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1/2p denom (#12963) (Bechuanaland Protectorate 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 16 stamps of Bechuanaland Protectorate: (See all uses as list)

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
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
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
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
1890 1/2p
10/1897 1/2p ver issue=1897 d=Queen Victoria (Jubilee 1/2d) ovpt=BECHUANALAND//PROTECTORATE oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-1/2d-ver wmk=imperial crown perf=14
2/25/1902 1/2p blgrn issue=1897 d=Queen Victoria (Jubilee 1/2d) ovpt=BECHUANALAND//PROTECTORATE oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-1900-1/2d wmk=imperial crown perf=14
1904 1/2p blgrn issue=1904 d=King Edward VII (1902) ovpt=BECHUANALAND//PROTECTORATE oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-1/2d-blgrn-King Edward VII (1902 India) wmk=imperial crown perf=14
11/1908 1/2p palegrn issue=1904 d=King Edward VII (1902) ovpt=BECHUANALAND//PROTECTORATE oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-1904-1/2d-King Edward VII (1902 India) wmk=imperial crown
1914 1/2p grn issue=1914 d=King George V (1912 a) ovpt=BECHUANALAND//PROTECTORATE oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-8/1912-1/2d wmk=crown & GvR perf=15x14
1925 1/2p grn issue=1925 d=King George V (1912 a) ovpt=BECHUANALAND//PROTECTORATE oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-issue=1924-1/2d wmk=crown & block GvR perf=15x14
postage due 1926 1/2p grn issue=1926 due wmk=anchor
12/12/1932 1/2p grn d=King George V & cattle & baobab tree
postage due 12/12/1932 1/2p ol issue=1932 due d=numeral (1923) wmk=anchor
4/1/1938 1/2p grn d=King George VI & cattle & baobab tree
1955 1/2p issue=1955