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50c denom (#12716) (Portugal usage only)

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Desc: 50c

Currency: Portuguese escudo (100c=1esc=1e)

Numerical sorting value: 3000


Equivalent denoms used by Portugal: .50e (1), 0.50e (3)
Only used by others: 0.50$ (1)

Users of this denom: Azores (9 stamps, 1912-1931), Madeira (1 stamp, 1928), Portugal (54 stamps, 1912-1979), Azores region (1 stamp, 1980), Madeira region (1 stamp, 1980), Portuguese Congo (1 stamp, 1914) Show with all usages

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

2/16/1912 50c org issue=Ceres d=Ceres (1912 imprint) perf=15x14
parcel post 1920 50c blk issue=1920 parcel d=Mercury & Commerce perf=12
1921 50c yel issue=Ceres d=Ceres (1912 imprint)
postage due 1921 50c graygrn issue=1921 postage due d=numeral (1904 Portugal) perf=11.5x12
5/30/1923 50c yel issue=Portugal-Brazil flight d=Presidents of Portugal & Brazil Aviators
11/11/1924 50c redorg&blk issue=Camoens 400th d=first edition perf=14
3/26/1925 50c dkgrn&blk issue=Castello-Branco 100th d=Teresa de Albuquerque perf=12.5
8/13/1926 50c olbrn&blk issue=First Independence d=Filipa de Vilhena Arms her Sons perf=14
12/2/1926 50c och d=Ceres (1926 no imprint)
11/28/1928 50c issue=Third Independence d=Battle of Rolica perf=14
1930 50c bis issue=Ceres d=Ceres (1912 imprint) perf=12x11.5
1930 50c bisbrn issue=Ceres d=Ceres (1912 imprint) perf=12x11.5
1931 50c brn issue=Lusiads d=Portugal holding Lusiads perf=14
parcel post 1936 50c olbrn issue=1936 parcel post d=parcel perf=11.5
postage due 2/1/1940 50c issue=1940 due d=numeral (1940 Portugal) perf=14
8/12/1940 50c blgrn issue=stamp 100th d=Rowland Hill (1940 Portugal) perf=11.5x12
1943 50c issue=1943 d=caravel (1943) perf=14
10/1943 50c red d=farmer (1943) perf=11.5
5/1944 50c vio issue=3rd Philatelic Exhibition d=postrider perf=11.75
11/23/1944 50c dlgrn issue=Brotero 200th d=Monument of Avelar Brotero perf=11.75x12
7/29/1945 50c dkolgrn issue=navigators dt=navigators (1945) d=Vasco da Gama (1945) perf=13.5
11/12/1945 50c dkolgrn issue=1945 Carmona d=Carmona perf=11.75
12/27/1945 50c graygrn issue=Naval School 100th d=astrolabe (1945) perf=11.5x12
6/1/1946 50c grayblk issue=Portuguese Castles dt=castles (1946) d=Castelo de Guimaraes perf=11.75
11/19/1946 50c issue=Bank of Portugal 100th perf=11.75
12/8/1946 50c grn issue=Virgin Mary as patroness 300th
3/1/1947 50c dkbrn issue=1947 dt=women (1947) d=woman of Avintes perf=11.5
10/13/1947 50c vio issue=Lisbon conquest 800th d=The victors & defeated perf=12.5
5/28/1948 50c d=architecture&engineering perf=13.5x12.5
5/28/1948 50c purbrn issue=St John de Britto 300th d=St John de Brito 1647 – 1693 Jesuit Missionary perf=12x11.5
5/6/1949 50c dkbl&gray issue=1949 dt=portraits (1949 Portugal) d=Prince Henry the Navigator (1949) perf=11.5
5/13/1950 50c issue=Holy Year 1950
10/30/1950 50c issue=St John of God death 400th perf=11.5x12
3/2/1951 50c dkgrn issue=Junqueiro 100th perf=13.5
3/9/1951 50c d=fisherman with catch perf=13.5
10/24/1951 50c dkbl issue=Terceira colonization 500th d=Colonist Family Caravel perf=13.5
1/8/1952 50c dkblgrn dt=coaches d=Coach of Joaos V for Papal Envoys 18th Cty perf=13x13.5
1953 50c gray issue=1953 d=King Diniz perf=12.5
10/3/1953 50c issue=Portuguese stamp 100th d=Queen Maria II perf=14x13.5
10/15/1954 50c issue=literacy campaign perf=13.5
3/17/1955 50c dt=kings of Portugal d=Afonso II perf=13.25x13
7/18/1960 50c issue=University of Evora 400th d=seal perf=13.5
6/11/1962 50c issue=Portuguese Boy Scouts 50th d=tents perf=13.5
9/10/1962 50c issue=10th International Pediatrics Congress d=children reading perf=13.5
4/9/1964 50c issue=Coloquios Dos Simples e Drogas 400th
12/1/1966 50c org&dkbrn dt=Portuguese scientists d=Egas Moniz perf=13.5
8/17/1968 50c issue=Lubrapex 1968 dt=Madeira things d=Madeira wine production perf=12x11.5
12/20/1970 50c issue=port wine exports
2/24/1971 50c dt=windmills (1971) d=windmill of Beira Litoral perf=13.25x13.5
3/1/1972 50c graybl&blk&org issue=1972 dt=scenic (1972) d=university in Coimbra perf=12.5
(plus 4 more) (See all uses as list)