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1sh denom (#10908) (Zanzibar usage only)

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Desc: 1sh

Currency: East African shilling (2000c=20sh=20s=1lb)

Numerical sorting value: 6000


Equivalent denoms: 1s (1)

Users of this denom: Aden (5 stamps, 1951-1964), Kathiri State of Seiyun (2 stamps, 1951-1954), Quaiti State in Hadhramaut (3 stamps, 1951-1963), British forces in Eritrea (4 stamps, 1948-1950), British forces in Somalia (2 stamps, 1948-1950), Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania (16 stamps, 1922-1976), Somaliland Protectorate (4 stamps, 1951-1957), Tanganyika (6 stamps, 1922-1961), Zanzibar (10 stamps, 1936-1966) Show with all usages

Used by 10 stamps of Zanzibar: (See all uses as list)

1936 1sh yelgrn issue=1936 d=dhow vert 1936 perf=14
postage due 1936 1sh gray pc=org d=numeral (1936 Zanzibar) perf=14
11/20/1944 1sh pur issue=Al Busaid Dynasty 200th d=dhow on map of Arabian Sea perf=14
10/10/1949 1sh blgrn issue=UPU 75th d=UPU monument (1949)
8/26/1952 1sh dkbrn&dkgrn issue=1952 d=schools
8/26/1957 1sh blk&rose issue=1957 dt=Sultan Khalifa d=Dimbani Mosque
10/17/1961 1sh blk&dprose issue=1961 dt=Sultan Seyyid Abdulla d=Dimbani Mosque
2/28/1964 1sh blk&dprose issue=1964a dt=Sultan Seyyid Abdulla d=Dimbani Mosque ovpt=JAMHURI 1964 oc=blk on=issue=1961-1sh
6/21/1964 1sh issue=1964c dt=symbolic&flags d=Man flag & sun perf=13x13.5
6/5/1966 1sh issue=1966 perf=13x12.5

All are wmk=mult crown & script CA