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2 1/2a denom (#136)

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Desc: 2 1/2a

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

Numerical sorting value: 1800


Equivalent denoms: 2a6p (37)

Users of this denom: Aden (5 stamps, 1937-1949), Kathiri State of Seiyun (3 stamps, 1942-1949), Quaiti State in Hadhramaut (3 stamps, 1942-1949), Bahrain (7 stamps, 1948-1953), British East Africa (12 stamps, 1890-1897), China offices in Tibet (1 stamp, 1911), East Africa & Uganda Protectorates (2 stamps, 1903-1904), French offices in Zanzibar (14 stamps, 1893-1904), India (5 stamps, 1891-1953), Bundi (2 stamps, 1914), Chamba (1 stamp, 1941), Cochin (3 stamps, 1918-1943), Jaipur (2 stamps, 1931-1932), Jind (1 stamp, 1939), Orchha (1 stamp, 1939), Patiala (1 stamp, 1939), Rajasthan (1 stamp, 1949), Kuwait (8 stamps, 1948-1956), Mesopotamia (2 stamps, 1918-1919), Oman (8 stamps, 1948-1956), Bahawalpur (2 stamps, 1949), Somaliland Protectorate (5 stamps, 1903-1921), Uganda (1 stamp, 1902), Zanzibar (10 stamps, 1896-1904)

Used by 100 stamps: (See all uses as list)

British East Africa 1890 2 1/2a blk&yel issue=1890c imperf d=crown over Sun wmk=imperial crown
British East Africa 10/1890 2 1/2a blk pc=yel issue=1890b d=crown over Sun perf=14
India 1/1/1891 2 1/2a grn dt=Empress Victoria d=Queen Victoria (1882 India 4a6p) oc=blk on=1882-4a6p wmk=star
French offices in Zanzibar 12/1893 2 1/2a blk pc=red issue=1893 d=Peace & Commerce var=N under U ovpt=2 1/2//ANNAS oc=bl on=issuer=France-25c-blk-pc=red-Peace & Commerce perf=14x13.5
French offices in Zanzibar 1894 2 1/2a|25c cl pc=lav issue=1894 dual d=Peace & Commerce var=N under U ovpt=25 oc=blk on=issuer=France-4c-cl-Peace & Commerce perf=14x13.5
British East Africa 7/1/1895 2 1/2a blk pc=yel issue=1895 ovpt d=crown over Sun ovpt=BRITISH//EAST//AFRICA oc=blk on=2 1/2a-blk-pc=yel perf=14
British East Africa 10/1895 2 1/2a brnvio d=crown over Sun ovpt=2 1/2 oc=red on=1895-4 1/2a perf=14
British East Africa 12/1895 2 1/2a bisbrn dt=Empress Victoria d=Queen Victoria (1882 India 1a6p) oc=blk on=1895-1a6p wmk=star
Zanzibar 1896 2 1/2a dkbl issue=1896 d=Queen Victoria & British lions ovpt=Zanzibar oc=blk on=issuer=British East Africa-2 1/2a-dkbl perf=14
British East Africa 5/19/1896 2 1/2a dkbl issue=1896 d=Queen Victoria & British lions perf=14
Zanzibar 9/20/1896 2 1/2a ultra&red d=Sultan Hamad bin Thuwaini wmk=rosette perf=14
French offices in Zanzibar 1897 2 1/2a blk issue=1897a d=Peace & Commerce ovpt=value//ZANZIBAR oc=blk on=issuer=France-25c-blk-Peace & Commerce
French offices in Zanzibar 1897 2 1/2a|25c grn issue=1897c
French offices in Zanzibar 1897 2 1/2a|25c bl issue=1897b d=Peace & Commerce ovpt=value//ZANZIBAR oc=blk on=issue=1897a-1 1/2a
French offices in Zanzibar 1897 2 1/2a|25c issue=1897b ovpt=value//ZANZIBAR oc=blk on=issue=1897a-1/2a
French offices in Zanzibar 1897 2 1/2a|25c blk pc=lav issue=1897b d=Peace & Commerce var=N under U ovpt=value//ZANZIBAR oc=blk on=issue=1897a-1a perf=14x13.5
French offices in Zanzibar 1897 2 1/2a|25c ltbl issue=1897c
Zanzibar 1897 2 1/2a dkgrn&red d=Sultan Hamad bin Thuwaini ovpt=a oc=blk on=1896-4a-dkgrn&red wmk=rosette perf=14
French offices in Zanzibar 1897 2 1/2a|25c pur issue=1897c
Zanzibar 1897 2 1/2a dkgrn&red d=Sultan Hamad bin Thuwaini ovpt=c oc=blk on=1896-4a-dkgrn&red wmk=rosette perf=14
Zanzibar 1897 2 1/2a dkgrn&red d=Sultan Hamad bin Thuwaini ovpt=b oc=blk on=1896-4a-dkgrn&red wmk=rosette perf=14
British East Africa 1/1897 2 1/2a ind&red issue=1897b d=Sultan Hamad bin Thuwaini ovpt=value(c) oc=blk on=issue=1897a-1a wmk=rosette perf=14
British East Africa 1/1897 2 1/2a gray&red issue=1897b d=Sultan Hamad bin Thuwaini ovpt=value(a) oc=blk on=issue=1897a-3a wmk=rosette perf=14
British East Africa 1/1897 2 1/2a gray&red issue=1897b d=Sultan Hamad bin Thuwaini ovpt=value(b) oc=blk on=issue=1897a-3a wmk=rosette perf=14
British East Africa 1/1897 2 1/2a gray&red issue=1897b d=Sultan Hamad bin Thuwaini ovpt=value(c) oc=blk on=issue=1897a-3a wmk=rosette perf=14
British East Africa 1/1897 2 1/2a ind&red issue=1897b d=Sultan Hamad bin Thuwaini ovpt=value(a) oc=blk on=issue=1897a-1a wmk=rosette perf=14
British East Africa 1/1897 2 1/2a ind&red issue=1897b d=Sultan Hamad bin Thuwaini ovpt=value(b) oc=blk on=issue=1897a-1a wmk=rosette perf=14
Zanzibar 1898 2 1/2a ultra&red wmk=mult rosette perf=14
Zanzibar 9/1899 2 1/2a ultra&red issue=1899 d=Sultan Hamoud bin Mohammed wmk=mult rosette perf=14
Uganda 1902 2 1/2a dkbl d=Queen Victoria & British lions ovpt=UGANDA oc=blk on=issuer=British East Africa-2 1/2a-dkbl perf=14
French offices in Zanzibar 1902 2 1/2a issue=1902 oc=blk on=25c-unissued
East Africa & Uganda Protectorates 1903 2 1/2a ultra d=King Edward VII (1903 laurel & oak a) wmk=crown & CA perf=14
Somaliland Protectorate 6/1/1903 2 1/2a ultra issue=1903b d=Queen Victoria (1892 India 2a6p) ovpt=BRITISH//SOMALILAND bottom oc=blk on=issuer=India-1900-2a6p-ultra wmk=star
French offices in Zanzibar 1904 2 1/2a grn issue=1904b
East Africa & Uganda Protectorates 1904 2 1/2a ultra d=King Edward VII (1903 laurel & oak a) wmk=mult crown & CA perf=14
Zanzibar 1904 2 1/2a vio&red d=Sultan Hamoud bin Mohammed ovpt=Two//&//Half oc=blk on=1899-7 1/2a wmk=mult rosette perf=14
Zanzibar 1904 2 1/2a grayol&red d=Sultan Hamoud bin Mohammed ovpt=Two//&//Half oc=blk on=1899-8a wmk=mult rosette perf=14
Somaliland Protectorate 1904 2 1/2a ultra issue=1904 d=King Edward VII (1903 laurel & oak a) wmk=crown & CA
French offices in Zanzibar 1904 2 1/2a rose issue=1904b
French offices in Zanzibar 1904 2 1/2a dlvio issue=1904b
Zanzibar 6/8/1904 2 1/2a ultra issue=1904 d=monogram of Sultan Ali bin Hamud wmk=mult rosette perf=14
French offices in Zanzibar 7/22/1904 2 1/2a|25c red pc=straw issue=1904a d=Peace & Commerce var=N under U oc=blk on=issue=1897a-4a perf=14x13.5
Somaliland Protectorate 1905 2 1/2a ultra issue=1905 d=King Edward VII (1903 laurel & oak a) wmk=mult crown & CA
China offices in Tibet 1911 2 1/2a blgrn dt=Chinese Imperial Post d=dragon (1898) ovpt=value oc=blk on=issuer=China-1900-10c
Somaliland Protectorate 12/1912 2 1/2a ultra issue=1912 d=King George V (1912 laurel & oak a) wmk=mult crown & CA
Bundi 1914 2 1/2a yel issue=1914a d=Maharao Singh var=top cup char
Bundi 1914 2 1/2a issue=1914b d=Maharao Singh var=top dot char
Cochin official 1918 2 1/2a issue=1918 official
Mesopotamia 1918 2 1/2a bl ovpt=IN BRITISH//IRAQ//OCCUPATION oc=blk on=issuer=Turkey-1pi-bl
Mesopotamia 1919 2 1/2a vio&yel issue=Mosul oc=blk on=issuer=Turkey-type=revenue-1pi-vio&yel
(plus 50 more) (See all uses as list)