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20c denom (#144) (Zanzibar usage only)

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Desc: 20c

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

Numerical sorting value: 1200


Users of this denom: Aden (2 stamps, 1951), Kathiri State of Seiyun (1 stamp, 1951), Quaiti State in Hadhramaut (1 stamp, 1951), British forces in Eritrea (5 stamps, 1948-1951), British forces in Somalia (2 stamps, 1948-1950), Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania (16 stamps, 1922-1960), Somaliland Protectorate (4 stamps, 1951-1960), Tanganyika (6 stamps, 1922-1961), Zanzibar (17 stamps, 1931-1966) Show with all usages

Used by 17 stamps of Zanzibar: (See all uses as list)

postage due 1931 20c blk pc=org issue=1931 postage due perf=10
1936 20c brnorg issue=1936 d=Sultan Khalifa bin Harub 1936 perf=14
postage due 1936 20c grn pc=org d=numeral (1936 Zanzibar) perf=14
12/9/1936 20c redvio&blk issue=Sultan Khalifa bin Harub accession 25th d=doorway & Sultan Khalifa bin Harub perf=14
11/20/1944 20c redorg issue=Al Busaid Dynasty 200th d=dhow on map of Arabian Sea perf=14
1/10/1949 20c org issue=Silver Wedding d=Queen Elizabeth & King George VI
10/10/1949 20c redorg issue=UPU 75th
8/26/1952 20c car issue=1952 d=Sultan Khalifa bin Harub 1952
8/26/1954 20c rosered issue=Sultan Khalifa bin Harub 75th d=Sultan Khalifa bin Harub (1954)
8/26/1957 20c ultra issue=1957 dt=Sultan Khalifa d=Sultans barge
10/17/1961 20c ultra issue=1961 dt=Sultan Seyyid Abdulla d=Sultans barge
2/28/1964 20c ultra issue=1964a dt=Sultan Seyyid Abdulla d=Sultans barge ovpt=JAMHURI 1964 oc=blk on=issue=1961-20c
6/21/1964 20c issue=1964c dt=symbolic&flags d=Zanzibar Emblem perf=13x13.5
1/12/1965 20c issue=Zanzibar Revolution 1st d=soldier&maps perf=13.5x13
10/17/1965 20c dkbrn&bl dt=agriculture (1965) d=planting rice perf=13x12.5
1/12/1966 20c issue=Zanzibar Revolution 2nd perf=12.5x13
6/5/1966 20c issue=1966 perf=13x12.5

All are wmk=mult crown & script CA