Pound sterling (pre-decimal) (British offices in Tangier usage only)

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Pound sterling (pre-decimal) (British offices in Tangier 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 British offices in Tangier in this currency:

Denom	Usages	Selected stamps
1/2d	11	1927 grn d=King George V (1912 a) ovpt=TANGIER oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-1924-1/2d-grn-King George V ... 4/1/1957 redorg issue=PO 100th d=Queen Elizabeth II (Wilding a) ovpt=1857-1957//TANGIER oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-issue=1955-1/2d-redorg
1p	11	1927 scar d=King George V (1912 b) ovpt=TANGIER oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-1924-1p-scar-King George V ... 4/1/1957 ultra issue=PO 100th ovpt=1857-1957//TANGIER oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-issue=1955-1p-ultra
1 1/2p	11	1927 redbrn d=King George V (1912 a) ovpt=TANGIER oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-1924-1 1/2p-redbrn-King George V ... 4/1/1957 dpgrn issue=PO 100th ovpt=1857-1957//TANGIER oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-issue=1955-1 1/2p-dpgrn
2p	6	1927 dporg d=King George V (1912 c) ovpt=TANGIER oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-1924-2p-dporg-King George V ... 4/1/1957 redbrn issue=PO 100th d=Queen Elizabeth II (Wilding a) ovpt=1857-1957//TANGIER oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-issue=1955-2p-redbrn
2 1/2d	10	6/11/1946 brtultra issue=Peace d=symbols of industry ovpt=TANGIER oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-2 1/2d-brtultra-Peace ... 4/1/1957 scar issue=PO 100th d=Queen Elizabeth II (Wilding b) ovpt=1857-1957//TANGIER oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-issue=1955-2 1/2d-scar
3d	7	6/11/1946 vio issue=Peace d=dove & King George VI ovpt=TANGIER oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-3d-vio-Peace ... 4/1/1957 dkpur issue=PO 100th d=Queen Elizabeth II (Wilding b) ovpt=1857-1957//TANGIER oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-issue=1955-3d-dkpur
4d	6	1/1/1949 graygrn issue=1949 d=King George VI (1938 a) ovpt=TANGIER oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-4d-King George VI ... 4/1/1957 ultra issue=PO 100th d=Queen Elizabeth II (Wilding c) ovpt=1857-1957//TANGIER oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-issue=1955-4d-ultra
5d	3	1/1/1949 ltbrn issue=1949 d=King George VI (1938 a) ovpt=TANGIER oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-5d-King George VI ... 4/1/1957 ltbrn issue=PO 100th d=Queen Elizabeth II (Wilding d) ovpt=1857-1957//TANGIER oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-issue=1955-5d-ltbrn
6p	6	7/29/1948 redvio issue=Olympics 1948 d=rings ovpt=TANGIER oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-issue=Olympics 1948-6p ... 4/1/1957 lilrose issue=PO 100th d=Queen Elizabeth II (Wilding d) ovpt=1857-1957//TANGIER oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-issue=1955-6p-lilrose
7p	3	1/1/1949 emer issue=1949 d=King George VI (1939 a) ovpt=TANGIER oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-7p-King George VI ... 4/1/1957 emer issue=PO 100th d=Queen Elizabeth II (Wilding d) ovpt=1857-1957//TANGIER oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-issue=1955-7p-emer
8d	3	1/1/1949 brtrose issue=1949 d=King George VI (1939 a) ovpt=TANGIER oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-8d-King George VI ... 4/1/1957 brtrose issue=PO 100th ovpt=1857-1957//TANGIER oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-issue=1955-8d-brtrose
9p	3	1/1/1949 dkgrn issue=1949 d=King George VI (1939 a) ovpt=TANGIER oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-9p-King George VI ... 4/1/1957 dkgrn issue=PO 100th d=Queen Elizabeth II (Wilding e) ovpt=1857-1957//TANGIER oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-issue=1955-9p-dkgrn
10d	3	1/1/1949 bl issue=1949 d=King George VI (1939 a) ovpt=TANGIER oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-10d-King George VI ... 4/1/1957 bl issue=PO 100th ovpt=1857-1957//TANGIER oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-issue=1955-10d-bl
11d	3	1/1/1949 viobrn issue=1949 d=King George VI (1947 Great Britain) ovpt=TANGIER oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-11d-viobrn-King George VI ... 4/1/1957 viobrn issue=PO 100th d=Queen Elizabeth II (Wilding e) ovpt=1857-1957//TANGIER oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-issue=1955-11d-viobrn
1sh	5	7/29/1948 brn issue=Olympics 1948 d=Victory & globe ovpt=TANGIER oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-issue=Olympics 1948-1sh ... 4/1/1957 brn issue=PO 100th d=Queen Elizabeth II (Wilding f) ovpt=1857-1957//TANGIER oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-issue=1955-1sh-brn
1sh3p	4	6/3/1953 dkgrn issue=Coronation 1953 d=Queen Elizabeth II wearing regalia ovpt=TANGIER oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-issue=Coronation-1sh3p ... 4/1/1957 dkgrn issue=PO 100th d=Queen Elizabeth II (Wilding g) ovpt=1857-1957//TANGIER oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-issue=1955-1sh3p-dkgrn
1sh6p	3	6/3/1953 dkbl issue=Coronation 1953 d=Queen Elizabeth II & symbols ovpt=TANGIER oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-issue=Coronation-1sh6p ... 4/1/1957 dkbl issue=PO 100th d=Queen Elizabeth II (Wilding f) ovpt=1857-1957//TANGIER oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-issue=1955-1sh6p-dkbl
2sh6p	4	1/1/1949 yelgrn issue=1949 d=King George VI & arms of Britain ovpt=TANGIER oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-1942-2sh6p-yelgrn ... 4/1/1957 dkbrn issue=PO 100th d=Carrickfergus Castle & Queen Elizabeth II ovpt=1857-1957//TANGIER oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-1955-2sh6p
5sh	4	1/1/1949 dlred issue=1949 d=King George VI & arms of Britain ovpt=TANGIER oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-1939-5sh-dlred ... 4/1/1957 crim issue=PO 100th d=Caernarvon Castle & Queen Elizabeth II ovpt=1857-1957//TANGIER oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-1955-5sh
10sh	4	1/1/1949 ultra issue=1949 d=King George VI (1939 b) ovpt=TANGIER oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-1942-10sh-ultra ... 4/1/1957 ultra issue=PO 100th d=Edinburgh Castle & Queen Elizabeth II ovpt=1857-1957//TANGIER oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-1955-10sh
1lb	1	4/26/1948 dpbl issue=Silver Wedding d=Queen Elizabeth & King George VI ovpt=TANGIER oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-1lb-Queen Elizabeth & King George VI

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