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

  • Indian_stamp_Zanzibar_1896.jpg
  • Colnect-1466-949-Sultan-Hamid-ibn-Thuwaini.jpg
  • Colnect-1466-953-Sultan-Hamid-ibn-Thuwaini.jpg
  • Colnect-1467-006-Sultan-Hammud-ibn-Muhammad.jpg
  • Colnect-2720-513-Sultan-Hammud-ibn-Muhammad.jpg
  • Colnect-2720-514-Sultan-Hammud-ibn-Muhammad.jpg
  • Colnect-2690-257-Coat-of-arms-with-the-monogram-of-the-Sultan.jpg
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 10 stamps of Zanzibar: (See all uses as list)

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
9/20/1896 2 1/2a ultra&red d=Sultan Hamad bin Thuwaini wmk=rosette
1897 2 1/2a dkgrn&red d=Sultan Hamad bin Thuwaini ovpt=a oc=blk on=1896-4a-dkgrn&red wmk=rosette
1897 2 1/2a dkgrn&red d=Sultan Hamad bin Thuwaini ovpt=b oc=blk on=1896-4a-dkgrn&red wmk=rosette
1897 2 1/2a dkgrn&red d=Sultan Hamad bin Thuwaini ovpt=c oc=blk on=1896-4a-dkgrn&red wmk=rosette
1898 2 1/2a ultra&red wmk=mult rosette
9/1899 2 1/2a ultra&red issue=1899 d=Sultan Hamoud bin Mohammed wmk=mult rosette
1904 2 1/2a vio&red d=Sultan Hamoud bin Mohammed ovpt=Two//&//Half oc=blk on=1899-7 1/2a wmk=mult rosette
1904 2 1/2a grayol&red d=Sultan Hamoud bin Mohammed ovpt=Two//&//Half oc=blk on=1899-8a wmk=mult rosette
6/8/1904 2 1/2a ultra issue=1904 d=monogram of Sultan Ali bin Hamud wmk=mult rosette

All are perf=14