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1/2d denom (#40421) (British offices in Tangier usage only)

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Desc: 1/2d

Currency: Pound sterling (pre-decimal) (240d=240p=20sh=20s=1lb)

Numerical sorting value: 30


Equivalent denoms:
Unused: 1/2p

Users of this denom: Antigua (7 stamps, 1882-1938), New South Wales (9 stamps, 1891-1907), Queensland (9 stamps, 1881-1907), South Australia (12 stamps, 1882-1906), Tasmania (7 stamps, 1889-1906), Victoria (14 stamps, 1873-1906), Western Australia (6 stamps, 1884-1910), Barbuda (1 stamp, 1922), British Antarctic Territory (2 stamps, 1963-1966), Cayman Islands (17 stamps, 1900-1954), Ceylon (4 stamps, 1857-1863), Cyprus (4 stamps, 1880-1881), Dominica (14 stamps, 1879-1938), Gilbert & Ellice Islands (9 stamps, 1911-1966), Great Britain (46 stamps, 1870-1968), British forces in Africa (1 stamp, 1942), British offices in Morocco, British currency (8 stamps, 1907-1952), British offices in Tangier (11 stamps, 1927-1957), British offices in the Turkish Empire (4 stamps, 1905-1913), Guernsey (1 stamp, 1969), German occupation of Guernsey (2 stamps, 1941-1942), Jersey (1 stamp, 1969), German occupation of Jersey (2 stamps, 1941-1943), Grenada (13 stamps, 1881-1938), Ionian Islands (1 stamp, 1859), Lagos (4 stamps, 1886-1904), Leeward Islands (9 stamps, 1890-1949), Mauritius (5 stamps, 1876), Montserrat (11 stamps, 1884-1942), Natal (16 stamps, 1877-1904), Nauru (4 stamps, 1916-1961), Nevis (3 stamps, 1883), New Hebrides (Br) (5 stamps, 1908-1925), Niger Coast Protectorate (30 stamps, 1892-1897), Northern Nigeria (5 stamps, 1900-1912), St. Christopher (2 stamps, 1882-1885), St. KittsNevis (8 stamps, 1903-1938), St. Lucia (15 stamps, 1881-1938), St. Vincent (12 stamps, 1881-1938), Sierra Leone (17 stamps, 1876-1963), Southern Nigeria (5 stamps, 1901-1912), South Georgia (1 stamp, 1963), Tobago (8 stamps, 1880-1896), Trinidad (11 stamps, 1879-1910), Trinidad & Tobago (9 stamps, 1913-1922), Tristan da Cunha (4 stamps, 1952-1965), Turks Islands (16 stamps, 1881-1894), Turks & Caicos Islands (12 stamps, 1900-1950), Virgin Islands (8 stamps, 1883-1938), Zululand (3 stamps, 1888-1894) Show with all usages

Used by 11 stamps of British offices in Tangier: (See all uses as list)

1927 1/2d grn d=King George V (1912 a) ovpt=TANGIER oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-1924-1/2d-grn-King George V wmk=crown & block GvR perf=15x14
1934 1/2d dkgrn d=King George V (1934 a) ovpt=TANGIER oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-1934-1/2d wmk=crown & block GvR perf=15x14
5/8/1935 1/2d dkgrn issue=Silver Jubilee d=King George V & symbols ovpt=TANGIER oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-1935-1/2d-dkgrn wmk=crown & block GvR perf=15x14
1936 1/2d dkgrn issue=Edward VIII d=Edward VIII (1936) ovpt=TANGIER oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-1936-1/2d-dkgrn wmk=crown & E8R perf=15x14
6/1937 1/2d dpgrn issue=1937 d=King George VI (1937 a) ovpt=TANGIER oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-issue=1937-1/2d-dpgrn wmk=crown & GVIR perf=15x14
5/6/1940 1/2d dpgrn issue=stamp 100th d=Queen Victoria & King George VI ovpt=TANGIER oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-1940-1/2d-dpgrn wmk=crown & GVIR perf=14.5x14
1944 1/2d grn d=King George VI (1937 a) ovpt=TANGIER oc=bl on=issuer=Great Britain-1941-1/2d-grn wmk=crown & GVIR perf=15x14
1950 1/2d ltorg issue=1950 d=King George VI (1937 a) ovpt=TANGIER oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-1950-1/2d-ltorg wmk=crown & GVIR
8/31/1953 1/2d redorg issue=1952 d=Queen Elizabeth II (Wilding a) ovpt=TANGIER oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-issue=Wilding-1/2d-redorg wmk=Tudor crown & E2R
3/21/1956 1/2d redorg issue=1956 d=Queen Elizabeth II (Wilding a) ovpt=TANGIER oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-issue=1955-1/2d-redorg wmk=St Edwards crown & E2R
4/1/1957 1/2d redorg issue=PO 100th d=Queen Elizabeth II (Wilding a) ovpt=1857-1957//TANGIER oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-issue=1955-1/2d-redorg wmk=St Edwards crown & E2R