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2a denom (#135) (India usage only)

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Desc: 2a

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

Numerical sorting value: 1440


Users of this denom: Aden (2 stamps, 1937-1939), Kathiri State of Seiyun (1 stamp, 1942), Quaiti State in Hadhramaut (1 stamp, 1942), Bahrain (7 stamps, 1933-1953), British East Africa (6 stamps, 1890-1897), China offices in Tibet (1 stamp, 1911), East Africa & Uganda Protectorates (2 stamps, 1903-1904), French offices in Zanzibar (3 stamps, 1893-1902), India (51 stamps, 1854-1956), ICC, Cambodia (1 stamp, 1954), ICC, Laos (1 stamp, 1954), ICC, Viet Nam (1 stamp, 1954), Bamra (4 stamps, 1888-1890), Barwani (5 stamps, 1922-1935), Bhopal (5 stamps, 1902-1932), Bijawar (2 stamps, 1935-1936), Bundi (6 stamps, 1914-1947), Bussahir (5 stamps, 1895-1900), Chamba (17 stamps, 1886-1943), Charkhari (6 stamps, 1894-1943), Cochin (11 stamps, 1911-1949), Dhar (2 stamps, 1897-1898), Duttia (8 stamps, 1893-1916), Faridkot (2 stamps, 1886-1887), Gwalior (19 stamps, 1885-1949), Hyderabad (4 stamps, 1871-1934), Idar (1 stamp, 1944), Indore (5 stamps, 1889-1941), Jaipur (9 stamps, 1904-1947), Jammu & Kashmir (2 stamps, 1878-1879), Kashmir (2 stamps, 1867), Jind (20 stamps, 1874-1942), Kishangarh (5 stamps, 1899-1928), Morvi (4 stamps, 1931-1935), Nabha (14 stamps, 1885-1944), Nandgaon (4 stamps, 1892-1893), Orchha (2 stamps, 1916-1939), Patiala (18 stamps, 1884-1946), Poonch (3 stamps, 1880-1884), Rajasthan (5 stamps, 1949), Rajpeepla (1 stamp, 1880), Sirmoor (5 stamps, 1885-1895), Soruth (2 stamps, 1868-1929), TravancoreCochin (1 stamp, 1949), Iraq (5 stamps, 1923-1931), Kuwait (10 stamps, 1923-1956), Mesopotamia (7 stamps, 1917), Oman (5 stamps, 1944-1956), Bahawalpur (4 stamps, 1945-1948), Somaliland Protectorate (14 stamps, 1903-1942), Uganda (3 stamps, 1896-1898), Zanzibar (6 stamps, 1895-1904) Show with all usages

Used by 51 stamps of India: (See all uses as list)

1854 2a grn d=Queen Victoria (1854 India 2a) wmk=arms in sheet
1855 2a yelgrn issue=1855 d=Queen Victoria (1855 India)
12/1857 2a buff issue=1855 d=Queen Victoria (1855 India)
4/1860 2a dlrose issue=1855 d=Queen Victoria (1855 India)
1865 2a org d=Queen Victoria (1855 India) wmk=elephant head
official 1866 2a issue=1866 official c d=Service overprint on fiscal stamp wmk=crown & INDIA
official 1866 2a issue=1866 official c d=Service overprint on fiscal stamp wmk=crown & INDIA
official 8/1/1866 2a issue=1866 official b d=Small Service overprint on Queen Victoria wmk=crown & INDIA
official 1867 2a yel issue=1867 official d=Large Service overprint on Queen Victoria wmk=crown & INDIA
official 1874 2a issue=1875 official wmk=elephant head
1/1882 2a ultra dt=Empress Victoria d=Queen Victoria (1882 India 2a) wmk=star
official 1883 2a issue=1883 official wmk=star
military 1900 2a ultra ovpt=C.E.F. oc=blk on=2a-ultra
1900 2a vio issue=1900 d=Queen Victoria (1882 India 2a) wmk=star
official 1900 2a vio issue=1900 official d=Queen Victoria (1882 India 2a) on=issue=1900-2a wmk=star
official 1902 2a mve issue=1902 official d=On HMS overprint on King Edward VII wmk=star
8/9/1902 2a vio issue=1902 d=King Edward VII (1902 India 2a) wmk=star
military 3/11/1911 2a vio issue=1911 military d=King Edward VII (1902 India 2a) on=issue=1902-2a wmk=star
12/1/1911 2a dlvio issue=1911 d=King George V (1911 India 2a) wmk=star
official 1912 2a dlvio issue=1912 official d=King George V (1911 India 2a) ovpt=SERVICE oc=blk on=1911-2a-dlvio wmk=star
military 1914 2a issue=India Expeditionary Force d=IEF overprint on King George V wmk=star
official 1926 2a pur issue=1926 official b d=SERVICE overprint on King George V wmk=mult stars
1926 2a dlvio issue=1926b d=King George V (1911 India 2a) var=postage & revenue wmk=mult stars
1926 2a dlvio issue=1926 d=King George V (1911 India 2a) wmk=mult stars
airmail 1929 2a d=airplane over lake & King George V wmk=Asokan capital
2/9/1931 2a bl&grn issue=move to New Delhi d=Viceroy's House wmk=mult stars
official 1932 2a red issue=1932 official wmk=mult stars
1934 2a ver issue=1926b d=King George V (1911 India 2a) wmk=mult stars
1/4/1934 2a ver issue=1926 d=King George V (1911 India 2a) var=Postage wmk=mult stars
official 1935 2a red issue=1935 official d=18 x 21.8mm wmk=mult stars
official 1935 2a red issue=1935 official d=19 x 22.6mm wmk=mult stars
12/15/1937 2a scar issue=1937 d=Dak runner wmk=mult stars
official 1939 2a scar issue=1939 official d=King George VI (1939 service) wmk=Asokan capital
1941 2a scar issue=1941 d=King George VI (1941 b) wmk=mult stars perf=13.5x14
8/15/1949 2a car issue=1949 d=Nataraja wmk=mult stars
10/1949 2a carrose issue=UPU 75th d=globe & Asoka pillar wmk=mult stars
1/26/1950 2a car issue=republic d=rejoicing crowds wmk=mult stars
official 7/1/1950 2a issue=1950 official d=Capital of Asoka pillar wmk=mult stars
1/13/1951 2a dpcar&blk d=Stegodon Ganesa wmk=mult stars
3/4/1951 2a redpur&org issue=1st Asian Games d=Torch in front of map wmk=mult stars
10/1/1952 2a redorg issue=saints & poets d=Meera wmk=mult stars
military 1953 2a issue=Korea Custodial Unit
4/16/1953 2a blk d=locomotive (1953) wmk=mult stars
10/2/1953 2a vio d=Mt Everest (1953) wmk=mult stars
11/1/1953 2a blgrn issue=telegraph in India 100th d=Indian Telegraphs wmk=mult stars
10/1/1954 2a carrose issue=stamp 100th d=pigeon&airliner wmk=mult stars
10/24/1954 2a prusgrn d=UN emblem & lotus wmk=mult stars
12/11/1954 2a ultra d=Forest Research Institute wmk=mult stars
1/26/1955 2a bl issue=1955 d=charkha operator wmk=mult stars
5/24/1956 2a brn issue=Buddha 2500th d=Bodhi Tree wmk=mult stars
(plus 1 more) (See all uses as list)