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5c denom (#14180) (United States usage only)

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Desc: 5c

Currency: United States dollar (100c=1us$=1$=1p)

Numerical sorting value: 300


Equivalent denoms: $0.05 (29), 05c (1)

Users of this denom: Marshall Islands (7 stamps, 1984-2019), Micronesia (9 stamps, 1984-2015), Palau (10 stamps, 1983-2014), Philippines (3 stamps, 1899-1903), Puerto Rico (3 stamps, 1898-1899), Ryukyu Islands (8 stamps, 1958-1972), El Salvador (2 stamps, 2017), Caicos Islands (1 stamp, 1981), Turks & Caicos Islands (26 stamps, 1969-1994), United Nations (43 stamps, 1951-2001), St. Louis, MO (3 stamps, 1845-1846), United States (240 stamps, 1847-2017), Alexandria, VA (3 stamps, 1846), Annapolis, MD (1 stamp, 1846), Baltimore, MD (2 stamps, 1845), Boscawen, NH (1 stamp, 1846), Brattleboro, VT (1 stamp, 1846), Lockport, NY (1 stamp, 1846), Millbury, MA (1 stamp, 1846), New Haven, CT (4 stamps, 1845), New York, NY (8 stamps, 1845-1847), Providence, RI (1 stamp, 1846), Canal Zone (12 stamps, 1924-1977), Athens, GA (4 stamps, 1861), Demopolis, AL (3 stamps, 1861), Eatonton, GA (1 stamp, 1861), Guam (1 stamp, 1899), Hawaii (16 stamps, 1851-1899), Virgin Islands (49 stamps, 1962-2021) Show with all usages

Used by 240 stamps of United States: (See all uses as list)

7/1/1847 5c redbrn pc=bluish issue=1847 d=Franklin (1847) imperf
3/15/1856 5c redbrn issue=1851 d=Jefferson (1856 5c) imperf
8/23/1857 5c redbrn issue=1857 d=Jefferson (1856 5c) var=Type I perf=15.5
8/23/1857 5c brickred issue=1857 d=Jefferson (1856 5c) var=Type I perf=15.5
1858 5c Indianred issue=1857 d=Jefferson (1856 5c) var=Type I perf=15.5
1859 5c brn issue=1857 d=Jefferson (1856 5c) var=Type I perf=15.5
1860 5c brn issue=1857 d=Jefferson (1856 5c) var=Type II (5c) perf=15.5
1861 5c orgbrn issue=1857 d=Jefferson (1856 5c) var=Type II (5c) perf=15.5
8/19/1861 5c buff issue=1861 d=Thomas Jefferson (1861) perf=12
revenue 1862 5c red issue=First Issue dt=Washington 1862 revenues d=Washington Proprietary
revenue 1862 5c red issue=First Issue dt=Washington 1862 revenues d=Washington (Playing Cards)
revenue 1862 5c red issue=First Issue dt=Washington 1862 revenues d=Washington Agreement
revenue 1862 5c red issue=First Issue dt=Washington 1862 revenues d=Washington (Certificate) imperf
revenue 1862 5c red issue=First Issue dt=Washington 1862 revenues d=Washington Express
revenue 1862 5c red issue=First Issue dt=Washington 1862 revenues d=Washington Foreign Exchange
revenue 1862 5c red issue=First Issue dt=Washington 1862 revenues d=Washington Inland Exchange imperf
1862 5c redbrn issue=1861 d=Thomas Jefferson (1861) perf=12
2/3/1863 5c brn issue=1861 d=Thomas Jefferson (1861) perf=12
newspaper 1865 5c bl issue=1865 d=George Washington (1865) perf=12
newspaper 1865 5c bl issue=1865 d=Washington white border perf=12
1867 5c brn issue=A grill d=Thomas Jefferson (1861) perf=12
1867 5c brn issue=F grill d=Thomas Jefferson (1861) perf=12
1875 5c yelbrn issue=1875 special 1861 d=Thomas Jefferson (1861) perf=12
1875 5c redbrn issue=1875 special 1847 d=Franklin (1847) imperf
1875 5c orgbrn issue=1875 special 1857 d=Jefferson (1856 5c) perf=12
6/21/1875 5c bl d=Taylor perf=12 paper=yellowish wove
postage due 1879 5c brn issue=1879 due d=numeral in oval (1879) perf=12
1879 5c bl issue=1879 d=Taylor perf=12 paper=soft porous
postage due 1879 5c dpbrn issue=1879 due special printing d=numeral in oval (1879)
4/10/1882 5c yelbrn d=James A. Garfield (1882) perf=12 paper=soft porous
postage due 1884 5c redbrn d=numeral in oval (1879) perf=12
1888 5c ind d=James A. Garfield (1882) perf=12
2/22/1890 5c choc issue=1890 d=Ulysses S. Grant (1890) perf=12
postage due 1891 5c brtcl d=numeral in oval (1879) perf=12
1893 5c choc issue=Columbian d=Columbus soliciting aid of Isabella perf=12
postage due 1894 5c dpcl issue=1894b d=numeral in diamond
9/28/1894 5c choc issue=1894 d=Ulysses S. Grant (1894) perf=12
newspaper 1895 5c issue=1895 newspaper b wmk=double line USPS perf=12
1895 5c choc issue=1895 d=Ulysses S. Grant (1894) wmk=double line USPS perf=12
postage due 1895 5c dpcl d=numeral in diamond wmk=double line USPS perf=12
newspaper 2/1/1895 5c blk issue=1895 newspaper a d=Statue of Freedom (1895) perf=12
1898 5c dkbl issue=1895 d=Ulysses S. Grant (1894) wmk=double line USPS perf=12
revenue 1898 5c lil issue=battleship documentary d=battleship wmk=USIR
6/17/1898 5c dlbl issue=Trans-Mississippi d=Fremont on Rocky Mountains wmk=double line USPS perf=12
5/1/1901 5c ultra&blk issue=Pan-American d=bridge at Niagara Falls wmk=double line USPS perf=12
1/20/1903 5c bl issue=1902 d=Lincoln (1903) wmk=double line USPS perf=12
4/30/1904 5c dkbl issue=Louisiana Purchase d=William McKinley (1904) wmk=double line USPS perf=12
1907 5c bl issue=Jamestown Exposition d=Pocahontas wmk=double line USPS perf=12
2/24/1908 5c bl issue=1902 d=Lincoln (1903) wmk=double line USPS perf=12h
5/12/1908 5c bl issue=1902 d=Lincoln (1903) wmk=double line USPS imperf
(plus 190 more) (See all uses as list)