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5s denom (#8804)

  • Colnect-1496-967-Chrysanthemum.jpg
  • Colnect-1718-146-Chrysanthemum.jpg
  • Colnect-3897-145-Tazawa---5-sen-violet.jpg
  • Colnect-1505-396-Tazawa.jpg
  • Colnect-5980-090-Tazawa---5-sen-violet.jpg
  • Colnect-1806-868-Cherry-Blossoms---Violet.jpg
  • STS-Japan-4-300dpi.jpg-crop-289x331at1058-2482.jpg
  • 5Sen_stamp_in_1939.JPG
  • Togo_5sen_stamp.JPG
  • Colnect-822-688-Boys-from-Japan-and-Manchukuo-at-play.jpg
  • Japan_sl_stamp.JPG
  • Colnect-1563-385-Admiral-Heihachiro-Togo.jpg
  • Japanese_5sen_stamp_of_Hien.JPG
  • Okinawa5sen.JPG
  • Colnect-4822-960-Cycad.jpg
Desc: 5s

Currency: Japanese yen (1000rin=1000r=100sen=100s=1y)

Numerical sorting value: 3000


Users of this denom: Japan (9 stamps, 1913-1945), Japanese offices in China (3 stamps, 1900-1914), Japanese offices in Korea (1 stamp, 1900), Japanese offices in Taiwan (1 stamp, 1945), Japanese occupation of North Borneo (1 stamp, 1944), Ryukyu Islands (2 stamps, 1948-1949)

Used by 17 stamps: (See all uses as list)

Japanese offices in China 1900 5s orgyel issue=1900 dt=chrysanthemum emblem d=chrysanthemum emblem (1899 low) ovpt=2 chars oc=blk on=issuer=Japan-issue=1899-5s-orgyel
Japanese offices in Korea 1900 5s orgyel issue=1900 dt=chrysanthemum emblem d=chrysanthemum emblem (1899 low) ovpt=2 chars oc=blk on=issuer=Japan-issue=1899-5s-orgyel
Japan 1913 5s vio dt=characters (1913) d=Tazawa b perf=12-13.5
Japanese offices in China 1913 5s vio issue=1913 dt=characters (1913) d=Tazawa b ovpt=2 chars oc=blk on=issuer=Japan-1913-5s-vio perf=12-13.5
Japanese offices in China 1914 5s vio issue=1914 d=Tazawa b ovpt=2 chars oc=blk on=issuer=Japan-issue=1914-5s-vio wmk=zigzag lines
Japan 5/20/1914 5s vio issue=1914 d=Tazawa b wmk=zigzag lines
Japan 10/25/1923 5s vio dt=dragonflies (1923) d=dragonflies & cherry blossoms & Mt Fuji wmk=parallel lines imperf
Japan 1937 5s vio issue=1937a d=Tazawa b wmk=curved wavy lines
Japan 1939 5s ultra issue=1937b d=Mt Hodaka wmk=curved wavy lines perf=13
Japan 4/1/1942 5s brnlake issue=war morale d=Admiral Togo wmk=curved wavy lines perf=13x13.5
Japan 9/15/1942 5s ol issue=Manchukuo founding d=boys wmk=curved wavy lines perf=12
Japan 10/14/1942 5s prusgrn issue=railroad 70th d=Locomotive C 59 wmk=curved wavy lines perf=12
Japanese occupation of North Borneo 9/30/1944 5s issue=1944c
Japanese offices in Taiwan 1945 5s blgrn d=numeral (1945 Japanese offices in Taiwan)
Japan 4/1945 5s grn issue=1945 pictorials d=Sunrise Plane wmk=curved wavy lines imperf
Ryukyu Islands 7/1/1948 5s mag issue=1948 d=cycad wmk=curved wavy lines
Ryukyu Islands 7/18/1949 5s mag issue=1949 d=cycad wmk=curved wavy lines