game Lodges d=Seronera - Tanzania Lion Panthera leo
50c	28	11/1/1922 gray issue=1922 d=King George V (1922 Kenya and Uganda lo) ... 1/2/1976 issue=East African Airways 30th
65c	4	5/1/1935 yelbrn&blk issue=George V pictorials d=Mount Kenya & King George V ... 10/1/1960 issue=1960 d=cheetah (1960)
70c	25	4/20/1942 issue=1941 ovpt=value//KENYA//TANGANYIKA//UGANDA oc=blk on=issuer=South Africa-70c ... 2/24/1975 issue=East African Game Lodges dt=East African Game Lodges d=Mweya - Uganda
75c	1	11/1/1922 olbis issue=1922 d=King George V (1922 Kenya and Uganda lo)
1s	1	1928 issue=1928 due
= 1sh	16	11/1/1922 grn issue=1922 d=King George V (1922 Kenya and Uganda hi) ... 1/2/1976 rose&multi issue=East African Airways 30th d=DC-9 Kilimanjaro airport
1.30sh	13	7/30/1958 vio&grn issue=100th Anniversary of Discovery of Lakes Tanganyika and Victoria by Burton and Speke d=map ... 7/31/1969 issue=Pope visit
= 1sh30c	7	6/1954 vio&redorg issue=1954 dt=Elizabeth II pictorials (1954) d=elephant & Queen Elizabeth II ... 4/4/1966 choc&multi dt=tourism (1966 Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania) d=Lake Nakuru
1.50sh	17	12/8/1969 issue=African Development Bank 5th d=Euphorbia resinifera (1969) ... 2/24/1975 issue=East African Game Lodges dt=East African Game Lodges d=Ark Aberdare Forest Lodge & elephants
= 1sh50c	7	7/13/1970 issue=9th Commonwealth Games d=Long-distance runner ... 4/24/1972 issue=UNICEF 25th
2sh	11	11/1/1922 graylil issue=1922 d=King George V (1922 Kenya and Uganda hi) ... 1/2/1976 issue=East African Airways 30th
2.50sh	28	5/17/1965 issue=ITU 100th d=ITU emblem (1965 Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania) ... 2/24/1975 issue=East African Game Lodges dt=East African Game Lodges d=Paraa Safari Lodge Uganda
= 2sh50c	13	1925 brn issue=1922 d=King George V (1922 Kenya and Uganda hi) ... 4/24/1972 issue=UNICEF 25th
3sh	8	11/1/1922 grayblk issue=1922 d=King George V (1922 Kenya and Uganda hi) ... 1/2/1976 issue=East African Airways 30th
4sh	1	1925 gray issue=1922 d=King George V (1922 Kenya and Uganda hi)
5sh	10	11/1/1922 car issue=1922 d=King George V (1922 Kenya and Uganda hi) ... 12/1/1972 issue=East African Community 5th
7sh50c	1	1925 org issue=1922 d=King George V (1922 Kenya and Uganda hi)
10sh	6	11/1/1922 ultra issue=1922 d=King George V (1922 Kenya and Uganda hi) ... 10/1/1960 issue=1960 d=Ngorongoro crater & buffalos
1£	1	7/1/1959 blk&redbrn issue=1959 official
= 1lb	5	11/1/1922 org&blk issue=1922 d=King George V (1922 Kenya and Uganda hi) ... 6/1954 blk&red issue=1954 dt=Elizabeth II pictorials (1954) d=Queen Elizabeth II (1954 Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania)
= 20sh	1	10/1/1960 issue=1960 d=Queen Elizabeth II (1960)
2lb	1	1925 brnvio&grn issue=1922 d=King George V (1922 Kenya and Uganda hi)
3lb	1	1925 yel&dlvio issue=1922 d=King George V (1922 Kenya and Uganda hi)
4lb	1	1925 roselil&blk issue=1922 d=King George V (1922 Kenya and Uganda hi)
5lb	1	11/1/1922 bl&blk issue=1922 d=King George V (1922 Kenya and Uganda hi)
10lb	1	11/1/1922 grn&blk issue=1922 d=King George V (1922 Kenya and Uganda hi)
20lb	1	1925 grn&red issue=1922 d=King George V (1922 Kenya and Uganda hi)
25lb	1	11/1/1922 red&blk issue=1922 d=King George V (1922 Kenya and Uganda hi)
50lb	1	11/1/1922 red&blk issue=1922 d=King George V (1922 Kenya and Uganda hi)
75lb	1	1925 red&blk issue=1922 d=King George V (1922 Kenya and Uganda hi)
100lb	1	1925 red&blk issue=1922 d=King George V (1922 Kenya and Uganda hi)

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