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15c denom (#143) (Zanzibar 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 9 stamps of Zanzibar: (See all uses as list)

postage due 1931 15c blk pc=org issue=1931 postage due
1936 15c car issue=1936 d=Sultan Khalifa bin Harub 1936 perf=14
8/26/1952 15c grn issue=1952 d=Sultan Khalifa bin Harub 1952
8/26/1954 15c grn issue=Sultan Khalifa bin Harub 75th d=Sultan Khalifa bin Harub (1954)
8/26/1957 15c dkbrn&grn issue=1957 dt=Sultan Khalifa d=dhows
10/17/1961 15c brn&blgrn issue=1961 dt=Sultan Seyyid Abdulla d=dhows
2/28/1964 15c brn&blgrn issue=1964a dt=Sultan Seyyid Abdulla d=dhows ovpt=JAMHURI 1964 oc=blk on=issue=1961-15c
6/21/1964 15c issue=1964c dt=symbolic&flags d=Moorish Arch perf=13x13.5
6/5/1966 15c issue=1966 perf=13x12.5

All are wmk=mult crown & script CA