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20c denom (#144)

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Desc: 20c

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

Numerical sorting value: 1200


Users of this denom: Aden (2 stamps, 1951), Kathiri State of Seiyun (1 stamp, 1951), Quaiti State in Hadhramaut (1 stamp, 1951), British forces in Eritrea (5 stamps, 1948-1951), British forces in Somalia (2 stamps, 1948-1950), Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania (16 stamps, 1922-1960), Somaliland Protectorate (4 stamps, 1951-1960), Tanganyika (6 stamps, 1922-1961), Zanzibar (17 stamps, 1931-1966)

Used by 54 stamps: (See all uses as list)

Aden 20c ultra d=Mercury & globe & vehicles wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=13.5x14 unissued
Tanganyika 1922 20c org&blk issue=1922 d=giraffe (1922)
Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania 11/1/1922 20c org issue=1922 d=King George V (1922 Kenya and Uganda lo) wmk=mult crown & script CA
Tanganyika 1927 20c org&blk issue=1927 d=King George V (1912 common)
Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania postage due 1928 20c issue=1928 due wmk=mult crown & script CA
Zanzibar postage due 1931 20c blk pc=org issue=1931 postage due wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=10
Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania postage due 5/1/1935 20c wmk=1
Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania 5/1/1935 20c org&blk issue=George V pictorials d=King George V & cranes wmk=mult crown & script CA
Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania 5/6/1935 20c olgrn<bl issue=Silver Jubilee d=Windsor Castle & King George V wmk=mult crown & script CA
Zanzibar postage due 1936 20c grn pc=org d=numeral (1936 Zanzibar) wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=14
Zanzibar 1936 20c brnorg issue=1936 d=Sultan Khalifa bin Harub 1936 wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=14
Zanzibar 12/9/1936 20c redvio&blk issue=Sultan Khalifa bin Harub accession 25th d=doorway & Sultan Khalifa bin Harub wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=14
Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania 5/12/1937 20c issue=Coronation d=Queen Elizabeth & regalia & King George VI wmk=mult crown & script CA
Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania 1938 20c org&blk issue=George VI pictorials d=King George VI & cranes wmk=mult crown & script CA
Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania 7/1/1941 20c issue=1941 ovpt=value//KENYA//TANGANYIKA//UGANDA oc=blk on=issuer=South Africa-20c
Zanzibar 11/20/1944 20c redorg issue=Al Busaid Dynasty 200th d=dhow on map of Arabian Sea wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=14
Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania 11/11/1946 20c redorg issue=Peace d=Houses of Parliament & King George VI wmk=mult crown & script CA
British forces in Somalia 5/27/1948 20c ltorg issue=1948 d=King George VI (1937 a) ovpt=B.M.A.//SOMALIA//value oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-2p-ltorg-King George VI wmk=crown & GVIR perf=15x14
British forces in Eritrea postage due 5/27/1948 20c brnblk issue=1948 due d=++on=2p wmk=crown & GVIR
British forces in Eritrea 6/1948 20c ltorg issue=1948 d=King George VI (1937 a) ovpt=B.M.A.//ERITREA//20//CENTS oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-2p-ltorg-King George VI wmk=crown & GVIR perf=15x14
Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania 12/1/1948 20c org issue=Silver Wedding d=Queen Elizabeth & King George VI wmk=mult crown & script CA
Zanzibar 1/10/1949 20c org issue=Silver Wedding d=Queen Elizabeth & King George VI wmk=mult crown & script CA
Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania 10/10/1949 20c issue=UPU 75th wmk=mult crown & script CA
Zanzibar 10/10/1949 20c redorg issue=UPU 75th wmk=mult crown & script CA
British forces in Somalia 1/2/1950 20c ltorg issue=1950 d=King George VI (1937 a) ovpt=B. A.//SOMALIA//value oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-2p-ltorg-King George VI wmk=crown & GVIR perf=15x14
British forces in Eritrea 2/6/1950 20c ltorg issue=1950 d=King George VI (1937 a) ovpt=B. A.//ERITREA//value oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-2p-ltorg-King George VI wmk=crown & GVIR perf=15x14
British forces in Eritrea postage due 2/6/1950 20c brnblk issue=1950 due d=++on=2p wmk=crown & GVIR
Somaliland Protectorate 4/2/1951 20c dkbrn d=George VI full face & antelope ovpt=value oc=blk on=1942-4a wmk=mult crown & script CA
British forces in Eritrea 5/3/1951 20c ltredbrn d=King George VI (1937 a) ovpt=B. A.//ERITREA//value oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-2p-ltredbrn-King George VI wmk=crown & GVIR
Kathiri State of Seiyun 10/1/1951 20c car&brn issue=1951 d=palace,Tarim ovpt=value oc=blk on=1942-3a wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=13x12
Aden 10/1/1951 20c brn&red issue=new currency d=Capture of Aden 1839 ovpt=value oc=blk on=1939-3a wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=12.5
Quaiti State in Hadhramaut 10/1/1951 20c car&brn issue=1951 d=outpost ovpt=value oc=blk on=1942-3a wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=12x13
Zanzibar 8/26/1952 20c car issue=1952 d=Sultan Khalifa bin Harub 1952 wmk=mult crown & script CA
Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania 6/2/1953 20c redorg&blk issue=Coronation 1953 d=Queen Elizabeth II (1953) wmk=mult crown & script CA
Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania 6/1954 20c orgred&blk issue=1954 dt=Elizabeth II pictorials (1954) d=lion & Queen Elizabeth II wmk=mult crown & script CA
Zanzibar 8/26/1954 20c rosered issue=Sultan Khalifa bin Harub 75th d=Sultan Khalifa bin Harub (1954) wmk=mult crown & script CA
Somaliland Protectorate 9/15/1954 20c rosered issue=Elizabeth II pictorials d=camel & gurgi & Queen Elizabeth II wmk=mult crown & script CA
Somaliland Protectorate 5/21/1957 20c rosered d=camel & gurgi & Queen Elizabeth II ovpt=OPENING//... oc=blk on=1954-20c wmk=mult crown & script CA
Zanzibar 8/26/1957 20c ultra issue=1957 dt=Sultan Khalifa d=Sultans barge wmk=mult crown & script CA
Tanganyika official 7/1/1959 20c orgred&blk dt=Elizabeth II pictorials (1954) d=lion & Queen Elizabeth II ovpt=OFFICIAL oc=blk on=issuer=Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania-issue=1954-20c wmk=mult crown & script CA
Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania official 7/1/1959 20c orgred&blk issue=1959 official dt=Elizabeth II pictorials (1954) d=lion & Queen Elizabeth II on=issue=1954-20c wmk=mult crown & script CA
Somaliland Protectorate 4/5/1960 20c rosered d=camel & gurgi & Queen Elizabeth II ovpt=...MAJORITY... oc=blk on=1954-20c wmk=mult crown & script CA
Tanganyika official 10/1/1960 20c issue=1960 official serifs d=gnu (1960) ovpt=OFFICIAL(serifs) oc=blk on=issuer=Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania-issue=1960-20c
Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania 10/1/1960 20c issue=1960 d=gnu (1960)
Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania official 10/18/1960 20c lilrose issue=1960 official
Zanzibar 10/17/1961 20c ultra issue=1961 dt=Sultan Seyyid Abdulla d=Sultans barge wmk=mult crown & script CA
Tanganyika 12/9/1961 20c orgbrn issue=independence d=corn harvest
Tanganyika official 12/9/1961 20c orgbrn d=corn harvest ovpt=OFFICIAL oc=blk on=issue=independence-20c
Zanzibar 2/28/1964 20c ultra issue=1964a dt=Sultan Seyyid Abdulla d=Sultans barge ovpt=JAMHURI 1964 oc=blk on=issue=1961-20c wmk=mult crown & script CA
Zanzibar 6/21/1964 20c issue=1964c dt=symbolic&flags d=Zanzibar Emblem wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=13x13.5
(plus 4 more) (See all uses as list)