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5d denom (#13054) (Sierra Leone usage only)

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Desc: 5d

Currency: Pound sterling (pre-decimal) (240d=240p=20sh=20s=1lb)

Numerical sorting value: 300


Equivalent denoms: 5p (1)

Users of this denom: New South Wales (6 stamps, 1854-1884), Queensland (4 stamps, 1895-1907), South Australia (8 stamps, 1891-1908), Tasmania (2 stamps, 1892-1899), Victoria (5 stamps, 1890-1905), Western Australia (3 stamps, 1890-1905), Ceylon (6 stamps, 1857-1867), Gilbert & Ellice Islands (6 stamps, 1911-1965), Great Britain (41 stamps, 1881-1970), Northern Ireland (1 stamp, 1968), Scotland (1 stamp, 1968), Wales (1 stamp, 1968), British forces in Africa (1 stamp, 1943), British forces in Somalia (1 stamp, 1943), British offices in Morocco, British currency (2 stamps, 1949-1952), British offices in Tangier (3 stamps, 1949-1957), British offices in the Turkish Empire (2 stamps, 1905-1921), Guernsey (7 stamps, 1968-1970), Jersey (5 stamps, 1968-1970), Isle of Man (1 stamp, 1968), Grenada (1 stamp, 1921), Lagos (1 stamp, 1894), Leeward Islands (1 stamp, 1921), Montserrat (1 stamp, 1922), Natal (2 stamps, 1902-1908), Nauru (4 stamps, 1916-1965), New Britain (3 stamps, 1914), New Hebrides (Br) (6 stamps, 1908-1925), Niger Coast Protectorate (4 stamps, 1892-1897), Northern Nigeria (5 stamps, 1900-1912), St. Vincent (6 stamps, 1892-1921), Sierra Leone (10 stamps, 1897-1938), Trinidad (3 stamps, 1885-1905), Trinidad & Tobago (2 stamps, 1923), Tristan da Cunha (3 stamps, 1954-1960), Turks Islands (1 stamp, 1894), Turks & Caicos Islands (5 stamps, 1916-1957), Virgin Islands (1 stamp, 1922), Zululand (2 stamps, 1893) Show with all usages

Used by 10 stamps of Sierra Leone: (See all uses as list)

1897 5d lil&blk issue=1896 d=Queen Victoria (1889 keyplate) wmk=crown & CA perf=14
1903 5d vio&blk issue=1903 d=King Edward VII (1902 keyplate) wmk=crown & CA perf=14
1904 5d vio&blk issue=1904 d=King Edward VII (1902 keyplate) wmk=mult crown & CA perf=14
1907 5d vio&olgrn issue=1907 d=King Edward VII (1902 keyplate) wmk=mult crown & CA perf=14
1912 5d vio&olgrn issue=1912a d=King George V (1912 keyplate) wmk=mult crown & CA perf=14
1921 5d vio&olgrn issue=1921 d=King George V (1912 keyplate) wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=14
3/1/1932 5d olgrn issue=1932 d=rice field wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=12.5
10/2/1933 5d redbrn&slgrn issue=abolition 100th d=bullam canoe wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=12
5/6/1935 5d ind&grn issue=Silver Jubilee d=Windsor Castle & King George V wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=11x12
5/1/1938 5d olgrn issue=George VI pictorials d=rice harvesting & King George VI wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=12.5