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1/2p denom (#12963) (Bechuanaland usage only)

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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) Show with all usages

Used by 6 stamps of Bechuanaland: (See all uses as list)

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
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
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
12/1888 1/2p lil d=Queen Victoria (1887) ovpt=One//Half-//Penny oc=blk on=1887-3p wmk=orb
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
1897 1/2p grn d=Hope seated var=no frame line ovpt=BRITISH//BECHUANALAND oc=blk on=issuer=Cape of Good Hope-1896-1/2p wmk=anchor (1884) perf=14