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5sh denom (#10633) (New Guinea usage only)

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  • Colnect-2550-742-Raggiana-Bird-of-paradise-Paradisaea-raggiana.jpg
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  • Colnect-2554-853-Raggiana-Bird-of-paradise-Paradisaea-raggiana.jpg
  • Colnect-2554-866-Raggiana-Bird-of-paradise-Paradisaea-raggiana-overprinted.jpg
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  • Colnect-5102-824-Plane-over-Bulolo-Goldfield.jpg
Desc: 5sh

Currency: Australian pound (240d=240p=20sh=20s=1lb)

Numerical sorting value: 3600


Users of this denom: Australia (16 stamps, 1902-1964), New Guinea (9 stamps, 1925-1939), Norfolk Island (2 stamps, 1953-1961), North West Pacific Islands (3 stamps, 1915-1919) Show with all usages

Used by 9 stamps of New Guinea: (See all uses as list)

1925 5sh issue=1925 d=native village
airmail 6/8/1931 5sh d=native village ovpt=AIR MAIL//biplane oc=blk on=5sh-native village
8/2/1931 5sh issue=1931 d=Raggiana bird-of-paradise (1921 1931)
airmail 8/2/1931 5sh d=Raggiana bird-of-paradise (1921 1931) ovpt=biplane//AIR//MAIL oc=blk on=5sh-Raggiana bird-of-paradise (1921 1931)
official 8/2/1931 5sh issue=1931 official d=Raggiana bird-of-paradise (1921 1931) on=issue=1931-5sh
6/30/1932 5sh issue=1932 d=Raggiana bird-of-paradise (no dates)
airmail 6/30/1932 5sh issue=1932 air d=Raggiana bird-of-paradise (no dates) ovpt=biplane//AIR//MAIL oc=blk on=5sh-Raggiana bird-of-paradise (no dates)
official 6/30/1932 5sh issue=1932 official d=Raggiana bird-of-paradise (no dates) on=issue=1932-5sh
airmail 3/1/1939 5sh issue=1939 air d=plane over Bulolo goldfields