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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)
Used by 209 stamps: (See all uses as list)
New South Wales 1861 5sh dlvio d=Queen Victoria on medallion wmk=5/- perf=13
Mauritius 1863 5sh redvio issue=1863 d=Queen Victoria (1860 Mauritius) wmk=crown & CC perf=14
Queensland 1866 5sh pink d=Queen Victoria (1860 Queensland) paper=white wove
Great Britain 7/1/1867 5sh rose d=Queen Victoria (1867 5sh) wmk=Maltese cross (GB) perf=15.5x15
Victoria 12/26/1867 5sh ultra&rose issue=1867 d=Queen Victoria (1867 Victoria 5sh) wmk=V & crown perf=12
Victoria 12/26/1867 5sh bl&rose issue=1867 d=Queen Victoria (1867 Victoria 5sh) wmk=V & crown perf=12
Victoria 12/26/1867 5sh bl pc=yel issue=1867 d=Queen Victoria (1867 Victoria 5sh) wmk=V & crown perf=12
Victoria 10/8/1868 5sh issue=1867 d=Queen Victoria wmk=V & crown
Trinidad 1869 5sh lake d=Queen Victoria (1869 Trinidad) wmk=crown & CC perf=12.5
Tasmania 1871 5sh brtvio d=Queen Victoria (1870 Tasmania) wmk=TAS ruled
Natal 1874 5sh cl issue=1874 d=Queen Victoria (1874 Natal 5sh) wmk=crown & CC perf=15.5x15
Natal 1878 5sh rose issue=1874 d=Queen Victoria (1874 Natal 5sh) wmk=crown & CC perf=14
Natal 1878 5sh cl issue=1874 d=Queen Victoria (1874 Natal 5sh) wmk=crown & CC perf=14
Tobago 8/1/1879 5sh sl d=Queen Victoria (Tobago) wmk=crown & CC
St. Vincent 1880 5sh rose issue=1880 d=seal of St. Vincent (1880) wmk=small star perf=11-13
New South Wales official 2/15/1880 5sh dlvio d=Queen Victoria on medallion ovpt=O S on=5sh wmk=5/- perf=13
Queensland 1881 5sh orgbrn issue=1881 d=Queen Victoria (1860 Queensland) wmk=crown & Q perf=12 paper=white wove
Queensland 1882 5sh carrose issue=1882 double wmk d=Queen Victoria (1882 Queensland high values) wmk=crown & Q perf=12 paper=white wove
Great Britain 1882 5sh rose d=Queen Victoria (1867 5sh) wmk=anchor perf=14
St. Lucia 1883 5sh lil&org issue=1883 d=Queen Victoria (1879 keyplate) wmk=crown & CA perf=14
Great Britain 4/1/1884 5sh carrose d=Queen Victoria (1884 5sh) wmk=anchor perf=14
Lagos 12/1884 5sh issue=1882 d=Queen Victoria (Lagos) wmk=crown & CC perf=14
New South Wales 1885 5sh grn&vio ovpt=POSTAGE oc=blk on=type=revenue-5sh-grn&vio
South Australia 1886 5sh issue=1886 d=Queen Victoria (1886 South Australia)
Queensland 1886 5sh carrose issue=1886 d=Queen Victoria (1882 Queensland high values) wmk=large crown & Q perf=12 paper=white wove
New South Wales official 1886 5sh issue=1887 official ovpt=O S on=1885-5sh
Lagos 3/1887 5sh grn&ultra issue=1882 d=Queen Victoria (Lagos) wmk=crown & CC perf=14
St. Vincent 1888 5sh lk issue=1883b d=seal of St. Vincent (1880) wmk=crown & CA perf=14
New South Wales 3/13/1889 5sh vio d=map of Australia (1889) wmk=5/- perf=10
New South Wales official 4/30/1889 5sh vio issue=1889 official d=map of Australia (1889) oc=blk on=type=postage-1889-5sh wmk=5/- perf=10
Victoria postage due 1890 5sh cl&bl d=numeral (1890 due) wmk=crown & double-lined A perf=12.5
Leeward Islands 1890 5sh grn&ultra issue=1890 d=Queen Victoria (1889 keyplate) wmk=crown & CA perf=14
New South Wales 1890 5sh pur d=map of Australia (1889) wmk=5/- & NSW in diamond perf=10
New South Wales official 2/15/1890 5sh pur issue=1889 official d=map of Australia (1889) oc=blk on=1890-5sh wmk=5/- & NSW in diamond perf=10
New South Wales postage due 1/1/1891 5sh ltgrn issue=1891 due a d=numeral (1891 due)
Zululand 1892 5sh carrose issue=1888a d=Queen Victoria (1884 5sh) ovpt=ZULULAND oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-1884-5sh-carrose wmk=anchor perf=14
Tasmania 1892 5sh brnvio&red issue=1892 d=Queen Victoria (1892 Tasmania) wmk=TAS perf=14
Niger Coast Protectorate 12/1893 5sh issue=1893e oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-1892-2p
Victoria postage due 1894 5sh blgrn&rose d=numeral (1890 due) wmk=crown & double-lined A perf=12.5
Trinidad official 1894 5sh lake d=Queen Victoria (1869 Trinidad) ovpt=O S oc=blk on=1869-5sh-lk wmk=crown & CC perf=12.5
Sierra Leone 1896 5sh grn&car issue=1896 d=Queen Victoria (1889 keyplate) wmk=crown & CA perf=14
Trinidad 8/17/1896 5sh grn&orgbrn issue=1896 d=Britannia (1896) wmk=crown & CA perf=14
Leeward Islands 7/22/1897 5sh grn&ultra issue=Jubilee d=Queen Victoria (1889 keyplate) on=issue=1890-5sh wmk=crown & CA perf=14
St. Vincent 1898 5sh grn&ultra d=Queen Victoria (1889 keyplate) wmk=crown & CA perf=14
Virgin Islands 1899 5sh dkbl d=St Ursula with lilies wmk=crown & CA perf=15
Victoria 1901 5sh red&bl issue=1901a d=Queen Victoria (1867 Victoria 5sh) wmk=V & crown perf=12.5
Trinidad 1901 5sh lil&redvio issue=1896 d=Britannia (1896) wmk=crown & CA perf=14
Southern Nigeria 3/1901 5sh yel&blk d=Queen Victoria (1901) wmk=crown & CA
South Australia official 5/1/1901 5sh rose issue=1901 official
Victoria 6/1901 5sh red&bl issue=1901b postage d=Queen Victoria (1901 Victoria 5sh) wmk=V & crown perf=12.5
(plus 159 more) (See all uses as list)
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