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5sh denom (#10632) (St. Lucia usage only)

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Desc: 5sh

Currency: Pound sterling (pre-decimal) (240d=240p=20sh=20s=1lb)

Numerical sorting value: 3600


Users of this denom: Antigua (6 stamps, 1903-1949), New South Wales (9 stamps, 1861-1891), Queensland (6 stamps, 1866-1907), South Australia (5 stamps, 1886-1912), Tasmania (2 stamps, 1871-1892), Victoria (9 stamps, 1867-1905), Western Australia (2 stamps, 1902-1905), Barbuda (1 stamp, 1922), British Antarctic Territory (1 stamp, 1963), Cayman Islands (13 stamps, 1907-1968), Dominica (7 stamps, 1903-1938), Gilbert & Ellice Islands (4 stamps, 1912-1965), Great Britain (16 stamps, 1867-1969), British forces in Africa (1 stamp, 1947), British offices in Morocco, British currency (4 stamps, 1931-1951), British offices in Tangier (4 stamps, 1949-1957), Guernsey (1 stamp, 1969), Jersey (2 stamps, 1969), Grenada (7 stamps, 1902-1938), Lagos (4 stamps, 1884-1905), Leeward Islands (8 stamps, 1890-1949), Mauritius (1 stamp, 1863), Montserrat (10 stamps, 1903-1949), Natal (5 stamps, 1874-1908), Nauru (3 stamps, 1916-1954), New Britain (3 stamps, 1914), New Hebrides (Br) (2 stamps, 1911-1925), Niger Coast Protectorate (1 stamp, 1893), Northern Nigeria (2 stamps, 1910-1912), St. KittsNevis (7 stamps, 1903-1949), St. Lucia (7 stamps, 1883-1938), St. Vincent (8 stamps, 1880-1938), Sierra Leone (14 stamps, 1896-1964), Southern Nigeria (5 stamps, 1901-1912), South Georgia (1 stamp, 1963), Tobago (1 stamp, 1879), Trinidad (5 stamps, 1869-1904), Trinidad & Tobago (3 stamps, 1914-1922), Tristan da Cunha (6 stamps, 1952-1966), Turks & Caicos Islands (6 stamps, 1928-1967), Virgin Islands (6 stamps, 1899-1938), Zululand (1 stamp, 1892) Show with all usages

Used by 7 stamps of St. Lucia: (See all uses as list)

1883 5sh lil&org issue=1883 d=Queen Victoria (1879 keyplate) wmk=crown & CA perf=14
1904 5sh grn&car issue=1904 d=King Edward VII (1902 keyplate) wmk=mult crown & CA perf=14
1907 5sh yelgrn&scar pc=grnyel issue=1904 d=King Edward VII (1902 keyplate) wmk=mult crown & CA perf=14
1912 5sh grn&red issue=1912 d=King George V (1912 keyplate) wmk=mult crown & CA perf=14
1921 5sh grn&car issue=1921 d=King George V (1912 keyplate) wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=14
3/1/1936 5sh vio&blk issue=1936 d=Government House (St. Lucia) & King George V wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=14
9/22/1938 5sh vio&blblk issue=1938 d=loading bananas & King George VI wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=12.5