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

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Pound sterling (pre-decimal) (Nauru 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 Nauru in this currency:

Denom	Usages	Selected stamps
1/2d	4	1916 grn issue=1916 d=King George V (1912 a) ovpt=NAURU oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-issue=1912e-1/2d-grn ... 5/8/1961 vio issue=1954 d=a Nauruan netting fish
1p	3	1916 scar issue=1916 d=King George V (1912 b) ovpt=NAURU oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-issue=1912e-1p ... 2/6/1954 grn issue=1954 d=Anibare Bay
1 1/2p	4	1916 redbrn issue=1916 d=King George V (1912 a) ovpt=NAURU oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-issue=1912e-1 1/2p-redbrn ... 5/10/1937 scar issue=King George VI Coronation d=King George VI (1937 Nauru)
2p	5	1916 dporg issue=1916 d=King George V (1912 c) ovpt=NAURU oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-issue=1912e-2p ... 5/3/1965 issue=1963 d=Micronesian pigeon
2 1/2d	5	1916 ultra issue=1916 d=King George V (1912 b) ovpt=NAURU oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-issue=1912e-2 1/2d ... 5/10/1937 bl issue=King George VI Coronation d=King George VI (1937 Nauru)
3d	4	1916 vio issue=1916 d=King George V (1912 c) ovpt=NAURU oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-issue=1912e-3d ... 1963 issue=1963 d=poison nut flower
3 1/2d	1	2/6/1954 scar issue=1954 d=loading phosphate from cantilever
4d	3	1916 slgrn issue=1916 d=King George V (1912 c) ovpt=NAURU oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-issue=1912e-4d-slgrn ... 2/6/1954 graybl issue=1954 d=frigate bird (1954)
5d	4	1916 yelbrn issue=1916 d=King George V (1912 d) ovpt=NAURU oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-issue=1912e-5d-yelbrn ... 4/14/1965 issue=ANZAC 50th d=Simpson & his Donkey
6p	3	1916 roselil issue=1916 d=King George V (1912 d) ovpt=NAURU oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-issue=1912e-6p ... 2/6/1954 org issue=1954 d=a Nauruan canoe
8d	1	1963 grn&blk issue=1963 d=black lizard
9p	3	1916 blkbrn issue=1916 d=King George V (1912 e) ovpt=NAURU oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-issue=1912e-9p ... 2/6/1954 cl issue=1954 d=domaneab
10d	1	1963 blkbrn issue=1963 d=Capparis flower
1sh	5	1916 bis issue=1916 d=King George V (1912 e) ovpt=NAURU oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-issue=1912e-1sh ... 2/6/1954 pur issue=1954 d=Coconut Trees
1sh3p	1	1963 issue=1963 d=white tern (1963)
2sh3p	1	1963 issue=1963 d=coral pinnacles
2sh6p	4	1916 brn issue=1916 d=Britannia Rules the Waves ovpt=NAURU oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-1913-2sh6p ... 2/6/1954 grn issue=1954 d=Buada-Lagoon
3sh3p	1	1963 issue=1963 d=reed warbler
5sh	3	1916 car issue=1916 d=Britannia Rules the Waves ovpt=NAURU oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-1913-5sh ... 2/6/1954 mag issue=1954 d=map of Nauru
10sh	2	1916 ltbl issue=1916 d=Britannia Rules the Waves ovpt=NAURU oc=blk on=issuer=Great Britain-1913-10sh, 1924 yel issue=1924 d=steamer off coast

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