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4 1/2a denom (#953) (Zanzibar usage only)

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  • Colnect-2330-161-Sultan-Hamid-ibn-Thuwaini.jpg
  • Colnect-2328-889-Sultan-Hammud-ibn-Muhammad.jpg
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Desc: 4 1/2a

Currency: Indian rupee (par) (192p=16a=1r)

Numerical sorting value: 3240


Equivalent denoms: 4a6p (1)

Users of this denom: British East Africa (5 stamps, 1890-1897), India (1 stamp, 1952), Zanzibar (6 stamps, 1896-1904) Show with all usages

Used by 6 stamps of Zanzibar: (See all uses as list)

1896 4 1/2a org issue=1896 d=Queen Victoria & British lions ovpt=Zanzibar oc=blk on=issuer=British East Africa-4 1/2a-org
9/20/1896 4 1/2a d=Sultan Hamad bin Thuwaini wmk=rosette
1898 4 1/2a org&red wmk=mult rosette
9/1899 4 1/2a org&red issue=1899 d=Sultan Hamoud bin Mohammed wmk=mult rosette
1901 4 1/2a ind&red issue=1899 d=Sultan Hamoud bin Mohammed wmk=mult rosette
6/8/1904 4 1/2a blk issue=1904 d=monogram of Sultan Ali bin Hamud wmk=mult rosette

All are perf=14