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2 1/2p denom (#179) (Niue usage only)

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  • Colnect-4114-676-Overprinted-on-George-V.jpg
  • Colnect-4110-141-Aborigines-Hut.jpg
  • Colnect-3669-025-King-George-V-Silver-Jubilee.jpg
  • Colnect-3669-027-King-George-VI---Queen-Elizabeth.jpg
  • Colnect-4161-168-Aborigines-Hut.jpg
Desc: 2 1/2p

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

Numerical sorting value: 150


Equivalent denoms: 2 1/2d (21)

Users of this denom: Aitutaki (4 stamps, 1903-1927), Cook Islands (13 stamps, 1892-1944), Niue (9 stamps, 1902-1940), Penrhyn (3 stamps, 1902-1927), Pitcairn Islands (2 stamps, 1949-1957) Show with all usages

Used by 9 stamps of Niue: (See all uses as list)

2 1/2p ind&bl d=islanders unloading ship unissued
4/4/1902 2 1/2p bl issue=1902a d=Lake Wakatipu (1898) ovpt=NIUE.//2 1/2 PENI. oc=red on=issuer=New Zealand-1898-2 1/2p-Lake Wakatipu (1898) perf=12-16
9/1915 2 1/2p bl d=Lake Wakatipu (1898) ovpt=NIUE.//2 1/2 PENI. oc=car on=issuer=New Zealand-2 1/2p-bl-wmk=NZ & star (close) wmk=NZ & star (close) paper=thin white wove
10/1920 2 1/2p dlbl issue=1917 d=King George V (1915 New Zealand) ovpt=NIUE. oc=blk on=issuer=New Zealand-1915-2 1/2p-dlbl wmk=NZ & star (close)
3/16/1932 2 1/2p ind&blk issue=1932a d=islanders unloading ship
3/16/1932 2 1/2p ind&blk issue=1932b d=islanders unloading ship wmk=NZ & star (close)
5/7/1935 2 1/2p ind&bl issue=Silver Jubilee d=islanders unloading ship ovpt=SILVER JUBILEE//... oc=red on=2 1/2p-ind&bl-unissued
5/13/1937 2 1/2p dkbl issue=Coronation d=Queen Elizabeth & regalia & King George VI ovpt=NIUE oc=blk on=issuer=New Zealand-2 1/2p-Queen Elizabeth & regalia & King George VI wmk=multiple NZ & star perf=14x13.5
9/2/1940 2 1/2p dkbl&blk issue=1940 d=Aborigines Hut wmk=multiple NZ & star