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Indian rupee (par) (Zanzibar usage only)


Name: Indian rupee (par)
Defn: 192p=16a=1r
Symbol: ₹
Code:
Desc:
First year: 1852
Last year: 1957
Units of money:
pie p 1
anna a 12
rupee r 192

Users of this currency: Aden (37 stamps, 1937-1949), Kathiri State of Seiyun (19 stamps, 1942-1949), Quaiti State in Hadhramaut (20 stamps, 1942-1949), Bahrain (101 stamps, 1933-1956), British East Africa (113 stamps, 1890-1898), China offices in Tibet (11 stamps, 1911), East Africa & Uganda Protectorates (34 stamps, 1903-1918), French offices in Zanzibar (67 stamps, 1893-1904), India (448 stamps, 1852-1956), ICC, Cambodia (5 stamps, 1954), ICC, Laos (5 stamps, 1954), ICC, Viet Nam (5 stamps, 1954), Alwar (4 stamps, 1877-1899), Bamra (25 stamps, 1888-1893), Barwani (32 stamps, 1921-1938), Bhopal (51 stamps, 1876-1932), Bhor (3 stamps, 1879-1901), Bijawar (15 stamps, 1935-1937), Bundi (51 stamps, 1894-1947), Bussahir (30 stamps, 1895-1900), Chamba (180 stamps, 1886-1948), Charkhari (43 stamps, 1894-1943), Cochin (145 stamps, 1911-1950), Dhar (9 stamps, 1897-1898), Duttia (27 stamps, 1893-1916), Faridkot (21 stamps, 1886-1900), Gwalior (194 stamps, 1885-1949), Hyderabad (55 stamps, 1869-1949), Idar (6 stamps, 1939-1944), Indore (40 stamps, 1886-1941), Jaipur (62 stamps, 1904-1947), Jammu & Kashmir (35 stamps, 1878-1886), Jammu (33 stamps, 1866-1877), Kashmir (14 stamps, 1866-1867), Jasdan (1 stamp, 1942), Jhalawar (2 stamps, 1887), Jind (207 stamps, 1874-1945), Kishangarh (47 stamps, 1899-1928), Las Bela (10 stamps, 1897-1904), Morvi (17 stamps, 1931-1935), Nabha (151 stamps, 1885-1946), Nandgaon (8 stamps, 1892-1893), Orchha (22 stamps, 1913-1939), Patiala (186 stamps, 1884-1947), Poonch (16 stamps, 1876-1884), Rajasthan (54 stamps, 1949), Rajpeepla (3 stamps, 1880), Sirmoor (33 stamps, 1879-1899), Soruth (27 stamps, 1864-1937), TravancoreCochin (10 stamps, 1949-1950), Wadhwan (3 stamps, 1888-1889), Iraq (65 stamps, 1923-1931), Kuwait (116 stamps, 1923-1956), Mesopotamia (53 stamps, 1917-1922), Oman (65 stamps, 1944-1957), Bahawalpur (58 stamps, 1945-1949), Somaliland Protectorate (130 stamps, 1903-1949), Uganda (24 stamps, 1896-1902), Zanzibar (88 stamps, 1895-1904), unknown forger (1 stamp, 1900) Show with all usages

Denominations used by Zanzibar in this currency:
Denom Usages Selected stamps
1/2a 7   1895 grn issue=1895b dt=Empress Victoria d=Queen Victoria (1882 India 1/2a) ovpt=Zanzibar oc=blk on=issuer=India-1/2a-grn ... 6/8/1904 emer issue=1904 d=monogram of Sultan Ali bin Hamud
1a 10   1895 viobrn issue=1895b dt=Empress Victoria d=Queen Victoria (1882 India 1a) ovpt=Zanzibar oc=blk on=issuer=India-1a-viobrn ... 6/8/1904 rosered issue=1904 d=monogram of Sultan Ali bin Hamud
1a6p 1   1895 bisbrn issue=1895b dt=Empress Victoria d=Queen Victoria (1882 India 1a6p) ovpt=Zanzibar oc=blk on=issuer=India-1a6p-bisbrn
2a 6   1895 ultra issue=1895b dt=Empress Victoria d=Queen Victoria (1882 India 2a) ovpt=Zanzibar oc=blk on=issuer=India-2a-ultra ... 6/8/1904 bisbrn issue=1904 d=monogram of Sultan Ali bin Hamud
2 1/2a 10   1896 dkbl issue=1896 d=Queen Victoria & British lions ovpt=Zanzibar oc=blk on=issuer=British East Africa-2 1/2a-dkbl ... 6/8/1904 ultra issue=1904 d=monogram of Sultan Ali bin Hamud
= 2a6p 1   1895 grn issue=1895b d=Queen Victoria (1892 India 2a6p) ovpt=Zanzibar oc=blk on=issuer=India-2a6p-grn
3a 5   1895 org issue=1895b dt=Empress Victoria d=Queen Victoria (1882 India 3a) ovpt=Zanzibar oc=blk on=issuer=India-3a-org ... 6/8/1904 gray issue=1904 d=monogram of Sultan Ali bin Hamud
4a 5   1895 olgrn issue=1895b dt=Empress Victoria d=Queen Victoria (1882 India 4a) ovpt=Zanzibar oc=blk on=issuer=India-4a-olgrn ... 6/8/1904 blgrn issue=1904 d=monogram of Sultan Ali bin Hamud
4 1/2a 6   1896 org issue=1896 d=Queen Victoria & British lions ovpt=Zanzibar oc=blk on=issuer=British East Africa-4 1/2a-org ... 6/8/1904 blk issue=1904 d=monogram of Sultan Ali bin Hamud
5a 5   1896 dkocher issue=1896 d=Queen Victoria & British lions ovpt=Zanzibar oc=blk on=issuer=British East Africa-5a-dkoch ... 6/8/1904 och issue=1904 d=monogram of Sultan Ali bin Hamud
6a 1   1895 bis issue=1895b d=Queen Victoria (1876 India 6a) ovpt=Zanzibar oc=blk on=issuer=India-6a-bis-wmk=elephant head
7 1/2a 5   1896 lil issue=1896 d=Queen Victoria & British lions ovpt=Zanzibar oc=blk on=issuer=British East Africa-7 1/2a-lil ... 6/8/1904 vio issue=1904 d=monogram of Sultan Ali bin Hamud
8a 5   1895 redvio issue=1895b dt=Empress Victoria d=Queen Victoria (1882 India 8a) ovpt=Zanzibar oc=blk on=issuer=India-8a-redvio ... 6/8/1904 olgrn issue=1904 d=monogram of Sultan Ali bin Hamud
12a 1   1895 vio pc=red issue=1895b dt=Empress Victoria d=Queen Victoria (1882 India 12a) ovpt=Zanzibar oc=blk on=issuer=India-12a-vio-pc=red
1r 5   1895 gray issue=1895b dt=Empress Victoria d=Queen Victoria (1882 india 1r) ovpt=Zanzibar oc=blk on=issuer=India-1882-1r-gray ... 6/8/1904 ultra&red issue=1904 d=monogram large
2r 4   1895 brn&rose issue=1895b d=Queen Victoria (1895 India r) ovpt=Zanzibar oc=blk on=issuer=India-1895-2r-brn&rose ... 6/8/1904 grn&red issue=1904 d=monogram large
3r 4   1895 grn&brn issue=1895b d=Queen Victoria (1895 India r) ovpt=Zanzibar oc=blk on=issuer=India-1895-3r-grn&brn ... 6/8/1904 vio&red issue=1904 d=monogram large
4r 3   9/20/1896 lake&red d=Sultan Hamad bin Thuwaini ... 6/8/1904 issue=1904 d=monogram large
5r 4   1895 vio&ultra issue=1895b d=Queen Victoria (1895 India r) ovpt=Zanzibar oc=blk on=issuer=India-1895-5r-vio&ultra ... 6/8/1904 brn&red issue=1904 d=monogram large

Used by 88 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 1a viobrn issue=1895b dt=Empress Victoria d=Queen Victoria (1882 India 1a) ovpt=Zanzibar oc=blk on=issuer=India-1a-viobrn wmk=star
1895 2a6p grn issue=1895b d=Queen Victoria (1892 India 2a6p) ovpt=Zanzibar oc=blk on=issuer=India-2a6p-grn wmk=star
1895 6a bis issue=1895b d=Queen Victoria (1876 India 6a) ovpt=Zanzibar oc=blk on=issuer=India-6a-bis-wmk=elephant head wmk=elephant head
1895 1r carrose&grn issue=1895b d=Queen Victoria (1892 India 1r) ovpt=Zanzibar oc=blk on=issuer=India-1892-1r-carrose&grn wmk=star
1895 2r brn&rose issue=1895b d=Queen Victoria (1895 India r) ovpt=Zanzibar oc=blk on=issuer=India-1895-2r-brn&rose wmk=star
1895 3r grn&brn issue=1895b d=Queen Victoria (1895 India r) ovpt=Zanzibar oc=blk on=issuer=India-1895-3r-grn&brn wmk=star
1895 5r vio&ultra issue=1895b d=Queen Victoria (1895 India r) ovpt=Zanzibar oc=blk on=issuer=India-1895-5r-vio&ultra 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
1895 1a6p bisbrn issue=1895b dt=Empress Victoria d=Queen Victoria (1882 India 1a6p) ovpt=Zanzibar oc=blk on=issuer=India-1a6p-bisbrn wmk=star
1895 2a ultra issue=1895b dt=Empress Victoria d=Queen Victoria (1882 India 2a) ovpt=Zanzibar oc=blk on=issuer=India-2a-ultra wmk=star
1895 3a org issue=1895b dt=Empress Victoria d=Queen Victoria (1882 India 3a) ovpt=Zanzibar oc=blk on=issuer=India-3a-org wmk=star
1895 4a olgrn issue=1895b dt=Empress Victoria d=Queen Victoria (1882 India 4a) ovpt=Zanzibar oc=blk on=issuer=India-4a-olgrn wmk=star
1895 8a redvio issue=1895b dt=Empress Victoria d=Queen Victoria (1882 India 8a) ovpt=Zanzibar oc=blk on=issuer=India-8a-redvio wmk=star
1895 12a vio pc=red issue=1895b dt=Empress Victoria d=Queen Victoria (1882 India 12a) ovpt=Zanzibar oc=blk on=issuer=India-12a-vio-pc=red wmk=star
1895 1r gray issue=1895b dt=Empress Victoria d=Queen Victoria (1882 india 1r) ovpt=Zanzibar oc=blk on=issuer=India-1882-1r-gray wmk=star
1895 1a viobrn issue=1895a dt=Empress Victoria d=Queen Victoria (1882 India 1a) ovpt=Zanzibar oc=bl on=issuer=India-1a-viobrn wmk=star
1896 4 1/2a org issue=1896 d=Queen Victoria & British lions ovpt=Zanzibar oc=blk on=issuer=British East Africa-4 1/2a-org perf=14
1896 7 1/2a lil issue=1896 d=Queen Victoria & British lions ovpt=Zanzibar oc=blk on=issuer=British East Africa-7 1/2a-lil perf=14
1896 5a dkocher issue=1896 d=Queen Victoria & British lions ovpt=Zanzibar oc=blk on=issuer=British East Africa-5a-dkoch perf=14
1896 1a car issue=1896 d=Queen Victoria & British lions ovpt=Zanzibar oc=blk on=issuer=British East Africa-1a-car perf=14
1896 2 1/2a dkbl issue=1896 d=Queen Victoria & British lions ovpt=Zanzibar oc=blk on=issuer=British East Africa-2 1/2a-dkbl perf=14
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 8a d=Sultan Hamad bin Thuwaini wmk=rosette perf=14
9/20/1896 2r grn&red d=Sultan Hamad bin Thuwaini wmk=rosette perf=14
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9/1899 2a redbrn&red issue=1899 d=Sultan Hamoud bin Mohammed wmk=mult rosette perf=14
9/1899 1a ind&red issue=1899 d=Sultan Hamoud bin Mohammed wmk=mult rosette perf=14
9/1899 1/2a yelgrn&red issue=1899 d=Sultan Hamoud bin Mohammed wmk=mult rosette perf=14
1901 1a car&red issue=1899 d=Sultan Hamoud bin Mohammed wmk=mult rosette perf=14
1901 4 1/2a ind&red issue=1899 d=Sultan Hamoud bin Mohammed wmk=mult rosette perf=14
1904 1a ind&red d=Sultan Hamoud bin Mohammed ovpt=One oc=lk on=1901-4 1/2a wmk=mult rosette perf=14
1904 2 1/2a grayol&red d=Sultan Hamoud bin Mohammed ovpt=Two//&//Half oc=blk on=1899-8a wmk=mult rosette perf=14
1904 2 1/2a vio&red d=Sultan Hamoud bin Mohammed ovpt=Two//&//Half oc=blk on=1899-7 1/2a wmk=mult rosette perf=14
1904 2a dkgrn&red d=Sultan Hamoud bin Mohammed ovpt=Two oc=lk on=1899-4a wmk=mult rosette perf=14
1904 1a org&red d=Sultan Hamoud bin Mohammed ovpt=One oc=blk on=1899-4 1/2a-org&red wmk=mult rosette perf=14
6/8/1904 5r brn&red issue=1904 d=monogram large wmk=mult rosette perf=14
6/8/1904 4r issue=1904 d=monogram large wmk=mult rosette perf=14
6/8/1904 3r vio&red issue=1904 d=monogram large wmk=mult rosette perf=14
6/8/1904 2r grn&red issue=1904 d=monogram large wmk=mult rosette perf=14
6/8/1904 1r ultra&red issue=1904 d=monogram large wmk=mult rosette perf=14
6/8/1904 8a olgrn issue=1904 d=monogram of Sultan Ali bin Hamud wmk=mult rosette perf=14
6/8/1904 7 1/2a vio issue=1904 d=monogram of Sultan Ali bin Hamud wmk=mult rosette perf=14
6/8/1904 5a och issue=1904 d=monogram of Sultan Ali bin Hamud wmk=mult rosette perf=14
6/8/1904 4 1/2a blk issue=1904 d=monogram of Sultan Ali bin Hamud wmk=mult rosette perf=14
6/8/1904 4a blgrn issue=1904 d=monogram of Sultan Ali bin Hamud wmk=mult rosette perf=14
6/8/1904 3a gray issue=1904 d=monogram of Sultan Ali bin Hamud wmk=mult rosette perf=14
6/8/1904 2 1/2a ultra issue=1904 d=monogram of Sultan Ali bin Hamud wmk=mult rosette perf=14
6/8/1904 2a bisbrn issue=1904 d=monogram of Sultan Ali bin Hamud wmk=mult rosette perf=14
6/8/1904 1a rosered issue=1904 d=monogram of Sultan Ali bin Hamud 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

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