Pound sterling (pre-decimal) (Great Britain usage only)

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Pound sterling (pre-decimal) (Great Britain 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 Great Britain in this currency:

Denom	Usages	Selected stamps
1/2d	46	10/1/1870 rose d=Queen Victoria (1870 Great Britain) ... 2/5/1968 brnorg issue=1967a Machin d=Queen Elizabeth II (Machin)
1d	1	1951 bl issue=1951 due
= 1p	207	5/6/1840 blk d=Queen Victoria (1840) ... 2/5/1968 ol issue=1967a Machin d=Queen Elizabeth II (Machin)
1 1/2d	1	1951 grn issue=1951 due
= 1 1/2p	30	1860 lilrose d=Queen Victoria (1860 Great Britain) pl=1 ... 10/5/1960 grn issue=1959 due d=numeral (1914 Great Britain)
2d	34	5/7/1840 bl d=Queen Victoria (1840) ... 2/15/1971 grn issue=1970 due d=numeral & "TO PAY"
= 2p	3	4/29/1902 grn&car issue=1902 Office of Works ... 9/25/1903 grn&red issue=1903 admiralty official b
2 1/2d	42	7/1/1875 cl issue=1875 dt=Queen Victoria (colored letters) d=Queen Victoria (2 1/2d colored letters) pl=3 ... 7/1/1964 issue=20th International Geographical Congress d=Urban Development
= 2 1/2P	2	3/3/1903 ultra issue=1903 admiralty official a, 9/25/1903 ultra issue=1903 admiralty official b
3d	59	5/1/1862 palerose issue=1862 dt=Queen Victoria (small white letters) d=Queen Victoria (3d small white letters) ... 5/6/1968 vio issue=1968 due d=numeral (1914 Great Britain) vio d=topheavy unissued
= 3p	2	3/3/1903 pur issue=1903 admiralty official a d=Yellow paper, 9/25/1903 pur issue=1903 admiralty official b d=Yellow paper
4d	91	1855 rose d=Queen Victoria (1855 Great Britain) ... 11/25/1970 issue=Christmas 1970 d=angel appearing to shepherds
4 1/2d	5	1887 carrose&grn issue=Jubilee d=Queen Victoria (Jubilee 4 1/2d) ... 5/16/1963 issue=National Nature Week d=wildlife
5d	41	3/15/1881 dpind issue=1880 d=Queen Victoria (1881 Great Britain) ... 11/25/1970 issue=Christmas 1970 d=Mary Josef & Christ in the Manger
= 5p	1	4/29/1902 pur&bl issue=1901 Office of Works
6p	48	3/1/1854 redvio d=Queen Victoria (1854 6d) ... 5/6/1968 pur issue=1968 due d=numeral (1914 Great Britain) vio d=Queen Victoria (1873 6d) pl=18 unissued
7p	7	5/4/1910 gray issue=1902 d=King Edward VII (1910 7d) ... 7/1/1968 brtgrn issue=1967a Machin d=Queen Elizabeth II (Machin)
8d	11	1876 brnlil d=Queen Victoria (1876 8d) ... 1/6/1969 grnbl issue=1967a Machin d=Queen Elizabeth II (Machin)
9p	36	5/1862 yelbis issue=1862 dt=Queen Victoria (small white letters) d=Queen Victoria (9d small white letters) ... 9/18/1970 issue=Philympia 1970 d=1s Green 1847
10d	15	11/6/1848 redbrn d=Queen Victoria (1848 10d) ... 7/1/1968 gray issue=1967a Machin d=Queen Elizabeth II (Machin)
= 10p	2	5/28/1902 issue=1901 Office of Works oc=blk on=issue=Jubilee-10d
11d	3	12/29/1947 viobrn d=King George VI (1947 Great Britain) ... 1955 viobrn issue=1955 d=Queen Elizabeth II (Wilding e)
1s	1	1951 brn issue=1951 due
= 1sh	46	9/11/1847 grn d=Queen Victoria (1847 1sh) ... 4/1/1970 issue=International Cooperative Alliance 75th dt=anniversaries (1970) d=Signing of International Co-operative Alliance
1sh3p	22	1953 dkgrn issue=Wilding d=Queen Elizabeth II (Wilding g) ... 10/14/1966 issue=Battle of Hastings 900th d=Norman Horsemen attacking Harolds Troops
1sh6p	37	1953 dkbl issue=Wilding d=Queen Elizabeth II (Wilding f) ... 11/25/1970 issue=Christmas 1970 d=The Wise Men bearing gifts
1sh9p	10	4/24/1967 dt=flowers (1967 Great Britain) d=primrose Primula vulgaris ... 7/15/1970 issue=9th Commonwealth Games d=cyclists
2sh	3	7/1/1867 bl issue=1867 d=Queen Victoria (1867 pointed oval) pl=1 ... 2/27/1880 palebrn issue=1867 d=Queen Victoria (1867 pointed oval) pl=1
2sh6p	22	7/2/1883 lil d=Queen Victoria (1883 2sh6d) ... 3/5/1969 brn issue=1967a Machin d=Queen Elizabeth II (Machin)
5sh	16	7/1/1867 rose d=Queen Victoria (1867 5sh) ... 1969 car issue=1967a Machin d=Queen Elizabeth II (Machin)
10sh	16	9/26/1878 sl d=Queen Victoria (1878 10sh) ... 1969 ultra issue=1967a Machin d=Queen Elizabeth II (Machin)
1£	1	9/2/1963 blk pc=paleyel issue=1959 due d=numeral (1914 Great Britain)
= 1lb	15	1878 brnlil d=Queen Victoria (1878 1lb) ... 1969 blblk issue=1967a Machin d=Queen Elizabeth II (Machin engr)
5lb	1	1882 org d=Queen Victoria (1882 5lb) pl=1

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