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5sh denom (#148) (Tanganyika usage only)

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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 6 stamps of Tanganyika: (See all uses as list)

1922 5sh red&blk issue=1922 d=giraffe (large)
1927 5sh issue=1927 d=King George V (hi vals)
official 7/1/1959 5sh blk&org dt=Elizabeth II pictorials (1954) d=elephant & Queen Elizabeth II ovpt=OFFICIAL oc=blk on=issuer=Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania-issue=1954-5sh
official 10/1/1960 5sh issue=1960 official serifs d=Crater Lake & Mountains of the Moon ovpt=OFFICIAL(serifs) oc=blk on=issuer=Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania-issue=1960-5sh
12/9/1961 5sh issue=independence
official 12/9/1961 5sh ovpt=OFFICIAL oc=blk on=issue=independence-5sh