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1/2d denom (#40421) (Cayman Islands usage only)

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Desc: 1/2d

Currency: Pound sterling (pre-decimal) (240d=240p=20sh=20s=1lb)

Numerical sorting value: 30


Equivalent denoms:
Unused: 1/2p

Users of this denom: Antigua (7 stamps, 1882-1938), New South Wales (9 stamps, 1891-1907), Queensland (9 stamps, 1881-1907), South Australia (12 stamps, 1882-1906), Tasmania (7 stamps, 1889-1906), Victoria (14 stamps, 1873-1906), Western Australia (6 stamps, 1884-1910), Barbuda (1 stamp, 1922), British Antarctic Territory (2 stamps, 1963-1966), Cayman Islands (17 stamps, 1900-1954), Ceylon (4 stamps, 1857-1863), Cyprus (4 stamps, 1880-1881), Dominica (14 stamps, 1879-1938), Gilbert & Ellice Islands (9 stamps, 1911-1966), Great Britain (46 stamps, 1870-1968), British forces in Africa (1 stamp, 1942), British offices in Morocco, British currency (8 stamps, 1907-1952), British offices in Tangier (11 stamps, 1927-1957), British offices in the Turkish Empire (4 stamps, 1905-1913), Guernsey (1 stamp, 1969), German occupation of Guernsey (2 stamps, 1941-1942), Jersey (1 stamp, 1969), German occupation of Jersey (2 stamps, 1941-1943), Grenada (13 stamps, 1881-1938), Ionian Islands (1 stamp, 1859), Lagos (4 stamps, 1886-1904), Leeward Islands (9 stamps, 1890-1949), Mauritius (5 stamps, 1876), Montserrat (11 stamps, 1884-1942), Natal (16 stamps, 1877-1904), Nauru (4 stamps, 1916-1961), Nevis (3 stamps, 1883), New Hebrides (Br) (5 stamps, 1908-1925), Niger Coast Protectorate (30 stamps, 1892-1897), Northern Nigeria (5 stamps, 1900-1912), St. Christopher (2 stamps, 1882-1885), St. KittsNevis (8 stamps, 1903-1938), St. Lucia (15 stamps, 1881-1938), St. Vincent (12 stamps, 1881-1938), Sierra Leone (17 stamps, 1876-1963), Southern Nigeria (5 stamps, 1901-1912), South Georgia (1 stamp, 1963), Tobago (8 stamps, 1880-1896), Trinidad (11 stamps, 1879-1910), Trinidad & Tobago (9 stamps, 1913-1922), Tristan da Cunha (4 stamps, 1952-1965), Turks Islands (16 stamps, 1881-1894), Turks & Caicos Islands (12 stamps, 1900-1950), Virgin Islands (8 stamps, 1883-1938), Zululand (3 stamps, 1888-1894) Show with all usages

Used by 17 stamps of Cayman Islands: (See all uses as list)

11/1900 1/2d grn d=Queen Victoria (1890 keyplate) wmk=crown & CA perf=14
1902 1/2d grn issue=1901 d=King Edward VII (keyplate round) perf=14
1905 1/2d grn d=King Edward VII (keyplate round) wmk=mult crown & CA perf=14
8/30/1907 1/2d carrose d=King Edward VII (keyplate round) ovpt=One//Halfpenny. oc=blk on=1905-1p wmk=mult crown & CA perf=14
11/26/1907 1/2d ver&grn d=King Edward VII (keyplate round) ovpt=1D//2 oc=blk on=1907-5sh wmk=mult crown & CA perf=14
12/27/1907 1/2d grn issue=1907 d=King Edward VII (1902 keyplate) wmk=mult crown & CA perf=14
4/24/1912 1/2d grn issue=1912 d=King George V (1912 keyplate) wmk=mult crown & CA perf=14
war tax 2/4/1919 1/2d grn d=King George V (1912 keyplate) ovpt=WAR STAMP oc=blk on=4/24/1912-1/2d wmk=mult crown & CA perf=14
4/1/1922 1/2d graygrn issue=1921 d=King George V (1921 Cayman Islands) wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=14
12/5/1932 1/2d grn d=King William IV & palms & King George V wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=12.5
5/6/1935 1/2d grn&blk issue=Silver Jubilee d=Windsor Castle & King George V wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=13.5x14
1/1/1936 1/2d yelgrn&ultra issue=George V pictorials d=catboat & King George V wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=12.5
5/13/1937 1/2d dpgrn issue=Coronation d=Queen Elizabeth & regalia & King George VI wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=11x11.5
5/5/1938 1/2d yelgrn issue=George VI pictorials d=dolphinfish & King George VI wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=VARIOUS
11/29/1948 1/2d dkgrn issue=Silver Wedding d=Queen Elizabeth & King George VI wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=14x15
10/2/1950 1/2d blgrn&redvio issue=1950 d=coconut grove Cayman Brac & King George VI wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=11.5x11
7/7/1954 1/2d blgrn&redvio issue=1953 d=coconut grove Cayman Brac & Queen Elizabeth II wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=11.5x11