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1/2d denom (#40421) (Virgin Islands 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 8 stamps of Virgin Islands: (See all uses as list)

1883 1/2d grn d=Queen Victoria (1879 keyplate) wmk=crown & CA
1883 1/2d yel d=Queen Victoria (1879 keyplate) wmk=crown & CA
1899 1/2d yelgrn d=St Ursula with lilies wmk=crown & CA
1904 1/2d pur&blgrn issue=1904 d=King Edward VII (1902 keyplate) wmk=mult crown & CA
1913 1/2d grn issue=1913 d=King George V (1912 keyplate) wmk=mult crown & CA
1921 1/2d grn d=King George V (1912 keyplate) wmk=mult crown & script CA
1922 1/2d grn issue=1922 d=King George V & seal of Virgin Islands wmk=mult crown & script CA
8/1/1938 1/2d grn issue=1938 d=King George VI & seal wmk=mult crown & script CA

All are perf=15