There are 17 designs of indicia whose face value is five cents. Eight of these designs are distinctive enough that they can be identified by examining the images immediately below. The remaining 9 designs feature a bust of Ulysses S. Grant (3 designs), a bust or head of Abraham Lincoln (2), a bust of George Washington (2), or an airplane with one propeller.
For a key to the Grant designs click here.
For a key to the Lincoln designs click here.
For a key to the Washington designs click here
For a key to the airplane designs click here.
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design UC3 |
You have identified design #UC3 printed in carmine on white paper and shared by Scott #s UC14 (die 1) and UC15 (die 2). |
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design UC5 |
You have identified design #UC5 printed in carmine on white paper and shared by Scott #s UC17 (without revaluation) and UC23 (with revaluation to 6 cents). |
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design U74 |
design U75 |
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design U84 |
You have identified design #U84, printed in blue and shared by Scott #s U377 (white) and U378 (amber). |
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design U74 |
You have identified design #U74, printed in blue and shared by Scott #s U330 (white), U331 (amber), U332 (oriental buff), and U333 (blue). |
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design U75 |
You have identified design #U75, printed in blue and shared by Scott #s U334 (white) and U335 (amber). |
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design U88 |
You have identified design #U88, printed in blue and shared by Scott #s U393 (white) and W394 (amber). |
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design U102 |
You have identified design #U102, printed in dark blue on white paper and shared by Scott #s U544 (die 2), U544a (die 1), and U544b (die 3). |
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design U91 |
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design U93 |
You have identified design #U93, printed in blue and shared by Scott #s U443 (white paper; die 1), U444 (amber; die 1), and U445 (blue; die 1). |
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design UC1 |
You have identified design #UC1, printed in blue on white paper, and diagnostic for Scott #UC1. |
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design UC2 |
You have identified design #UC2, printed in blue on white paper, and diagnostic for Scott #UC2. |