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5sh denom (#10654)

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Desc: 5sh

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

Numerical sorting value: 3600


Users of this denom: Samoa (8 stamps, 1877-1962)

Used by 8 stamps of Samoa: (See all uses as list)

1877 5sh yelgrn issue=1877 d=express
9/3/1914 5sh sl&car issue=British occupation d=yacht (high value) ovpt=G.R.I.//5 Shillings. oc=blk on=5m perf=11
9/20/1914 5sh grn issue=1914 postal fiscal
1932 5sh grn issue=1932 postal fiscal wmk=NZ & star (close)
1935 5sh grn issue=1935 postal fiscal ovpt=WESTERN//SAMOA. oc=blk on=issuer=New Zealand-5sh-grn
1945 5sh grn issue=1945 wmk=multiple NZ & star perf=11
11/14/1955 5sh yelgrn issue=1955 ovpt=WESTERN//SAMOA oc=bl on=issuer=New Zealand-5sh-yelgrn
7/2/1962 5sh issue=independence d=State Seal wmk=multiple NZ & star perf=11