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1/2a denom (#132) (India usage only)

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Desc: 1/2a

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

Numerical sorting value: 360


Equivalent denoms: 6p (4)

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) Show with all usages

Used by 38 stamps of India: (See all uses as list)

7/1/1852 1/2a bl d=East India company arms
7/1/1852 1/2a wht d=East India company arms
7/1/1852 1/2a red d=East India company arms
1854 1/2a bl d=Queen Victoria (1854 India) wmk=arms in sheet
1854 1/2a red d=Queen Victoria (1854 India) wmk=arms in sheet
1855 1/2a bl issue=1855 d=Queen Victoria (1855 India)
1865 1/2a bl d=Queen Victoria (1855 India) wmk=elephant head
official 8/1/1866 1/2a issue=1866 official b d=Small Service overprint on Queen Victoria wmk=crown & INDIA
official 8/1/1866 1/2a issue=1866 official a d=Small Service overprint on Queen Victoria wmk=crown & INDIA
official 1867 1/2a bl issue=1867 official d=Large Service overprint on Queen Victoria wmk=crown & INDIA
official 1867 1/2a d=Service overprint on fiscal stamp wmk=elaborate crown
1873 1/2a bl issue=1873 d=Queen Victoria (1855 India) var=redrawn wmk=elephant head
official 1874 1/2a issue=1875 official wmk=elephant head
1/1882 1/2a grn dt=Empress Victoria d=Queen Victoria (1882 India 1/2a) wmk=star
official 1883 1/2a issue=1883 official wmk=star
official 1900 1/2a ltgrn issue=1900 official d=Queen Victoria (1882 India 1/2a) on=issue=1900-1/2a wmk=star
military 1900 1/2a grn ovpt=C.E.F. oc=blk on=1/2a-grn
1900 1/2a ltgrn issue=1900 d=Queen Victoria (1882 India 1/2a) wmk=star
official 1902 1/2a grn issue=1902 official d=On HMS overprint on King Edward VII wmk=star
8/9/1902 1/2a grn issue=1902 d=King Edward VII (1902 India 1/2a) wmk=star
official 1906 1/2a ltgrn issue=1906 official wmk=star
1906 1/2a grn d=King Edward VII (1902 India 1/2a) var=P&R wmk=star
military 9/29/1909 1/2a grn d=King Edward VII (1902 India 1/2a) var=P&R oc=blk on=1906-1/2a wmk=star
12/1/1911 1/2a grn issue=1911 d=King George V (1911 1/2a) wmk=star
official 1912 1/2a grn issue=1912 official d=King George V (1911 1/2a) ovpt=SERVICE oc=blk on=1911-1/2a-grn wmk=star
military 1914 1/2a issue=India Expeditionary Force d=IEF overprint on King George V wmk=star
military 5/5/1914 1/2a issue=1913 China Expeditionary Force d=CEF overprint on King George V wmk=star
1926 1/2a grn issue=1926 d=King George V (1911 1/2a) wmk=mult stars
official 1926 1/2a ltbl issue=1926 official b wmk=mult stars
2/9/1931 1/2a grn&vio issue=move to New Delhi d=War Memorial Arch wmk=mult stars
1934 1/2a grn d=King George V with Indian emperors crown wmk=mult stars
1935 1/2a ltgrn&blk issue=Silver Jubilee d=Gateway of India, Bombay & King George V wmk=mult stars
official 1935 1/2a grn issue=1935 official wmk=mult stars
official 1937 1/2a redbrn issue=1937 official wmk=mult stars
8/23/1937 1/2a brn issue=1937 d=King George VI (1937 India) wmk=mult stars
official 1939 1/2a brn issue=1939 official d=King George VI (1939 service) wmk=Asokan capital
10/1/1942 1/2a rosevio issue=1941 d=King George VI (1941 a) wmk=mult stars perf=13.5x14
official 1943 1/2a rosevio issue=1939 official d=King George VI (1939 service) wmk=Asokan capital