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2sh denom (#147) (Tanganyika usage only)

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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) Show with all usages

Used by 4 stamps of Tanganyika: (See all uses as list)

1922 2sh pur&blk issue=1922 d=giraffe (large)
1927 2sh issue=1927 d=King George V (hi vals)
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
12/9/1961 2sh issue=independence d=Dar es Salaam harbor