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5sh denom (#148)

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Desc: 5sh

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

Numerical sorting value: 30000


Users of this denom: Aden (3 stamps, 1951-1956), Kathiri State of Seiyun (2 stamps, 1951-1954), Quaiti State in Hadhramaut (3 stamps, 1951-1963), British forces in Eritrea (3 stamps, 1948-1951), British forces in Somalia (2 stamps, 1948-1950), Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania (10 stamps, 1922-1972), Somaliland Protectorate (2 stamps, 1951-1954), Tanganyika (6 stamps, 1922-1961), Zanzibar (7 stamps, 1936-1966)

Used by 38 stamps: (See all uses as list)

Tanganyika 1922 5sh red&blk issue=1922 d=giraffe (large)
Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania 11/1/1922 5sh car issue=1922 d=King George V (1922 Kenya and Uganda hi) wmk=mult crown & script CA
Tanganyika 1927 5sh issue=1927 d=King George V (hi vals)
Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania 5/1/1935 5sh car&blk issue=George V pictorials d=King George V & Jinja Bridge wmk=mult crown & script CA
Zanzibar 1936 5sh red issue=1936 d=dhow vert 1936 wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=14
Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania 1938 5sh carrose&blk issue=George VI pictorials d=King George VI & Jinja Bridge by the Ripon Falls wmk=mult crown & script CA
British forces in Somalia 5/27/1948 5sh dlred issue=1948 d=King George VI & arms of Britain ovpt=B.M.A.//SOMALIA//value oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-1939-5sh-dlred wmk=crown & large GVIR
British forces in Eritrea 6/1948 5sh dlred issue=1948 d=King George VI & arms of Britain ovpt=bars bars//B.M.A.//ERITREA//5 SHILLINGS oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-1939-5sh-dlred wmk=crown & large GVIR
British forces in Somalia 1/2/1950 5sh dlred issue=1950 d=King George VI & arms of Britain ovpt=B. A.//SOMALIA//value oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-1939-5sh-dlred wmk=crown & large GVIR
British forces in Eritrea 2/6/1950 5sh dlred issue=1950 d=King George VI & arms of Britain ovpt=B. A.//ERITREA//value oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-1939-5sh-dlred wmk=crown & large GVIR
Somaliland Protectorate 4/2/1951 5sh blk d=George VI full face & map of Somaliland ovpt=value oc=blk on=1942-5r wmk=mult crown & script CA
British forces in Eritrea 5/31/1951 5sh red d=cliffs of Dover & King George VI ovpt=B. A.//ERITREA//value oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-1951-5sh-red wmk=crown & GVIR perf=11x12
Aden 10/1/1951 5sh ol&lakebrn issue=new currency d=Camel corpsman ovpt=value oc=blk on=1944-5r wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=12.5
Quaiti State in Hadhramaut 10/1/1951 5sh grn&brn issue=1951 d=Meshhed ovpt=value oc=blk on=1942-5r wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=13x12
Kathiri State of Seiyun 10/1/1951 5sh brn&grn issue=1951 d=mosque,Tarim ovpt=value oc=blk on=1942-5r wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=12x13
Zanzibar 8/26/1952 5sh car&blk issue=1952 d=schools wmk=mult crown & script CA
Aden 6/15/1953 5sh bl&sep issue=1953a d=Crater Pass wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=12
Kathiri State of Seiyun 1/15/1954 5sh bl&vio issue=1954 d=Kathiri house wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=13x12
Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania 6/1954 5sh blk&org issue=1954 dt=Elizabeth II pictorials (1954) d=elephant & Queen Elizabeth II
Somaliland Protectorate 9/15/1954 5sh issue=Elizabeth II pictorials d=martial eagle & Queen Elizabeth II wmk=mult crown & script CA
Quaiti State in Hadhramaut 9/1/1955 5sh blk&grn issue=1955 d=agriculture wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=14
Aden 1956 5sh dkbl&blk issue=1953b d=Crater Pass wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=12x13.5
Zanzibar 8/26/1957 5sh ultra issue=1957 dt=Sultan Khalifa d=Kibweni Palace wmk=mult crown & script CA
Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania official 7/1/1959 5sh org&blk issue=1959 official
Tanganyika official 7/1/1959 5sh blk&org dt=Elizabeth II pictorials (1954) d=elephant & Queen Elizabeth II ovpt=OFFICIAL oc=blk on=issuer=Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania-issue=1954-5sh
Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania 10/1/1960 5sh issue=1960 d=Crater Lake & Mountains of the Moon
Tanganyika official 10/1/1960 5sh issue=1960 official serifs d=Crater Lake & Mountains of the Moon ovpt=OFFICIAL(serifs) oc=blk on=issuer=Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania-issue=1960-5sh
Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania official 10/18/1960 5sh lilrose&brnred issue=1960 official
Zanzibar 10/17/1961 5sh ultra issue=1961 dt=Sultan Seyyid Abdulla d=Kibweni Palace wmk=mult crown & script CA
Tanganyika official 12/9/1961 5sh ovpt=OFFICIAL oc=blk on=issue=independence-5sh
Tanganyika 12/9/1961 5sh issue=independence
Quaiti State in Hadhramaut 10/20/1963 5sh blk&grn issue=1963 d=agriculture wmk=St Edwards crown & CA perf=14
Zanzibar 2/28/1964 5sh ultra issue=1964a dt=Sultan Seyyid Abdulla d=Kibweni Palace ovpt=JAMHURI 1964 oc=blk on=issue=1961-5sh wmk=mult crown & script CA
Zanzibar 6/21/1964 5sh issue=1964c dt=symbolic&flags d=Map of Zanzibar & Peba & flag wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=13x13.5
Zanzibar 6/5/1966 5sh issue=1966 wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=13x12.5
Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania 12/1/1967 5sh d=establishment of East African Community
Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania 10/28/1971 5sh d=David Livingstone meets Henry Morton Stanley
Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania 12/1/1972 5sh issue=East African Community 5th