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20c denom (#144) (Tanganyika usage only)

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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) Show with all usages

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

1922 20c org&blk issue=1922 d=giraffe (1922)
1927 20c org&blk issue=1927 d=King George V (1912 common)
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
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
12/9/1961 20c orgbrn issue=independence d=corn harvest
official 12/9/1961 20c orgbrn d=corn harvest ovpt=OFFICIAL oc=blk on=issue=independence-20c