Pound sterling (pre-decimal) (Ceylon usage only)

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Pound sterling (pre-decimal) (Ceylon usage only)

Name: Pound sterling (pre-decimal)
Defn: 240d=240p=20sh=20s=1lb
Symbol: £
Code:
Desc: The British pound
First year: 1840
Units of money:
penny (pl: pence) d, p 1
shilling sh, s 12
pound lb 240

Users of this currency: Antigua (103 stamps, 1862-1949), New South Wales (197 stamps, 3000-1907), Queensland (157 stamps, 1860-1909), South Australia (209 stamps, 1855-1912), Tasmania (114 stamps, 3000-1912), Victoria (238 stamps, 1850-1912), Western Australia (97 stamps, 1854-1912), Barbuda (11 stamps, 1922), British Antarctic Territory (24 stamps, 1963-1969), British Honduras (17 stamps, 1866-1887), British Columbia & Vancouver Island (2 stamps, 1860), British Columbia (2 stamps, 1865), Cayman Islands (230 stamps, 1900-1969), Ceylon (64 stamps, 1857-1868), Cyprus (9 stamps, 1880-1881), Dominica (115 stamps, 1874-1948), Gilbert & Ellice Islands (111 stamps, 1911-1966), Great Britain (877 stamps, 1840-1971), Northern Ireland (12 stamps, 1958-1969), Scotland (13 stamps, 1958-1970), Wales (12 stamps, 1958-1969), British forces in Africa (20 stamps, 1942-1947), British forces in Somalia (9 stamps, 1943-1946), British offices in Morocco, British currency (80 stamps, 1907-1956), British offices in Tangier (111 stamps, 1927-1957), British offices in the Turkish Empire (23 stamps, 1905-1921), Guernsey (47 stamps, 1958-1970), German occupation of Guernsey (5 stamps, 1941-1942), Jersey (39 stamps, 1958-1970), German occupation of Jersey (8 stamps, 1941-1943), Isle of Man (7 stamps, 1958-1969), Grenada (156 stamps, 1861-1948), Ionian Islands (3 stamps, 1859), Lagos (60 stamps, 1874-1905), Leeward Islands (115 stamps, 1890-1949), British consulate in Madagascar (59 stamps, 1884-1886), Mauritius (45 stamps, 1847-1876), Montserrat (125 stamps, 1876-1949), Natal (128 stamps, 1857-1908), Nauru (58 stamps, 1916-1965), Nevis (33 stamps, 1861-1890), New Britain (53 stamps, 1914-1915), New Hebrides (Br) (51 stamps, 1908-1925), Niger Coast Protectorate (62 stamps, 1892-1898), Northern Nigeria (51 stamps, 1900-1912), St. Christopher (23 stamps, 1870-1890), St. KittsNevis (98 stamps, 1903-1950), St. Lucia (137 stamps, 1860-1948), St. Vincent (160 stamps, 1861-1948), Sierra Leone (305 stamps, 1859-1964), Southern Nigeria (57 stamps, 1901-1912), South Georgia (16 stamps, 1963-1969), Tobago (31 stamps, 1879-1896), Trinidad (116 stamps, 1851-1910), Trinidad & Tobago (54 stamps, 1913-1928), Tristan da Cunha (131 stamps, 1952-1970), Turks Islands (46 stamps, 1867-1895), Turks & Caicos Islands (180 stamps, 1900-1968), Virgin Islands (94 stamps, 1866-1949), Zululand (26 stamps, 1888-1896) Show with all usages

Denominations used by Ceylon in this currency:

Denom	Usages	Selected stamps
1/2d	4	10/1857 lil pc=bl d=Queen Victoria (1857) ... 1863 lil d=Queen Victoria (1858 Ceylon)
1p	7	7/2/1857 bl issue=1857 d=Queen Victoria (1857 1d) ... 1868 bl d=Queen Victoria (1868 Ceylon)
2p	5	7/2/1857 dpgrn issue=1857 d=Queen Victoria (1857 2d) ... 1867 orgyel issue=1867 d=Queen Victoria (1857) paper=handmade
3d	2	1866 rose d=Queen Victoria (1866 Ceylon), 1867 rose d=Queen Victoria (1866 Ceylon)
4d	5	4/23/1859 rosecar issue=1857 d=Queen Victoria (1857) ... 1867 rose issue=1867 d=Queen Victoria (1857) paper=handmade
5d	6	7/2/1857 orgbrn issue=1857 d=Queen Victoria (1857) ... 1867 dkolgrn issue=1867 d=Queen Victoria (1857) paper=handmade
6p	8	4/1/1857 plum pc=bl d=Queen Victoria (1857) ... 1867 redbrn issue=1867 d=Queen Victoria (1857) paper=handmade
8d	4	4/23/1859 brn issue=1857 d=Queen Victoria (1857) ... 1867 redbrn issue=1867 d=Queen Victoria (1857) paper=handmade
9p	6	4/23/1859 lilbrn issue=1857 d=Queen Victoria (1857) ... 1867 dpbrn issue=1867 d=Queen Victoria (1857) paper=handmade
10d	5	7/2/1857 ver issue=1857 d=Queen Victoria (1857) ... 1867 ver issue=1867 d=Queen Victoria (1857) paper=handmade
1sh	5	7/2/1857 vio issue=1857 d=Queen Victoria (1857) ... 1867 vio issue=1867 d=Queen Victoria (1857) paper=handmade
1sh9p	2	4/23/1859 grn issue=1857 d=Queen Victoria (1859 1sh9d), 1861 d=Queen Victoria (1857)
2sh	5	4/23/1859 bl issue=1857 d=Queen Victoria (1857) ... 1867 prusbl issue=1867 d=Queen Victoria (1857) paper=handmade

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