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8a denom (#139) (British East Africa usage only)

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Desc: 8a

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

Numerical sorting value: 5760


Users of this denom: Aden (3 stamps, 1937-1949), Kathiri State of Seiyun (2 stamps, 1942-1949), Quaiti State in Hadhramaut (2 stamps, 1942-1949), Bahrain (3 stamps, 1933-1943), British East Africa (6 stamps, 1890-1896), East Africa & Uganda Protectorates (2 stamps, 1903-1904), India (29 stamps, 1855-1955), ICC, Cambodia (1 stamp, 1954), ICC, Laos (1 stamp, 1954), ICC, Viet Nam (1 stamp, 1954), Bamra (4 stamps, 1888-1890), Bhopal (2 stamps, 1902-1903), Bijawar (1 stamp, 1937), Bundi (5 stamps, 1914-1947), Bussahir (2 stamps, 1895), Chamba (11 stamps, 1886-1943), Charkhari (2 stamps, 1909-1931), Faridkot (2 stamps, 1886-1887), Gwalior (13 stamps, 1885-1949), Hyderabad (3 stamps, 1871-1934), Indore (2 stamps, 1928), Jaipur (6 stamps, 1905-1947), Jammu & Kashmir (4 stamps, 1879-1886), Kashmir (1 stamp, 1867), Jind (17 stamps, 1874-1942), Kishangarh (3 stamps, 1904-1928), Nabha (11 stamps, 1885-1944), Orchha (1 stamp, 1939), Patiala (13 stamps, 1884-1946), Rajasthan (7 stamps, 1949), Sirmoor (2 stamps, 1895-1899), Soruth (1 stamp, 1929), Iraq (5 stamps, 1923-1931), Kuwait (4 stamps, 1923-1945), Mesopotamia (2 stamps, 1918-1919), Oman (1 stamp, 1944), Bahawalpur (2 stamps, 1945-1948), Somaliland Protectorate (11 stamps, 1903-1942), Uganda (3 stamps, 1896-1898), Zanzibar (5 stamps, 1895-1904) Show with all usages

Used by 6 stamps of British East Africa: (See all uses as list)

1890 8a bl issue=1890c imperf d=crown over Sun wmk=imperial crown
10/1890 8a bl issue=1890b d=crown over Sun perf=14
10/1890 8a gray issue=1890b d=crown over Sun perf=14
7/1/1895 8a bl issue=1895 ovpt d=crown over Sun ovpt=BRITISH//EAST//AFRICA oc=blk on=8a-bl perf=14
11/25/1895 8a redvio issue=1895 ovpt b dt=Empress Victoria d=Queen Victoria (1882 India 8a) ovpt=British//East//Africa oc=blk on=issuer=India-8a-redvio wmk=star
5/19/1896 8a olgray issue=1896 d=Queen Victoria & British lions perf=14