Indian rupee (par) (British East Africa usage only)

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Indian rupee (par) (British East Africa usage only)

Name: Indian rupee (par)
Defn: 192p=16a=1r
Symbol: ₹
Code:
Desc:
First year: 1852
Last year: 1957
Units of money:
pie p 1
anna a 12
rupee r 192

Users of this currency: Aden (37 stamps, 1937-1949), Kathiri State of Seiyun (19 stamps, 1942-1949), Quaiti State in Hadhramaut (20 stamps, 1942-1949), Bahrain (101 stamps, 1933-1956), British East Africa (113 stamps, 1890-1898), China offices in Tibet (11 stamps, 1911), East Africa & Uganda Protectorates (34 stamps, 1903-1918), French offices in Zanzibar (67 stamps, 1893-1904), India (448 stamps, 1852-1956), ICC, Cambodia (5 stamps, 1954), ICC, Laos (5 stamps, 1954), ICC, Viet Nam (5 stamps, 1954), Alwar (4 stamps, 1877-1899), Bamra (25 stamps, 1888-1893), Barwani (32 stamps, 1921-1938), Bhopal (51 stamps, 1876-1932), Bhor (3 stamps, 1879-1901), Bijawar (15 stamps, 1935-1937), Bundi (51 stamps, 1894-1947), Bussahir (30 stamps, 1895-1900), Chamba (180 stamps, 1886-1948), Charkhari (43 stamps, 1894-1943), Cochin (145 stamps, 1911-1950), Dhar (9 stamps, 1897-1898), Duttia (27 stamps, 1893-1916), Faridkot (21 stamps, 1886-1900), Gwalior (194 stamps, 1885-1949), Hyderabad (55 stamps, 1869-1949), Idar (6 stamps, 1939-1944), Indore (40 stamps, 1886-1941), Jaipur (62 stamps, 1904-1947), Jammu & Kashmir (35 stamps, 1878-1886), Jammu (33 stamps, 1866-1877), Kashmir (14 stamps, 1866-1867), Jasdan (1 stamp, 1942), Jhalawar (2 stamps, 1887), Jind (207 stamps, 1874-1945), Kishangarh (47 stamps, 1899-1928), Las Bela (10 stamps, 1897-1904), Morvi (17 stamps, 1931-1935), Nabha (151 stamps, 1885-1946), Nandgaon (8 stamps, 1892-1893), Orchha (22 stamps, 1913-1939), Patiala (186 stamps, 1884-1947), Poonch (16 stamps, 1876-1884), Rajasthan (54 stamps, 1949), Rajpeepla (3 stamps, 1880), Sirmoor (33 stamps, 1879-1899), Soruth (27 stamps, 1864-1937), TravancoreCochin (10 stamps, 1949-1950), Wadhwan (3 stamps, 1888-1889), Iraq (65 stamps, 1923-1931), Kuwait (116 stamps, 1923-1956), Mesopotamia (53 stamps, 1917-1922), Oman (65 stamps, 1944-1957), Bahawalpur (58 stamps, 1945-1949), Somaliland Protectorate (130 stamps, 1903-1949), Uganda (24 stamps, 1896-1902), Zanzibar (88 stamps, 1895-1904), unknown forger (1 stamp, 1900) Show with all usages

Denominations used by British East Africa in this currency:

Denom	Usages	Selected stamps
1/2a	13	1890 issue=1890c imperf d=crown over Sun ... 1/1897 yelgrn&red issue=1897a d=Sultan Hamad bin Thuwaini ovpt=British//East//Africa oc=blk on=issuer=Zanzibar-9/20/1896-1/2a-yelgrn&red
1a	13	1890 grn issue=1890c imperf d=crown over Sun ... 1/1897 ind&red issue=1897a d=Sultan Hamad bin Thuwaini ovpt=British//East//Africa oc=blk on=issuer=Zanzibar-9/20/1896-1a-ind&red
1a6p	1	11/25/1895 bisbrn issue=1895 ovpt b dt=Empress Victoria d=Queen Victoria (1882 India 1a6p) ovpt=British//East//Africa oc=blk on=issuer=India-1a6p
2a	6	1890 ver issue=1890c imperf d=crown over Sun ... 1/1897 redbrn&red issue=1897a d=Sultan Hamad bin Thuwaini ovpt=British//East//Africa oc=blk on=issuer=Zanzibar-9/20/1896-2a
2 1/2a	12	1890 blk&yel issue=1890c imperf d=crown over Sun ... 1/1897 ind&red issue=1897b d=Sultan Hamad bin Thuwaini ovpt=value(a) oc=blk on=issue=1897a-1a
= 2a6p	1	11/11/1895 grn issue=1895 ovpt b d=Queen Victoria (1892 India 2a6p) ovpt=British//East//Africa oc=blk on=issuer=India-1892-2a6p
3a	6	1890 blk&red issue=1890c imperf d=crown over Sun ... 1/1897 gray&red issue=1897a d=Sultan Hamad bin Thuwaini ovpt=British//East//Africa oc=blk on=issuer=Zanzibar-9/20/1896-3a
4a	8	1890 gray issue=1890c imperf d=crown over Sun ... 5/19/1896 dpgrn issue=1896 d=Queen Victoria & British lions
4 1/2a	5	1890 dlvio issue=1890c imperf d=crown over Sun ... 1/1897 issue=1897a d=Sultan Hamad bin Thuwaini ovpt=British//East//Africa oc=blk on=issuer=Zanzibar-9/20/1896-4 1/2a
5a	5	11/1/1894 bl d=crown over Sun oc=blk on=8a-bl ... 1/1897 issue=1897a d=Sultan Hamad bin Thuwaini ovpt=British//East//Africa oc=blk on=issuer=Zanzibar-9/20/1896-5a
6a	1	11/25/1895 bis issue=1895 ovpt b d=Queen Victoria (1876 India 6a) ovpt=British//East//Africa oc=blk on=issuer=India-6a-bis
7 1/2a	5	11/1/1894 car d=crown over Sun oc=blk on=1r-car ... 1/1897 issue=1897a d=Sultan Hamad bin Thuwaini ovpt=British//East//Africa oc=blk on=issuer=Zanzibar-9/20/1896-7 1/2a
8a	6	1890 bl issue=1890c imperf d=crown over Sun ... 5/19/1896 olgray issue=1896 d=Queen Victoria & British lions
12a	1	11/25/1895 vio pc=red issue=1895 ovpt b dt=Empress Victoria d=Queen Victoria (1882 India 12a) ovpt=British//East//Africa oc=blk on=issuer=India-12a-vio-pc=red
1r	8	1890 red issue=1890c imperf d=crown over Sun ... 1898 ultra d=Queen Victoria & British lions larger
2r	5	10/1890 red issue=1890b d=crown over Sun ... 1898 org d=Queen Victoria & British lions larger
3r	5	10/1890 grayvio issue=1890b d=crown over Sun ... 1898 dkvio d=Queen Victoria & British lions larger
4r	4	10/1890 bl issue=1890b d=crown over Sun ... 1898 car d=Queen Victoria & British lions larger
5r	5	10/1890 graygrn issue=1890b d=crown over Sun ... 1898 blkbrn d=Queen Victoria & British lions larger
10r	1	1898 bis d=Queen Victoria & British lions larger
20r	1	1898 yelgrn d=Queen Victoria & British lions larger
50r	1	1898 lil d=Queen Victoria & British lions larger

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