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2sh denom (#147)

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Desc: 2sh

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

Numerical sorting value: 12000


Users of this denom: Aden (4 stamps, 1951-1965), Kathiri State of Seiyun (2 stamps, 1951-1954), Quaiti State in Hadhramaut (3 stamps, 1951-1963), Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania (11 stamps, 1922-1976), Somaliland Protectorate (2 stamps, 1951-1954), Tanganyika (4 stamps, 1922-1961), Zanzibar (7 stamps, 1936-1966)

Used by 33 stamps: (See all uses as list)

Tanganyika 1922 2sh pur&blk issue=1922 d=giraffe (large)
Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania 11/1/1922 2sh graylil issue=1922 d=King George V (1922 Kenya and Uganda hi) wmk=mult crown & script CA
Tanganyika 1927 2sh issue=1927 d=King George V (hi vals)
Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania 5/1/1935 2sh redvio&rosebrn issue=George V pictorials d=Mount Kilimanjaro & King George V wmk=mult crown & script CA
Zanzibar 1936 2sh dkvio issue=1936 d=dhow vert 1936 wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=14
Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania 1938 2sh redvio&orgbrn issue=George VI pictorials d=Mount Kilimanjaro & King George VI wmk=mult crown & script CA
Somaliland Protectorate 4/2/1951 2sh rosevio d=George VI full face & map of Somaliland ovpt=value oc=blk on=1942-2r wmk=mult crown & script CA
Kathiri State of Seiyun 10/1/1951 2sh vio&bl issue=1951 d=Kathiri house ovpt=value oc=blk on=1942-2r wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=13x12
Quaiti State in Hadhramaut 10/1/1951 2sh pur&bl issue=1951 d=mosque in Hureidha ovpt=value oc=blk on=1942-2r wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=13x12
Aden 10/1/1951 2sh bl&mve issue=new currency d=Aden Harbor ovpt=value oc=blk on=1939-2r wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=12.5
Zanzibar 8/26/1952 2sh pur&ultra issue=1952 d=schools wmk=mult crown & script CA
Aden 6/15/1953 2sh carrose&sep issue=1953a d=Aden Protectorate levy wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=12
Kathiri State of Seiyun 1/15/1954 2sh grn issue=1954 d=South Gate, Tarim wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=12x13
Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania 6/1954 2sh grn&grayvio issue=1954 dt=Elizabeth II pictorials (1954) d=Mt Kilimanjaro & Queen Elizabeth II
Somaliland Protectorate 9/15/1954 2sh issue=Elizabeth II pictorials d=Somali rock pigeon & Queen Elizabeth II wmk=mult crown & script CA
Quaiti State in Hadhramaut 9/1/1955 2sh blk&bl issue=1955 d=dhow building wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=14
Aden 1956 2sh car&blk issue=1953b d=levy wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=12x13.5
Zanzibar 8/26/1957 2sh grn&org issue=1957 dt=Sultan Khalifa d=Dimbani Mosque wmk=mult crown & script CA
Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania official 7/1/1959 2sh grn&grayvio issue=1959 official
Tanganyika official 7/1/1959 2sh grn&grayvio dt=Elizabeth II pictorials (1954) d=Mt Kilimanjaro & Queen Elizabeth II ovpt=OFFICIAL oc=blk on=issuer=Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania-issue=1954-2sh
Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania 10/1/1960 2sh issue=1960 d=Mt Kilimanjaro & giraffes
Zanzibar 10/17/1961 2sh grn&org issue=1961 dt=Sultan Seyyid Abdulla d=Dimbani Mosque wmk=mult crown & script CA
Tanganyika 12/9/1961 2sh issue=independence d=Dar es Salaam harbor
Quaiti State in Hadhramaut 10/20/1963 2sh blk&bl issue=1963 d=dhow building wmk=St Edwards crown & CA perf=14
Zanzibar 2/28/1964 2sh grn&org issue=1964a dt=Sultan Seyyid Abdulla d=Dimbani Mosque ovpt=JAMHURI 1964 oc=blk on=issue=1961-2sh wmk=mult crown & script CA
Zanzibar 6/21/1964 2sh issue=1964c dt=symbolic&flags d=hand holding flag of Zanzibar wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=13x13.5
Aden 1965 2sh car&blk issue=1953c d=levy wmk=St Edwards crown & CA perf=12x13.5
Zanzibar 6/5/1966 2sh issue=1966 wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=13x12.5
Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania 5/5/1975 2sh issue=African Arts d=Okoco armlet Acholi of Uganda
Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania 7/28/1975 2sh issue=OAU Summit Conference d=Nile Hotel Kampala
Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania 9/11/1975 2sh issue=Rare Animals d=Loxodonta africana (1975 Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania)
Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania 11/3/1975 2sh issue=2nd World Black and African Festival of Arts and Culture
Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania 1/2/1976 2sh issue=East African Airways 30th