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2 1/2p denom (#12160)

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Desc: 2 1/2p

Currency: Western Samoa pound (240d=240p=20sh=20s=1lb)

Numerical sorting value: 150


Equivalent denoms: 2 1/2d (4)

Users of this denom: Samoa (12 stamps, 1886-1948)

Used by 12 stamps of Samoa: (See all uses as list)

1886 2 1/2p rose issue=1886 d=palms (1886) wmk=NZ & star (far) perf=12.5
1887 2 1/2p rose issue=1886 d=King Malletoa Laupera perf=12x11.5
1895 2 1/2p rose issue=1895 d=Malietoa Laupepa wmk=NZ & star (close) perf=11
1896 2 1/2p blk issue=1895 d=Malietoa Laupepa wmk=NZ & star (close) perf=11
9/3/1914 2 1/2p ultra issue=British occupation d=yacht ovpt=G.R.I.//value. oc=blk on=20pf-yacht perf=11
9/29/1914 2 1/2p bl issue=1914b d=Lake Wakatipu (1898) ovpt=SAMOA. oc=red on=issuer=New Zealand-1902-2 1/2d wmk=NZ & star (close) paper=thin white wove
1916 2 1/2p issue=1916 ovpt=SAMOA. oc=blk on=issuer=New Zealand-2 1/2p
12/23/1921 2 1/2p dkbl issue=1921 d=British flag & Samoan house wmk=NZ & star (close) perf=11
5/7/1935 2 1/2p graybl issue=Silver Jubilee wmk=NZ & star (close)
8/7/1935 2 1/2p dkbl&blk issue=1935 d=Samoan chief and wife wmk=NZ & star (close) perf=11
8/29/1939 2 1/2p dkbl&redbrn issue=New Zealand control 25th d=Samoan Dancing wmk=multiple NZ & star perf=11
1948 2 1/2p issue=1944 d=Samoan chief and wife wmk=multiple NZ & star perf=11