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5sh denom (#10633)

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Desc: 5sh

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

Numerical sorting value: 3600


Users of this denom: Australia (16 stamps, 1902-1964), New Guinea (9 stamps, 1925-1939), Norfolk Island (2 stamps, 1953-1961), North West Pacific Islands (3 stamps, 1915-1919)

Used by 30 stamps: (See all uses as list)

Australia postage due 1902 5sh emer issue=1902 due a d=numeral (1902 a) wmk=large crown & NSW
Australia postage due 1902 5sh emer issue=1902 due b d=numeral (1902 b) wmk=large crown & NSW
Australia postage due 1908 5sh emer issue=1908 due d=numeral (1902 b) wmk=crown & single-lined A
Australia postage due 1909 5sh grn&car issue=1909 due d=numeral (1890 due) wmk=crown & double-lined A
Australia 3/20/1913 5sh yel&gray issue=1913 d=kangaroo & map of Australia wmk=wide crown & wide A perf=11.5-12
Australia 1915 5sh yel&gray issue=1915a d=kangaroo & map of Australia wmk=wide crown & narrow A
North West Pacific Islands 1915 5sh yel&gray issue=1915b d=kangaroo & map of Australia ovpt=N.W.//PACIFIC//ISLANDS (a) oc=blk on=issuer=Australia-issue=1915a-5sh-yel&gray wmk=wide crown & narrow A
North West Pacific Islands 1916 5sh yel&gray issue=1915a d=kangaroo & map of Australia ovpt=N.W.//PACIFIC//ISLANDS (a) oc=blk on=issuer=Australia-1913-5sh-yel&gray-kangaroo & map of Australia wmk=wide crown & wide A perf=11.5-12
Australia 1918 5sh yel&gray issue=1915b d=kangaroo & map of Australia wmk=narrow crown & narrow A
North West Pacific Islands 1919 5sh yel&gray issue=1918a d=kangaroo & map of Australia ovpt=N.W.//PACIFIC//ISLANDS (b) oc=blk on=issuer=Australia-issue=1915b-5sh-yel&gray wmk=narrow crown & narrow A
New Guinea 1925 5sh issue=1925 d=native village
Australia 1929 5sh yel&gray issue=1929 d=kangaroo & map of Australia wmk=mult small crown & A perf=12
New Guinea airmail 6/8/1931 5sh d=native village ovpt=AIR MAIL//biplane oc=blk on=5sh-native village
New Guinea official 8/2/1931 5sh issue=1931 official d=Raggiana bird-of-paradise (1921 1931) on=issue=1931-5sh
New Guinea 8/2/1931 5sh issue=1931 d=Raggiana bird-of-paradise (1921 1931)
New Guinea airmail 8/2/1931 5sh d=Raggiana bird-of-paradise (1921 1931) ovpt=biplane//AIR//MAIL oc=blk on=5sh-Raggiana bird-of-paradise (1921 1931)
Australia 1932 5sh yel&gray issue=1931 d=kangaroo & map of Australia wmk=mult small crown & CofA perf=12
Australia 3/14/1932 5sh graygrn issue=Sydney Harbour Bridge d=Sydney Harbour Bridge (1932) perf=11
New Guinea official 6/30/1932 5sh issue=1932 official d=Raggiana bird-of-paradise (no dates) on=issue=1932-5sh
New Guinea airmail 6/30/1932 5sh issue=1932 air d=Raggiana bird-of-paradise (no dates) ovpt=biplane//AIR//MAIL oc=blk on=5sh-Raggiana bird-of-paradise (no dates)
New Guinea 6/30/1932 5sh issue=1932 d=Raggiana bird-of-paradise (no dates)
Australia 5/10/1937 5sh redbrn issue=1937 d=Queen Elizabeth (1937) wmk=mult small crown & CofA
New Guinea airmail 3/1/1939 5sh issue=1939 air d=plane over Bulolo goldfields
Australia military 10/11/1946 5sh issue=military
Australia 4/11/1949 5sh red issue=1949 d=arms of Australia wmk=mult small crown & CofA perf=14x13.5
Norfolk Island 6/10/1953 5sh sep issue=1953 d=Bloody Bridge (1953)
Australia postage due 8/26/1953 5sh grn&rose issue=1953 due d=numeral (1953 due)
Australia 2/2/1959 5sh redbrn issue=1959 d=stockman & steer
Norfolk Island 1961 5sh grn&sep issue=1960 d=Bloody Bridge (1961)
Australia 11/25/1964 5sh issue=1963 d=William Dampier & ship perf=14.5x15