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East African shilling (Tanganyika 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 Tanganyika in this currency:
Denom Usages Selected stamps
5c 7   1922 dkvio&blk issue=1922 d=giraffe (1922) ... 12/9/1961 issue=independence d=teacher
10c 7   1922 grn&blk issue=1922 d=giraffe (1922) ... 12/9/1961 prusgrn issue=independence d=nurse taking temperature of child
15c 6   1922 car&blk issue=1922 d=giraffe (1922) ... 12/9/1961 dkbrn&bl d=coffee picker ovpt=OFFICIAL oc=blk on=issue=independence-15c
20c 6   1922 org&blk issue=1922 d=giraffe (1922) ... 12/9/1961 orgbrn d=corn harvest ovpt=OFFICIAL oc=blk on=issue=independence-20c
25c 3   1922 blk issue=1922 d=giraffe (1922) ... 1927 ultra&blk issue=1927 d=King George V (1912 common)
30c 9   1922 bl&blk issue=1922 d=giraffe (1922) ... 12/9/1962 issue=independence 1st
40c 2   1922 brn&blk issue=1922 d=giraffe (1922), 1927 brn&blk issue=1927 d=King George V (1912 common)
50c 7   1922 grayblk issue=1922 d=giraffe (1922) ... 12/9/1962 issue=independence 1st d=raising flag
75c 2   1922 bis&blk issue=1922 d=giraffe (1922), 1927 issue=1927 d=King George V (1912 common)
1sh 6   1922 grn&blk issue=1922 d=giraffe (large) ... 12/9/1961 d=nurse & child & mother & hospital ovpt=OFFICIAL oc=blk on=issue=independence-1sh
1sh30c 3   7/1/1959 vio&redorg dt=Elizabeth II pictorials (1954) d=elephant & Queen Elizabeth II ovpt=OFFICIAL oc=blk on=issuer=Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania-issue=1954-1sh30c ... 12/9/1962 issue=independence 1st
2sh 4   1922 pur&blk issue=1922 d=giraffe (large) ... 12/9/1961 issue=independence d=Dar es Salaam harbor
2sh50c 1   12/9/1962 issue=independence 1st
3sh 2   1922 blk issue=1922 d=giraffe (large), 1927 issue=1927 d=King George V (hi vals)
5sh 6   1922 red&blk issue=1922 d=giraffe (large) ... 12/9/1961 ovpt=OFFICIAL oc=blk on=issue=independence-5sh
10sh 4   1922 dpbl&blk issue=1922 d=giraffe (large) ... 12/9/1961 issue=independence
1lb 3   1922 org&blk issue=1922 d=giraffe (large) ... 7/1/1959 blk&red dt=Elizabeth II pictorials (1954) d=Queen Elizabeth II (1954 Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania) ovpt=OFFICIAL oc=blk on=issuer=Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania-issue=1954-1lb
= 20sh 1   12/9/1961 issue=independence

Used by 79 stamps of Tanganyika: (See all uses as list)
1922 5c dkvio&blk issue=1922 d=giraffe (1922)
1922 3sh blk issue=1922 d=giraffe (large)
1922 2sh pur&blk issue=1922 d=giraffe (large)
1922 1sh grn&blk issue=1922 d=giraffe (large)
1922 75c bis&blk issue=1922 d=giraffe (1922)
1922 50c grayblk issue=1922 d=giraffe (1922)
1922 40c brn&blk issue=1922 d=giraffe (1922)
1922 5sh red&blk issue=1922 d=giraffe (large)
1922 10sh dpbl&blk issue=1922 d=giraffe (large)
1922 25c blk issue=1922 d=giraffe (1922)
1922 20c org&blk issue=1922 d=giraffe (1922)
1922 15c car&blk issue=1922 d=giraffe (1922)
1922 1lb org&blk issue=1922 d=giraffe (large)
1922 10c grn&blk issue=1922 d=giraffe (1922)
1922 30c bl&blk issue=1922 d=giraffe (1922)
1925 5c grn&blk issue=1922 d=giraffe (1922)
1925 25c bl&blk issue=1922 d=giraffe (1922)
1925 10c yel&blk issue=1922 d=giraffe (1922)
1925 30c dlvio&blk issue=1922 d=giraffe (1922)
1927 3sh issue=1927 d=King George V (hi vals)
1927 1lb issue=1927 d=King George V (hi vals)
1927 2sh issue=1927 d=King George V (hi vals)
1927 1sh grn&blk issue=1927 d=King George V (hi vals)
1927 75c issue=1927 d=King George V (1912 common)
1927 50c gray&blk issue=1927 d=King George V (1912 common)
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official 10/1/1960 5sh issue=1960 official serifs d=Crater Lake & Mountains of the Moon ovpt=OFFICIAL(serifs) oc=blk on=issuer=Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania-issue=1960-5sh
official 12/9/1961 5c d=teacher ovpt=OFFICIAL oc=blk on=issue=independence-5c-teacher
official 12/9/1961 10c prusgrn d=nurse taking temperature of child ovpt=OFFICIAL oc=blk on=issue=independence-10c
official 12/9/1961 15c dkbrn&bl d=coffee picker ovpt=OFFICIAL oc=blk on=issue=independence-15c
official 12/9/1961 20c orgbrn d=corn harvest ovpt=OFFICIAL oc=blk on=issue=independence-20c
official 12/9/1961 30c d=flag of Tanganyika ovpt=OFFICIAL oc=blk on=issue=independence-30c
official 12/9/1961 50c blk&yel d=lions (1961) ovpt=OFFICIAL oc=blk on=issue=independence-50c
official 12/9/1961 1sh d=nurse & child & mother & hospital ovpt=OFFICIAL oc=blk on=issue=independence-1sh
official 12/9/1961 5sh ovpt=OFFICIAL oc=blk on=issue=independence-5sh
12/9/1961 20sh issue=independence
12/9/1961 10sh issue=independence
12/9/1961 5sh issue=independence
12/9/1961 2sh issue=independence d=Dar es Salaam harbor
12/9/1961 1sh30c issue=independence
12/9/1961 1sh issue=independence d=nurse & child & mother & hospital
12/9/1961 50c blk&yel issue=independence d=lions (1961)
12/9/1961 30c issue=independence d=flag of Tanganyika
12/9/1961 20c orgbrn issue=independence d=corn harvest
12/9/1961 15c dkbrn&bl issue=independence d=coffee picker
12/9/1961 10c prusgrn issue=independence d=nurse taking temperature of child
12/9/1961 5c issue=independence d=teacher
12/9/1962 2sh50c issue=independence 1st
12/9/1962 1sh30c issue=independence 1st
12/9/1962 50c issue=independence 1st d=raising flag
12/9/1962 30c issue=independence 1st

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