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5d denom (#13054) (Gilbert & Ellice Islands usage only)

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Desc: 5d

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

Numerical sorting value: 300


Equivalent denoms: 5p (1)

Users of this denom: New South Wales (6 stamps, 1854-1884), Queensland (4 stamps, 1895-1907), South Australia (8 stamps, 1891-1908), Tasmania (2 stamps, 1892-1899), Victoria (5 stamps, 1890-1905), Western Australia (3 stamps, 1890-1905), Ceylon (6 stamps, 1857-1867), Gilbert & Ellice Islands (6 stamps, 1911-1965), Great Britain (41 stamps, 1881-1970), Northern Ireland (1 stamp, 1968), Scotland (1 stamp, 1968), Wales (1 stamp, 1968), British forces in Africa (1 stamp, 1943), British forces in Somalia (1 stamp, 1943), British offices in Morocco, British currency (2 stamps, 1949-1952), British offices in Tangier (3 stamps, 1949-1957), British offices in the Turkish Empire (2 stamps, 1905-1921), Guernsey (7 stamps, 1968-1970), Jersey (5 stamps, 1968-1970), Isle of Man (1 stamp, 1968), Grenada (1 stamp, 1921), Lagos (1 stamp, 1894), Leeward Islands (1 stamp, 1921), Montserrat (1 stamp, 1922), Natal (2 stamps, 1902-1908), Nauru (4 stamps, 1916-1965), New Britain (3 stamps, 1914), New Hebrides (Br) (6 stamps, 1908-1925), Niger Coast Protectorate (4 stamps, 1892-1897), Northern Nigeria (5 stamps, 1900-1912), St. Vincent (6 stamps, 1892-1921), Sierra Leone (10 stamps, 1897-1938), Trinidad (3 stamps, 1885-1905), Trinidad & Tobago (2 stamps, 1923), Tristan da Cunha (3 stamps, 1954-1960), Turks Islands (1 stamp, 1894), Turks & Caicos Islands (5 stamps, 1916-1957), Virgin Islands (1 stamp, 1922), Zululand (2 stamps, 1893) Show with all usages

Used by 6 stamps of Gilbert & Ellice Islands: (See all uses as list)

1/1/1911 5d dlvio&olgrn d=King Edward VII (1902 keyplate) ovpt=GILBERT&ELLICE//PROTECTORATE oc=blk on=issuer=Fiji-5p-dlvio&olgrn-unissued
1912 5d dlvio&yelgrn d=King George V (1912 keyplate)
1/14/1939 5d dkbrn&ultra issue=George VI pictorials d=Ellice Islands canoe & King George VI wmk=mult crown & script CA
postage due 8/1940 5d dkgrn d=numeral (1940 Gilbert & Ellice Islands) wmk=mult crown & script CA
8/1/1956 5d redorg&bl issue=Elizabeth II pictorials d=Ellice Islands canoe & Queen Elizabeth II wmk=mult crown & script CA
8/16/1965 5d issue=1965 dt=dances & customs d=Woman Drawing Water wmk=St Edwards crown & CA