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1/2a denom (#132) (Zanzibar usage only)

  • Colnect-4934-306-Queen-Victoria.jpg
  • Colnect-4934-307-Queen-Victoria.jpg
  • Colnect-2697-793-British-East-Africa-with-overprint--Zanzibar-.jpg
  • Colnect-1466-947-Sultan-Hamid-ibn-Thuwaini.jpg
  • Colnect-1466-950-Sultan-Hamid-ibn-Thuwaini.jpg
  • Colnect-2328-877-Sultan-Hammud-ibn-Muhammad.jpg
  • Colnect-2690-254-Coat-of-arms-with-the-monogram-of-the-Sultan.jpg
Desc: 1/2a

Currency: Indian rupee (par) (192p=16a=1r)

Numerical sorting value: 360


Equivalent denoms: 6p (36)

Users of this denom: Aden (3 stamps, 1937-1948), Kathiri State of Seiyun (1 stamp, 1942), Quaiti State in Hadhramaut (2 stamps, 1942-1946), Bahrain (8 stamps, 1933-1956), British East Africa (13 stamps, 1890-1897), China offices in Tibet (1 stamp, 1911), East Africa & Uganda Protectorates (3 stamps, 1903-1904), French offices in Zanzibar (7 stamps, 1893-1904), India (38 stamps, 1852-1943), Bamra (3 stamps, 1888-1891), Barwani (9 stamps, 1921-1935), Bhopal (11 stamps, 1876-1932), Bhor (2 stamps, 1879-1901), Bundi (6 stamps, 1894-1947), Bussahir (4 stamps, 1895-1900), Chamba (17 stamps, 1886-1943), Charkhari (8 stamps, 1897-1943), Dhar (2 stamps, 1897-1898), Duttia (6 stamps, 1893-1916), Faridkot (2 stamps, 1886-1887), Gwalior (24 stamps, 1885-1949), Hyderabad (9 stamps, 1871-1947), Idar (3 stamps, 1939-1944), Indore (6 stamps, 1886-1941), Jaipur (10 stamps, 1904-1947), Jammu & Kashmir (8 stamps, 1878-1886), Jammu (14 stamps, 1866-1877), Kashmir (4 stamps, 1866-1867), Jind (28 stamps, 1874-1943), Kishangarh (8 stamps, 1899-1928), Las Bela (9 stamps, 1897-1904), Morvi (1 stamp, 1931), Nabha (19 stamps, 1885-1943), Nandgaon (3 stamps, 1892-1893), Orchha (3 stamps, 1913-1939), Patiala (24 stamps, 1884-1943), Poonch (5 stamps, 1877-1884), Rajasthan (6 stamps, 1949), Soruth (1 stamp, 1929), TravancoreCochin (1 stamp, 1949), Iraq (5 stamps, 1923-1931), Kuwait (9 stamps, 1923-1956), Mesopotamia (9 stamps, 1917-1921), Oman (4 stamps, 1944-1953), Bahawalpur (6 stamps, 1945-1949), Somaliland Protectorate (11 stamps, 1903-1942), Uganda (1 stamp, 1902), Zanzibar (7 stamps, 1895-1904) Show with all usages

Used by 7 stamps of Zanzibar: (See all uses as list)

1895 1/2a grn issue=1895a dt=Empress Victoria d=Queen Victoria (1882 India 1/2a) ovpt=Zanzibar oc=bl on=issuer=India-1/2a-grn wmk=star
1895 1/2a grn issue=1895b dt=Empress Victoria d=Queen Victoria (1882 India 1/2a) ovpt=Zanzibar oc=blk on=issuer=India-1/2a-grn wmk=star
1896 1/2a yelgrn issue=1896 d=Queen Victoria & British lions ovpt=Zanzibar oc=blk on=issuer=British East Africa-1/2a-yelgrn perf=14
9/20/1896 1/2a yelgrn&red d=Sultan Hamad bin Thuwaini wmk=rosette perf=14
1898 1/2a yelgrn&red wmk=mult rosette perf=14
9/1899 1/2a yelgrn&red issue=1899 d=Sultan Hamoud bin Mohammed wmk=mult rosette perf=14
6/8/1904 1/2a emer issue=1904 d=monogram of Sultan Ali bin Hamud wmk=mult rosette perf=14