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5sh denom (#10632) (Sierra Leone usage only)

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Desc: 5sh

Currency: Pound sterling (pre-decimal) (240d=240p=20sh=20s=1lb)

Numerical sorting value: 3600


Users of this denom: Antigua (6 stamps, 1903-1949), New South Wales (9 stamps, 1861-1891), Queensland (6 stamps, 1866-1907), South Australia (5 stamps, 1886-1912), Tasmania (2 stamps, 1871-1892), Victoria (9 stamps, 1867-1905), Western Australia (2 stamps, 1902-1905), Barbuda (1 stamp, 1922), British Antarctic Territory (1 stamp, 1963), Cayman Islands (13 stamps, 1907-1968), Dominica (7 stamps, 1903-1938), Gilbert & Ellice Islands (4 stamps, 1912-1965), Great Britain (16 stamps, 1867-1969), British forces in Africa (1 stamp, 1947), British offices in Morocco, British currency (4 stamps, 1931-1951), British offices in Tangier (4 stamps, 1949-1957), Guernsey (1 stamp, 1969), Jersey (2 stamps, 1969), Grenada (7 stamps, 1902-1938), Lagos (4 stamps, 1884-1905), Leeward Islands (8 stamps, 1890-1949), Mauritius (1 stamp, 1863), Montserrat (10 stamps, 1903-1949), Natal (5 stamps, 1874-1908), Nauru (3 stamps, 1916-1954), New Britain (3 stamps, 1914), New Hebrides (Br) (2 stamps, 1911-1925), Niger Coast Protectorate (1 stamp, 1893), Northern Nigeria (2 stamps, 1910-1912), St. KittsNevis (7 stamps, 1903-1949), St. Lucia (7 stamps, 1883-1938), St. Vincent (8 stamps, 1880-1938), Sierra Leone (14 stamps, 1896-1964), Southern Nigeria (5 stamps, 1901-1912), South Georgia (1 stamp, 1963), Tobago (1 stamp, 1879), Trinidad (5 stamps, 1869-1904), Trinidad & Tobago (3 stamps, 1914-1922), Tristan da Cunha (6 stamps, 1952-1966), Turks & Caicos Islands (6 stamps, 1928-1967), Virgin Islands (6 stamps, 1899-1938), Zululand (1 stamp, 1892) Show with all usages

Used by 14 stamps of Sierra Leone: (See all uses as list)

1896 5sh grn&car issue=1896 d=Queen Victoria (1889 keyplate) wmk=crown & CA perf=14
1903 5sh grn&car issue=1903 d=King Edward VII (1902 keyplate) wmk=crown & CA perf=14
1904 5sh grn&car issue=1904 d=King Edward VII (1902 keyplate) wmk=mult crown & CA perf=14
1907 5sh grn&red pc=yel issue=1907 d=King Edward VII (1902 keyplate) wmk=mult crown & CA perf=14
1912 5sh grn&red issue=1912b d=King George V & elephant wmk=mult crown & CA perf=14
1921 5sh grn&red issue=1921 d=King George V & elephant wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=14
3/1/1932 5sh ind issue=1932 d=palms & kola tree wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=12
10/2/1933 5sh roselil&blk issue=abolition 100th d=elephant (1933) wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=12
5/1/1938 5sh redbrn issue=George VI pictorials d=rice harvesting & King George VI wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=12.5
1/2/1956 5sh grn&blk issue=Elizabeth II pictorials d=Kuranko chief & Queen Elizabeth II wmk=mult crown & script CA
4/27/1961 5sh red&blk issue=independence d=Bundu mask wmk=St Edwards crown & SL perf=13.5
1/1/1963 5sh issue=1963 dt=plants (1963 Sierra Leone) d=ra-ponthi wmk=St Edwards crown & SL perf=14
2/10/1964 5sh issue=New York World's Fair 1964 d=map of Sierra Leone imperf
5/11/1964 5sh issue=John F. Kennedy memorial d=map of Sierra Leone (1964)