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2p denom (#12224) (New South Wales usage only)

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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 31 stamps of New South Wales: (See all uses as list)

1/1/1850 2p bl d=seal of the colony (1850) var=I
4/1850 2p bl d=seal of the colony (1850) var=II
4/1850 2p ind d=seal of the colony (1850) var=II
4/1851 2p bl d=Queen Victoria (1851 New South Wales) var=III
4/1851 2p ultra d=Queen Victoria (1851 New South Wales) var=III
7/24/1851 2p ultra d=Queen Victoria (1851 New South Wales)
10/1853 2p ind d=Queen Victoria (1851 New South Wales)
10/1853 2p ultra d=Queen Victoria (1851 New South Wales)
1/1854 2p ultra issue=1854 d=Queen Victoria (1851 New South Wales) var=3 wmk=double-lined numeral imperf
1856 2p bl issue=1856 d=Queen Victoria (1856)
1859 2p ltbl d=Queen Victoria (1856)
1860 2p bl issue=1860 d=Queen Victoria (1856 New South Wales) wmk=double-lined numeral perf=13
1862 2p bl issue=1862b d=Queen Victoria (1862 New South Wales 2d)
1862 2p bl issue=1862 d=Queen Victoria (1862 New South Wales 2d) perf=14
1862 2p bl issue=1862 d=Queen Victoria (1862 New South Wales 2d)
1862 2p bl issue=1862b d=Queen Victoria (1862 New South Wales 2d)
1863 2p bl issue=1863 d=Queen Victoria (1862 New South Wales 2d)
1871 2p bl issue=1871 d=Queen Victoria (1862 New South Wales 2d) wmk=small crown & NSW
official 12/1/1879 2p bl issue=1879 official d=Queen Victoria (1862 New South Wales 2d) ovpt=O S on=issue=1871-2p wmk=small crown & NSW
official 1882 2p bl issue=1881 official d=Queen Victoria (1862 New South Wales 2d) on=issue=1882-2p wmk=small crown & NSW
1882 2p bl issue=1882 d=Queen Victoria (1862 New South Wales 2d) wmk=small crown & NSW
official 1888 2p prusbl issue=1888 official d=emu on=issue=1888-2p perf=13
official 1888 2p bl d=Queen Victoria
1888 2p prusbl issue=1888 d=emu perf=13
1888 2p bl d=Queen Victoria (1862 New South Wales 2d) wmk=NSW perf=13
postage due 1/1/1891 2p ltgrn issue=1891 due a d=numeral (1891 due)
1897 2p ultra d=Queen Victoria (1897 New South Wales) perf=13
10/1899 2p bl issue=1899 d=Queen Victoria (1897 New South Wales) wmk=large crown & NSW perf=13
postage due 1900 2p emer issue=1900 due d=numeral (1891 due) wmk=large crown & NSW
1905 2p issue=1905 d=Queen Victoria (1897 New South Wales) wmk=crown & single-lined A perf=13
7/1907 2p ultra issue=1906 d=Queen Victoria (1897 New South Wales) wmk=crown & double-lined A perf=13