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5sh denom (#10657)

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Desc: 5sh

Currency: Tongan pound (240d=240p=20sh=20s=1lb)

Numerical sorting value: 3600


Equivalent denoms:
Unused: 5s

Users of this denom: Tonga (9 stamps, 1897-1965)

Used by 9 stamps of Tonga: (See all uses as list)

6/1897 5sh red&blk issue=1897 d=Vavau wmk=turtles
10/14/1942 5sh brnred&blk issue=1942 d=Vavau Harbour wmk=mult crown & script CA
7/1/1953 5sh blvio&yelorg issue=1953 d=Mutiny on the Bounty wmk=mult crown & script CA
2/7/1962 5sh gray&yelorg issue=100th Anniversary of Emancipation d=Perf: 14½ x 13½ wmk=mult crown & script CA
airmail official 2/7/1962 5sh lil&yelorg issue=100th Anniversary of Emancipation d=Perf: 11 x 11½ wmk=mult crown & script CA
10/19/1964 5sh issue=Pan-Pacific Southeast Asia Women's Association Meeting wmk=mult crown & script CA
3/18/1965 5sh red issue=1965 surcharges d=++on=1p wmk=mult crown & script CA
3/18/1965 5sh dkbl issue=1965 surcharges d=++on=2p wmk=mult crown & script CA
3/18/1965 5sh grn issue=1965 surcharges d=++on=2sh wmk=mult crown & script CA