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1/2a denom (#132) (French offices in Zanzibar usage only)

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Desc: 1/2a

Currency: Indian rupee (par) (192p=16a=1r)

Numerical sorting value: 360


Equivalent denoms: 6p (36)

Users of this denom: Aden (3 stamps, 1937-1948), Kathiri State of Seiyun (1 stamp, 1942), Quaiti State in Hadhramaut (2 stamps, 1942-1946), Bahrain (8 stamps, 1933-1956), British East Africa (13 stamps, 1890-1897), China offices in Tibet (1 stamp, 1911), East Africa & Uganda Protectorates (3 stamps, 1903-1904), French offices in Zanzibar (7 stamps, 1893-1904), India (38 stamps, 1852-1943), Bamra (3 stamps, 1888-1891), Barwani (9 stamps, 1921-1935), Bhopal (11 stamps, 1876-1932), Bhor (2 stamps, 1879-1901), Bundi (6 stamps, 1894-1947), Bussahir (4 stamps, 1895-1900), Chamba (17 stamps, 1886-1943), Charkhari (8 stamps, 1897-1943), Dhar (2 stamps, 1897-1898), Duttia (6 stamps, 1893-1916), Faridkot (2 stamps, 1886-1887), Gwalior (24 stamps, 1885-1949), Hyderabad (9 stamps, 1871-1947), Idar (3 stamps, 1939-1944), Indore (6 stamps, 1886-1941), Jaipur (10 stamps, 1904-1947), Jammu & Kashmir (8 stamps, 1878-1886), Jammu (14 stamps, 1866-1877), Kashmir (4 stamps, 1866-1867), Jind (28 stamps, 1874-1943), Kishangarh (8 stamps, 1899-1928), Las Bela (9 stamps, 1897-1904), Morvi (1 stamp, 1931), Nabha (19 stamps, 1885-1943), Nandgaon (3 stamps, 1892-1893), Orchha (3 stamps, 1913-1939), Patiala (24 stamps, 1884-1943), Poonch (5 stamps, 1877-1884), Rajasthan (6 stamps, 1949), Soruth (1 stamp, 1929), TravancoreCochin (1 stamp, 1949), Iraq (5 stamps, 1923-1931), Kuwait (9 stamps, 1923-1956), Mesopotamia (9 stamps, 1917-1921), Oman (4 stamps, 1944-1953), Bahawalpur (6 stamps, 1945-1949), Somaliland Protectorate (11 stamps, 1903-1942), Uganda (1 stamp, 1902), Zanzibar (7 stamps, 1895-1904) Show with all usages

Used by 7 stamps of French offices in Zanzibar: (See all uses as list)

12/1893 1/2a grn pc=grn issue=1893 d=Peace & Commerce var=N under B ovpt=1/2//ANNA oc=blk on=issuer=France-5c-grn-pc=grn-Peace & Commerce perf=14x13.5
1894 1/2a|5c blk pc=lil issue=1894 dual d=Peace & Commerce var=N under U ovpt=5 oc=blk on=issuer=France-1c-blk-pc=lil-Peace & Commerce perf=14x13.5
1897 1/2a yelgrn issue=1897a ovpt=value//ZANZIBAR oc=blk on=issuer=France-5c-yelgrn-unissued
1897 1/2a grn pc=grn issue=1897a d=Peace & Commerce var=N under B ovpt=value//ZANZIBAR oc=blk on=issuer=France-5c-grn-pc=grn-Peace & Commerce perf=14x13.5
postage due 1897 1/2a bl d=scroll (1882) ovpt=value//ZANZIBAR oc=blk on=issuer=France-issue=1893 due-5c-bl perf=13
1902 1/2a issue=1902 oc=blk on=5c-unissued
1904 1/2a ltbl issue=1904c