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8a denom (#139) (India usage only)

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Desc: 8a

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

Numerical sorting value: 5760


Users of this denom: Aden (3 stamps, 1937-1949), Kathiri State of Seiyun (2 stamps, 1942-1949), Quaiti State in Hadhramaut (2 stamps, 1942-1949), Bahrain (3 stamps, 1933-1943), British East Africa (6 stamps, 1890-1896), East Africa & Uganda Protectorates (2 stamps, 1903-1904), India (29 stamps, 1855-1955), ICC, Cambodia (1 stamp, 1954), ICC, Laos (1 stamp, 1954), ICC, Viet Nam (1 stamp, 1954), Bamra (4 stamps, 1888-1890), Bhopal (2 stamps, 1902-1903), Bijawar (1 stamp, 1937), Bundi (5 stamps, 1914-1947), Bussahir (2 stamps, 1895), Chamba (11 stamps, 1886-1943), Charkhari (2 stamps, 1909-1931), Faridkot (2 stamps, 1886-1887), Gwalior (13 stamps, 1885-1949), Hyderabad (3 stamps, 1871-1934), Indore (2 stamps, 1928), Jaipur (6 stamps, 1905-1947), Jammu & Kashmir (4 stamps, 1879-1886), Kashmir (1 stamp, 1867), Jind (17 stamps, 1874-1942), Kishangarh (3 stamps, 1904-1928), Nabha (11 stamps, 1885-1944), Orchha (1 stamp, 1939), Patiala (13 stamps, 1884-1946), Rajasthan (7 stamps, 1949), Sirmoor (2 stamps, 1895-1899), Soruth (1 stamp, 1929), Iraq (5 stamps, 1923-1931), Kuwait (4 stamps, 1923-1945), Mesopotamia (2 stamps, 1918-1919), Oman (1 stamp, 1944), Bahawalpur (2 stamps, 1945-1948), Somaliland Protectorate (11 stamps, 1903-1942), Uganda (3 stamps, 1896-1898), Zanzibar (5 stamps, 1895-1904) Show with all usages

Used by 29 stamps of India: (See all uses as list)

1855 8a rose pc=bl issue=1855 d=Queen Victoria (1855 India)
1855 8a rose issue=1855 d=Queen Victoria (1855 India)
1865 8a rose d=Queen Victoria (1855 India) wmk=elephant head
official 1866 8a issue=1866 official c d=Service overprint on fiscal stamp wmk=crown & INDIA
official 8/1/1866 8a rose issue=1866 official a d=Queen Victoria (1855 India) oc=blk on=1865-8a wmk=elephant head
official 1867 8a pnk issue=1867 official d=Large Service overprint on Queen Victoria wmk=crown & INDIA
1868 8a rose issue=1866 d=Queen Victoria (1868 4a) wmk=elephant head
official 1874 8a issue=1875 official wmk=elephant head
1/1882 8a redvio dt=Empress Victoria d=Queen Victoria (1882 India 8a) wmk=star
official 1883 8a issue=1883 official wmk=star
official 1883 8a issue=1883 official wmk=star
military 1900 8a redvio ovpt=C.E.F. oc=blk on=8a-redvio
official 1902 8a pur issue=1902 official d=On HMS overprint on King Edward VII wmk=star
8/9/1902 8a redvio issue=1902 d=King Edward VII (1902 India 8a) wmk=star
military 3/11/1911 8a redvio issue=1911 military d=King Edward VII (1902 India 8a) on=issue=1902-8a wmk=star
12/1/1911 8a redvio issue=1911 d=King George V (1911 8a) wmk=star
official 1912 8a redvio issue=1912 official d=King George V (1911 8a) ovpt=SERVICE oc=blk on=1911-8a-redvio wmk=star
military 1914 8a issue=India Expeditionary Force d=IEF overprint on King George V wmk=star
official 1926 8a issue=1926 official b d=SERVICE overprint on King George V wmk=mult stars
1926 8a redvio issue=1926 d=King George V (1911 8a) wmk=mult stars
airmail 1929 8a pur d=airplane over lake & King George V wmk=Asokan capital
1935 8a roselilac&blk issue=Silver Jubilee d=Pagoda, Mandalay & King George V wmk=mult stars
12/15/1937 8a blvio issue=1937 d=mail lorry & King George VI wmk=mult stars
official 1939 8a blvio issue=1939 official d=King George VI (1939 service) wmk=Asokan capital
1941 8a blvio issue=1941 d=King George VI (1941 c) wmk=mult stars perf=13.5x14
8/15/1949 8a blgrn issue=1949 d=Kandarya Mahadeva Temple wmk=mult stars
official 7/1/1950 8a issue=1950 official d=Capital of Asoka pillar wmk=mult stars
military 1953 8a issue=Korea Custodial Unit
1/26/1955 8a dpbl issue=1955 d=Chittaranjan locomotive works wmk=mult stars