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1/2a denom (#132)

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Desc: 1/2a

Currency: Indian rupee (par) (192p=16a=1r)

Numerical sorting value: 360


Equivalent denoms: 6p (36)

Users of this denom: Aden (3 stamps, 1937-1948), Kathiri State of Seiyun (1 stamp, 1942), Quaiti State in Hadhramaut (2 stamps, 1942-1946), Bahrain (8 stamps, 1933-1956), British East Africa (13 stamps, 1890-1897), China offices in Tibet (1 stamp, 1911), East Africa & Uganda Protectorates (3 stamps, 1903-1904), French offices in Zanzibar (7 stamps, 1893-1904), India (38 stamps, 1852-1943), Bamra (3 stamps, 1888-1891), Barwani (9 stamps, 1921-1935), Bhopal (11 stamps, 1876-1932), Bhor (2 stamps, 1879-1901), Bundi (6 stamps, 1894-1947), Bussahir (4 stamps, 1895-1900), Chamba (17 stamps, 1886-1943), Charkhari (8 stamps, 1897-1943), Dhar (2 stamps, 1897-1898), Duttia (6 stamps, 1893-1916), Faridkot (2 stamps, 1886-1887), Gwalior (24 stamps, 1885-1949), Hyderabad (9 stamps, 1871-1947), Idar (3 stamps, 1939-1944), Indore (6 stamps, 1886-1941), Jaipur (10 stamps, 1904-1947), Jammu & Kashmir (8 stamps, 1878-1886), Jammu (14 stamps, 1866-1877), Kashmir (4 stamps, 1866-1867), Jind (28 stamps, 1874-1943), Kishangarh (8 stamps, 1899-1928), Las Bela (9 stamps, 1897-1904), Morvi (1 stamp, 1931), Nabha (19 stamps, 1885-1943), Nandgaon (3 stamps, 1892-1893), Orchha (3 stamps, 1913-1939), Patiala (24 stamps, 1884-1943), Poonch (5 stamps, 1877-1884), Rajasthan (6 stamps, 1949), Soruth (1 stamp, 1929), TravancoreCochin (1 stamp, 1949), Iraq (5 stamps, 1923-1931), Kuwait (9 stamps, 1923-1956), Mesopotamia (9 stamps, 1917-1921), Oman (4 stamps, 1944-1953), Bahawalpur (6 stamps, 1945-1949), Somaliland Protectorate (11 stamps, 1903-1942), Uganda (1 stamp, 1902), Zanzibar (7 stamps, 1895-1904)

Used by 384 stamps: (See all uses as list)

India 7/1/1852 1/2a wht d=East India company arms
India 7/1/1852 1/2a bl d=East India company arms
India 7/1/1852 1/2a red d=East India company arms
India 1854 1/2a bl d=Queen Victoria (1854 India) wmk=arms in sheet
India 1854 1/2a red d=Queen Victoria (1854 India) wmk=arms in sheet
India 1855 1/2a bl issue=1855 d=Queen Victoria (1855 India)
India 1865 1/2a bl d=Queen Victoria (1855 India) wmk=elephant head
Kashmir 1866 1/2a blk
Kashmir 1866 1/2a blk
Jammu 3/1866 1/2a grayblk
India official 8/1/1866 1/2a issue=1866 official b d=Small Service overprint on Queen Victoria wmk=crown & INDIA
India official 8/1/1866 1/2a issue=1866 official a d=Small Service overprint on Queen Victoria wmk=crown & INDIA
India official 1867 1/2a bl issue=1867 official d=Large Service overprint on Queen Victoria wmk=crown & INDIA
Kashmir 1867 1/2a viobl
Kashmir 1867 1/2a ultra
India official 1867 1/2a d=Service overprint on fiscal stamp wmk=elaborate crown
Jammu 1869 1/2a red
Jammu 1869 1/2a orgred
Hyderabad 1871 1/2a orgbrn issue=1871b
Hyderabad 1871 1/2a ver issue=1871b
Hyderabad 1871 1/2a brn issue=1871a
India 1873 1/2a bl issue=1873 d=Queen Victoria (1855 India) var=redrawn wmk=elephant head
Jind 1874 1/2a bl d=R & letters imperf paper=wove
India official 1874 1/2a issue=1875 official wmk=elephant head
Jammu 1876 1/2a brtbl
Bhopal 1876 1/2a red d=octagon 1876 var=double line frame
Jammu 1876 1/2a emer
Jind 1876 1/2a bl d=R & letters imperf paper=laid
Jammu 1877 1/2a blk issue=1877a paper=native
Jammu 1877 1/2a slbl issue=1877a paper=native
Jammu 1877 1/2a red issue=1877a paper=native
Jammu 1877 1/2a grn issue=1877a paper=native
Poonch 1877 1/2a red
Jammu 1877 1/2a red issue=1877b paper=white
Jammu 1877 1/2a yel issue=1877b paper=white
Jammu 1877 1/2a slbl issue=1877b paper=white
Jammu 1877 1/2a blk issue=1877b paper=white
Jammu 11/1877 1/2a red d=provisional
Jammu & Kashmir 1878 1/2a red issue=1878 d=letters perf=rough 10-12
Jammu & Kashmir 1878 1/2a red issue=1878 imperf d=letters imperf
Jammu & Kashmir 1878 1/2a slvio issue=1878 d=letters perf=rough 10-12
Bhopal 6/1878 1/2a red issue=1878 d=seal 1878
Bhopal 6/1878 1/2a brn issue=1878 d=seal 1878
Jammu & Kashmir 1879 1/2a red issue=1879 paper=thin wove
Bhor 1879 1/2a
Poonch 1879 1/2a red var=larger
Poonch 1880 1/2a paper=wove
Jind 1882 1/2a yel issue=1882c d=R & letters imperf paper=laid
Jind 1882 1/2a yel issue=1882b d=R & letters perf=12 paper=wove
Jind 1882 1/2a yel issue=1882a d=R & letters imperf paper=wove
(plus 334 more) (See all uses as list)