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2a denom (#135) (British East Africa 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 6 stamps of British East Africa: (See all uses as list)

1890 2a ver issue=1890c imperf d=crown over Sun wmk=imperial crown
10/1890 2a ver issue=1890b d=crown over Sun perf=14
7/1/1895 2a ver issue=1895 ovpt d=crown over Sun ovpt=BRITISH//EAST//AFRICA oc=blk on=2a-ver perf=14
11/11/1895 2a ultra issue=1895 ovpt b dt=Empress Victoria d=Queen Victoria (1882 India 2a) ovpt=British//East//Africa oc=blk on=issuer=India-2a-ultra wmk=star
5/19/1896 2a choc issue=1896 d=Queen Victoria & British lions perf=14
1/1897 2a redbrn&red issue=1897a d=Sultan Hamad bin Thuwaini ovpt=British//East//Africa oc=blk on=issuer=Zanzibar-9/20/1896-2a wmk=rosette perf=14