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5c denom (#14107) (Zanzibar usage only)

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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 8 stamps of Zanzibar: (See all uses as list)

1936 5c grn issue=1936 d=Sultan Khalifa bin Harub 1936 perf=14
postage due 1936 5c vio pc=org d=numeral (1936 Zanzibar) perf=14
8/26/1952 5c blk issue=1952 d=Sultan Khalifa bin Harub 1952
8/26/1957 5c dkgrn&org issue=1957 dt=Sultan Khalifa d=cloves
10/17/1961 5c olgrn&org issue=1961 dt=Sultan Seyyid Abdulla d=cloves
2/28/1964 5c olgrn&org issue=1964a dt=Sultan Seyyid Abdulla d=cloves ovpt=JAMHURI 1964 oc=blk on=issue=1961-5c
6/21/1964 5c lil&multi issue=1964c dt=symbolic&flags d=Moorish Arch perf=13x13.5
6/5/1966 5c issue=1966 d=logging (1966) perf=13x12.5

All are wmk=mult crown & script CA