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5sh denom (#148) (Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania usage only)

  • Colnect-1870-393-King-George-V.jpg
  • Colnect-2314-181-Nile-railway-bridge-Jinja-bridge-Ripon-Falls.jpg
  • Colnect-5604-019-Nile-railway-bridge-Jinja-bridge-Ripon-Falls.jpg
  • Colnect-4257-113-African-Elephant-Loxodonta-africana.jpg
  • Colnect-548-265-African-Elephant-Loxodonta-africana.jpg
  • Colnect-4502-807-Crater-Lake-and-Mountains-of-the-Moon.jpg
  • Colnect-4235-481-KenyaUgandaTanganyika.jpg
  • Colnect-2185-397-Foundation-of-East-African-Community.jpg
  • Colnect-1905-503-Livingstone-meets-Stanley.jpg
  • Colnect-2315-176-Community-Flag.jpg
Desc: 5sh

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

Numerical sorting value: 30000


Users of this denom: Aden (3 stamps, 1951-1956), Kathiri State of Seiyun (2 stamps, 1951-1954), Quaiti State in Hadhramaut (3 stamps, 1951-1963), British forces in Eritrea (3 stamps, 1948-1951), British forces in Somalia (2 stamps, 1948-1950), Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania (10 stamps, 1922-1972), Somaliland Protectorate (2 stamps, 1951-1954), Tanganyika (6 stamps, 1922-1961), Zanzibar (7 stamps, 1936-1966) Show with all usages

Used by 10 stamps of Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania: (See all uses as list)

11/1/1922 5sh car issue=1922 d=King George V (1922 Kenya and Uganda hi) wmk=mult crown & script CA
5/1/1935 5sh car&blk issue=George V pictorials d=King George V & Jinja Bridge wmk=mult crown & script CA
1938 5sh carrose&blk issue=George VI pictorials d=King George VI & Jinja Bridge by the Ripon Falls wmk=mult crown & script CA
6/1954 5sh blk&org issue=1954 dt=Elizabeth II pictorials (1954) d=elephant & Queen Elizabeth II
official 7/1/1959 5sh org&blk issue=1959 official
10/1/1960 5sh issue=1960 d=Crater Lake & Mountains of the Moon
official 10/18/1960 5sh lilrose&brnred issue=1960 official
12/1/1967 5sh d=establishment of East African Community
10/28/1971 5sh d=David Livingstone meets Henry Morton Stanley
12/1/1972 5sh issue=East African Community 5th