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1/2p denom (#12968)

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Desc: 1/2p

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

Numerical sorting value: 30


Users of this denom: Cameroun (3 stamps, 1915-1961), Gold Coast (14 stamps, 1879-1953), British occupation of Togo (5 stamps, 1914-1916)

Used by 22 stamps: (See all uses as list)

Gold Coast 1879 1/2p bis issue=1876 d=Queen Victoria (1875 Gold Coast) wmk=crown & CC perf=14
Gold Coast 1/1883 1/2p bis issue=1883 d=Queen Victoria (1875 Gold Coast) wmk=crown & CA perf=14
Gold Coast 1/1883 1/2p grn issue=1883 d=Queen Victoria (1875 Gold Coast) wmk=crown & CA perf=14
Gold Coast 1898 1/2p lil&grn issue=1898 d=Queen Victoria (1889 keyplate) wmk=crown & CA perf=14
Gold Coast 1902 1/2p vio&grn issue=1902 d=King Edward VII (1902 keyplate) wmk=crown & CA perf=14
Gold Coast 1904 1/2p vio&grn issue=1904 d=King Edward VII (1902 keyplate) wmk=mult crown & CA perf=14
Gold Coast 1907 1/2p grn issue=1907 d=King Edward VII (1902 keyplate) wmk=mult crown & CA perf=14
Gold Coast 1913 1/2p grn d=King George V (1912 keyplate) wmk=mult crown & CA perf=14
British occupation of Togo 10/1/1914 1/2p brn issue=1914aa d=yacht ovpt=TOGO//Anglo-French//Occupation wide oc=blk on=issuer=Togo-3pf-yacht-unwmk perf=14x14.5
British occupation of Togo 10/15/1914 1/2p brn issue=1914ba d=yacht ovpt=TOGO//Anglo-French//Occupation narrow oc=blk on=issuer=Togo-3pf-yacht-unwmk perf=14x14.5
Cameroun 1915 1/2p grn issue=1915a d=yacht ovpt=C.E.F.//value oc=blk on=1906-5pf wmk=lozenges
Cameroun 1915 1/2p brn issue=1915a d=yacht ovpt=C.E.F.//value oc=blk on=1900-3pf
British occupation of Togo 5/1915 1/2p issue=1915b ovpt=TOGO//ANGLO-FRENCH//OCCUPATION(lighter) oc=blk on=issuer=Gold Coast-1/2p
British occupation of Togo 4/1916 1/2p ovpt=TOGO//ANGLO-FRENCH//OCCUPATION(heavier) oc=blk on=issuer=Gold Coast-1/2p
British occupation of Togo 4/15/1916 1/2p grn issue=1916
Gold Coast 1922 1/2p grn issue=1921 d=King George V (1912 keyplate) wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=14
Gold Coast postage due 1923 1/2p blk d=numeral (1923) wmk=mult crown & script CA
Gold Coast 8/1/1928 1/2p grn d=King George V & Christiansborg Castle wmk=mult crown & script CA
Gold Coast 4/1/1938 1/2p grn issue=1938 d=King George VI & Christiansborg Castle wmk=mult crown & script CA
Gold Coast 7/1/1948 1/2p emer issue=George VI pictorial d=mounted constable & King George VI wmk=mult crown & script CA
Gold Coast 4/1/1953 1/2p yelbrn&red issue=Elizabeth II pictorials d=map of West Africa & Queen Elizabeth II wmk=mult crown & script CA
Cameroun 10/1/1961 1/2p brtvio issue=1961 overprint dt=airplanes (1946) d=flying boat over map ovpt=bars//REPUBLIQUE//FEDERALE//value oc=blk on=1946-1fr