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40c denom (#13612) (Zanzibar usage only)

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  • Colnect-4000-878-Sultan-Khalifa-bin-Harub.jpg
  • Colnect-4000-680-Malindi-Minaret-Mosque.jpg
  • Colnect-4000-655-Malindi-Minaret-Mosque.jpg
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Desc: 40c

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

Numerical sorting value: 2400


Users of this denom: British forces in Eritrea (2 stamps, 1948-1950), British forces in Somalia (2 stamps, 1948-1950), Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania (20 stamps, 1928-1975), Tanganyika (2 stamps, 1922-1927), Zanzibar (8 stamps, 1936-1966) Show with all usages

Used by 8 stamps of Zanzibar: (See all uses as list)

1936 40c blkbrn issue=1936 d=Sultan Khalifa bin Harub 1936 perf=14
postage due 1936 40c ultra pc=org d=numeral (1936 Zanzibar) perf=14
8/26/1952 40c brn issue=1952 d=Sultan Khalifa bin Harub 1952
8/26/1957 40c blk&brn issue=1957 dt=Sultan Khalifa d=Malindi Minaret Mosque
10/17/1961 40c blk&brn issue=1961 dt=Sultan Seyyid Abdulla d=Malindi Minaret Mosque
2/28/1964 40c blk&brn issue=1964a dt=Sultan Seyyid Abdulla d=Malindi Minaret Mosque ovpt=JAMHURI 1964 oc=blk on=issue=1961-40c-blk&brn
6/21/1964 40c issue=1964c dt=symbolic&flags d=Man with rifle perf=13x13.5
6/5/1966 40c issue=1966 perf=13x12.5

All are wmk=mult crown & script CA