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15c denom (#143) (Tanganyika usage only)

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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) Show with all usages

Used by 6 stamps of Tanganyika: (See all uses as list)

1922 15c car&blk issue=1922 d=giraffe (1922)
1927 15c red&blk issue=1927 d=King George V (1912 common)
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
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
12/9/1961 15c dkbrn&bl issue=independence d=coffee picker
official 12/9/1961 15c dkbrn&bl d=coffee picker ovpt=OFFICIAL oc=blk on=issue=independence-15c