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2p denom (#12224) (Sierra Leone usage only)

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Desc: 2p

Currency: Pound sterling (pre-decimal) (240d=240p=20sh=20s=1lb)

Numerical sorting value: 120


Equivalent denoms: 2d (43)

Users of this denom: Antigua (5 stamps, 1903-1938), New South Wales (31 stamps, 1850-1907), Queensland (25 stamps, 1860-1907), South Australia (25 stamps, 1855-1906), Tasmania (16 stamps, 1855-1911), Victoria (29 stamps, 1850-1906), Western Australia (14 stamps, 1857-1905), Barbuda (1 stamp, 1922), British Antarctic Territory (1 stamp, 1963), Cayman Islands (11 stamps, 1912-1969), Ceylon (5 stamps, 1857-1867), Dominica (6 stamps, 1903-1938), Gilbert & Ellice Islands (12 stamps, 1911-1965), Great Britain (3 stamps, 1902-1903), British forces in Africa (3 stamps, 1942-1943), British forces in Somalia (1 stamp, 1943), British offices in Morocco, British currency (7 stamps, 1907-1952), British offices in Tangier (6 stamps, 1927-1957), British offices in the Turkish Empire (2 stamps, 1905-1921), Guernsey (2 stamps, 1969), Jersey (2 stamps, 1969), German occupation of Jersey (1 stamp, 1943), Grenada (12 stamps, 1892-1938), Ionian Islands (1 stamp, 1859), Lagos (7 stamps, 1874-1905), Leeward Islands (7 stamps, 1902-1949), British consulate in Madagascar (5 stamps, 1884-1886), Mauritius (8 stamps, 1847-1863), Montserrat (8 stamps, 1903-1942), Natal (5 stamps, 1886-1904), Nauru (5 stamps, 1916-1965), New Britain (6 stamps, 1914), New Hebrides (Br) (8 stamps, 1908-1925), Niger Coast Protectorate (4 stamps, 1892-1897), Northern Nigeria (5 stamps, 1900-1912), St. KittsNevis (6 stamps, 1903-1938), St. Lucia (9 stamps, 1898-1938), St. Vincent (6 stamps, 1902-1938), Sierra Leone (19 stamps, 1872-1963), Southern Nigeria (5 stamps, 1901-1912), South Georgia (1 stamp, 1963), Trinidad (3 stamps, 1885-1905), Trinidad & Tobago (4 stamps, 1922-1923), Tristan da Cunha (6 stamps, 1952-1965), Turks & Caicos Islands (17 stamps, 1900-1968), Virgin Islands (4 stamps, 1904-1938), Zululand (1 stamp, 1888) Show with all usages

Used by 19 stamps of Sierra Leone: (See all uses as list)

4/1872 2p mag d=Queen Victoria (1872 Sierra Leone) wmk=crown & CC sideways perf=12.5
9/1873 2p mag d=Queen Victoria (1872 Sierra Leone) wmk=crown & CC perf=12.5
1876 2p mag issue=1876 d=Queen Victoria (1872 Sierra Leone) wmk=crown & CC perf=14
6/1883 2p mag issue=1883 d=Queen Victoria (1872 Sierra Leone) wmk=crown & CA perf=14
7/1884 2p sl issue=1883 d=Queen Victoria (1872 Sierra Leone) wmk=crown & CA perf=14
1896 2p lil&org issue=1896 d=Queen Victoria (1889 keyplate) wmk=crown & CA perf=14
1903 2p vio&brnorg issue=1903 d=King Edward VII (1902 keyplate) wmk=crown & CA perf=14
1904 2p vio&brnorg issue=1904 d=King Edward VII (1902 keyplate) wmk=mult crown & CA perf=14
1907 2p gray issue=1907 d=King Edward VII (1902 keyplate) wmk=mult crown & CA perf=14
1912 2p gray issue=1912a d=King George V (1912 keyplate) wmk=mult crown & CA perf=14
1922 2p gray issue=1921 d=King George V (1912 keyplate) wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=14
3/1/1932 2p yelbrn issue=1932 d=rice field wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=12.5
10/2/1933 2p vio issue=abolition 100th d=old slave market wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=12
5/12/1937 2p dkvio issue=Coronation d=Queen Elizabeth & regalia & King George VI wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=11x11.75
5/1/1938 2p redvio issue=George VI pictorials d=rice harvesting & King George VI wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=12.5
1941 2p red issue=George VI pictorials d=rice harvesting & King George VI wmk=mult crown & script CA
1/2/1956 2p yelbrn&blk issue=Elizabeth II pictorials d=The Cotton Tree, Freetown & Queen Elizabeth II wmk=mult crown & script CA
4/27/1961 2p multi&blk issue=independence d=Bishop Crowther & Old Fourah Bay College wmk=St Edwards crown & SL perf=13.5
1/1/1963 2p issue=1963 dt=plants (1963 Sierra Leone) d=Black Eyed Susan vine wmk=St Edwards crown & SL perf=14