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5pi denom (#774) (Eastern Rumelia usage only)

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Desc: 5pi

Currency: Ottoman lira (40par=40pa=1pia=1pi)

Numerical sorting value: 12000


Equivalent denoms: 5pia (9)

Users of this denom: Austrian offices in the Turkish Empire (7 stamps, 1888-1908), Cilicia (10 stamps, 1919-1920), Eastern Rumelia (5 stamps, 1880-1885), German offices in the Turkish Empire (4 stamps, 1900-1905), British offices in the Turkish Empire (2 stamps, 1909-1913), Italian offices in the Turkish Empire (1 stamp, 1921), Russian offices in the Levant (12 stamps, 1900-1913), Thrace (2 stamps, 1913), Turkey (66 stamps, 1863-1924), Turkey in Asia (11 stamps, 1921-1922) Show with all usages

Used by 5 stamps of Eastern Rumelia: (See all uses as list)

1880 5pi issue=1880 ovpt=R.O oc=blk on=issuer=Turkey-5pi
1881 5pi red&grngray perf=13.5
1884 5pi brn<brn perf=11.5
9/22/1885 5pi red&grngray issue=1885a ovpt=lion oc=blk on=1881-5pi perf=13.5
9/24/1885 5pi red&grngray issue=1885b ovpt=lion in frame oc=blk on=1881-5pi perf=13.5