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5fr denom (#12296) (Belgian Congo usage only)

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Desc: 5fr

Currency: Congolese franc (100c=1fr)

Numerical sorting value: 30000


Users of this denom: Belgian Congo (21 stamps, 1886-1959), Democratic Republic of the Congo (48 stamps, 1960-2001), Belgian occupation of German East Africa (3 stamps, 1916), Katanga (5 stamps, 1960-1961), RuandaUrundi (6 stamps, 1924-1959) Show with all usages

Used by 21 stamps of Belgian Congo: (See all uses as list)

1/1/1886 5fr lilac d=King Leopold II (1875) perf=15
10/20/1887 5fr vio issue=1887 d=King Leopold II & palms perf=15
10/25/1892 5fr gray issue=1887 d=King Leopold II & palms
11/21/1894 5fr lake&blk issue=1894 d=Bangala chief&wife perf=11-16
1908 5fr lake&blk issue=1908 d=Bangala chief&wife ovpt=CONGO BELGE oc=blk on=issue=1894-5fr perf=11-16
1/1/1910 5fr car&blk issue=1910 dt=scenic bilingual
11/1915 5fr och&blk issue=1910 dt=scenic bilingual
airmail 7/1/1920 5fr grn&blk issue=1920 air
7/1/1921 5fr car&blk issue=1921 dt=scenic bilingual ovpt=1921 oc=blk on=1910-5fr
1924 5fr gray issue=1923 perf=12
6/30/1928 5fr slgrn d=Henry Morton Stanley (1928) perf=14
1932 5fr dpvio issue=1931c d=Woman preparing cassava perf=11.5
airmail 1/22/1934 5fr issue=1934 air d=Fokker over Congo
8/15/1935 5fr d=Belgian kings perf=12.5x12
2/7/1941 5fr olgrn d=Albert Memorial, Leopoldville perf=11
5/23/1942 5fr org issue=1942 Belge d=askari perf=12.5
5/23/1942 5fr org issue=1942 Belgisch d=askari perf=12.5
4/20/1948 5fr bis&lk dt=Bantu art d=double mask perf=12x12.5
5/2/1952 5fr issue=1952 dt=flowers (1952 Belgian Congo) d=Thunbergia lancifolia (1952) perf=11.75
7/1/1958 5fr d=kings of Belgium perf=12.5
10/15/1959 5fr dt=mammals (1959) d=okapi (1959) perf=11.75