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50c denom (#12708) (Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania usage only)

  • Colnect-6340-787-King-George-V.jpg
  • Colnect-1902-001-Dhow-on-Lake-Victoria.jpg
  • Colnect-5604-006-Dhow-on-Lake-Victoria.jpg
  • Colnect-1607-936-KenyaUgandaTanganyika.jpg
  • Colnect-589-544-Giraffe-Giraffa-camelopardalis.jpg
  • Colnect-2316-154-Giraffe-Giraffa-camelopardalis.jpg
  • Colnect-4502-799-Zebra-Equus-sp.jpg
  • Colnect-5004-545--Zebra-Equus-sp.jpg
  • Colnect-4502-812-Land-tillage.jpg
  • Colnect-1902-042-Red-Cross.jpg
  • Colnect-4502-816-Chrysanthemums-Badge.jpg
  • Colnect-1291-864-Emblem-and-leopard.jpg
  • Colnect-3945-379-ITU-emblem.jpg
  • Colnect-1902-043-ICY-emblem.jpg
  • Colnect-2563-635-Murchison-Falls-and-Hippopotamus-Hippopotamus-amphibius.jpg
  • Colnect-870-285-Games-Emblem.jpg
  • Colnect-1291-868-UNESCO-emblem.jpg
  • Colnect-2275-740-Vickers-Super-VC-10.jpg
  • Colnect-1902-488-Rock-painting-Kondoa-Tanzania.jpg
  • Colnect-4727-033-Mt-Kenya.jpg
  • Colnect-2027-174-Family-and-nurse.jpg
  • Colnect-4727-037-High-Diving-Boards.jpg
  • Colnect-4727-039-SS-Harambee.jpg
  • Colnect-4727-046-ILO-Emblem-and-Building-Work.jpg
  • Colnect-1905-528-Kitana-wooden-comb-Bajun-of-Kenya.jpg
  • Colnect-4010-707-African-Elephant-Loxodonta-africana---Male--Ahmed--Kenia.jpg
  • Colnect-1905-535-Maasai-Manyatta---Kenya.jpg
  • Colnect-2275-754-Fokker-F27.jpg
Desc: 50c

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

Numerical sorting value: 3000


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 (2 stamps, 1948-1950), British forces in Somalia (2 stamps, 1948-1950), Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania (28 stamps, 1922-1976), Somaliland Protectorate (3 stamps, 1951-1954), Tanganyika (7 stamps, 1922-1962), Zanzibar (17 stamps, 1931-1967) Show with all usages

Used by 28 stamps of Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania: (See all uses as list)

11/1/1922 50c gray issue=1922 d=King George V (1922 Kenya and Uganda lo) wmk=mult crown & script CA
5/1/1935 50c blk&redvio issue=George V pictorials d=dhow & King George V wmk=mult crown & script CA
1938 50c issue=George VI pictorials d=dhow on Lake Victoria & King George VI wmk=mult crown & script CA
10/10/1949 50c issue=UPU 75th wmk=mult crown & script CA
6/1954 50c redpur issue=1954 dt=Elizabeth II pictorials (1954) d=giraffe & Queen Elizabeth II
official 7/1/1959 50c redpur issue=1959 official
10/1/1960 50c issue=1960 d=zebras & Queen Elizabeth II
official 10/18/1960 50c grayvio issue=1960 official
3/21/1963 50c issue=Freedom from Hunger
9/2/1963 50c d=Red Cross 100th
10/21/1964 50c issue=Olympics 1964
4/15/1965 50c issue=safari rally d=Emblem & leopard
5/17/1965 50c issue=ITU 100th d=ITU emblem (1965 Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania)
8/5/1965 50c issue=ICY d=ICY emblem (1965 Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania)
4/4/1966 50c dt=tourism (1966 Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania) d=Murchison Falls Uganda & hippopotamus
8/2/1966 50c issue=8th Commonwealth Games
10/3/1966 50c issue=UNESCO 20th d=UNESCO emblem in green box
1/23/1967 50c bl&multi issue=East African Airways 21st d=Super VC10
5/2/1967 50c dt=archaeology d=Kondoa - Tanzania
3/4/1968 50c dt=East African mountains d=Mt Kenya
5/13/1968 50c issue=WHO 20th
10/14/1968 50c issue=Olympics 1968 d=diving tower
1/20/1969 50c dt=water transport (1969) d=ship SS Harambee
4/15/1969 50c issue=ILO 50th
5/5/1975 50c issue=African Arts d=Kitana - Bajun of Kenya
9/11/1975 50c issue=Rare Animals d=Loxodonta africana (1975 Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania)
11/3/1975 50c issue=2nd World Black and African Festival of Arts and Culture
1/2/1976 50c issue=East African Airways 30th