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2p denom (#12224) (Gilbert & Ellice Islands usage only)

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  • Colnect-1098-776-Pandanus-Tree.jpg
  • Colnect-1100-044-King-George-V.jpg
  • Colnect-1100-071-King-George-V.jpg
  • STS-Gilbert-1-300dpi.jpeg-crop-471x323at1568-2324.jpg
  • Colnect-4593-941-Postage-Due.jpg
  • Colnect-1100-406-75th-Anniversary-of-the-UPU.jpg
  • Colnect-3915-162-Queen-Elizabeth-II.jpg
  • Colnect-3686-129-Canoe-and-Boat-House.jpg
  • Colnect-1102-853-Loading-Phosphate.jpg
  • Colnect-1103-238-Elizabeth-II.jpg
  • Colnect-1102-849-Weaving-Garlands.jpg
Desc: 2p

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

Numerical sorting value: 120


Equivalent denoms: 2d (43)

Users of this denom: Antigua (5 stamps, 1903-1938), New South Wales (31 stamps, 1850-1907), Queensland (25 stamps, 1860-1907), South Australia (25 stamps, 1855-1906), Tasmania (16 stamps, 1855-1911), Victoria (29 stamps, 1850-1906), Western Australia (14 stamps, 1857-1905), Barbuda (1 stamp, 1922), British Antarctic Territory (1 stamp, 1963), Cayman Islands (11 stamps, 1912-1969), Ceylon (5 stamps, 1857-1867), Dominica (6 stamps, 1903-1938), Gilbert & Ellice Islands (12 stamps, 1911-1965), Great Britain (3 stamps, 1902-1903), British forces in Africa (3 stamps, 1942-1943), British forces in Somalia (1 stamp, 1943), British offices in Morocco, British currency (7 stamps, 1907-1952), British offices in Tangier (6 stamps, 1927-1957), British offices in the Turkish Empire (2 stamps, 1905-1921), Guernsey (2 stamps, 1969), Jersey (2 stamps, 1969), German occupation of Jersey (1 stamp, 1943), Grenada (12 stamps, 1892-1938), Ionian Islands (1 stamp, 1859), Lagos (7 stamps, 1874-1905), Leeward Islands (7 stamps, 1902-1949), British consulate in Madagascar (5 stamps, 1884-1886), Mauritius (8 stamps, 1847-1863), Montserrat (8 stamps, 1903-1942), Natal (5 stamps, 1886-1904), Nauru (5 stamps, 1916-1965), New Britain (6 stamps, 1914), New Hebrides (Br) (8 stamps, 1908-1925), Niger Coast Protectorate (4 stamps, 1892-1897), Northern Nigeria (5 stamps, 1900-1912), St. KittsNevis (6 stamps, 1903-1938), St. Lucia (9 stamps, 1898-1938), St. Vincent (6 stamps, 1902-1938), Sierra Leone (19 stamps, 1872-1963), Southern Nigeria (5 stamps, 1901-1912), South Georgia (1 stamp, 1963), Trinidad (3 stamps, 1885-1905), Trinidad & Tobago (4 stamps, 1922-1923), Tristan da Cunha (6 stamps, 1952-1965), Turks & Caicos Islands (17 stamps, 1900-1968), Virgin Islands (4 stamps, 1904-1938), Zululand (1 stamp, 1888) Show with all usages

Used by 12 stamps of Gilbert & Ellice Islands: (See all uses as list)

1/1/1911 2p gray d=King Edward VII (1902 keyplate) ovpt=GILBERT&ELLICE//PROTECTORATE oc=blk on=issuer=Fiji-2p-gray-unissued
3/1911 2p gray d=pandanus
1912 2p gray d=King George V (1912 keyplate)
1921 2p gray d=King George V (1912 keyplate) wmk=mult crown & script CA
1/14/1939 2p blk&brn issue=George VI pictorials d=canoe in front of boat house & King George VI wmk=mult crown & script CA
postage due 8/1940 2p red d=numeral (1940 Gilbert & Ellice Islands) wmk=mult crown & script CA
10/10/1949 2p slbl issue=UPU 75th d=airplane & hemispheres & paddle steamer wmk=mult crown & script CA
6/2/1953 2p gray&blk issue=Coronation 1953 d=Queen Elizabeth II (1953) wmk=mult crown & script CA
8/1/1956 2p vio&grn issue=Elizabeth II pictorials d=canoe in front of boat house & Queen Elizabeth II wmk=mult crown & script CA
5/1/1960 2p pnk&grn issue=phosphate discovery 60th d=Loading Phosphate wmk=St Edwards crown & CA
10/5/1963 2p blk&red issue=Red Cross 100th d=Queen Elizabeth II & Red Cross wmk=St Edwards crown & CA
8/16/1965 2p issue=1965 dt=dances & customs d=Weaving Garlands wmk=St Edwards crown & CA