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50c denom (#12708)

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Desc: 50c

Currency: East African shilling (2000c=20sh=20s=1lb)

Numerical sorting value: 3000


Users of this denom: Aden (5 stamps, 1951-1964), Kathiri State of Seiyun (2 stamps, 1951-1954), Quaiti State in Hadhramaut (3 stamps, 1951-1963), British forces in Eritrea (2 stamps, 1948-1950), British forces in Somalia (2 stamps, 1948-1950), Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania (28 stamps, 1922-1976), Somaliland Protectorate (3 stamps, 1951-1954), Tanganyika (7 stamps, 1922-1962), Zanzibar (17 stamps, 1931-1967)

Used by 69 stamps: (See all uses as list)

Somaliland Protectorate 50c rosevio unissued
Tanganyika 1922 50c grayblk issue=1922 d=giraffe (1922)
Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania 11/1/1922 50c gray issue=1922 d=King George V (1922 Kenya and Uganda lo) wmk=mult crown & script CA
Tanganyika 1927 50c gray&blk issue=1927 d=King George V (1912 common)
Zanzibar postage due 1931 50c blk pc=org issue=1931 postage due wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=10
Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania 5/1/1935 50c blk&redvio issue=George V pictorials d=dhow & King George V wmk=mult crown & script CA
Zanzibar 1936 50c car issue=1936 d=Sultan Khalifa bin Harub 1936 wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=14
Zanzibar 12/9/1936 50c redorg&blk issue=Sultan Khalifa bin Harub accession 25th d=doorway & Sultan Khalifa bin Harub wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=14
Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania 1938 50c issue=George VI pictorials d=dhow on Lake Victoria & King George VI wmk=mult crown & script CA
Zanzibar 11/20/1944 50c prusgrn issue=Al Busaid Dynasty 200th d=dhow on map of Arabian Sea wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=14
British forces in Somalia 5/27/1948 50c roselil issue=1948 d=King George VI (1938 a) ovpt=B.M.A.//SOMALIA//value oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-6p-roselil-King George VI wmk=crown & GVIR perf=15x14
British forces in Eritrea 6/1948 50c roselil issue=1948 d=King George VI (1938 a) ovpt=B.M.A.//ERITREA//50//CENTS oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-6p-roselil-King George VI wmk=crown & GVIR perf=15x14
Zanzibar 10/10/1949 50c redlil issue=UPU 75th wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=11x11.5
Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania 10/10/1949 50c issue=UPU 75th wmk=mult crown & script CA
British forces in Somalia 1/2/1950 50c roselil issue=1950 d=King George VI (1938 a) ovpt=B. A.//SOMALIA//value oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-6p-roselil-King George VI wmk=crown & GVIR perf=15x14
British forces in Eritrea 2/6/1950 50c roselil issue=1950 d=King George VI (1938 a) ovpt=B. A.//ERITREA//value oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-6p-roselil-King George VI wmk=crown & GVIR perf=15x14
Somaliland Protectorate 4/2/1951 50c gray d=George VI full face & antelope ovpt=value oc=blk on=1942-8a wmk=mult crown & script CA
Quaiti State in Hadhramaut 10/1/1951 50c ver issue=1951 d=Einat ovpt=value oc=blk on=1942-8a wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=13x12
Kathiri State of Seiyun 10/1/1951 50c ver issue=1951 d=mosque,Seiyun ovpt=value oc=blk on=1942-8a wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=13x12
Aden 10/1/1951 50c org issue=new currency d=Mukalla ovpt=value oc=blk on=1939-8a wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=12.5
Zanzibar 8/26/1952 50c pur issue=1952 d=Sultan Khalifa bin Harub 1952 wmk=mult crown & script CA
Aden 6/15/1953 50c dlbl issue=1953a d=map of Arabia wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=12
Kathiri State of Seiyun 1/15/1954 50c brn&red issue=1954 d=Fortress at Tarim wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=13x12
Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania 6/1954 50c redpur issue=1954 dt=Elizabeth II pictorials (1954) d=giraffe & Queen Elizabeth II
Zanzibar 8/26/1954 50c pur issue=Sultan Khalifa bin Harub 75th d=Sultan Khalifa bin Harub (1954) wmk=mult crown & script CA
Somaliland Protectorate 9/15/1954 50c lilrose&brn issue=Elizabeth II pictorials d=martial eagle & Queen Elizabeth II wmk=mult crown & script CA
Aden 7/1/1955 50c dkbl issue=1953b d=map of Arabia wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=12
Quaiti State in Hadhramaut 9/1/1955 50c org issue=1955 d=date cultivation wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=11.5x13
Aden 4/12/1956 50c dkbl issue=1953b d=map of Arabia wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=12x13.5
Zanzibar 8/26/1957 50c dkgrn&bl issue=1957 dt=Sultan Khalifa d=Map showing location of Zanzibar wmk=mult crown & script CA
Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania official 7/1/1959 50c redpur issue=1959 official
Tanganyika official 7/1/1959 50c redpur dt=Elizabeth II pictorials (1954) d=giraffe & Queen Elizabeth II ovpt=OFFICIAL oc=blk on=issuer=Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania-issue=1954-50c
Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania 10/1/1960 50c issue=1960 d=zebras & Queen Elizabeth II
Tanganyika official 10/1/1960 50c issue=1960 official serifs d=zebras & Queen Elizabeth II ovpt=OFFICIAL(serifs) oc=blk on=issuer=Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania-issue=1960-50c
Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania official 10/18/1960 50c grayvio issue=1960 official
Zanzibar 10/17/1961 50c grn&ultra issue=1961 dt=Sultan Seyyid Abdulla d=Map showing location of Zanzibar wmk=mult crown & script CA
Tanganyika 12/9/1961 50c blk&yel issue=independence d=lions (1961)
Tanganyika official 12/9/1961 50c blk&yel d=lions (1961) ovpt=OFFICIAL oc=blk on=issue=independence-50c
Tanganyika 12/9/1962 50c issue=independence 1st d=raising flag
Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania 3/21/1963 50c issue=Freedom from Hunger
Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania 9/2/1963 50c d=Red Cross 100th
Quaiti State in Hadhramaut 10/20/1963 50c org issue=1963 d=date cultivation wmk=St Edwards crown & CA perf=11.5x13
Zanzibar 12/10/1963 50c issue=Zanzibar independence d=arch&sun wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=12.5
Aden 1964 50c dlbl issue=1953c d=map of Arabia wmk=St Edwards crown & CA perf=12x13.5
Zanzibar 2/28/1964 50c grn&ultra issue=1964a dt=Sultan Seyyid Abdulla d=Map showing location of Zanzibar ovpt=JAMHURI 1964 oc=blk on=issue=1961-50c wmk=mult crown & script CA
Zanzibar 2/28/1964 50c issue=1964b d=arch&sun ovpt=JAMHURI 1964 oc=blk on=issue=Zanzibar independence-50c wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=12.5
Zanzibar 6/21/1964 50c issue=1964c dt=symbolic&flags d=Man breaking chain wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=13x13.5
Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania 10/21/1964 50c issue=Olympics 1964
Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania 4/15/1965 50c issue=safari rally d=Emblem & leopard
Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania 5/17/1965 50c issue=ITU 100th d=ITU emblem (1965 Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania)
(plus 19 more) (See all uses as list)