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.
Columbus and Liberty
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 design U76
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printed in chocolate on white paper and diagnostic for Scott #U350, or printed in slate-brown (erroneously) and diagnostic for Scott #U350a.
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Mount Vernon
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 design U95
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= Scott #U528 (printed in dark blue on white paper)
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New York World's Fair
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 design U103
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= Scott #U546 (printed in maroon on white paper)
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Eagle head
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 design U106
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= Scott #U550 (printed in bright purple on white paper)
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Zachary Taylor
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 design U47
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printed in blue and shared by Scott #s U172 (die 1, white paper), U173 (die 1, amber), U174 (die 1, cream), U175 (die 1, blue), U176 (die 1, fawn), U177 (die 2, white), U178 (die 2, amber), U178A (die 2, cream; not regularly issued), U179 (die 2, blue), and U180 (die 2, fawn).
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James A. Garfield
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design U59
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printed in brown and shared by Scott #s U222 (white paper), U223 (amber), U224 (oriental buff; not regularly issued), U225 (blue; not regularly issued), and U226 (fawn).
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DC-4 Skymaster
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 design UC3
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printed in carmine on white paper and shared by Scott #s UC14 (die 1) and UC15 (die 2).
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Heads of Washington and Franklin, and methods of mail transportation
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 design UC5
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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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