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2 1/2p denom (#179)

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Desc: 2 1/2p

Currency: New Zealand pound (240d=240p=20sh=20s=1lb)

Numerical sorting value: 150


Equivalent denoms: 2 1/2d (21)

Users of this denom: Aitutaki (4 stamps, 1903-1927), Cook Islands (13 stamps, 1892-1944), Niue (9 stamps, 1902-1940), Penrhyn (3 stamps, 1902-1927), Pitcairn Islands (2 stamps, 1949-1957)

Used by 31 stamps: (See all uses as list)

Niue 2 1/2p ind&bl d=islanders unloading ship unissued
Cook Islands 1892 2 1/2p bl issue=1892a d=dots paper=toned
Cook Islands 1892 2 1/2p bl issue=1892b d=dots paper=white
Cook Islands 1893 2 1/2p rose issue=1893 d=Queen Makea Takau wmk=NZ & star (far)
Cook Islands 1898 2 1/2p carrose issue=1898 d=Queen Makea Takau wmk=NZ & star (far)
Cook Islands 1902 2 1/2p dlbl issue=1902a d=Queen Makea Takau
Cook Islands 1902 2 1/2p dlbl issue=1902b d=Queen Makea Takau wmk=NZ & star (close) perf=11
Penrhyn 1902 2 1/2p bl d=c ovpt=PENRHYN ISLAND.//value oc=blk on=issuer=New Zealand-bl-c
Niue 4/4/1902 2 1/2p bl issue=1902a d=Lake Wakatipu (1898) ovpt=NIUE.//2 1/2 PENI. oc=red on=issuer=New Zealand-1898-2 1/2p-Lake Wakatipu (1898) perf=12-16
Aitutaki 6/1903 2 1/2p bl issue=1903 d=Lake Wakatipu (1898) ovpt=AITUTAKI.//Rua Pene Ma Te Ava. oc=blk on=issuer=New Zealand-2 1/2p-bl-wmk=NZ & star (close) wmk=NZ & star (close) paper=thin white wove
Aitutaki 1912 2 1/2p bl d=Lake Wakatipu (1898) ovpt=AITUTAKI.//Rua Pene Ma Te Ava. oc=blk on=issuer=New Zealand-2 1/2p-bl-wmk=NZ & star (close) wmk=NZ & star (close) paper=thin white wove
Niue 9/1915 2 1/2p bl d=Lake Wakatipu (1898) ovpt=NIUE.//2 1/2 PENI. oc=car on=issuer=New Zealand-2 1/2p-bl-wmk=NZ & star (close) wmk=NZ & star (close) paper=thin white wove
Penrhyn 1917 2 1/2p dlbl issue=1917 d=King George V (1915 New Zealand) ovpt=PENRHYN//ISLAND. oc=blk on=issuer=New Zealand-2 1/2p-King George V wmk=NZ & star (close)
Aitutaki 11/1917 2 1/2p dlbl issue=1917 d=King George V (1915 New Zealand) ovpt=AITUTAKI. oc=blk on=issuer=New Zealand-1915-2 1/2p-dlbl wmk=NZ & star (close)
Cook Islands 1919 2 1/2p dlbl issue=1919 d=King George V (1915 New Zealand) ovpt=RAROTONGA//value oc=blk on=issuer=New Zealand-issue=1915a-2 1/2p wmk=NZ & star (close)
Niue 10/1920 2 1/2p dlbl issue=1917 d=King George V (1915 New Zealand) ovpt=NIUE. oc=blk on=issuer=New Zealand-1915-2 1/2p-dlbl wmk=NZ & star (close)
Aitutaki 1927 2 1/2p bl&blk issue=1927 d=Rarotongan chief wmk=NZ & star (close) perf=14
Penrhyn 1927 2 1/2p bl&redbrn d=chief wmk=NZ & star (close)
Cook Islands 10/15/1927 2 1/2p bl&redbrn d=chief
Cook Islands 3/16/1932 2 1/2p ultra&blk issue=1932 d=unloading ship
Niue 3/16/1932 2 1/2p ind&blk issue=1932b d=islanders unloading ship wmk=NZ & star (close)
Niue 3/16/1932 2 1/2p ind&blk issue=1932a d=islanders unloading ship
Cook Islands 1933 2 1/2p dkultra&blk issue=1933 d=unloading ship wmk=NZ & star (close)
Niue 5/7/1935 2 1/2p ind&bl issue=Silver Jubilee d=islanders unloading ship ovpt=SILVER JUBILEE//... oc=red on=2 1/2p-ind&bl-unissued
Cook Islands 5/7/1935 2 1/2p ultra&blk issue=Silver Jubilee d=unloading ship ovpt=SILVER JUBILEE//... oc=blk on=1932-2 1/2p
Niue 5/13/1937 2 1/2p dkbl issue=Coronation d=Queen Elizabeth & regalia & King George VI ovpt=NIUE oc=blk on=issuer=New Zealand-2 1/2p-Queen Elizabeth & regalia & King George VI wmk=multiple NZ & star perf=14x13.5
Cook Islands 6/1/1937 2 1/2p issue=coronation ovpt=COOK//IS'DS oc=blk on=issuer=New Zealand-2 1/2p
Niue 9/2/1940 2 1/2p dkbl&blk issue=1940 d=Aborigines Hut wmk=multiple NZ & star
Cook Islands 1944 2 1/2p dkbl&blk issue=1944 d=islanders unloading ship wmk=multiple NZ & star
Pitcairn Islands 10/10/1949 2 1/2p redbrn issue=UPU 75th d=Mercury & globe & vehicles wmk=mult crown & script CA
Pitcairn Islands 7/2/1957 2 1/2p brnorg&brn issue=Elizabeth II pictorials d=Handicraft Carving & Queen Elizabeth II wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=13x12.5