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5c denom (#14147)

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Desc: 5c

Currency: Chinese yuan (100c=1$)

Numerical sorting value: 10


Users of this denom: China (52 stamps, 1897-1949), Japanese occupation of China (3 stamps, 1941-1942), Japanese occupation of Central China (1 stamp, 1942), Inner Mongolia (5 stamps, 1941-1945), Honan (3 stamps, 1941), Hopei (2 stamps, 1941), Shansi (4 stamps, 1941), Shantung (4 stamps, 1941), Supeh (1 stamp, 1941), Japanese occupation of North China (6 stamps, 1942-1943), Japanese occupation of South China (3 stamps, 1942), Northeastern Provinces (2 stamps, 1946), Hunan (1 stamp, 1949), Kwangsi (5 stamps, 1949), Szechwan (2 stamps, 1933), Yunnan (3 stamps, 1926-1933), Manchuria (1 stamp, 1927), Sinkiang (10 stamps, 1915-1949), French offices in China (1 stamp, 1922), Russian offices in China (3 stamps, 1917-1920)

Used by 112 stamps: (See all uses as list)

China 1/2/1897 5c dlorg issue=1897b provisional ovpt=small oc=blk on=1894-5ca wmk=yin-yang
China 1/2/1897 5c org issue=1897b provisional 4mm wmk=yin-yang
China 1/2/1897 5c grnyel issue=1897a provisional d=dragon (1885) ovpt=chars//5//cents. oc=blk on=1888-5ca wmk=yin-yang perf=11.5-12
China 3/1897 5c dlorg issue=1897c provisional ovpt=large 2 1/2 oc=blk on=1894-5ca wmk=yin-yang
China 3/1897 5c issue=1897d provisional ovpt=large 2 1/2 oc=blk on=issue=1897 Mollendorf-5ca wmk=yin-yang
China 5/1897 5c dlorg issue=1897e provisional ovpt=large 1 1/2 oc=blk on=1894-5c wmk=yin-yang
China 5/1897 5c dlorg issue=1897f provisional ovpt=large 1 1/2 oc=blk on=1894-5c wmk=yin-yang
China 5/1897 5c dlorg issue=1897h provisional ovpt=large 1 1/2 oc=blk on=1894-5c wmk=yin-yang
China 8/16/1897 5c rosered issue=1897 dt=Imperial Chinese Post d=dragon 1897 wmk=yin-yang
China 1/28/1898 5c sal issue=1898 dt=Chinese Imperial Post d=dragon (1898) wmk=yin-yang
China 1900 5c org issue=1900 dt=Chinese Imperial Post d=dragon (1898)
China 1900 5c red issue=1900 dt=Chinese Imperial Post d=dragon (1898)
China postage due 4/1/1904 5c issue=1904 due a
China postage due 11/10/1904 5c bl issue=1904 due b
China 1905 5c vio issue=1905 dt=Imperial Chinese Post d=dragon (1898)
China 1912 5c vio issue=1912c dt=Imperial Chinese Post d=dragon (1898) ovpt=type3 slanted oc=blk on=issue=1905-5c-vio
China postage due 1912 5c issue=1912 due c
China postage due 1912 5c issue=1912 due a
China 1912 5c vio issue=1912a dt=Imperial Chinese Post d=dragon (1898) ovpt=type1 oc=blk on=issue=1905-5c-vio
China postage due 3/1/1912 5c issue=1912 due b
China postage due 3/1/1912 5c issue=1912 due b
China 12/14/1912 5c roselil issue=1912e d=Pres Yuan Shih-kai
China 12/14/1912 5c roselil issue=1912d d=Sun Yatsen (1912)
China postage due 5/1/1913 5c dkbl issue=1913 due
China 5/5/1913 5c roselil issue=1913 d=junk (1913)
Sinkiang 1915 5c roselil d=junk (1913) ovpt=Sinkiang crooked oc=blk on=issuer=China-issue=1913-5c
China 1915 5c roselil issue=1915 d=junk (1913)
Sinkiang 1916 5c roselil issue=1916 d=junk (1913) ovpt=Sinkiang straight oc=blk on=issuer=China-1915-5c
Russian offices in China 1917 5c cl issue=1917 d=arms of Russia (1909 a) var=varnished ovpt=KITAI oc=blk on=issuer=Russia-1909-5k perf=14x14.5 paper=wove
Russian offices in China 1920 5c issue=1920 ovpt=value//Cent. oc=blk on=issuer=Russia-1909-5k-imperf imperf
Russian offices in China 1920 5c cl issue=1920 d=arms of Russia (1909 a) var=varnished ovpt=value//Cent. oc=blk on=issuer=Russia-1909-5k perf=14x14.5 paper=wove
French offices in China 1922 5c issue=1922 ovpt=larger oc=blk on=issue=Merson-25c
China 1923 5c cl issue=1923 d=junk (1923)
Sinkiang 1924 5c cl d=junk (1923) ovpt=Sinkiang oc=blk on=issuer=China-issue=1923-5c
Yunnan 1926 5c cl issue=1926 d=junk (1923) ovpt=exclusive use oc=blk on=issuer=China-1923-5c-cl-junk (1923)
Manchuria 1927 5c cl issue=1927 d=junk (1923) ovpt=For use in Ki-Hei oc=blk on=issuer=China-issue=1923-5c-cl
Yunnan 1932 5c grn issue=1932b var=single heavy circle ovpt=chars1932 oc=blk on=issuer=China-5c-grn-var=single heavy circle-unissued
Sinkiang 1/1/1932 5c issue=1932b
China 6/3/1932 5c d=Northwest scientific expedition
Sinkiang airmail 11/1/1932 5c issue=1932 air
China 1933 5c grn issue=1931b d=Sun Yatsen (1931) var=single heavy circle
Szechwan 1933 5c cl issue=1933a d=junk (1923) ovpt=Szechwan only oc=blk on=issuer=China-5c-cl-junk (1923)
Szechwan 1933 5c grn issue=1933b d=Sun Yatsen (1931) var=single heavy circle ovpt=Szechwan only oc=blk on=issuer=China-5c-grn-var=single heavy circle
Yunnan 1/1/1933 5c yelgrn issue=Tuan Yuang-chen memorial
China 1/9/1933 5c grn issue=Tuan Yuang-chen memorial d=Tan Yankai
Sinkiang 2/1/1933 5c issue=Tuan Yuang-chen memorial
China 1/1/1936 5c grn issue=New Life movement d=emblem
China 10/10/1936 5c grn issue=40th Anniversary of the Chinese Postal Service d=harbor
China 10/11/1936 5c olgrn d=harvesting rice (1923) oc=blk on=1923-16c-olgrn
China 10/11/1936 5c bl d=harvesting rice (1923) oc=blk on=1923-15c-bl
(plus 62 more) (See all uses as list)