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1/2p denom (#12963)

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  • Colnect-2584-451-Wagon-with-One-Shaft.jpg
  • Colnect-939-408-Cape-of-Good-Hope-stamps-overprinted-in-Black.jpg
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  • Timbre_allegorie_Cap_Bonne_EsperanceB.jpg
  • Colnect-4946-662-Queen-Victoria.jpg
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  • Colnect-3713-041-Transvaal-ZAR--frac12-p-carmine-overprinted---Swaziland--.jpg
  • Colnect-4946-666-Queen-Victoria.jpg
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  • Colnect-5578-602-Overprinted-in-Red.jpg
  • Colnect-2587-503-Wagon-with-One-Shaft.jpg
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  • Colnect-1706-380-Wagon-with-Two-Shafts.jpg
  • Colnect-3743-450-Wagon-with-One-Shaft.jpg
  • Colnect-2587-497-Wagon-with-One-Shaft.jpg
  • Stamp_Transvaal_1896_0.5p.jpg
  • Colnect-3446-811-Orange-tree.jpg
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  • Colnect-3446-813-Orange-tree.jpg
  • Colnect-1949-152-Queen-Victoria.jpg
  • Colnect-2541-386-Allegory.jpg
  • Colnect-2587-533-Wagon-with-One-Shaft.jpg
  • Colnect-2560-532-Orange-tree-overprinted.jpg
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  • Colnect-2871-052-Stamps-of-Cape-of-Good-Hope-Overprinted.jpg
  • Colnect-1706-397-Wagon-with-Two-Shafts---surcharged.jpg
  • Colnect-2587-493-Wagon-with-One-Shaft.jpg
  • Colnect-2541-512-King-Eduard-VII.jpg
  • Colnect-1726-781-Queen-Victoria.jpg
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  • Colnect-2587-485-Edward-VII.jpg
  • Colnect-4000-196-Edward-VII.jpg
  • Colnect-3446-817-King-Edward-VII.jpg
  • Colnect-2587-546-Digit.jpg
  • Colnect-3464-421-Great-Britain-stamps-overprinted--BECHUANALAND-PROTECTORATE-.jpg
  • Colnect-6250-049-King-George-V.jpg
  • Colnect-5778-562-King-George-V.jpg
  • Colnect-769-758-Figure.jpg
  • Colnect-3464-459-KGV-issue-overprinted--BECHUANALAND-PROTECTORATE-.jpg
  • Colnect-771-805-Figure.jpg
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  • Colnect-4264-757-OverprintEnglish.jpg
  • Colnect-939-448-George-V.jpg
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  • Colnect-4184-927-Springbok.jpg
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  • Colnect-5877-082-Springbok-s-Head-Antidorcas-marsupialis.jpg
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  • Colnect-5895-441-King-George-V-Silver-Jubilee.jpg
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  • Colnect-4164-043-Coronation.jpg
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Desc: 1/2p

Currency: South African pound (240d=240p=20sh=20s=1lb)

Numerical sorting value: 30


Equivalent denoms: 0.5d (1)
Unused: 1/2d

Users of this denom: Basutoland (5 stamps, 1933-1959), Bechuanaland (6 stamps, 1886-1897), Bechuanaland Protectorate (16 stamps, 1888-1955), Cape of Good Hope (8 stamps, 1875-1902), Vryburg (2 stamps, 1899-1900), Griqualand West (12 stamps, 1877-1879), Orange River Colony (16 stamps, 1882-1907), South Africa (50 stamps, 1913-1959), South West Africa (12 stamps, 1923-1952), Swaziland (5 stamps, 1889-1956), Transvaal (25 stamps, 1880-1907)

Used by 157 stamps: (See all uses as list)

Cape of Good Hope 1875 1/2p grayblk issue=1871 d=Hope seated var=no frame line wmk=crown & CC perf=14
Griqualand West 4/1877 1/2p grayblk d=Hope seated var=no frame line ovpt=G(7) oc=blk on=issuer=Cape of Good Hope-1/2p-grayblk wmk=crown & CC perf=14
Griqualand West 4/1877 1/2p grayblk d=Hope seated var=no frame line ovpt=G(6) oc=blk on=issuer=Cape of Good Hope-1/2p-grayblk wmk=crown & CC perf=14
Griqualand West 4/1877 1/2p grayblk d=Hope seated var=no frame line ovpt=G(5) oc=blk on=issuer=Cape of Good Hope-1/2p-grayblk wmk=crown & CC perf=14
Griqualand West 4/1877 1/2p grayblk d=Hope seated var=no frame line ovpt=G(4) oc=blk on=issuer=Cape of Good Hope-1/2p-grayblk wmk=crown & CC perf=14
Griqualand West 4/1877 1/2p grayblk d=Hope seated var=no frame line ovpt=G(3) oc=blk on=issuer=Cape of Good Hope-1/2p-grayblk wmk=crown & CC perf=14
Griqualand West 4/1877 1/2p grayblk d=Hope seated var=no frame line ovpt=G(2) oc=blk on=issuer=Cape of Good Hope-1/2p-grayblk wmk=crown & CC perf=14
Griqualand West 4/1877 1/2p grayblk d=Hope seated var=no frame line ovpt=G(1) oc=blk on=issuer=Cape of Good Hope-1/2p-grayblk wmk=crown & CC perf=14
Griqualand West 7/1878 1/2p grayblk d=Hope seated var=no frame line ovpt=G(8) oc=blk on=issuer=Cape of Good Hope-1/2p-grayblk wmk=crown & CC perf=14
Griqualand West 7/1878 1/2p grayblk d=Hope seated var=no frame line ovpt=G(9) oc=red on=issuer=Cape of Good Hope-1/2p-grayblk wmk=crown & CC perf=14
Griqualand West 7/1878 1/2p grayblk d=Hope seated var=no frame line ovpt=G(9) oc=blk on=issuer=Cape of Good Hope-1/2p-grayblk wmk=crown & CC perf=14
Griqualand West 7/1878 1/2p grayblk d=Hope seated var=no frame line ovpt=G(8) oc=red on=issuer=Cape of Good Hope-1/2p-grayblk wmk=crown & CC perf=14
Griqualand West 1879 1/2p grayblk d=Hope seated var=no frame line ovpt=G(17) oc=blk on=issuer=Cape of Good Hope-1/2p-grayblk wmk=crown & CC perf=14
Transvaal 1880 1/2p red issue=1878 d=Queen Victoria (1878 Transvaal)
Cape of Good Hope 7/1882 1/2p cl d=Hope seated var=no frame line ovpt=One//Half-penny. oc=blk on=1881-3p-wmk=crown & CC wmk=crown & CC perf=14
Cape of Good Hope 7/1882 1/2p cl d=Hope seated var=no frame line ovpt=One//Half-penny. oc=blk on=1882-3p-wmk=crown & CA wmk=crown & CA perf=14
Orange River Colony 8/1882 1/2p grn d=orange tree (1868) oc=blk on=1878-5sh-grn
Cape of Good Hope 9/1/1882 1/2p grayblk issue=1882 d=Hope seated var=no frame line wmk=crown & CA perf=14
Orange River Colony 1883 1/2p redbrn issue=1868 d=orange tree (1868)
Transvaal 1885 1/2p issue=1885b
Transvaal 1885 1/2p grn issue=1885b
Transvaal 1885 1/2p gray issue=1885 d=arms of Transvaal (1885)
Transvaal 9/1/1885 1/2p dkbrn issue=1885c
Transvaal 9/28/1885 1/2p pur issue=1885d
Bechuanaland 1886 1/2p grayblk issue=1886 d=Hope seated var=no frame line ovpt=British//Bechuanaland oc=blk on=issuer=Cape of Good Hope-1886-1/2p wmk=anchor (1884) perf=14
Bechuanaland 1886 1/2p grayblk issue=1886 d=Hope seated var=no frame line ovpt=British//Bechuanaland oc=red on=issuer=Cape of Good Hope-1886-1/2p wmk=anchor (1884) perf=14
Cape of Good Hope 1/1886 1/2p grayblk issue=1884 d=Hope seated var=no frame line wmk=anchor (1884) perf=14
Bechuanaland 1887 1/2p ver d=Queen Victoria (Jubilee 1/2d) ovpt=BRITISH//BECHUANALAND oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-1/2d-ver wmk=imperial crown perf=14
Bechuanaland Protectorate 8/7/1888 1/2p ver issue=1888 d=Queen Victoria (Jubilee 1/2d) ovpt=Protectorate oc=blk on=issuer=Bechuanaland-1887-1/2p wmk=imperial crown perf=14
Bechuanaland Protectorate 8/7/1888 1/2p ver issue=1888 d=Queen Victoria (Jubilee 1/2d) ovpt=Protectorate oc=blk on=issuer=Bechuanaland-1887-1/2p wmk=imperial crown perf=14
Bechuanaland Protectorate 8/7/1888 1/2p ver issue=1888 d=Queen Victoria (Jubilee 1/2d) ovpt=Protectorate oc=blk on=issuer=Bechuanaland-1887-1/2p wmk=imperial crown perf=14
Bechuanaland 12/1888 1/2p lil d=Queen Victoria (1887) ovpt=One//Half-//Penny oc=blk on=1887-3p wmk=orb
Swaziland 1889 1/2p gray d=arms of Transvaal (1885) ovpt=Swazieland oc=blk on=issuer=Transvaal-1/2p-gray
Bechuanaland 1/1889 1/2p grayblk issue=1889 d=Hope seated var=no frame line ovpt=British//Bechuanaland. oc=grn on=issuer=Cape of Good Hope-1886-1/2p wmk=anchor (1884) perf=14
Bechuanaland Protectorate 1/1889 1/2p grayblk d=Hope seated var=no frame line ovpt=Bechuanaland//Protectorate oc=blk on=issuer=Cape of Good Hope-1886-1/2p wmk=anchor (1884) perf=14
Bechuanaland Protectorate 1890 1/2p
Swaziland 8/1892 1/2p gray d=arms of Transvaal (1885) ovpt=Swazieland oc=red on=issuer=Transvaal-1/2p-gray
Transvaal 1/2/1893 1/2p olbis issue=1893 d=arms of Transvaal (1885) ovpt=bar//Halve//Penny//bar oc=red on=1887-2p-olbis
Transvaal 1/2/1893 1/2p olbis issue=1893 d=arms of Transvaal (1885) ovpt=bar//Halve//Penny//bar oc=blk on=1887-2p-olbis
Transvaal 1894 1/2p gray d=arms wagon two poles
Transvaal 1895 1/2p grn issue=1895b d=arms wagon one pole oc=blk on=1895-1sh-grn
Transvaal 1895 1/2p gray issue=1895a d=arms wagon one pole
Orange River Colony 1896 1/2p ultra d=orange tree (1868) ovpt=Halve//Penny.//bar oc=blk on=1883-3p-ultra
Transvaal 1896 1/2p grn d=Wagon with One Shaft
Orange River Colony 9/1896 1/2p ultra d=orange tree (1868) oc=blk on=1883-3p-ultra
Orange River Colony 9/1896 1/2p ultra d=orange tree (1868) oc=blk on=1883-3p-ultra
Orange River Colony 9/1896 1/2p ultra d=orange tree (1868) oc=blk on=1883-3p-ultra
Orange River Colony 9/1896 1/2p ultra d=orange tree (1868) oc=blk on=1883-3p-ultra
Orange River Colony 9/1896 1/2p ultra d=orange tree (1868) oc=blk on=1883-3p-ultra
Orange River Colony 9/1896 1/2p ultra d=orange tree (1868) oc=blk on=1883-3p-ultra
(plus 107 more) (See all uses as list)