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15c denom (#143)

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Desc: 15c

Currency: East African shilling (2000c=20sh=20s=1lb)

Numerical sorting value: 900


Users of this denom: Aden (6 stamps, 1951-1964), Kathiri State of Seiyun (3 stamps, 1951-1954), Quaiti State in Hadhramaut (4 stamps, 1951-1963), British forces in Somalia (2 stamps, 1948-1950), Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania (9 stamps, 1922-1963), Somaliland Protectorate (2 stamps, 1951-1954), South Arabia (1 stamp, 1963), Tanganyika (6 stamps, 1922-1961), Zanzibar (9 stamps, 1931-1966)

Used by 42 stamps: (See all uses as list)

Tanganyika 1922 15c car&blk issue=1922 d=giraffe (1922)
Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania 11/1/1922 15c carrose issue=1922 d=King George V (1922 Kenya and Uganda lo) wmk=mult crown & script CA
Tanganyika 1927 15c red&blk issue=1927 d=King George V (1912 common)
Zanzibar postage due 1931 15c blk pc=org issue=1931 postage due wmk=mult crown & script CA
Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania 5/1/1935 15c red&blk issue=George V pictorials d=Mount Kilimanjaro (1935) wmk=mult crown & script CA
Zanzibar 1936 15c car issue=1936 d=Sultan Khalifa bin Harub 1936 wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=14
Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania 1938 15c car&grayblk issue=George VI pictorials d=Mount Kilimanjaro & King George VI wmk=mult crown & script CA
British forces in Somalia 5/27/1948 15c ltredbrn issue=1948 d=King George VI (1937 a) ovpt=B.M.A.//SOMALIA//value oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-1 1/2p-ltredbrn-King George VI wmk=crown & GVIR perf=15x14
British forces in Somalia 1/2/1950 15c ltredbrn issue=1950 d=King George VI (1937 a) ovpt=B. A.//SOMALIA//value oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-1 1/2p-ltredbrn-King George VI wmk=crown & GVIR perf=15x14
Somaliland Protectorate 4/2/1951 15c ultra d=George VI full face & sheep ovpt=value oc=blk on=1942-3a wmk=mult crown & script CA
Aden 10/1/1951 15c bl issue=new currency d=Mukalla ovpt=value oc=blk on=1939-2 1/2a wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=12.5
Kathiri State of Seiyun 10/1/1951 15c bl issue=1951 d=mosque,Seiyun ovpt=value oc=blk on=1942-2 1/2a wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=12x13
Quaiti State in Hadhramaut 10/1/1951 15c bl issue=1951 d=Shibam ovpt=value oc=blk on=1942-2 1/2a wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=13x12
Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania 4/1/1952 15c grn&grayblk issue=George VI pictorials d=Mount Kilimanjaro & King George VI wmk=mult crown & script CA
Zanzibar 8/26/1952 15c grn issue=1952 d=Sultan Khalifa bin Harub 1952 wmk=mult crown & script CA
Aden 6/2/1953 15c dkgrn&blk issue=Coronation 1953 d=Queen Elizabeth II (1953) wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=13.5x13
Quaiti State in Hadhramaut 6/2/1953 15c dkbl&blk issue=Coronation 1953 d=Queen Elizabeth II (1953) wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=13.5x13
Kathiri State of Seiyun 6/2/1953 15c dkgrn&blk issue=Coronation 1953 d=Queen Elizabeth II (1953) wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=13.5x13
Aden 6/15/1953 15c blgrn issue=1953a d=Crater, Aden wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=12
Kathiri State of Seiyun 1/15/1954 15c grn issue=1954 d=Seiyun wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=13x12
Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania 6/1954 15c ltbl&blk issue=1954 dt=Elizabeth II pictorials (1954) d=elephant & Queen Elizabeth II wmk=mult crown & script CA
Zanzibar 8/26/1954 15c grn issue=Sultan Khalifa bin Harub 75th d=Sultan Khalifa bin Harub (1954) wmk=mult crown & script CA
Somaliland Protectorate 9/15/1954 15c grn issue=Elizabeth II pictorials d=camel & gurgi & Queen Elizabeth II wmk=mult crown & script CA
Quaiti State in Hadhramaut 9/1/1955 15c grn issue=1955 d=weaving wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=11.5x13
Zanzibar 8/26/1957 15c dkbrn&grn issue=1957 dt=Sultan Khalifa d=dhows wmk=mult crown & script CA
Aden 1/26/1959 15c graygrn issue=Revised Constitution d=Crater, Aden ovpt=REVISED//CONSTITUTION//1959(arabic) oc=red on=issue=1953-15c wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=12
Aden 4/26/1959 15c graygrn issue=1953b d=Crater, Aden wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=12
Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania official 7/1/1959 15c ltbl&blk issue=1959 official dt=Elizabeth II pictorials (1954) d=elephant & Queen Elizabeth II oc=blk on=1954-15c wmk=mult crown & script CA
Tanganyika official 7/1/1959 15c ltbl&blk dt=Elizabeth II pictorials (1954) d=elephant & Queen Elizabeth II ovpt=OFFICIAL oc=blk on=issuer=Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania-issue=1954-15c wmk=mult crown & script CA
Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania 10/1/1960 15c issue=1960 d=Coffee bush
Tanganyika official 10/1/1960 15c issue=1960 official serifs d=Coffee bush ovpt=OFFICIAL(serifs) oc=blk on=issuer=Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania-issue=1960-15c
Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania official 10/18/1960 15c brnlil issue=1960 official
Zanzibar 10/17/1961 15c brn&blgrn issue=1961 dt=Sultan Seyyid Abdulla d=dhows wmk=mult crown & script CA
Tanganyika official 12/9/1961 15c dkbrn&bl d=coffee picker ovpt=OFFICIAL oc=blk on=issue=independence-15c
Tanganyika 12/9/1961 15c dkbrn&bl issue=independence d=coffee picker
Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania 3/21/1963 15c issue=Freedom from Hunger d=tractor plowing field
Quaiti State in Hadhramaut 10/20/1963 15c grn issue=1963 d=weaving wmk=St Edwards crown & CA perf=11.5x13
South Arabia 11/25/1963 15c blk&red issue=Red Cross 100th d=Red Cross wmk=St Edwards crown & CA
Aden 1964 15c prusgrn issue=1953c d=Crater, Aden wmk=St Edwards crown & CA perf=12
Zanzibar 2/28/1964 15c brn&blgrn issue=1964a dt=Sultan Seyyid Abdulla d=dhows ovpt=JAMHURI 1964 oc=blk on=issue=1961-15c wmk=mult crown & script CA
Zanzibar 6/21/1964 15c issue=1964c dt=symbolic&flags d=Moorish Arch wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=13x13.5
Zanzibar 6/5/1966 15c issue=1966 wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=13x12.5