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5d denom (#13054) (Trinidad 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 3 stamps of Trinidad: (See all uses as list)

postage due 1/1/1885 5d blk d=numeral (1885 due) wmk=crown & CA
8/17/1896 5d issue=1896 d=Britannia (1896) wmk=crown & CA
postage due 1905 5d blk d=numeral (1885 due) wmk=mult crown & CA

All are perf=14