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1/2d denom (#40421) (Great Britain usage only)

  • Colnect-121-221-Queen-Victoria.jpg
  • Colnect-121-244-Queen-Victoria.jpg
  • Colnect-2942-418-Queen-Victoria.jpg
  • Half-Penny_Victoria_Stamp_UK_1887.jpg
  • Colnect-1550-846-Queen-Victoria---Overprint---ARMY-OFFICIAL.jpg
  • Colnect-1550-852-Queen-Victoria---Overprint---ARMY-OFFICIAL.jpg
  • Colnect-121-281-Queen-Victoria.jpg
  • Colnect-1550-854-King-Edward-VII---Overprint---ARMY-OFFICIAL.jpg
  • Colnect-121-298-King-Edward-VII.jpg
  • Reading_1906_postmark.jpg
  • Colnect-2583-056-King-Edward-VII.jpg
  • Colnect-1853-231-King-George-V.jpg
  • Colnect-2583-059-King-George-V.jpg
  • Colnect-2453-549-King-George-V.jpg
  • Colnect-123-605-Postage-Due.jpg
  • Colnect-123-614-Postage-Due.jpg
  • Colnect-121-350-King-George-V.jpg
  • Colnect-2450-745-King-George-V---Postal-Union-Congress.jpg
  • Colnect-2450-739-King-George-V---Dark-Background.jpg
  • Colnect-2447-793-Silver-Jubilee.jpg
  • Colnect-121-396-King-Edward-VIII.jpg
  • Colnect-123-624-Postage-Due.jpg
  • Colnect-2433-683-King-George-VI.jpg
  • Colnect-123-633-Postage-Due.jpg
  • Colnect-121-425-Centenary-postage-stamp.jpg
  • Colnect-2433-688-King-George-VI.jpg
  • Colnect-2433-692-King-George-VI.jpg
  • Colnect-123-642-Postage-Due.jpg
  • Colnect-2335-304-Queen-Elizabeth-II---Predecimal-Wilding.jpg
  • Colnect-123-648-Postage-Due.jpg
  • Colnect-123-655-Postage-Due.jpg
  • Colnect-121-501-Queen-Elizabeth-II---Predecimal-Wilding.jpg
  • Colnect-121-529-Queen-Elizabeth-II---Predecimal-Wilding.jpg
  • Colnect-123-666-Postage-Due.jpg
  • Colnect-121-703-Queen-Elizabeth-II---%C2%BDd-Predecimal-Machin.jpg
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 46 stamps of Great Britain: (See all uses as list)

10/1/1870 1/2d rose d=Queen Victoria (1870 Great Britain) wmk=halfpenny perf=14
1/1/1880 1/2d grn issue=1880 d=Queen Victoria (1880 1/2d) wmk=imperial crown perf=14
4/1/1884 1/2d slbl d=Queen Victoria (1880 1/2d) wmk=imperial crown perf=14
1887 1/2d ver issue=Jubilee d=Queen Victoria (Jubilee 1/2d) wmk=imperial crown perf=14
official 1896 1/2d issue=1896 army official wmk=imperial crown perf=14
official 3/24/1896 1/2d ver issue=1896 Office of Works d=Queen Victoria (Jubilee 1/2d) oc=blk on=issue=Jubilee-1/2d wmk=imperial crown perf=14
official 1900 1/2d blgrn issue=1900 army official d=Queen Victoria (Jubilee 1/2d) oc=blk on=1900-1/2d wmk=imperial crown perf=14
4/17/1900 1/2d blgrn d=Queen Victoria (Jubilee 1/2d) wmk=imperial crown perf=14
official 11/5/1901 1/2d issue=1901 Office of Works oc=blk on=1900-1/2d
official 1902 1/2d blgrn issue=1902 army official wmk=imperial crown perf=14
1/1/1902 1/2d blgrn issue=1902 d=King Edward VII (1902) wmk=imperial crown perf=14
official 2/19/1902 1/2d dkgrn issue=1902 Royal Household wmk=1 perf=14
official 8/1/1902 1/2d dkgrn issue=1902 Office of Works wmk=small crown perf=14
official 3/3/1903 1/2d dkgrn issue=1903 admiralty official a wmk=imperial crown
official 9/25/1903 1/2d dkgrn issue=1903 admiralty official b wmk=imperial crown
11/26/1904 1/2d palegrn issue=1902 d=King Edward VII (1902) wmk=imperial crown
1911 1/2d dlgrn issue=1911a d=King Edward VII (1902) wmk=imperial crown perf=15x14
6/22/1911 1/2d yelgrn issue=1911b d=King George V (1911 Great Britain) wmk=imperial crown perf=15x14
1/1/1912 1/2d yelgrn issue=1912a d=King George V (1911 Great Britain) wmk=imperial crown perf=15x14
8/1912 1/2d grn issue=1912e d=King George V (1912 a) wmk=crown & GvR perf=15x14
8/1/1912 1/2d grn issue=1912b d=2 lines left of shield between dolphins wmk=crown & GvR
8/1/1912 1/2d grn issue=1912b d=1 line left of shield between dolphins wmk=crown & GvR
10/1/1912 1/2d grn issue=1912d wmk=crown & GvR mult
8/1/1913 1/2d grn issue=1913b wmk=crown & GvR mult
postage due 1914 1/2d emer issue=1914 due d=numeral (1914 Great Britain) perf=14x15
postage due 1924 1/2d emer issue=1924 due d=numeral (1914 Great Britain) perf=14x15
6/1924 1/2d grn issue=1924 d=King George V (1912 a) wmk=crown & block GvR perf=15x14
5/10/1929 1/2d yelgrn issue=9th UPU Congress d=King George V (1929 1/2d) wmk=crown & block GvR perf=15x14
1934 1/2d dkgrn issue=1934 d=King George V (1934 a) wmk=crown & block GvR perf=15x14
5/7/1935 1/2d dkgrn issue=Silver Jubilee d=King George V & symbols wmk=crown & block GvR perf=15x14
1936 1/2d dkgrn d=Edward VIII (1936) wmk=crown & E8R perf=15x14
postage due 1936 1/2d emer issue=1936 due d=numeral (1914 Great Britain) perf=14x15
6/1937 1/2d dpgrn issue=1937 d=King George VI (1937 a) wmk=crown & GVIR perf=15x14
postage due 1938 1/2d emer issue=1938 due d=numeral (1914 Great Britain) wmk=crown & GVIR perf=14x15
5/6/1940 1/2d dpgrn issue=stamp 100th d=Queen Victoria & King George VI wmk=crown & GVIR perf=14.5x14
1941 1/2d grn issue=1941 d=King George VI (1937 a) wmk=crown & GVIR perf=15x14
1950 1/2d ltorg d=King George VI (1937 a) wmk=crown & GVIR
postage due 1951 1/2d org issue=1951 due d=numeral (1914 Great Britain) wmk=crown & GVIR perf=14x15
8/31/1953 1/2d redorg issue=Wilding d=Queen Elizabeth II (Wilding a) wmk=Tudor crown & E2R
postage due 1954 1/2d org issue=1954 due d=numeral (1914 Great Britain) wmk=Tudor crown & E2R perf=14x15
postage due 11/22/1955 1/2d org issue=1955 due d=numeral (1914 Great Britain) wmk=St Edwards crown & E2R perf=14x15
1956 1/2d redorg issue=1955 d=Queen Elizabeth II (Wilding a) wmk=St Edwards crown & E2R
1958 1/2d redorg issue=1958 d=Queen Elizabeth II (Wilding a) wmk=St Edwards crown mult
1958 1/2d redorg issue=graphite d=Queen Elizabeth II (Wilding a) var=graphite lines wmk=St Edwards crown mult perf=14.5x14
postage due 10/18/1961 1/2d org issue=1959 due d=numeral (1914 Great Britain) wmk=St Edwards crown mult perf=14x15
2/5/1968 1/2d brnorg issue=1967a Machin d=Queen Elizabeth II (Machin)