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$5 denom (#10711) (China usage only)

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Desc: $5

Currency: Chinese yuan (100c=1$)

Numerical sorting value: 1000


Equivalent denoms: $5.00 (1), 5.00$ (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) Show with all usages

Used by 39 stamps of China: (See all uses as list)

5/1897 $5 issue=1897i provisional oc=blk on=3c-unissued
8/16/1897 $5 yelgrn&pnk issue=1897 dt=Imperial Chinese Post d=wild goose (1897) wmk=yin-yang
1/28/1898 $5 issue=1898 dt=Chinese Imperial Post d=wild goose (1898) wmk=yin-yang
1900 $5 dpgrn&sal issue=1900 dt=Chinese Imperial Post d=wild goose (1898)
1912 $5 dpgrn&sal issue=1912a dt=Chinese Imperial Post d=wild goose (1898) ovpt=type1 oc=blk on=issue=1900-$5
1912 $5 dpgrn&sal issue=1912c dt=Chinese Imperial Post d=wild goose (1898) ovpt=type3 slanted oc=blk on=issue=1900-$5
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
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
12/14/1912 $5 issue=1912d d=Sun Yatsen (1912)
12/14/1912 $5 gray issue=1912e d=Pres Yuan Shih-kai
5/5/1913 $5 scar&blk issue=1913 d=Hall of Classics gateway (1913)
1915 $5 scar&blk issue=1915 d=Hall of Classics gateway (1913)
1923 $5 red&sl issue=1923 d=Hall of Classics gateway (1923)
1931 $5 red&blk issue=1931a d=Sun Yatsen (1931) var=double circle
1931 $5 red&blk issue=1931b d=Sun Yatsen (1931) var=single heavy circle
11/10/1938 $5 red&blk issue=1938 d=Sun Yat-sen (1938) var=1 perf=12.5
11/10/1938 $5 red&blk issue=1938 d=Sun Yat-sen (1938) var=3 perf=12.5
11/10/1938 $5 red&blk issue=1938 d=Sun Yat-sen (1938) var=3 imperf
12/6/1939 $5 red&slgrn issue=1939 secret marks d=Sun Yat-sen (1938) var=secret mark perf=14
1940 $5 issue=1940a d=Sun Yatsen (1940) var=joined character perf=14
1940 $5 red&slgrn issue=1940c wmk d=Sun Yatsen (1940) var=secret mark wmk=yu perf=14
1940 $5 issue=1940b d=Sun Yatsen (1940) var=joined character wmk=yu perf=12.5
1941 $5 scar&blk issue=1941 d=Sun Yatsen (1941) perf=12
1942 $5 lilgray issue=1942d d=Sun Yat-sen (1938) perf=12.5-15
1943 $5 cer issue=1942a d=Sun Yatsen (1942)
1944 $5 lilgray issue=1942c d=Sun Yat-sen (1938) perf=roul
12/25/1944 $5 redbrn issue=Kuomintang 50th
1945 $5 dlgrn issue=1945b d=Sun Yatsen (1945 a)
1945 $5 issue=1945c CNC oc=grn on=$1000-unissued
3/12/1945 $5 redbrn issue=Sun Yatsen death 20th d=Sun Yat-sen (1945)
7/7/1945 $5 issue=treaty 1943 d=map of China & three flags & Chiang
8/1945 $5 scar&blk issue=Lin Sen memorial d=Lin Sen (1945)
10/10/1945 $5 issue=Chiang Kai-shek inauguration
1946 $5 car issue=1944a d=Sun Yatsen (1942) var=secret mark
1948 $5 issue=1948g d=Sun Yatsen (1944) oc=blk on=$2-Sun Yatsen (1944)
1948 $5 bl issue=1948g d=Sun Yatsen & plum blossoms oc=blk on=1947-$3000-bl-Sun Yatsen & plum blossoms
1948 $5 brnol issue=1948g dt=martyrs (1932) d=Sung Chiaojen var=joined character oc=blk on=issue=Martyrs secret mark unwmk-17c
1949 $5 issue=1949c oc=blk on=type=revenue-$500
5/1949 $5 carrose issue=1949i d=flying geese