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5c denom (#14107)

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Desc: 5c

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

Numerical sorting value: 300


Users of this denom: Aden (5 stamps, 1951-1965), Kathiri State of Seiyun (2 stamps, 1951-1954), Quaiti State in Hadhramaut (3 stamps, 1951-1963), British forces in Eritrea (5 stamps, 1948-1951), British forces in Somalia (2 stamps, 1948-1950), Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania (13 stamps, 1922-1960), Somaliland Protectorate (2 stamps, 1951-1954), Tanganyika (7 stamps, 1922-1961), Zanzibar (8 stamps, 1936-1966)

Used by 47 stamps: (See all uses as list)

Tanganyika 1922 5c dkvio&blk issue=1922 d=giraffe (1922)
Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania 11/1/1922 5c vio issue=1922 d=King George V (1922 Kenya and Uganda lo) wmk=mult crown & script CA
Tanganyika 1925 5c grn&blk issue=1922 d=giraffe (1922)
Tanganyika 1927 5c grn&blk issue=1927 d=King George V (1912 common)
Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania 1927 5c grn issue=1922 d=King George V (1922 Kenya and Uganda lo) wmk=mult crown & script CA
Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania postage due 1928 5c issue=1928 due wmk=mult crown & script CA
Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania postage due 5/1/1935 5c wmk=1
Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania 5/1/1935 5c grn&blk issue=George V pictorials d=dhow & King George V wmk=mult crown & script CA
Zanzibar postage due 1936 5c vio pc=org d=numeral (1936 Zanzibar) wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=14
Zanzibar 1936 5c grn issue=1936 d=Sultan Khalifa bin Harub 1936 wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=14
Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania 5/12/1937 5c issue=Coronation d=Queen Elizabeth & regalia & King George VI wmk=mult crown & script CA
Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania 1938 5c grn&blk issue=George VI pictorials d=dhow on Lake Victoria & King George VI wmk=mult crown & script CA
Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania 7/1/1941 5c issue=1941 ovpt=value//KENYA//TANGANYIKA//UGANDA oc=blk on=issuer=South Africa-5c
British forces in Eritrea postage due 5/27/1948 5c grn issue=1948 due d=++on=½p wmk=crown & GVIR
British forces in Somalia 5/27/1948 5c grn issue=1948 d=King George VI (1937 a) ovpt=B.M.A.//SOMALIA//value oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-1941-1/2d-grn-King George VI wmk=crown & GVIR perf=15x14
British forces in Eritrea 6/1948 5c grn issue=1948 d=King George VI ovpt=B.M.A.//ERITREA//5//CENTS oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-1941-1/2d-grn
Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania 6/1/1949 5c org&blk issue=George VI pictorials d=dhow on Lake Victoria & King George VI wmk=mult crown & script CA
British forces in Somalia 1/2/1950 5c grn issue=1950 d=King George VI (1937 a) ovpt=B. A.//SOMALIA//value oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-1941-1/2d-grn-King George VI wmk=crown & GVIR perf=15x14
British forces in Eritrea postage due 2/6/1950 5c grn issue=1950 due d=++on=½p wmk=crown & GVIR
British forces in Eritrea 2/6/1950 5c grn issue=1950 d=King George VI (1937 a) ovpt=B. A.//ERITREA//value oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-1941-1/2d-grn-King George VI wmk=crown & GVIR perf=15x14
Somaliland Protectorate 4/2/1951 5c grn d=King George VI full face & sheep ovpt=value oc=blk on=1942-1/2a wmk=mult crown & script CA
British forces in Eritrea 5/3/1951 5c ltorg d=King George VI (1937 a) ovpt=B. A.//ERITREA//value oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-1950-1/2d-ltorg-King George VI wmk=crown & GVIR
Quaiti State in Hadhramaut 10/1/1951 5c bl issue=1951 d=sultan ovpt=value oc=blk on=1942-1a wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=14
Kathiri State of Seiyun 10/1/1951 5c bl issue=1951 d=Tarim ovpt=value oc=blk on=1942-1a wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=14
Aden 10/1/1951 5c bl issue=new currency d=Aden Harbor ovpt=value oc=blk on=1939-1a wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=12.5
Zanzibar 8/26/1952 5c blk issue=1952 d=Sultan Khalifa bin Harub 1952 wmk=mult crown & script CA
Aden 6/15/1953 5c yelgrn issue=1953a d=minaret wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=12
Kathiri State of Seiyun 1/15/1954 5c brn issue=1954 d=Sultan Hussein wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=12.5
Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania 6/1954 5c dkbrn&blk issue=1954 dt=Elizabeth II pictorials (1954) d=Queen Elizabeth II & Owen Falls Dam wmk=mult crown & script CA
Somaliland Protectorate 9/15/1954 5c gray issue=Elizabeth II pictorials d=camel & gurgi & Queen Elizabeth II wmk=mult crown & script CA
Aden 6/1/1955 5c blgrn issue=1953b d=minaret wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=12
Quaiti State in Hadhramaut 9/1/1955 5c bl issue=1955 d=metal work wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=11.5x13
Aden 4/12/1956 5c blgrn issue=1953b d=minaret wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=12x13.5
Zanzibar 8/26/1957 5c dkgrn&org issue=1957 dt=Sultan Khalifa d=cloves wmk=mult crown & script CA
Tanganyika official 7/1/1959 5c dkbrn&blk dt=Elizabeth II pictorials (1954) d=Queen Elizabeth II & Owen Falls Dam ovpt=OFFICIAL oc=blk on=issuer=Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania-issue=1954-5c wmk=mult crown & script CA
Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania official 7/1/1959 5c dkbrn&blk issue=1959 official dt=Elizabeth II pictorials (1954) d=Queen Elizabeth II & Owen Falls Dam ovpt=OFFICIAL oc=blk on=1954-5c wmk=mult crown & script CA
Tanganyika official 10/1/1960 5c bl issue=1960 official serifs d=Agave sisalana (1960) ovpt=OFFICIAL(serifs) oc=blk on=issuer=Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania-issue=1960-5c wmk=St Edwards crown & CA
Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania 10/1/1960 5c bl issue=1960 d=Agave sisalana (1960) wmk=St Edwards crown & CA
Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania official 10/18/1960 5c bl issue=1960 official
Zanzibar 10/17/1961 5c olgrn&org issue=1961 dt=Sultan Seyyid Abdulla d=cloves wmk=mult crown & script CA
Tanganyika 12/9/1961 5c issue=independence d=teacher
Tanganyika official 12/9/1961 5c d=teacher ovpt=OFFICIAL oc=blk on=issue=independence-5c-teacher
Quaiti State in Hadhramaut 10/20/1963 5c bl issue=1963 d=metal work wmk=St Edwards crown & CA perf=11.5x13
Zanzibar 2/28/1964 5c olgrn&org issue=1964a dt=Sultan Seyyid Abdulla d=cloves ovpt=JAMHURI 1964 oc=blk on=issue=1961-5c wmk=mult crown & script CA
Zanzibar 6/21/1964 5c lil&multi issue=1964c dt=symbolic&flags d=Moorish Arch wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=13x13.5
Aden 1965 5c grn issue=1953c d=minaret wmk=St Edwards crown & CA perf=12x13.5
Zanzibar 6/5/1966 5c issue=1966 d=logging (1966) wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=13x12.5