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15c denom (#143) (Aden usage only)

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Desc: 15c

Currency: East African shilling (2000c=20sh=20s=1lb)

Numerical sorting value: 900


Users of this denom: Aden (6 stamps, 1951-1964), Kathiri State of Seiyun (3 stamps, 1951-1954), Quaiti State in Hadhramaut (4 stamps, 1951-1963), British forces in Somalia (2 stamps, 1948-1950), Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania (9 stamps, 1922-1963), Somaliland Protectorate (2 stamps, 1951-1954), South Arabia (1 stamp, 1963), Tanganyika (6 stamps, 1922-1961), Zanzibar (9 stamps, 1931-1966) Show with all usages

Used by 6 stamps of Aden: (See all uses as list)

10/1/1951 15c bl issue=new currency d=Mukalla ovpt=value oc=blk on=1939-2 1/2a wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=12.5
6/2/1953 15c dkgrn&blk issue=Coronation 1953 d=Queen Elizabeth II (1953) wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=13.5x13
6/15/1953 15c blgrn issue=1953a d=Crater, Aden wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=12
1/26/1959 15c graygrn issue=Revised Constitution d=Crater, Aden ovpt=REVISED//CONSTITUTION//1959(arabic) oc=red on=issue=1953-15c wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=12
4/26/1959 15c graygrn issue=1953b d=Crater, Aden wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=12
1964 15c prusgrn issue=1953c d=Crater, Aden wmk=St Edwards crown & CA perf=12