Prev: 3c (East African shilling)
Next: 6c (East African shilling)

5c denom (#14107) (Somaliland Protectorate usage only)

  • Colnect-3687-617-George-VI-Black-headed-Somalisheep-Ovis-orientalis-aries-.jpg
  • Colnect-5138-396-Dromedary-Camelus-dromedarius-with-Load.jpg
Desc: 5c

Currency: East African shilling (2000c=20sh=20s=1lb)

Numerical sorting value: 300


Users of this denom: Aden (5 stamps, 1951-1965), Kathiri State of Seiyun (2 stamps, 1951-1954), Quaiti State in Hadhramaut (3 stamps, 1951-1963), British forces in Eritrea (5 stamps, 1948-1951), British forces in Somalia (2 stamps, 1948-1950), Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania (13 stamps, 1922-1960), Somaliland Protectorate (2 stamps, 1951-1954), Tanganyika (7 stamps, 1922-1961), Zanzibar (8 stamps, 1936-1966) Show with all usages

Used by 2 stamps of Somaliland Protectorate: (See all uses as list)

4/2/1951 5c grn d=King George VI full face & sheep ovpt=value oc=blk on=1942-1/2a
9/15/1954 5c gray issue=Elizabeth II pictorials d=camel & gurgi & Queen Elizabeth II

All are wmk=mult crown & script CA