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1/2p denom (#178) (New Zealand usage only)

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Desc: 1/2p

Currency: New Zealand pound (240d=240p=20sh=20s=1lb)

Numerical sorting value: 30


Users of this denom: Aitutaki (5 stamps, 1903-1927), Cook Islands (13 stamps, 1899-1967), New Zealand (41 stamps, 1873-1960), Niue (10 stamps, 1902-1950), Penrhyn (7 stamps, 1902-1928), Pitcairn Islands (6 stamps, 1940-1967), Tokelau (1 stamp, 1948) Show with all usages

Used by 41 stamps of New Zealand: (See all uses as list)

newspaper 1/1/1873 1/2p ver d=Queen Victoria (1873 New Zealand) wmk=NZ perf=10
newspaper 1875 1/2p wmk=small star only
1895 1/2p blk d=Queen Victoria (1895 New Zealand) wmk=NZ & star (far)
4/5/1898 1/2p lilgray issue=1898 d=Mt Cook (1898 1/2d) perf=12-16
postage due 12/1/1899 1/2p grn&red issue=1899 due wmk=NZ & star (far) perf=11
1900 1/2p blk issue=1899 d=Queen Victoria (1895 New Zealand) wmk=double line NZ & star perf=11
1900 1/2p grn issue=1900 d=Mt Cook (1898 1/2d) wmk=double line NZ & star perf=11
1901 1/2p grn issue=1901b d=Mt Cook (1898 1/2d) wmk=double line NZ & star paper=thin hard
1901 1/2p grn issue=1901a d=Mt Cook (1898 1/2d) wmk=double line NZ & star paper=thick soft
1902 1/2p grn issue=1902a d=Mt Cook (1898 1/2d) paper=thin hard
1902 1/2p grn issue=1902b d=Mt Cook (1898 1/2d) wmk=NZ & star (close) paper=thin white wove
postage due 2/28/1902 1/2p grn&red wmk=NZ & star (close) perf=11
postage due 1904 1/2p grn&red issue=1904 due perf=11
11/1906 1/2p emer issue=1906 d=arrival of Maoris wmk=NZ & star (close) perf=14
official 1907 1/2p grn issue=1907 official wmk=NZ & star (close)
11/9/1909 1/2p yelgrn issue=1909 d=King Edward VII (1909 1/2d) wmk=NZ & star (close) perf=14x15
official 1910 1/2p ltgrn issue=1910 official wmk=NZ & star (close) perf=14x14.5
postage due 1913 1/2p grn&red issue=1913 due wmk=NZ & star (close)
12/1/1913 1/2p yelgrn d=King Edward VII (1909 1/2d) ovpt=AUCKLAND//EXHIBITION,//1913. oc=blk on=1909-1/2p-yelgrn wmk=NZ & star (close) perf=14x15
7/30/1915 1/2p yelgrn issue=1915a d=King George V (1915 New Zealand) wmk=NZ & star (close)
official 10/12/1915 1/2p grn issue=1915 official wmk=NZ & star (close) perf=14x15
1/27/1920 1/2p yelgrn issue=Victory d=Peace & recumbent lion wmk=NZ & star (close) perf=14
postage due 1925 1/2p grn&car issue=1925 due b wmk=NZ & star (close)
1925 1/2p grn issue=1925 d=King George V (1915 New Zealand) var=backprinting wmk=NZ & star (close)
postage due 7/1/1925 1/2p grn&red issue=1925 due wmk=NZ & star (close)
11/17/1925 1/2p yelgrn issue=Dunedin Exhibition d=exhibition buildings wmk=NZ & star (close) perf=14x15
5/1/1935 1/2p grn issue=1935 d=pied fantail & clematis wmk=NZ & star (close) perf=14x13.5
5/7/1935 1/2p blgrn issue=Silver Jubilee d=Queen Mary & King George V (1935) wmk=NZ & star (close) perf=11x11.5
1936 1/2p grn issue=1936 d=pied fantail & clematis wmk=multiple NZ & star
official 1936 1/2p grn issue=1936 official wmk=multiple NZ & star
10/1/1936 1/2p grn issue=Chambers of Commerce Congress d=wool wmk=multiple NZ & star perf=11.5
official 3/1/1938 1/2p brnorg issue=1938 official wmk=multiple NZ & star
3/1/1938 1/2p emer issue=1938 d=King George VI (1938 New Zealand a) wmk=multiple NZ & star perf=14x13.5
official 3/1/1938 1/2p grn issue=1938 official wmk=multiple NZ & star perf=14x13.5
postage due 8/17/1939 1/2p blgrn issue=1939 due wmk=multiple NZ & star perf=15x14
official 1/2/1940 1/2p blgrn issue=1940 official d=arrival of Maoris in New Zealand on=issue=Treaty of Waitangi 100th-1/2p wmk=multiple NZ & star
1/2/1940 1/2p blgrn issue=Treaty of Waitangi 100th d=arrival of Maoris in New Zealand wmk=multiple NZ & star
7/10/1941 1/2p brnorg issue=1938 d=King George VI (1938 New Zealand a) wmk=multiple NZ & star perf=14x13.5
4/1/1946 1/2p brn&grn issue=Peace d=Lake Matheson (1946) wmk=multiple NZ & star
1954 1/2p blk issue=1953 d=Queen Elizabeth II (1953 New Zealand) wmk=multiple NZ & star perf=14x13.5
7/11/1960 1/2p car&multi issue=1960 d=manuka wmk=multiple NZ & star perf=15x14