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2 1/2a denom (#136) (French offices in Zanzibar usage only)

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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) Show with all usages

Used by 14 stamps of French offices in Zanzibar: (See all uses as list)

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
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
1897 2 1/2a blk issue=1897a d=Peace & Commerce ovpt=value//ZANZIBAR oc=blk on=issuer=France-25c-blk-Peace & Commerce
1897 2 1/2a|25c bl issue=1897b d=Peace & Commerce ovpt=value//ZANZIBAR oc=blk on=issue=1897a-1 1/2a
1897 2 1/2a|25c issue=1897b ovpt=value//ZANZIBAR oc=blk on=issue=1897a-1/2a
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
1897 2 1/2a|25c grn issue=1897c
1897 2 1/2a|25c pur issue=1897c
1897 2 1/2a|25c ltbl issue=1897c
1902 2 1/2a issue=1902 oc=blk on=25c-unissued
1904 2 1/2a grn issue=1904b
1904 2 1/2a rose issue=1904b
1904 2 1/2a dlvio issue=1904b
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