Pound sterling (pre-decimal) (Gilbert & Ellice Islands usage only)

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Pound sterling (pre-decimal) (Gilbert & Ellice Islands 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 Gilbert & Ellice Islands in this currency:

Denom	Usages	Selected stamps
1/2d	9	1/1/1911 grn d=King Edward VII (1902 keyplate) ovpt=GILBERT&ELLICE//PROTECTORATE oc=blk on=issuer=Fiji-1/2p-grn ... 1/24/1966 issue=Churchill Memorial d=Churchill & St Paul's & Queen Elizabeth II
1p	15	1/1/1911 red d=King Edward VII (1902 keyplate) ovpt=GILBERT&ELLICE//PROTECTORATE oc=blk on=issuer=Fiji-1p-red ... 8/16/1965 issue=1965 dt=dances & customs d=Torch Fishing
1 1/2p	4	1921 red d=King George V (1912 keyplate) ... 1/14/1939 car&blk issue=George VI pictorials d=canoe crossing reef & King George VI
2p	12	1/1/1911 gray d=King Edward VII (1902 keyplate) ovpt=GILBERT&ELLICE//PROTECTORATE oc=blk on=issuer=Fiji-2p-gray-unissued ... 8/16/1965 issue=1965 dt=dances & customs d=Weaving Garlands
2 1/2d	6	1/1/1911 ultra d=King Edward VII (1902 keyplate) ovpt=GILBERT&ELLICE//PROTECTORATE oc=blk on=issuer=Fiji-2 1/2p-ultra ... 5/1/1960 olgrn&blk issue=phosphate discovery 60th d=Original Phosphate Lump
3d	12	1912 pur d=King George V (1912 keyplate) ... 1/24/1966 issue=Churchill Memorial d=Churchill & St Paul's & Queen Elizabeth II
4d	3	1912 blk&red d=King George V (1912 keyplate) ... 8/16/1965 issue=1965 dt=dances & customs d=Gilbertese Man Dancing
5d	6	1/1/1911 dlvio&olgrn d=King Edward VII (1902 keyplate) ovpt=GILBERT&ELLICE//PROTECTORATE oc=blk on=issuer=Fiji-5p-dlvio&olgrn-unissued ... 8/16/1965 issue=1965 dt=dances & customs d=Woman Drawing Water
6p	6	1/1/1911 vio d=King Edward VII (1902 keyplate) ovpt=GILBERT&ELLICE//PROTECTORATE oc=blk on=issuer=Fiji-6p-vio ... 8/16/1965 issue=1965 dt=dances & customs d=Ellice Kosu Dance
7p	1	8/16/1965 issue=1965 dt=dances & customs d=Fatele Taua Dance
10d	2	8/1/1963 ultra issue=Freedom from Hunger d=sources of protein, 10/5/1963 viobl&red issue=Red Cross 100th d=Queen Elizabeth II & Red Cross
1sh	10	1/1/1911 blk pc=grn d=King Edward VII (1902 keyplate) ovpt=GILBERT&ELLICE//PROTECTORATE oc=blk on=issuer=Fiji-1sh-blk-pc=grn ... 8/16/1965 issue=1965 dt=dances & customs d=Harvesting Taro Roots
1sh6p	2	8/1940 blgrn d=numeral (1940 Gilbert & Ellice Islands), 8/16/1965 issue=1965 dt=dances & customs d=Dancing Fatele Toka
2sh	4	1912 dkpur&bl d=King George V (1912 keyplate) ... 8/16/1965 issue=1965 dt=dances & customs d=Pounding Taro Roots
2sh6p	4	1912 blk&red d=King George V (1912 keyplate) ... 5/17/1965 bl&lil issue=ITU 100th d=lightning bolt & globe
3sh	1	1/24/1966 issue=Churchill Memorial d=Churchill & St Paul's & Queen Elizabeth II
3sh7p	4	7/20/1964 ltemer issue=air service d=plane & Tarawa sailboat ... 1/24/1966 issue=Churchill Memorial d=Churchill & St Paul's & Queen Elizabeth II
5sh	4	1912 grn&red d=King George V (1912 keyplate) ... 8/16/1965 issue=1965 dt=dances & customs d=Boys playing Stick Game
10sh	3	1921 grn&red d=King George V (1912 keyplate) ... 8/16/1965 issue=1965 dt=dances & customs d=Playing Boxdrum
1lb	3	1912 red&blk d=King George V (1912 keyplate) ... 8/16/1965 issue=1965 dt=dances & customs d=coat of arms

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