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5sh denom (#10640)

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  • Colnect-1648-933-King-George-V.jpg
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  • Colnect-1116-403-Surfboats.jpg
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Desc: 5sh

Currency: British West African pound (240d=240p=20sh=20s=1lb)

Numerical sorting value: 3600


Users of this denom: Cameroun (2 stamps, 1915-1961), Gold Coast (10 stamps, 1889-1954), British occupation of Togo (4 stamps, 1915-1916)

Used by 16 stamps: (See all uses as list)

Gold Coast 9/1889 5sh lil&ultra d=Queen Victoria (1889 keyplate) wmk=crown & CA perf=14
Gold Coast 1900 5sh grn&lil issue=1898 d=Queen Victoria (1889 keyplate) wmk=crown & CA perf=14
Gold Coast 1902 5sh grn&vio issue=1902 d=King Edward VII (1902 keyplate) wmk=crown & CA perf=14
Gold Coast 1907 5sh grn&red issue=1907 d=King Edward VII (1902 keyplate) wmk=mult crown & CA perf=14
Gold Coast 1913 5sh grn&red pc=yel d=King George V (1912 keyplate) wmk=mult crown & CA perf=14
Cameroun 1915 5sh sl&car issue=1915a d=yacht (high value) ovpt=C.E.F.//value oc=blk on=1913-5m wmk=lozenges
British occupation of Togo 5/1915 5sh issue=1915b ovpt=TOGO//ANGLO-FRENCH//OCCUPATION(lighter) oc=blk on=issuer=Gold Coast-5sh
British occupation of Togo 5/1915 5sh issue=1915b d=colored ovpt=TOGO//ANGLO-FRENCH//OCCUPATION(lighter) oc=blk on=issuer=Gold Coast-5sh-colored-paper=surface paper=surface
British occupation of Togo 4/1916 5sh ovpt=TOGO//ANGLO-FRENCH//OCCUPATION(heavier) oc=blk on=issuer=Gold Coast-5sh
British occupation of Togo 4/15/1916 5sh grn&red issue=1916 d=Yellow paper
Gold Coast 1921 5sh grn&red pc=yel issue=1921 d=King George V (1912 keyplate) wmk=mult crown & script CA perf=14
Gold Coast 8/1/1928 5sh olgrn&car d=King George V & Christiansborg Castle wmk=mult crown & script CA
Gold Coast 4/1/1938 5sh dkredvio&olgrn issue=1938 d=King George VI & Christiansborg Castle wmk=mult crown & script CA
Gold Coast 7/1/1948 5sh blk&pur issue=George VI pictorial d=surfboats & King George VI wmk=mult crown & script CA
Gold Coast 3/1/1954 5sh blk&pur issue=Elizabeth II pictorials d=surfboats & Queen Elizabeth II wmk=mult crown & script CA
Cameroun airmail 10/1/1961 5sh brn&blgrn issue=1961 overprint d=giraffes (1955) ovpt=bars//REPUBLIQUE//FEDERALE//value oc=blk on=1955-100fr perf=13