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$5 denom (#10711)

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Desc: $5

Currency: Chinese yuan (100c=1$)

Numerical sorting value: 1000


Equivalent denoms: $5.00 (6), 5.00$ (2), 500c (1)
Unused: $05, 5$

Users of this denom: China (39 stamps, 1897-1949), Japanese occupation of China (4 stamps, 1941-1942), Japanese occupation of Central China (4 stamps, 1942-1944), Inner Mongolia (5 stamps, 1941-1945), Honan (3 stamps, 1941), Hopei (2 stamps, 1941), Shansi (2 stamps, 1941), Shantung (2 stamps, 1941), Japanese occupation of North China (7 stamps, 1942-1945), Japanese occupation of South China (4 stamps, 1942), Northeastern Provinces (4 stamps, 1946-1947), Szechwan (1 stamp, 1933), Yunnan (3 stamps, 1926-1932), Manchuria (1 stamp, 1927), Sinkiang (3 stamps, 1916-1932), Northeast China Liberation Area (10 stamps, 1946-1947), North China Liberation Area (3 stamps, 1946-1949), Northwest China Liberation Area (3 stamps, 1945-1949), East China Liberation Area (7 stamps, 1949), Central China Liberation Area (3 stamps, 1949), British offices in China (1 stamp, 1917), Russian offices in China (2 stamps, 1917)

Used by 113 stamps: (See all uses as list)

China 5/1897 $5 issue=1897i provisional oc=blk on=3c-unissued
China 8/16/1897 $5 yelgrn&pnk issue=1897 dt=Imperial Chinese Post d=wild goose (1897) wmk=yin-yang
China 1/28/1898 $5 issue=1898 dt=Chinese Imperial Post d=wild goose (1898) wmk=yin-yang
China 1900 $5 dpgrn&sal issue=1900 dt=Chinese Imperial Post d=wild goose (1898)
China 1912 $5 dpgrn&sal issue=1912a dt=Chinese Imperial Post d=wild goose (1898) ovpt=type1 oc=blk on=issue=1900-$5
China 1912 $5 dpgrn&sal issue=1912c dt=Chinese Imperial Post d=wild goose (1898) ovpt=type3 slanted oc=blk on=issue=1900-$5
China 1/30/1912 $5 dpgrn&sal issue=Foochow neutrality dt=Chinese Imperial Post d=wild goose (1898) ovpt=Foochow oc=blk on=issue=1900-$5-dpgrn&sal
China 3/20/1912 $5 dpgrn&sal issue=Nanking neutrality dt=Chinese Imperial Post d=wild goose (1898) ovpt=Nanking oc=blk on=issue=1900-$5-dpgrn&sal
China 12/14/1912 $5 gray issue=1912e d=Pres Yuan Shih-kai
China 12/14/1912 $5 issue=1912d d=Sun Yatsen (1912)
China 5/5/1913 $5 scar&blk issue=1913 d=Hall of Classics gateway (1913)
China 1915 $5 scar&blk issue=1915 d=Hall of Classics gateway (1913)
Sinkiang 1916 $5 scar&blk issue=1916 d=Hall of Classics gateway (1913) ovpt=Sinkiang straight oc=blk on=issuer=China-1915-$5
Russian offices in China 1917 $5 issue=1917 d=arms of Russia (1906 5r) ovpt=KITAI oc=blk on=issuer=Russia-1906-5r wmk=Cyrillic EZGB & wavy lines perf=13.5 paper=vertically laid
Russian offices in China 1917 $5 issue=1917 d=arms of Russia (1906 5r) var=varnished ovpt=KITAI oc=blk on=issuer=Russia-1915-5r perf=13.5
British offices in China 1917 $5 red&grn pc=grn issue=1917 d=King George V (1912 Hong Kong) ovpt=CHINA oc=blk on=issuer=Hong Kong-1912-$5 wmk=mult crown & CA perf=14
China 1923 $5 red&sl issue=1923 d=Hall of Classics gateway (1923)
Yunnan 1926 $5 red&sl issue=1926 d=Hall of Classics gateway (1923) ovpt=exclusive use oc=blk on=issuer=China-1923-$5
Manchuria 1927 $5 red&sl issue=1927 d=Hall of Classics gateway (1923) ovpt=For use in Ki-Hei oc=blk on=issuer=China-issue=1923-$5
China 1931 $5 red&blk issue=1931b d=Sun Yatsen (1931) var=single heavy circle
China 1931 $5 red&blk issue=1931a d=Sun Yatsen (1931) var=double circle
Yunnan 1932 $5 red&blk issue=1932a d=Sun Yatsen (1931) var=double circle ovpt=chars1932 oc=blk on=issuer=China-$5-var=double circle
Yunnan 1932 $5 red&blk issue=1932b d=Sun Yatsen (1931) var=single heavy circle ovpt=chars1932 oc=blk on=issuer=China-$5-red&blk-var=single heavy circle
Sinkiang 1/1/1932 $5 issue=1932b
Sinkiang 1/1/1932 $5 issue=1932a
Szechwan 1933 $5 red&blk issue=1933b d=Sun Yatsen (1931) var=single heavy circle ovpt=Szechwan only oc=blk on=issuer=China-$5-var=single heavy circle
China 11/10/1938 $5 red&blk issue=1938 d=Sun Yat-sen (1938) var=3 imperf
China 11/10/1938 $5 red&blk issue=1938 d=Sun Yat-sen (1938) var=3 perf=12.5
China 11/10/1938 $5 red&blk issue=1938 d=Sun Yat-sen (1938) var=1 perf=12.5
China 12/6/1939 $5 red&slgrn issue=1939 secret marks d=Sun Yat-sen (1938) var=secret mark perf=14
China 1940 $5 issue=1940a d=Sun Yatsen (1940) var=joined character perf=14
China 1940 $5 red&slgrn issue=1940c wmk d=Sun Yatsen (1940) var=secret mark wmk=yu perf=14
China 1940 $5 issue=1940b d=Sun Yatsen (1940) var=joined character wmk=yu perf=12.5
Honan 1941 $5 red&blk issue=1941c d=Sun Yat-sen (1938) var=3 ovpt=Honan oc=blk on=issuer=China-issue=1938-$5-var=3-perf=12.5 perf=12.5
Hopei 1941 $5 red&blk issue=1941c d=Sun Yat-sen (1938) var=3 ovpt=Hopei oc=blk on=issuer=China-issue=1938-$5-var=3-perf=12.5 perf=12.5
Shansi 1941 $5 red&blk issue=1941c d=Sun Yat-sen (1938) var=3 ovpt=Shansi oc=blk on=issuer=China-issue=1938-$5-var=3-perf=12.5 perf=12.5
Shantung 1941 $5 red&blk issue=1941c d=Sun Yat-sen (1938) var=3 ovpt=Shantung oc=blk on=issuer=China-issue=1938-$5-var=3-perf=12.5 perf=12.5
Shansi 1941 $5 issue=1941d secret unwmk
Shantung 1941 $5 red&slgrn issue=1941d d=Sun Yat-sen (1938) var=secret mark ovpt=Shantung oc=blk on=issuer=China-issue=1939 secret marks-$5-unwmk-perf=14 perf=14
Hopei 1941 $5 issue=1941d
China 1941 $5 scar&blk issue=1941 d=Sun Yatsen (1941) perf=12
Japanese occupation of China 6/5/1941 $5
Honan 7/1/1941 $5 red&dkgrn issue=1941d d=No. 364 - Small overprint
Inner Mongolia 7/1/1941 $5 red&blk issue=1941c d=Sun Yat-sen (1938) var=3 ovpt=a oc=blk on=issuer=China-issue=1938-$5-var=3-perf=12.5-pr=Chung Hwa perf=12.5
Inner Mongolia 7/1/1941 $5 red&slgrn issue=1941d d=Sun Yat-sen (1938) var=secret mark ovpt=a oc=blk on=issuer=China-issue=1939 secret marks-$5-pr=Dah Tung perf=14
Honan 7/1/1941 $5 red&dkgrn issue=1941d d=No. 364 - Large overprint
Japanese occupation of China 1942 $5 issue=1942a
Japanese occupation of China 1942 $5 issue=1942b
Japanese occupation of China 1942 $5 issue=1942c
China 1942 $5 lilgray issue=1942d d=Sun Yat-sen (1938) perf=12.5-15
(plus 63 more) (See all uses as list)