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2 1/2a denom (#136) (British East Africa usage only)

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Desc: 2 1/2a

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

Numerical sorting value: 1800


Equivalent denoms: 2a6p (1)

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 12 stamps of British East Africa: (See all uses as list)

1890 2 1/2a blk&yel issue=1890c imperf d=crown over Sun wmk=imperial crown
10/1890 2 1/2a blk pc=yel issue=1890b d=crown over Sun perf=14
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
10/1895 2 1/2a brnvio d=crown over Sun ovpt=2 1/2 oc=red on=1895-4 1/2a perf=14
12/1895 2 1/2a bisbrn dt=Empress Victoria d=Queen Victoria (1882 India 1a6p) oc=blk on=1895-1a6p wmk=star
5/19/1896 2 1/2a dkbl issue=1896 d=Queen Victoria & British lions perf=14
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
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
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
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
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
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