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5c denom (#14125) (Belgian Congo usage only)

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  • Colnect-714-657-Sir-Henry-Morton-Stanley.jpg
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Desc: 5c

Currency: Congolese franc (100c=1fr)

Numerical sorting value: 300


Users of this denom: Belgian Congo (18 stamps, 1886-1942), Belgian occupation of German East Africa (4 stamps, 1916-1922), RuandaUrundi (6 stamps, 1924-1942) Show with all usages

Used by 18 stamps of Belgian Congo: (See all uses as list)

1/1/1886 5c grn d=King Leopold II (1875) perf=15
5/5/1889 5c grn issue=1887 d=King Leopold II & palms perf=15
11/21/1894 5c palebl&blk issue=1894 d=Port Matadi (1894) perf=11-16
1/25/1895 5c redbrn&blk issue=1894 d=Port Matadi (1894)
5/25/1900 5c grn&blk issue=1894 d=Port Matadi (1894)
1908 5c grn&blk issue=1908 d=Port Matadi (1894) ovpt=CONGO BELGE oc=blk on=issue=1894-5c-grn&blk
6/1/1909 5c grn&blk issue=1909 dt=scenic Congo Belge d=Port Matadi (1909)
1/1/1910 5c grn&blk issue=1910 dt=scenic bilingual d=Port Matadi (1910)
1915 5c grn&blk issue=1915 dt=scenic&value words d=Port Matadi (1915)
7/1/1921 5c blgrn&blk issue=1921 dt=scenic bilingual ovpt=value//bars oc=blk on=1910-40c
1922 5c lake&blk issue=1922a dt=scenic bilingual ovpt=value oc=blk on=1915-50c
2/1/1923 5c yel issue=1923 d=Ubangi woman perf=12
postage due 7/9/1923 5c dkbrn issue=1923 due
6/30/1928 5c grayblk d=Henry Morton Stanley (1928) perf=14
3/1/1938 5c issue=1937 dt=national parks (1938) d=Molindi River perf=11.5
semipostal 10/3/1938 5c bl&brn issue=International Tourist Congress 1938 d=Molindi River perf=11.5
1941 5c carbrn&blk dt=national parks (1938) d=Suza river falls oc=blk on=issue=1937-1.50fr perf=11.5
5/23/1942 5c red issue=1942 Belge d=oil palms (1942 a) perf=12.5