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

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

Denom	Usages	Selected stamps
1/2d	11	1879 lil ovpt=HALFPENNY oc=blk on=1/2d-lil-unissued ... 1910 grn
1p	32	1851 gray d=Britannia (1849) paper=blued ... 1909 red issue=1909 official
2p	3	1/1/1885 blk d=numeral (1885 due) ... 1905 blk d=numeral (1885 due)
2 1/2d	7	1883 ultra d=Queen Victoria (1883 Trinidad) ... 1909 bl d=Britannia (1909 b)
3d	2	1/1/1885 blk d=numeral (1885 due), 1905 blk d=numeral (1885 due)
4d	16	5/9/1859 graylil d=Britannia (1859) ... 1905 blk d=numeral (1885 due)
5d	3	1/1/1885 blk d=numeral (1885 due) ... 1905 blk d=numeral (1885 due)
6p	15	5/9/1859 grn d=Britannia (1859) ... 1905 blk d=numeral (1885 due)
8d	2	1/1/1885 blk d=numeral (1885 due), 1905 blk d=numeral (1885 due)
1sh	17	5/9/1859 pur d=Britannia (1859) ... 1905 blk d=numeral (1885 due)
5sh	5	1869 lake d=Queen Victoria (1869 Trinidad) ... 1904 lil&redvio issue=1904 d=Britannia (1896)
10sh	1	8/17/1896 issue=1896 d=Britannia (1896)
1lb	2	8/17/1896 issue=1896 d=Britannia (1896), 1904 issue=1904 d=Britannia (1896)

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